My name is Cristina and I turn 44 today. — Once again, it’s been a good year from April 29th 2016 to April 29th 2017. This year I’ve done hundreds of things. I dove deeper into TED and TEDx, two wonderous universes to discover. I’ve been very involved with Toastmasters, too. I also worked a lot, but that’s what it…

Another TEDxVitoriaGasteiz has come and gone. Our third annual event. The fourth official one, after the three annuals and the TEDx Salon in February of last year. The fifth, actually, if we count the livestreaming of Antarctica’s TEDxScottBase last January. It’s the first after the TEDSummit in Banff and the…

I don’t remember whose wall this video was on this past Friday, but I spent a while laughing. In fact, I had one of those moments when you can’t stop laughing and I was almost in tears. I work from home, and I do a lot of videoconferences and…

It’s known that TED and TEDx events are very different from other events out there. But why is this so? Well, there are some theories around, including the official one. Chris Anderson, head of TED, is convinced that TED’s success is due to the fact that the talks put the…

I just attended my first TEDx event overseas, the famous TEDxBeaconStreet in Boston. It’s been an incredible experience! …

I follow many corporate social media accounts. And I do so for many reasons: to know what is happening around me, to keep updated on shopping trends, even to have an eye on my competitors. If I am completely honest, most of the corporate accounts are pretty plain and boring…

I’ve been involved in TEDx for some years now. It all started when we applied for the TEDxAlmendraMedieval license back in 2013. Today, having organized three events so far, we are starting to slowly move the wheel again for TEDxVitoriaGasteiz 2017. Today, after having gone to a TEDGlobal in December…

by Cristina Juesas If the 4 days at TEDGlobal>Geneva were a life-changing experience, the 7 at the TEDSummit in Banff, a beautiful town in the Canadian Rockies, have rocked again my world, well… for a couple of days anyway.. This time, and for the first time in TED’s life, the…

This is the title of one of the workshops I’m co-directing this week in the summer course at the University of the Basque Country. I have one and a half hours to show my students a few things about presentations and to dispel some myths. The most obvious of these…