I have a mid-year resolution to listen to a TED talk at the start of each work day. I decided to start this with a colleague at a conference on Friday and lo-and-behold, on Day 1, the most recently published TED Talk was by someone I used to work with.
| Date | TED Talk Speaker | Topic | Favorite? |
| 28 June | Hillel Cooperman | Lego for Grownups (6 mins) | |
| 29 June | Peter Tyack | The Intriguing Sound of Marine Animals | |
| 30 June | Dan Gilbert | Why Are We Happy? | Y |
| 1 July | Jill Bolte Taylor | Stroke of Insight | |
| 5 July | Bill Gates | Mosquitoes, Malaria and Education | Y |
| 6 July | Stefan Sagmeister | On What He Has Learned (6 mins) | |
| 7 July | Steve Jobs | How to Live Before You Die | Y |
| 8 July | Ellen Gustafson | Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue | |
| 12 July | Becky Blanton | The Year I was Homeless | |
| 13 July | John Underkoffler | Points to the Future of UI | |
| 14 July | Hans Rosling | On Global Population Growth | Y |
| 15 July | Daniel Kahneman | The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory | |
| 26 July | The LXD | In the Internet Age, Dance Evolves ... | |
| 28 July | Graham Hill | Why I'm a Weekday Vegetarian | |
| 29 July | David Hoffman | On Losing Everything (6 mins) | |
| 2 August | Joseph Lekuton | Tells a Parable for Kenya (6 mins) | Y |
| 3 August | Lewis Pugh | Lewis Pugh's Mind-Shifting Mt. Everest Swim | |
| 11 August | Eddi Reader | Sings “Kiteflyer’s Hill” | |
| 12 August | Simon Sinek | How Great Leaders Inspire Action | |
| 9 September | Ken Robinson | Says Schools Kill Creativity | Y |
| 10 September | Itay Talgam | Lead Like the Great Conductors | Y |
| 11 September | Derek Sivers | Keep Your Goals to Yourself (3mins) | |
| 12 September | Laura Trice | Suggests We All Say Thank You (3 mins) | |
| 20 September | Jonathan Klein | Photos that Changed the World | Y |
| 23 Sept | Steven Johnson | Where Good Ideas Come From | Y |
| 24 Sept | Julian Treasure | Shh! Sound Health in 8 Steps (7 mins) | |
| 27 Sept | Christopher deCharms | Looks Inside the Brain ( 4 mins) | |
| 30 Sept | Hans Rosling | Shows the Best Stats You've Ever Seen | Y |
| 14 October | Melinda French Gates | What Non-Profits Can Learn from Coca-Cola | Y |
| 24 November | Dan Pink | The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us (not TED but good 10 min video) | Y |
| 2 December | William Ury | The Walk From "No" to "Yes" | Y |
| 31 December | Raul Midon | Plays "Peace on Earth" | |
| 10 January | Derek Sivers | How to Start a Movement | |
| 12 January | Neil Pasricha | The 3 A's of Awesome | Y |
| 12 January | Jody Williams | A Realistic Vision for World Peace | |
| 14 January | Barry Schwartz | Using our Practical Wisdom |