DIY Conference for
Global Citizens
Check out Dr. Neeta’s hand-picked selection of (mostly) TED talks.
She has curated an exclusive collection of videos and conversations on living across borders and cultures, mental health, and a better world. Self-educate by attending this Do-It-Yourself virtual conference organized into 4 themes:
Dr. Neeta’s choices will appeal to activists, travelers, and people committed to having authentic interactions as they show up in the world. Nurture the life long learner in you and enjoy at your own pace.
1. The Nomad Experience
4. Personal Growth
2. Global Citizenship
3. Adventure & Sustainable Travel
The Nomad Experience
These sessions focus on the experience of growing up with a cross-cultural background, the meaning of home, and reconciling multicultural identities.
Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local
Taiye Selasi | TEDGlobal 2014
The danger of a single story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDGlobal 2009
What's missing from the American immigrant narrative
Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez | TED@WellsFargo
What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids
Deeyah Khan | TEDxExeter
The evolving identity of a first generation American
Somara Theodore | TEDxCreativeCoast
Where is home?
Pico Iyer | TEDGlobal 2013
Third Culture Kids: the impact of growing up in a globalized world
Ruth Van Reken | TEDxINSEAD
Third Culture Kids
Tommaso Tricamo | TEDxYouth@WSO
Third Culture Kids? NO, no, no - Bridging Kids!
Yui Mikuriya | TEDxYouth@KIST
Panel Discussion - Global Citizens on Local Civic Engagement: When Growing Up Everywhere Can Ground You Locally
Global Citizenship
This collection explores global issues and the value of diversity in supporting our common humanity at an individual, local, and global levels.
Mental health for all by involving all
Vikram Patel | TEDGlobal 2012
How nationalism and globalism can coexist
Wanis Kabbaj | TED@UPS
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?
Hugh Evans | TED2016
The revolutionary power of diverse thought
Elif Shafak | TEDGlobal>NYC
For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism?
Aziz Abu Sarah | TED2014
Why Mental Health is Political
Shon Faye | Novara Media
How great leaders inspire action
Simon Sinek | TEDxPuget Sound
The way we think about charity is dead wrong
Dan Pallotta | TED2013
Using your voice is a political choice
Amanda Gorman | TED-Ed Weekend
Want a more just world? Be an unlikely ally
Nita Mosby Tyler | TEDxMileHigh
100 Things - What's on Your List?
Sebastian Terry | TEDxAsburyPark
Adventure & Sustainable Travel
In this section, speakers reflect on the gifts of travel and how we can do so sustainably to improve our world and human connection.
The future of travel
Ira Stromberg | TEDxHochschuleLuzern
How adventure makes you smarter, stronger, and attractive
Tyler Tervooren | TEDxConcordiaUPortland
Deep travel -- Connecting on the road and in life
Judith Fein | TEDxSanMiguelDeAllende 2013
The value of travel
Rick Steves | TEDxRainier
Life Lessons from the Youngest Person to Travel to Every Country
Lexie Alford | TEDxKlagenfurt
Learn to travel -- travel to learn
Robin Esrock | TEDxVancouver
The surprising thing I learned sailing solo around the world
Dame Ellen MacArthur | TED2015
How to save tourism from itself
Doug Lansky | TEDxStockholmSalon
Change the world ... take a vacation
Shannon Stowell | TEDxBend
Honest Guide: How 'traveling like a local' can help cities fight overtourism
Janek Rubes | TEDxDrewUniversity
Personal Growth
Talks in this section are about developing skills (and bravery) for wellness and truths on the tough stuff in life.
The psychology of your future self
Dan Gilbert | TED2014
Why we should all try therapy
Emily Anhalt | TEDxBoulder
The power of vulnerability
Brené Brown | TEDxHouston
Why children of immigrants experience guilt — and strategies to cope | Sahaj Kaur Kohli | How to Deal with Difficult Feelings April 2021
Don't suffer from your depression in silence
Nikki Webber Allen | TED Residency
The real reason I traveled to 196 countries
Cassie De Pecol | TEDxMileHigh
Embrace the near win
Sarah Lewis | TED2014
"Everything happens for a reason" — and other lies I've loved
Kate Bowler | TEDMED 2018
The Science of Love
John Gottman | TEDxVeniceBeach
Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
Guy Winch | TEDxLinnaeusUniversity
