Dates: October 6, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6pm
Entry: Kshs 200
Guest Speaker: Larry Madowo, NTV Business Editor and Anchor on PM Live
TEDxBraeburnSchools, every Saturday @ Braeburn School
10:00am (for 10:30) to 12:00pm. Location: Braeburn School, Gitanga Rd, Austin Room
This week’s theme: Ideas for prosperity, featuring videos of TED Talks by Niall Ferguson & Nandan Nilekani
Why TED Talks? We need to intelligently reassess our systems of societal structure, education, and cultural narratives, and creatively think about the roles of morality, technology, human behaviour and collaborative civil society in our world. This event creates a space for open, exploratory dialogue to understand these issues, to ensure the diversity of our people and their thoughts are a source of intelligent constructive creativity rather than conflict.
Coordinated in conjunction with Braeburn Schools
Directions to Braeburn: http://www.braeburn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=695
Website: http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/2441 ; also http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/825
Join here to stay informed on TEDx events in Nairobi:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122852434404442
For more information email: Farida_sher@yahoo.co.uk; irfan@whiterose.co.ke; salim_keshavjee@yahoo
TEDxBraeburnSchools, Sep 24 2011 @ Braeburn School
a Gathering for Curious Minds
When? Saturday 24th September 2011, 10am (for 10:30) to 12:00pm
Where? Austin Room, Braeburn School, Gitanga Road, Lavington
This week’s theme: The Business of Compassion
This Saturday we will show videos featuring:
14min – Google’s “Jolly Good Fellow,” Chade-Meng Tan, talks about how the company practices compassion in its everyday business — and its bold side projects. Chade-Meng Tan was one of Google’s earliest engineers. Among many other things, Meng helped build Google’s first mobile search service, and headed the team that kept a vigilant eye on Google’s search quality. After an eight-year stint in Engineering, he now serves with GoogleEDU as the Head of Personal Growth. One of his main projects is Search Inside Yourself — a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course, which he hopes will eventually contribute to world peace in a meaningful way.
16min – In this inspiring talk at the NextGen:Charity conference, Sasha Dichter of the Acumen Fund shares the results of his month-long “Generosity Experiment” where he said “yes” to every request for help. Sasha Dichter is the Director of Business Development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture capital fund that invests in enterprises that serve the poor. In this role, he leads up capital raising globally for Acumen Fund, including executing a successful $100M capital raise, serving as the point person for Acumen Fund’s Partner community, and heading up global partnerships for Acumen Fund including global expansion. Sasha is a member of Acumen Fund’s leadership team and the author of the Manifesto for Nonprofit CEOs. He blogs about generosity,philanthropy and social change at http://sashadichter.wordpress.com.
Directions to Braeburn: http://www.braeburn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=695
Website: http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/2441 ; also http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/825
Join here to stay informed on TEDx events in Nairobi:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122852434404442
For more information email: Farida_sher@yahoo.co.uk; irfan@whiterose.co.ke; salim_keshavjee@yahoo.com;
TEDxBraeburnSchools, Sep 17 2011 @ Braeburn School
TEDxBraeburnSchools, Saturday September 17th 2011 at 10:00am (for 10:30) to 12:00pm.
Location: Braeburn School, Gitanga Rd, Austin Room, Nairobi
Theme: China… and our collective future. TED talks screened will be:
Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China 21min Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of “When China Rules the World,” he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers three building blocks for understanding what China is and will become.
Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth? 19min Economist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China’s authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth — leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang’s answer may surprise you.
Why TED Talks? We need to intelligently reassess our systems of societal structure, education, and cultural narratives, and creatively think about the roles of morality, technology, human behaviour and collaborative civil society in our world. This event creates a space for open, exploratory dialogue to understand these issues, to ensure the diversity of our people and their thoughts are a source of intelligent constructive creativity rather than conflict.
Coordinated in conjunction with Braeburn Schools: www.braeburn.com
Directions to Braeburn: http://www.braeburn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=695
Website: http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/2441 ; also http://www.ted.com/tedx/groups/825
Join here to stay informed on TEDx events in Nairobi: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122852434404442
For more information email: Farida_sher@yahoo.co.uk; irfan@whiterose.co.ke; salim_keshavjee@yahoo.com;
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED
Festival: StoryMoja Hay Festival, Sept. 15-18 2011 @ Railway Club Grounds
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art exhibitsclassesconcertsdancedebateeventsfestivallectures & readingsmoviesMusicalOpen MicpartiesPoetryProse Readingtheater & performances
Dates: September 15-18, 2011
Venue: Railway Club Grounds
Tickets: Kshs 500 Daily (Including a book) and Kshs 1000 seasonal ticket (3 days)
Tickets Available online: www.enrakenya.com and MPesa 0728 285 021
About
This is a Festival that brings together international writers and personalities to a temporary ’tent city’ in the heart of Nairobi where they celebrate stories, ideas, writing and contemporary culture through storytelling, music, books, live discussion forums, demonstrations, workshops, open mic sessions, debates, exhibitions, performances and competitions.
Festival Programme link: http://www.storymojahayfestival.com/programme/
POWO, Sep 17 2011 @ iHub
Poets and Writers Online (POWO) is a forum for Poets and Writers with blogs and those with an interest in using the internet in promotion of, or as a platform for their writing.
The next POWO meetup will be on Saturday,17th September at the iHub (11am – 3pm) and it will be a talk on Open Source software as well as a workshop giving technical hands-on experience. The topic on next meeting is: What is Open Source and what opportunities does it offer me as an online Creative Writer? The main aim is to bring the Tech and Creative Writing communities together and possibly create a synergy (Skills plus Content)
POWO Seeks to:
1. Introduce Creative Writers to the opportunities available online and also through technology
2. Help them utilize the tools available either as a platform for their writing or as a means to build their brand online(blogs, facebook, twitter, contributions to online magazines)
3. Bring together Poets and Writers through a meetup that happens every 2nd month to discuss, learn and share
4. Bring together the creative and tech communities and see what collaborations can be built from the two groups.
Event: Ignite Gumzo, Sep 1st 2011 @ The Junction
Welcome to IGNITE GUMZO and enjoy an evening of music and hot discussions.
This month’s line up features actor and director Rogers Otieno, entertainer Diana Kamau and a very special musical feature from Lulu!
Join us to escape the merciless clutches of your demanding job and use this brilliant chance to network with other professionals. Take an evening off to explore the passions that you ditched after college.
It’s light, it’s easy and anyone can participate!
Starting Thursday 1st September from 7– 9pm at the Junction, Fourth Floor, New Wing.
Entry free, call 0721 792411 to book!
Art Discussion with Jay Patel, Aug 11 2011 @ Kuona Trust
A Public Discussion by Jay Patel following his photographic exhibition “Life, Death, Hope & Freedom”
On 11th August 2011 @ 2:00pm at the Kuona Gallery
In the ongoing exhibition at Kuona Trust, Jay Patel, a photographer exploring the darker side of humanity, has put together an imaginative collection of staged photographs using wooden dolls to enact everyday violent situations in an attempt to interrogate the reasons we inflict pain on each other.
He will chair a public forum to discuss his photographic practice while letting us in on his process, technique and intended result.
It will also be a forum to discuss the different ways in which photography can be approached.
TEDxBraeburnSchools, Jul 16 2011 @ Austin Theater
When? Saturday 16th July 2011, 10am (for 10:30) to 12:00pm
Where? Austin Theater, Braeburn School, Gitanga Road, Lavington
Theme: Mind power
TED Talks presented:
– Executive, educator, writer and life coach Srikumar S. Rao asks, “Are you ready to succeed?” — and in his famous course “Creativity and Personal Mastery,” he teaches his students how to do so. Rao says we spend most of our lives learning to be unhappy, even as we strive for happiness. At Arbejdsglaede Live! 2009, he teaches us how to break free of the “I’d be happy if …” mental model, and embrace our hard-wired happiness.
– Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking. Ehrenreich studied chemistry at Reed College, graduating in 1963. Her senior thesis was entitled Electrochemical oscillations of the silicon anode. In 1968, she received a Ph.D in cellular biology from Rockefeller University.
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Art Legend Talks, until Jul 20 2011 @ Kuona Trust
Osei G. Kofi, the Ghanaian born, art lover, is the current Managing Director of Gallery Watatu. Gallery Watatu is the oldest privately owned art gallery of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa. Kofi started off by writing about art and with time, grew from this this to collecting contemporary Africa art, to consulting and setting up an art dealing company.
Topic: The challenge for African contemporary art in the international market
Date & Time: Monday 18th July, 2-4pm
Jak Katarikawe, who for many years was described as the Chagall of Africa, received early stimulus from his mother, who painted the walls of houses. Discovered by Prof. Cook from Makerere University, he had his first exhibition at the Nommo Gallery, Kampala (1973), and also in Denmark, Germany, Kenya, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom and USA. “When I remember or listen to a good story, I laugh at it and then later, translate it into a painting”, he says and does the same thing with dreams.
Topic: Down memory lane – development of East African contemporary art
Date & Time: Monday 18th July, 2-5pm
Joseph Bertiers who began his illustrious career as a sign writer, is now one of Kenya’s most famous artists. His paintings feature heavily populated imagined urban scenes of bars, market places and towns. They usually include recognizable Kenyan and international politicians and celebrities in ludicrous settings and are political commentaries of contemporary Kenya. The paintings themselves feature hand painted signs and messages above the bars and shops and there is a clear evidence of his sign writing background.
Topic: Life and works
Date & Time: Wednesday 20th July, 2-5pm