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TEDxManchester TEDxManchester was originally founded in 2009 as among the first TEDx events in the world.

The original event took place in the former BBC Manchester site, New Broadcasting House, on Oxford Road in Studio 7, the orchestral music studio. Since then it has taken place at the Cornerhouse, the Manchester Academy & HOME Manchester. Since 2018 it has taken place in its current home, the Bridgewater Hall where audiences have grown to over 2000 people. The best way to stay up to date on TEDxMan

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🏛️ Ancient historian and TikToker Dr Jess Venner took us through the last days of Pompeii.She vividly described people ...
07/03/2026

🏛️ Ancient historian and TikToker Dr Jess Venner took us through the last days of Pompeii.

She vividly described people going about their everyday lives oblivious to the impending tragedy.

🌋 Then the eruption of Vesuvius unfolded, starting with a huge column of smoke and pumice falling. Then lightening.
People barricade themselves in thinking it was the end of the world. The sun was blocked out.

Pompeii is a human archive
💀 Hundreds of skeletons have been discovered.
🍞 81 loaves of bread still in ovens
👶 A baby in a cot
💔 Love notes that were left.

🏺 But we can learn lessons from the people of Pompeii directly relevant to today:

They lived within the means they were given.
Made the best of a bad situation.
Were resilient in face of crisis
Embraced loss and renewal.
Learned to adapt with what they had

Places and people can recover.

❤️ We can create meaning and hope in the future just like Pompeii.

🐹 Productivity pro has used himself as a guinea pig to push limits to see what he can achieve mentally and physically. ...
07/03/2026

🐹 Productivity pro has used himself as a guinea pig to push limits to see what he can achieve mentally and physically. But Chris had a confession - he calls himself one of the laziest people.

🤔 His curiosity about this tension led him to the 12 values - a piece of research by Shalom Schwartz and validated in over 89 countries with 200k participants.

12 Values that drive your motivational core:
❤️ Benevolence
❣️ Self direction
❤️ Stimulation
❣️ Hedonism
❤️ Achievement
❣️ Power
❤️ Face
❣️ Security
❤️ Tradition
❣️ Conformity
❤️ Humility
❣️ Universalism

⚖️ Which are highest and lowest for you?

🏃 Chris said once he understood his values his whole past made sense - like training for a marathon, then not doing it. Values help understand why we do things - and why we stop

So productivity = intentionality, and values are our ultimate intentions

🌟 Know your values
🌟 Love and accept them
🌟 Work with them to shape your life and work
🌟 Align actions with values - that brings meaning.

💛 We are what we value.

🪨 In the next talk Sahara Bahnot, biotechnologist and entrepreneur, reminded us that Precious Metals are everywhere. In ...
07/03/2026

🪨 In the next talk Sahara Bahnot, biotechnologist and entrepreneur, reminded us that Precious Metals are everywhere. In everything. We barely notice them.

📱 Rare earth elements are not rare but they are expensive to extract. They are central to modern technology - a Smartphone has over 50 metals in it.

🪦 And there is a growing stockpile. Everyone has a graveyard of old electronics. The Uk sends its electronic waste abroad.

♻️ Together with her cofounders Sahara set up LanthaGen Bio to come up with a better solution - to liberate elements from electronic waste in an environmentally friendly way by using microbes.

🗑️ The new mine will be that stock pile of e waste.

🙌 It’s time to decide if we are letting waste define us or will we let biology re define waste.

🔮 Kicking off the afternoon, physicist turned magician Kevin Quantum took us through how to Fake It to Make It📺 Kevin le...
07/03/2026

🔮 Kicking off the afternoon, physicist turned magician Kevin Quantum took us through how to Fake It to Make It

📺 Kevin let us into his secrets of supercharging personal transformation - lessons learned from his appearance on reality TV.

1️⃣ Firstly change your social environment - hang out with the people you want to become.

✅ Next throw yourself into it. Say yes to every single challenge.

💪 The rate of change is related to the number of reps you put in.

👊 Make the next task or challenge bigger, more difficult.

🙌 Structure and escalation at pace.

In summary - choose your identity, create the right environment, hang out with right people and decide to increase challenges at pace.

👏 And you’re Faking It to Make It

🤩 All you need to decide is: Who do you want to become?

🎼Rounding the morning off - Computer scientist and Creator of Sonic Pi, demonstrated programming as performance.💻He talk...
07/03/2026

🎼Rounding the morning off
- Computer scientist and Creator of Sonic Pi, demonstrated programming as performance.

💻He talked about how Al is changing computer
coding and music creation.

Sam's top tips for using Al:
✔️Always assume it's gas lighting you.
✔️Use the information but verify it.
✔️Control it carefully.
✔️Use it positively.

Code + music are a powerful combination.

The future is us being human and collaborating.

In the third session took us on her rollercoaster entrepreneurial journey.On a mission to develop something to help soo...
07/03/2026

In the third session took us on her rollercoaster entrepreneurial journey.

On a mission to develop something to help soothe her daughters eczema Joanna founded

From a bootstrapped start up - to being let down at the last hour by an investor (now known as Mr Total Moron!) for 'being too small', - to going viral - to beating giant Johnson & Johnson to become the leading brand in the sector.

By 2022 Childs Farm had over 10million customers worldwide.

Joanna's top tips include:
⭐️Entrepreneurship doesn’t suit everyone
⭐️Grasp the nettle, find solutions
⭐️Work at pace
⭐️Build brilliant relationships
⭐️Wear a pair of Teflon knickers
🩲 don't take things personally!

💡Remember - small ideas solve big problems.

💪The world doesn't change when someone has an idea - it changes when someone refuses to let it go.

🎤 Michael Wooldridge In the 1980s something big started happening then the Al revolution really began in 2005 - used wid...
07/03/2026

🎤 Michael Wooldridge
In the 1980s something big started happening then the Al revolution really began in 2005 - used widely from ultrasounds to self driving cars.

💰In 2012 the Worlds wealthiest companies started paying attention and investing which led to
GPT3 released in 2020 - a step change in Al capability.

🗣️ The launch of Chat GPT in 2022 led to 100m users in a few weeks and all companies started trying to embed the technology in their business.

We now have:
➕Clever Al - fluent in history, maths
🐱Gimmicky Al - we can create fun images

❓But what's next..
The focus is on using Al to enable businesses and indeed countries to boost productivity.

🤔We are living in pivotal time - will Al solve the productivity problem?

Powerful first session from tjpowerWe check our phones on average 207 times a dayWe're becomes addicted to Dopamine via ...
07/03/2026

Powerful first session from tjpower

We check our phones on average 207 times a day

We're becomes addicted to Dopamine via our phones

🎧One simple thing we can all do to escape DopamineLand - ditch the headphones, get into nature for a walk and embrace a bit of boredom

📣📣📣🤩 It’s nearly time…!! We are super stoked to bring you an epic line up for 2026 this Saturday! 🫶We cannot wait to i...
05/03/2026

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🤩 It’s nearly time…!!

We are super stoked to bring you an epic line up for 2026 this Saturday!

🫶We cannot wait to introduce our incredible eleven speakers including…

👍UNILAD and LADBible founder Alex Partridge, on his battle to being a neurodiversity advocate

⚽️Football legend, Jill Scott, on her journey from Sunderland to Wembley, and beyond

☕️Productivity authority, Chris Bailey, on his latest research and tips to get things done

 🤖Oxford Uni AI guru, Michael Wooldridge, on the reality and future of AI

 👂🏼TED Talks viral star, Julian Treasure, on the superpower of conscious listening

 🥷🏽Entrepreneur extraordinaire, Joanna Jensen, on defeating Goliath

 🧠Neuroscientist, Tj Power, on taking back control of your brain chemistry

 🧪Biotechnologist, Sahara Bhanot, on turning e-waste back into gold

 🎼Computer scientist, Sam Aaron, on using electronic dance music to teach coding

 🌋Ancient historian, Jess Venner, on her latest book and lessons on Pompeii

 🔮Physicist  magician, Kevin Quantum, on how his reality TV experience changed him.

💫And there’s still time for you to join us for one incredible idea-inspiring, thought-sharing, connection-making, conversation-starting, creativity-sparking day!

⬇️ There’s only a limited number of tickets left - hope to see you Saturday!!

📆 Saturday 7th March 2026
📍 The Bridgewater Hall
🎟️ www.tedxmanchester.com/tickets

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