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VIDEO Robert Tercek at TED x Marin: “Reclaiming The Power of Personal Narrative”

June 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Conferences, Creative Process, Video Clips

Here’s the video of my recent speech at TEDxMarin.  The theme of the event was “Communication Revolution”.  The organizers invited me to speak about the future of television, social media and personal storytelling. Robert Tercek at TEDxMarin May 2011: “Reclaiming The Power of Personal Narrative” from Robert Tercek on Vimeo. TED talks are all about [...]

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Is it really necessary for Google to screw their customers?

June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · General Observations

Yesterday, Jason McCabe Calacanis invited me to respond to his post “Has Google Been Naughty?  Yes.  Should the Government Get Involved?  No”.   You can read responses from Vivek Wadhwa and  Robert Scoble along with mine in a handy digest on the Launch blog.   The following post is the full text of my response [...]

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Coercion and Cooperation in the Second Century of Electronic Media: Video of Robert Tercek keynote speech at Digital Directions in Sydney, March 4, 2011

March 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Conferences, Creative Process, Video Clips

Last week I attended the Digital Directions conference hosted by Fairfax Media and X | Media Lab in Sydney.  A series of outstanding speakers, including Tim Wu, Gigi Wang, Kevin Anderson, Baratunde Thurston, Riyaad Minty, Anthony Rose and others shared their perspectives. My topic was “Coercion and Cooperation in the Second Century of Electronic Media.” [...]

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How to Prepare for Your Next Career: Video of my guest appearance on “This Week In Careers”

March 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Creative Process, General Observations, Video Clips

This week I was a guest on “This Week In Careers.”   Host Lisa Mandell interviewed me about career opportunities of the future.  I spoke about several industries that will grow this decade and the steps to take now to prepare for the jobs of the future. In a wide-ranging interview, we covered several topics, [...]

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Why do innovation teams fail?

July 10th, 2010 · No Comments · General Observations

At a time when margins are tight and disruption occurs on a daily basis, business leaders are under pressure to discover the “next big thing”, such as a breakthrough product that will redefine a category or create an entirely new niche to dominate.  A new process that will save time and money.  A radical efficiency [...]

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Are comic books the future of self help? New Google collaboration with Scott McCloud shows how.

September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Creative Process, General Observations

The introduction of Google’s new open source Chrome browser is newsworthy.  So is the way that Google chose to explain the new features to users. Both items are sterling examples of collaborative creativity. Google teamed up with veteran cartoonist Scott McCloud to create a cool graphic narrative about the new browser. During a week of [...]

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Collaborative Creativity now on Australian TV

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Conferences, Creative Process

My speech at the Cross Media Lab in Melbourne was broadcast last week on ABC 2 in Australia.    The theme of this speech was “Collaborative Creativity”, which refers particularly to my passion for including the audience in the process of creating entertainment.    This is harder than it sounds.  I selected three examples from my personal [...]

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