14th TEDucation Session
Date: 22 November 2013 @ noon
Location: City Hall, Council Chambers
TED Talker: Jennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner of the City of Toronto
Presenter: Jennifer Keesmaat, blogs at http://ownyourcity.ca/
Our buggy moral code
13th TEDucation Session
Date: 25 October 2013 @ noon
Location: City Hall, Committee Room #1
TED Talker: Dan Ariely, author and academic in behavioural economics
Presenter: Jim Hart, former General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation and former Executive Director of Municipal Licensing and Standards
Post-crash, investing in a better world
12th TEDucation Session
Date: 24 September 2013 @ noon
Location: City Hall, Committee Room #2
TED Talker: Geoff Mulgan, writer, consultant and teacher on the effects of internet technologies.
Presenter: Julia Langer, Chief Executive Officer of Toronto Atmospheric Fund
How the Internet will (one day) transform government
11th TEDucation Session
Date: 9 July 2013 @ noon
Location: Metro Hall, Room # 308
TED Talker: Clay Shirky, writer, consultant and teacher on the effects of internet technologies.
Presenter: Rob Meikle, City of Toronto’s Chief Information Officer
The social animal
10th TEDucation Session
Date: 21 June 2013 @ noon
Location: City Hall, Committee Room #1
TED Talker: David Brooks, Toronto-born, New York Times columnist and author.
Presenter: Christine Chun, Policy/Project Leader in the Deputy City Manager’s Office
At the session, Christine provided attendees with a very useful sheet of takeaways.
The power of introverts
9th TEDucation Session
Date: 24 May 2013 @ noon
Location: City Hall, Committee Room #1
TED Talker: Susan Cain, thinker, author and introvert.
Presenter: Andrew Galley, former Toronto Urban Fellow, PhD, and self-proclaimed introvert
The antidote to apathy
8th TEDucation Session
Date: 12 April 2013
TED Talker: Dave Meslin, Toronto-based artist and organiser.
Presenter: Dave Meslin
Think Big
Coding a Better Government
6th TEDucation Session
Date: 4 June 2012
TED Talker: Jennifer Pahlka is the founder of Code for America
Presenter: Lorne Turner and Meg Shields, City Manager’s Office
Stroke of Insight
5th TEDucation Session
Date: 30 January 2012
TED Talker: Jill Bolte Taylor
Presenter: Susan Brown, Economic Development & Culture
The Innovation Lab 