{"id":8864,"date":"2011-10-07T13:32:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/UpbeaT\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2011-10-07T13:32:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:32:56","slug":"inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2011\/10\/07\/inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a history student, a newspaper editor and a blogger. Needless to say, I do a lot of writing and although I absolutely love it, it\u2019s often difficult to come up with unique ideas that are both relevant and interesting.\n\nSo this week, I\u2019d like to share with you an integral part of my creative process and admittedly, something equally important in every student\u2019s life\u00a0\u2014 inspiration.\n\nNow while I could say that I get buckets of inspiration from reading\u00a0Hemingway and attending 9 a.m. tutorials, I would also be lying a little bit. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love reading and I love tutorials (well, as much as any other student) and I get a lot out of them, but I wouldn\u2019t call what I get inspiration<\/em>; more like perspective, or insight.\n\nI\u2019m part of the youth of the 21st Century and I get my inspiration on the internet, and like everything else, I want it fast and easily digestible. And for me, nothing is as inspiring as hearing people talk about the things that they love, and luckily for us, we live in an age where people\u2019s passions spread across the world at the speed of light.\n\nEnter TED<\/a>, easily the best source of inspiration that I\u2019ve found online. TED is a conference-based lecture series that\u2019s hosted in cities around the world, carrying the slogan: ideas worth spreading<\/em>.\n\nAnd although attendance at these events is limited to a lucky few, we can all reap the benefits of their incredible speakers and their stories through TED\u2019s website.\n\nWatching them online has been rewarding and useful, but nothing compares to seeing these speakers in the flesh.\n\nI was lucky enough to be selected to attend the first TED event ever on the UofT campus: TEDxHartHouse<\/a>. Although the event entitled The Future of Food<\/em> was not central to something that I had any real previous knowledge or interest in, I cannot express how enlightening an experience it was, and how much inspiration I was able to draw from the speakers.\n\nJason Qu, a UofT student and food enthusiast was my favorite speaker of the night.\n\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f3KdneYlBu4\n<\/code>\n\nIf you missed TEDx Hart House, don't worry, we\u2019re fortunate enough to be at a university where we have the opportunity to be inspired by these types of speakers all year round!\n\nHave a look at the Departure Gate<\/a>, hosted at Northrop Frye Hall on October 29th. The all-day conference \u2014 designed specifically to inspire and impassion students and young professionals \u2014 features four speakers, three of whom shared their ideas at this year\u2019s inaugural TEDxToronto, and one of whom I had the pleasure of seeing last year at Woodsworth\u2019s Annual Leadership Conference<\/a>, Drew Dudley.\n\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dlNDLHRQ674&feature=player_embedded\n\n<\/code>I\u2019m also looking forward to Hart House\u2019s 2011 installment of the decade-old Hancock Lecture Series<\/a> on October 27th. It\u2019s entitled Playful Interventions<\/a><\/em> and features designer Sean Martindale.\n\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iuC8lAlmwFA&feature=player_embedded\n\nAnd last but not least, the University of Toronto Space Program hosts Drew Feustel on October 24th, a NASA astronaut, in an event with an infinitely inspiring title, My Path to Space: How One Earth Scientist Became a NASA Mission Specialist<\/a><\/em>.\n\nI cannot emphasize enough how much I\u2019ve taken from speakers such as these and how important they have been to my education at this university, equally important in my opinion as attending regular classes. I implore you: don\u2019t miss out on the opportunity to be inspired!\n\nChad\n\nPS:\u00a0 Feel free to share any other inspiring speakers who you\u2019ve seen, or upcoming lectures that you can\u2019t wait to see.\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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