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"As the co-founder and COO of digital agency JESS3, Leslie Bradshaw helps huge companies like Nike and Intel perfect their social media strategies.  A rising star in the tech and media world, Bradshaw has graced numerous lists of executives to watch over the past few years.\nWhen we asked her to pick her favorite TEDTalks, she wondered, \"How do I pick just four?!\" After clearing up that four was just a minimum number she could include, a relieved Bradshaw wowed us with the list below of important talks centered around the issue of the advancement of women.\nCindy Gallop: Make love, not porn\n\n\"Cindy gets at the root of some of our society's most commonly held, and yet rarely (if ever talked about) misperceptions about sex. As someone who spent a significant part of my undergraduate work on the topic of human sexuality and its impact / interplay with economic, religious, legal, health and social systems, I found her point of view to be enlightened and an important one to make as widely as possible.\"\nSheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders\n\n\"In my view, the content of the talk is as important as the eventual reach of the talk. Sheryl's position at one of the most talked about and interesting companies of the last decade also lent a great deal of credibility to what was being said. She not only gave a battle cry to women (one I find myself quoting regularly) \u2014 don't leave before you leave, keep your foot on the gas pedal \u2014 but she provided a sense of how men can be a part of the solution.\"\nHanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women\n\n\"In a sentence, Hanna has done in this talk and her recently published book what I have wanted to do since college - dive deeply into what the data are saying about how women are faring in light of advancements in the last 50 years.\"\nSheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice\n\n\"While Hanna Rosin's talk gives me a great deal of hope and excitement, and Sheryl Sandberg's talk fires me up, Sheryl WuDunn's talk grounds me, humbles me and has me thinking much more globally about how much more needs to be done for the cultivation and advancement of women. It also reminded me a lot of the visualization work my company, JESS3, did with The Economist and their \"Women's Economic Opportunity Index\" report.\"\nJacek Utko: Can design save the newspaper?\n\n\"Jacek's talk came at a moment when traditional media organizations were coming to grips with the reality that in a highly connected, tech savvy world where the expectation is that content is free, the old way of business was no longer going to work. Instead of espousing doom, gloom and anti-technology sentiments, Jacek offers up a profoundly simple and yet amazingly effective solution to the old guard: improve your product. And do it through design. So many industries could take note.\"\nElizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius\n\n\"When I first saw this talk, it preloaded itself at my neighborhood Starbucks. I couldn't get enough of what she was saying. So much of it struck me to the core that I ended up finally picking up what I initially dismissed as an overly hyped book: Eat, Pray, Love. I was in a place in my life where I needed to hear what Elizabeth's talk and her book put forth. I will forever be grateful.\"\nAmy Jo Martin: Innovate your life\n\n\"I've gotten to know Amy over the last few years and I find her to be one of the most inspiring and genuine people of my generation. Her talk TEDxRanier exudes this. Also: having grown up in Northern California and Oregon myself, Amy's Montana roots and perspective bring a familiarity that I love.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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