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Archive for January, 2009

I have a soft spot for Virgin Atlantic having been fortunate to fly Upper Class on a number of occasions. I’ve always thought that the Virgin brand came to life completely on Virgin Atlantic.

Virgin Atlantic is 25 years old; I remember when they launched – 25 years has flown by (sorry). To celebrate Virgin have released a great advert stuffed full of brilliant 80s references from a red braced city boy with brick mobile to Our Price records which I’d forgotten even existed; see how many you can spot:

I love that all of the other airlines are beige or grey.

Earlier on Twitter Mark Boulton asked “what are you top 10 TED talks?”

Now I can’t list ten, but I’d love to share with you absolute favourite TED talk delivered by Sir Ken Robinson:

This is a brilliant talk. Sir Ken’s delivery is wonderful; no notes, no slides and absolutely no Powerpoint. His charisma, style and humour combined with a thought provoking subject keeps you rivetted; “visual aids” would only be a distraction.

I’ve watched and enjoyed this talk many times. As somebody who enjoys presenting and public speaking it’s inspiring.

Sir Ken Robinson is speaking in the UK this Spring so I hope to have the opportunity to see him speak in person.

Who’s your favourite public speaker or particular talk?