Transforming Ideas to Impact in a Confusing Changing World | Nathan Shoesmith | TEDxLancasterU
In a world that often feels chaotic and overwhelming, how do we turn our ideas into something that truly matters?
In this inspiring talk, social entrepreneur Nathan Shoesmith shares the mindset and tools needed to navigate today’s fast changing world. Drawing from personal experience and working with changemakers, Nathan explores three essential drivers of real world impact: embracing change, building resilience, and cultivating communities. Whether you're starting a movement, launching a business, or simply trying to make sense of it all this talk will help you move from confusion to clarity, and from idea to impact. Nathan Shoesmith is a social entrepreneur, strategist, and author based in the North West of England. A graduate of Management, Politics, and International Relations from Lancaster University, Nathan has worked across a variety of sectors, focusing on creating positive impacts for local and wider communities.Co-Founder and Director of The Speaker, a youth-led digital media nonprofit, Nathan is dedicated to making often confusing topics more accessible and inspiring young people to get involved in social action. At GC Insight, Nathan works on economic development, social and regeneration projects across the UK - while he additionally offers strategic advice to organisations including YoungMinds.An author and award-winning social entrepreneur, Nathan has written books that seek to share important stories including Brain Injuries: Our Hidden Journeys and 2020 As It Happened. 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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