Travel blogger makes it to a TED stage [VIDEO]

March 12, 2013 By 9 Comments

Say what you like about travel bloggers, when one of them gets a slot at a TED event they probably deserve at the very least a hearty congratulations.

Indeed, how many travel journos or, for that matter, travel industry folk have managed to get on-stage at one of the most high-profile events on the planet?

Keith Jenkins, he of VelvetEscape fame, spoke at a recent TEDx event at the Saxion University in the Netherlands.

The 16-minute slot (Passion, Empowerment, Social Media) covers his personal journey from an executive in the financial services industry to full-time travel blogger.

Worth a watch…

 

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Kevin May About Kevin May

Kevin May is editor of Tnooz. He joined as a co-founder in August 2009 after spending nearly four years as editor of UK-based business publication Travolution.

Passionate about the business of travel and the internet, Kevin played a major role in establishing Travolution in print, online, events and with an annual awards programme, as well as becoming a regular speaker and moderator at industry events.

Prior to Travolution, Kevin was web editor at Media Week (UK) and also worked in regional newspapers for two years at the Essex Enquirer. He started his career in journalism at the Police Gazette at New Scotland Yard in London.

Comments

  1. Matthew Barker says:
    March 13, 2013 at 5:03 am

    Well done Keith.

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  2. Jennifer Kent says:
    March 13, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    A very inspiring TED talk! So often we do things for the wrong reasons or let fear hold us back. A great reminder of what we can do with our passion. Also a most awesome travel related success story.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Raj says:
    March 13, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    Here is one by Robin Esrcock. He did this here in Vancouver which apparently was the biggest TedX event. http://youtu.be/S0TemlxiMdw

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  4. pam@nerdseyeview.com says:
    March 13, 2013 at 7:13 pm

    And here’s one by Lavinia Spalding in Park City.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CNulcWfi-0

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  5. pam@nerdseyeview.com says:
    March 13, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    Oh, and all respect to Keith, don’t get me wrong. It’s a nice feather in your cap to score a Ted talk. But there have been a few. Here’s Andrew Evans’ too:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5pZ-poLyOw

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  6. Samuel Daams says:
    March 14, 2013 at 5:29 am

    Congrats Keith!

    And not to take away anything from this being an awesome feat for Keith, Kevin, TEDx talks are not the same as TED talks. There’s only a handful of TED conferences each year (http://www.ted.com/pages/registration) whereas there are probably hundreds of TEDx events (http://www.ted.com/tedx). From these events a tiny amount of really good videos get promoted as TED talks. The TED org is quite careful with how these are marketed and presented, in fact, they’d probably sue you if they found out you used the TED name incorrectly here Kevin :)

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