Vive la TEDx Difference: French Entrepreneurs on TED’s” Vast Potential” for Business
November 20, 2014
Hosted by Té Revesz
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This week we are talking TEDx (Technology, Entertainment and Design). IT investor, entrepreneur (and TED mentor), Didier Chambaretaud & RV Conseil's Stéphane Rosenwald talk about how French and international businesses are tapping into the “vast potential” of the TED talks and events. What have been the challenges of getting French influentials to embrace TED? How are companies using TED as a management development tool? A training tool to ramp up their global communication skills? What core TED concepts are making profound changes to French business communication and to France's university education? How is TED impacting France’s rising generation of young professionals, artists, entrepreneurs, and scientists? How does France fit into the TED’s global mindset? How does France’s culture both integrate AND resist initiatives related the global economy and society? What is going on with the alternative network of TED heads?
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We are all operating in a dynamic global marketplace, whether we reach across borders to find new customers and fresh ideas or face overseas competitors in our home market.
Global Reach embraces the opportunities and challenges we encounter when operating in multiple countries and cultures. We talk with entrepreneurs and executives about their strategies for winning in fast changing world markets: cross-cultural communication, global branding, media and marketing, transportation and manufacturing, the future of finance, alternative investment strategies, innovation and IP protection.
Global Reach interviews thought leaders about 21st century megatrends that impact international entities: trends like the business and politics of sustainability, the morphing nature of competitiveness, globalization, global companies vs national governments, worldview and growth prescriptions, emerging markets issues, and the corporate impact on society (governance, ethics and leadership).
Té Revesz
Té Revesz is known for her ability to conduct strategic research on a global basis and for her creativity in handling complex business challenges.
As principal of GlobalReach-SBI, a research and consulting firm with a network spanning over 60 countries, Té provides clients with strategic intelligence on market opportunities and threats. She covers such diverse areas as global branding, new product development, payment cards, clinical trials, and political risk. An expert in primary research, Té has interviewed business, government and labor leaders, doctors and technical experts—and managed focus groups—around the world. She was profiled in Super Searchers Go to the Source as one of the top US interviewers.
Prior to founding her own firm, Té headed the Industrial & Healthcare Practices of FIND's Strategic Consulting & Research Group and taught at the Zicklin School of Business (Baruch/CUNY). She was the Editor of Business International’s flagship newsletter and helped create its country risk service.
An NYC native, Té is active with Citizen Action, the URJ’s Commission on Social Action, and NY Neighbors for American Values (defending religious freedom, diversity and equality). She holds a Masters from Columbia’s School of International & Public Affairs and a BA from Goucher College. She’s an avid bike rider, theater buff and farmers market supporter—and the bemused owner of 2 demanding felines.
Episode Directory
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- 11/20/2014: Vive la TEDx Difference: French Entrepreneurs on TED’s” Vast Potential” for Business Listen Now
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