What a busy day we had! At 6AM, Kyle Williams of Nurture and Amanda Sammann of IDEO joined other hardy TEDMED souls for a run with ultramarathon champion Scott Jurek. That truly set the pace for the rest of the day.
The Social Tent is really revving up and sometimes rivaling the auditorium for delegate attendance! David Webster from IDEO and I took a walk around to other sponsor spaces and briefly experienced a mini-presentation on dementia from the Cleveland Clinic – a conference within a conference! Later in the day I took a walk with Tom Condon (our tour de force designer who developed the tent and simulcast lounge experiences) and we received a demonstration from Michael Weinberger at Johnson and Johnson of a new app for helping people score their own health using a simple, visual interface.
Mike showing Tom the ScoreMyHealth app in the Johnson and Johnson space.
Then, Jan Carlson of Nurture and I chatted with Sean Hughes from Philips regarding the design of healthcare experiences through environment.
Sean Hughes of Philips talking with Jan Carlson.
But the highlight of the day was the story we were privileged to hear from Virginia Breen and her daughter Elizabeth. There was nary a dry eye in the house as Virginia shared her story of working to help people understand that her daughter’s medical diagnosis of autism was keeping Elizabeth from not only being understood by others but perhaps from getting the help she needed to make meaningful connections with others. As we read the words Elizabeth has written in her poetry, we certainly made a connection and we thank both her and Virginia for coming to the TEDMED stage.
Another great day in the books – can’t wait to see what will happen tomorrow!
- Amazing interactions happening at the packed Nurture social space at TEDMED!
A shot from our Chicago simulcast features Robert Gupta and Nurture's very own Pocket up on stage.
A delicious (and healthy!) breakfast from the start of Day 2 at TEDMED.
A great quote from Bryan Stevenson, a speaker from Day 1 of TEDMED, written on the chalk table in Nurture's social space in DC.
Post-it notes featuring reaction to Day 2 of TEDMED go meta at Nurture's Chicago simulcast.
Dean Witting of Nurture and Roz Cama look on as Tom Condon tries out Empath while wearing the 3rd age suit.
A slideshow from Day 2 of TEDMED, featuring photos from DC and Nurture’s simulcasts in Grand Rapids and Chicago.
Nurture asks: Can 100 questions make a difference in healthcare design?
- Fellow TedMed 2012 sponsor Cleveland Clinic asks: What does the ideal healthcare system of the future look like?
TedMed attendees utilize social space during TedMed 2012
Tom Condon, Nurture Designer, enjoying TedMed 2012
Volunteer puts on the 3rd age suit at the NurtureAsks space!
