Six Words Are The Way In | Larry Smith | TEDxMarionCorrectional

Hear of the origins of the 6 word memoir and the boardwalk talks with Smitty "the mayor of his section" and how a simple request lead to a movement of capturing people's stories in just 6 words. Larry delivers and encourages the use of 6 words to heal, build community, collaborate and connect. Example of 6....Small idea with big lasting effect!

Connecting people through 6 words? Unbelievable the power of this idea. LARRY SMITH is the founder and editor of SMITH Magazine, and its younger cousin, SMITH Teens. SMITH Magazine is best known for launching the Six-Word Memoir® project, which is a bestselling books series and a global phenomenon. Anticipating the microblogging explosion, SMITH originally launched the Six-Word Memoir project in November 2006 in partnership with Twitter with a simple online challenge asking: “Can you tell your life story in six words?” Now more then 1 million Six-Word Memoirs have been shared across SMITH Mag sites.

[rosekat]

I get everyone hates school but dont put so much hate on the guy speaking :(

[heeheehoohoo]

now i have to write my own thanks man i really needed the extra stress

[saikikusuo]

Assignment due in 53 mins wish me luck boys

[deadman]

34k views and 12 comments, feels bad.

[lilaromanin]

i have to do questions and all of this stuff during my coronacation im mad

[majec]

Everyone is saying that because of him they have work, but I already had the work and came to him. 😂

[aaronhicklin]

So this dude co-opts an idea that BlackBook magazine ran in print several years earlier, even getting Norman Mailer and John Updike to participate, and then suggests he is some kind of pioneer.

[kobemitchell]

was helpful but manz looks like Frankenstein no cap

[evansmith]

who else is here in covid 19 doing ela class?

[speedyshogun]

Are we supposed to care abt his story?

[sy]

NAH CAUSE WHAT DID YALL WRITE PLS HELP