{"id":644195,"date":"2013-02-26T21:50:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T02:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=69786"},"modified":"2013-02-26T23:04:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T04:04:49","slug":"the-spark-speakers-in-session-3-at-ted2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/644195","title":{"rendered":"The Spark: Speakers in Session 3 at TED2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70952\" alt=\"Session3_TheSpark\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/session3_thespark.jpg?w=900\"   \/>An indefinable quality lies at the heart of any successful idea or project &#8230; a spark of intuition, genius or insight that acts as the driver of all later action. Our speakers in this session all possess such a spark, from the educator who&#8217;s made it his mission to help high-achieving minority students to a young inventor who figured out a novel and effective way to protect his family&#8217;s animals from attacks by lions.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the speakers from this session. Click on their name for a recap of their talk:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/02\/26\/set-high-expectations-for-all-students-freeman-hrabowski-at-ted2013\/\">Freeman Hrabowski<\/a>\u00a0creates opportunities for students of all backgrounds to pursue advanced degrees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">Real life begins at 30? Well, no, says <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/02\/26\/make-the-most-of-your-20s-meg-jay-at-ted2013\/\">Meg Jay<\/a>. Her research in her new book shows us why 30 is not the new 20.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">TED&#8217;s own\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/02\/26\/the-magic-of-books-lisa-bu-at-ted2013\/\">Lisa Bu<\/a>\u00a0has built a career helping people find great stories. Now she tells her own story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">Young inventor <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/02\/26\/a-12-year-old-learns-to-scare-lions-richard-turere-at-ted2013\/\">Richard Turere<\/a>\u00a0invented &#8220;lion lights,&#8221; an elegant way to protect his family&#8217;s cattle from lion attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">Announcing the TED Prize Winner, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/02\/26\/a-school-in-the-cloud-sugata-mitra-accepts-the-ted-prize-at-ted2013\/\">Sugata Mitra<\/a>,\u00a0and his bold wish, funded by $1 million from the TED community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p10512-igv\">Sleepy Man Banjo Boys<\/a>\u00a0is made up of 10-year-old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/69786\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/69786\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=69786&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/_GRe63t1XDg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An indefinable quality lies at the heart of any successful idea or project &#8230; a spark of intuition, genius or insight that acts as the driver of all later action. 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