Finding Color in a Lily-White Community | Grace Lim | TEDxOshkosh
For the past two years, students enrolled in "Telling Stories for Fun, Profit and World Peace" at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh were required to do what they consider an unpleasant task: talk to strangers of all shapes, colors and sizes, then come back with compelling stories to share with the masses on Facebook®. How is it possible, in a city that is primarily homogeneous, to convince college-age students of the value in engaging with a community that is wider and deeper than their own circle of family and friends? Instructor and former journalist Grace Lim highlights the lessons we can all learn from talking to strangers and how the stories they share connect us and make us a community. Grace Lim has more than 20 years of journalism experience and graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She has delivered stories ranging from hard-news crime to celebrity profiles while working for various publications including the Austin American-Statesman, STAR and the Miami Herald. During her work Lim has followed Liz Taylor to Acapulco, secured the worldwide exclusive story from Charles Manson’s biological son and refrained from selling Justin Timberlake’s phone number on Ebay®. She currently teaches students the power of story telling at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
For the past two years, students enrolled in "Telling Stories for Fun, Profit and World Peace" at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh were required to do what they consider an unpleasant task: talk to strangers of all shapes, colors and sizes, then come back with compelling stories to share with the masses on Facebook®. How is it possible, in a city that is primarily homogeneous, to convince college-age students of the value in engaging with a community that is wider and deeper than their own circle of family and friends? Instructor and former journalist Grace Lim highlights the lessons we can all learn from talking to strangers and how the stories they share connect us and make us a community. Grace Lim has more than 20 years of journalism experience and graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She has delivered stories ranging from hard-news crime to celebrity profiles while working for various publications including the Austin American-Statesman, STAR and the Miami Herald. During her work Lim has followed Liz Taylor to Acapulco, secured the worldwide exclusive story from Charles Manson’s biological son and refrained from selling Justin Timberlake’s phone number on Ebay®. She currently teaches students the power of story telling at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx