Save the Date! Sir Ken Robinson on August 25
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The Dalai Lama Center is pleased to announce an exciting Speakers Series event with Sir Ken Robinson. The best-selling author will be giving a special evening presentation in Vancouver on Thursday, August 25, just in time for the new school year. Stay tuned for updates on our website or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more details on the event.
Sir Ken provided audiences at the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit both with moments of laughter and moments of contemplation as he moderated the World Peace Through Personal Peace dialogue and participated in the Educating the Heart panel discussion.
He has given talks around the world and, in addition to his knighthood, he has unofficially been given the title of "creativity expert". Sir Ken is calling for a reform in the way children are taught. He says we're teaching them to become workers, not thinkers.
One of TED Talks' most watched videos, below is Sir Ken's 2006 presentation, Do Schools Kill Creativity? It illustrates Sir Ken's ability to take an important subject, infuse it with a touch of humour, and send people out the door questioning many of the assumptions they may have once had.
About Sir Ken Robinson:
Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources and a New York Times best selling author. He works with governments in Europe, Asia and the USA, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and some of the word’s leading cultural organizations. He was the central figure in developing a strategy for creative and economic development as part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. In 2005 he was named as one of Time/Fortune/CNN’s ‘Principal Voices’. In 2003, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts and education. He speaks to audiences throughout the world on the creative challenges facing business and education in the new global economies.
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