TEDxAmsterdam: Frans Timmermans from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo.
After the opening words, TEDxAmsterdam was kicked off by Minister of European Affairs, Mr Frans Timmermans. His passionate talk underlined the necessity to confront our fears and work on finding solutions that fit our society. It was a beautiful start of a special day.
- The website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers a full transcript of his talk, as well as a translation into Dutch as published by NRC Handelsblad on 21 November.
- Frans Timmermans wrote on his Facebook page, “Frans Timmermans is full of energy thanks to my Tedx experience. What a wonderful group of people! Enough spirit, creativity and energy to ‘reset’ our society”
- Interview with Frans Timmermans by TEDxAms crew (in Dutch)
- Interview with Frans Timmermans by Sanoma Uitgevers (in Dutch)
Selection of comments on his talk:
Chris Anderson, TED: “Superb talk on fear and “the other” by Dutch politician Frans Timmermans” (via Twitter)
Michiel Frackers (in Dutch) correspondeerde met Timmermans na zijn TEDxAms talk, en kreeg ook antwoord. Conclusie Frackers: “Het kan nooit de bedoeling zijn van Timmermans dat we als samenleving zo eindigen als Jack Sparrow, verzwolgen door het monster. Pirates of the Caribbean werd een trilogie. Hopelijk komt Frans Timmermans ook nog met een vervolg, waarin hij het antwoord geeft op de vraag: wat gebeurt er nadat je ‘hello beastie’ tegen het monster zegt?”
And just as a bonus video (40 seconds), here’s Jack Sparrow’s meeting with the Kraken. ‘Hello Beastie“…
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