Living in the GAP: 3 insights for Growth, Awareness and Peace | Jaslyn Hall | TEDxMableton
The talk explores the concept of the GAP, the space between where you are and where you
want to be, and gives 3 transformative lessons to live a life of growth, awareness and
peace. Barbadian Jaslyn Hall is curious about life, and a passionate doyen of world music. She is
a motivational speaker and creative strategist, with more than 25 years of worldwide
experience in education, event planning, radio, and TV as a presenter and producer.
Jaslyn leads multicultural, cross-functional project teams for cultural festivals, world
expositions and Government, corporate and community events in Barbados and
internationally. Most notably as Artistic Consultant for 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Arts
Committee, Music coordinator for The Cultural programme of the Australian Pavilion,
Nagoya, Japan, 2005, Project lead for UNICEF U-Report initiative for youth across the 11
countries of the English-Speaking Caribbean (2021) Consultant to Barbados Heritage
Month, Division of Culture in the Prime Minister's Office, and delights in her present role
as Executive Assistant to the Hon. Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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