Monique Ruff-Bell: How TED Transforms Ideas into Movements
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Remarkable People, join Guy Kawasaki for an inspiring conversation with Monique Ruff-Bell, Chief Program and Strategy Officer at TED. From her early days 'running away with the circus' at Ringling Brothers to orchestrating TED's world-renowned conferences, Monique shares insights on curating ideas that change the world. Discover how TED evolved from a single conference to a global movement and learn what makes a talk truly remarkable. Her infectious energy and strategic vision for platforming transformative ideas will leave you inspired to share your own story.
Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable.
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| 0:40.3 | Thank you very much for being on Remarkable People. |
| 0:51.3 | How about you just give yourself a short little introduction? |
| 0:55.0 | Sure. |
| 0:56.0 | So I am Monique Rough Bell. |
| 0:58.0 | I am the chief program and strategy officer for TED. |
| 1:02.0 | And if you love a good TED talk, this is what I get to do every day and participate in |
| 1:08.0 | bringing these magical experiences to our community and to the global audience. |
| 1:12.6 | I love that. I love Ted. I have to tell you. So you worked at Ringling Brothers, |
| 1:18.6 | and we had another guest named Derek Sivers, who also was a ringmaster. So am I seeing a pattern here? |
| 1:25.6 | Is it like great presenters and great speakers? They have a |
| 1:30.1 | background in the circus? You got to have experience with a little bit of crazy and chaos. And there |
| 1:36.0 | you go with the circus is just a part of that. So I think it just makes you a stronger people person, |
| 1:42.0 | a people lover, if and the stronger entertainer. |
| 1:45.0 | And what exactly did you do for Ringling Brothers? |
| 1:49.0 | So I was the promotion manager for Ringling Brothers. |
| 1:52.0 | So I like to say I ran away with the circus. |
| 1:55.0 | So people don't know there's actually two circuses at one on each side of the country, and then they switch. And so whenever the circus |
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