TEDxBloomington : sustain(ABILITY)
03/30/2023
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How Generosity and Kindness Sustain Humanity | BJ Yoho
Enoughness and the Marginalization Tax | Lisa Robbin Young
How unsustainable behaviors are misdirected healthy impulses | Mark Silver
An Alexandrine Sonnet titled “Sonnet 195. Sustainability” | David Stanley
Our Esteemed Speakers
BJ Yoho
Title of Talk : How Generosity and Kindness Sustain Humanity
BJ Yoho speaks about his multiple visitations at Riley Children’s Hospital and how it shaped his worldview and belief in how generosity and kindness sustain humanity. As a lifelong patient at Riley Children’s Hospital, BJ has dedicated himself to various charity organizations with the purpose of giving back to those who once helped him.
Lisa Robbin Young
Title of Talk : Enoughness and the Marginalization Tax
With so many corporate giants chasing growth for growth’s sake, there are millions of people turning to entrepreneurship not to make billions, but just to sustain themselves. But what does enoughness really look like? Lisa shares a formula she’s used to help clients find their “Enoughness Number” even in the face of what she calls the Marginalization Tax - the added price marginalized folks must pay just to sustain themselves. Lisa Robbin Young is the author of Creative Freedom: How to own your dreams without selling your soul - a guide to personal and financial success as a creative entrepreneur (http://creativefreedombook.com). She’s an award-winning speaker, best-selling business author, and accomplished musician with multiple albums to her credit. Lisa founded her business consultancy to support unconventional entrepreneurs who want to make their mark on the world profitably and sustainably. Lisa's been featured in print, online, and on TV - including a reality series on Disney+. Lisa believes that the best way to be truly successful in life and business is to be yourself – warts, sparkles, and all.
Mark Silver
Title of Talk : How unsustainable behaviors are misdirected healthy impulses
Mark Silver explains how our must unsustainable behaviors are often misdirected healthy impulses and advocates for more sustainable business practices that are heart-centered. Mark Silver (HeartofBusiness.com) is a Sufist business coach who speaks on a wide variety of business issues. He's been a small business owner for decades. For him, the topic of business sustainability is about being heart-centered. He also works with micro-small businesses. He's writing a book that explores the nature of heart-centered business, and the sustainability of being a business owner.
David Stanley
Title of Talk : An Alexandrine Sonnet titled “Sonnet 195. Sustainability”
In this talk David L. Stanley presents an original sonnet about sustainability. Original illustrations and animations to accompany the poem were created by Morgan Marsh. David L. Stanley, B.Sc., M.A. is a teacher, author, poet, voice-over actor, and speaker. His works on men, depression, suicide, fatherhood, and professional bicycle racing have appeared in national magazines. He speaks on fatherhood, motivation, and how to pitch yourself into the workplace. He has read his sonnets at the Dad 2.0 Summit. His work has appeared in print in Stanchion Magazine, Flyover Country, the State News, and many on-line sites. His second book, October, 2019, is From Jim Crow to CEO, the Willie Artis Story. Stanley co-wrote the autobiography of Willie Artis, a Black industrialist born in Memphis during the Great Depression who rose to success in Stanley’s home of Flint, MI. Stanley’s first book, Melanoma, It Started with a Freckle, March, 2016, reached #1 in dermatology and skin wellness. His novel, About a Goat, is the story of two men, friendship, fathers, and war; is currently out on submission.
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