Ten great TEDTalks from Olympians and Paralympians. Marlon Shirley: Overcoming Adversity – TEDxYouth@Bruce Marlon Shirley: Overcoming obstacles Marlon Shirley won back-to-back gold medals in the 100-meter dash at the Paralympic Games of 2000 and 2004. In a talk given over webcam, Shirley tells the story of how he overcame obstacles …

Ten great TEDTalks from Olympians and Paralympians. Steve Mesler: When kids meet their Olympic heroes Olympic gold medalist Steve Mesler founded the organization Classroom Champions, which connects Olympians and Paralympians with underserved schoolkids via Twitter and email. Here, he shares his vision for the program as “Big Brothers Big Sisters …

Ten great TEDTalks from Olympians and Paralympians. Rajyavardhan Rathore: Intelligence doesn’t just come in books At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the first silver medal for India since the 1900 Olympics in Paris. In this short talk, Rathore stresses that book smarts aren’t the …

As Facebook has evolved, so have its profile pages. Beyond adding new fields the current format is now the Facebook Timeline which was unveiled in September 2011.  Nicholas Felton and Sam Lessin were the brains behind Facebook Timeline. The Facebook Timeline on a page and profile look very similar.  Many …

Ten great TEDTalks from Olympians and Paralympians. Jason Rogers: Advancing Your Story  – TEDxYouth@Bruce Jason Rogers: We all write our own story According to Jason Rogers, a fencer who won Olympic silver in 2008, we all are writers. In this talk, Rogers gives a short history of fencing and shares …