TEDxUW - Natalie MacNeil - Women: The largest untapped block of human potential

Natalie MacNeil is the Emmy Award winning co-founder of Imaginarius, a boutique firm which has produced award-winning digital media. A serial entrepreneur and innovator -- she abides by a philosophy of "Live, Work, Create," enabling her to showcase her talents for startups and innovation through an internationally-recognized blog for women.

As the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of She Takes On The World, a multiple award-winning blog that was recently listed by Forbes on in its review of the "Top 10 Entrepreneurial Sites for Women", Natalie has parlayed her knack for writing into regular gigs for ForbesWoman and the Huffington Post, and has also contributed business advice to Inc., Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Mashable, MSN, and many more international media outlets.

In 2010 Natalie was awarded Canada's Young Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Impact Organization. Her first book, She Takes on the World: A Guide to Being Your Own Boss, Working Happy, and Living on Purpose, is due out in early 2012.


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[pjmhunni]

Dear Ms. Natalie,
You are an absolute success! I am humbled and honoured to have been blessed with teaching you many years ago; your wisdom and heart continue to inspire my future! Thank you for all you do to make our world, especially our feminine existence empowered and aware! Bravo!
Pamela Hunnisett

[stahouli]

Natalie - you certainly are doing incredible things and you have already made an impact - I think that each year that passes will witness your extraordinary talent and gifts changing the world - significantly. Bravo - you are a role model.

[soojungh]

what poise and grace you present your speech with, and with those, inspiration. thank you.

[sonnyfields]

Beautiful talk Natalie MacNeil, i love you!

[marcob]

there is a problem where women do not have the same jobs as men and pay rate( and prob more I have not done research on it), but when talking about the largest untapped block of human potential, I would argue it is children and student who are bored out of their minds and hate school because they are forced to learn. Schools have killed curiosity (the pull force/motivation force that will lead anyone to think, learn, and grow on their own) as schools try to measure a person level of intelligence and teach kids to fear failure in an attempt to try to complete the goal (get good grades> go to college > get a job) which has been set upon them by society and school.

[stanhootzz]

"This World will not know PEACE until Women are Cherished and Loved Equally at Home, Business/work and politics." SRI KARUNAMAYI

[theqwertymaster]

she is inferring that most women are nurturing witch is true!!! Their actions are more love based and emotional witch is what the world needs.

[xPapergalaxiesx]

I think you should note that she didn't say anything about quotas or affirmative action. She's talking about giving women opportunities in third world countries where unfortunately women are treated nowhere near as equally as men, especially in business and education. She's advocating for giving women the opportunities to get into leadership positions by lending money through kiva.org and paying for a girls education in Nepal. What's wrong with that?

[KleverAlias]

Change the world as ONE PEOPLE not women or men.

[DonnaLentol]

Some of the men who have commented on here, are very insecure. Sort of reinforces this talk, doesn't it? If men want to bully women around, intimidate them and keep them in a corner so she can't speak her mind and live a full life, then what have you really "won"?  Men, you haven't achieved anything, you have stolen a mind and entrapped a soul. We ALL have brains and are capable of contributing to the world, only small minded insecure people try to hold others back, both men and women. We're all equal, get used to it!

[DanielDag]

Ego fools your true human Self by various concepts. One can be to believe that 'I'm special because I'm a woman' and you make a lot of re-constructing of reality to fit the women=unicorns belief.

[hemanownsyou]

Newsflash, genius: men DON'T hate women. Most men don't go out of their way to destroy. Here's an idea. Stop making stupid generalizations.

[DanDelos]

That's not it. Opportunity HAS to exist before any consideration of being qualified or not. Statistically, wouldn't you agree that women will get less opportunities than men in business and leadership positions, regardless of qualifications? Because sexism does exist, in the culture itself. I think the point is more about giving opportunities, not making quotas...

[rspkt]

A successful woman preaching about how other women need opportunities to become successful? Stop the presses. I think this issue has been covered ad nauseum and this Ted talk was rather trite and droll and I do not mean that to offend women. I just think less preaching and more action because then this discussion becomes a moot point.

[shinigami]

I agree with the idea, but this talk is a few decades too late... I think we're all aware of this. :/

[kodywolf]

I'm stopping this video and not continuing it because I dislike it and feel that its totally discriminating against some of guys. Additionally the speaker sounds like a broken record like "Feed the Children". I dont enjoy watching this type of TED videos!

[elmorejames]

the only way women can lead us is if they've got the balls to - period.

[layhugie]

Violently raped? Is there any rape that isn't violent? Seems a bit redundant to me.

[bobbill]

Ms. MacNeil's hubris is amazing. This is an example of some of the most narrow minded thinking I have seen in a very long time.
Incredibly disappointing.

[AdelleRamcharan]

"I'd like you to meet lucy"::::  >:(((   lol