TEDxAmsterdam: Mabel van Oranje from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo.
Dutch Princess Mabel van Oranje is the Chief Executive Officer of The Elders. The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity.
In a passionate talk Princess Mabel van Oranje discussed the various conditions to achieve change, “What you need is to believe that the impossible is possible,” the Princess said. “But in order to ignite change, I know from experience, you often have to take two steps forward, one step back.”
See also TEDxAmsterdam’s blog report of her talk. The Princess referred to her talk via her newly established Twitter feed: “Spoke at TEDx Amsterdam last week; met some fascinating people – true change makers!
Selection of reports on her talk
- Marketingfacts: Mabel van Oranje op TEDxAmsterdam: de vijf succesfactoren van echte verandering
- Idealize: Angst en verandering, de ochtendtopics van TEDxAmsterdam
- Ode: Vrouwen heersen op TEDxAmsterdam
- Cultureel Persbureau: Glansrol Frans Timmermans en Mabel van Oranje op TEDxAmsterdam
Selection of quotes
- “Next we had royalty on stage, and not at all in a figurative sense. Her royal highness Mabel Van Oranje was extremely charismatic as she gave a talk on how to achieve breakthrough and change. Perhaps surprisingly, she stressed the importance of patience in this: “We overestimate what we can achieve in the short term, but we underestimate what we can achieve in the long term”, from Wired UK: Our man in Amsterdam, Wired UK at TEDx
- “Mabel van Oranje is definitely my favorite Power Babe. Her speech delivered without any pictures or props, unless you want to call her stiletto heels a prop, she delivered a speech that was passionate, inspiring and made a lot of sense. I especially liked one of her five principles of success and that is called ‘Patience’. And patience in an era of instant gratification and quick fixes is a hard skill to master.” from Mindz weblog
And as a bonus, the small report of her talk by the TEDxAmsterdam TV crew, which includes a telling slip of the tongue: “A black man becomes the president of the United Change. Ehm. The United States.”
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