{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/5e83ebd3f8e454393501e30d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"317: My United Nations and UNICEF talk on leadership and the pandemic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1585703514580-3b349d326ae332348a1929cd2d152c52.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Attendees said my talks brought tears to their eyes.</p><p>Technically I spoke at the UN last week and UNICEF this week, but virtually not physically there, and to Toastmaster groups organized by <a href=\"https://worldvoices.toastmastersclubs.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UN</a> and <a href=\"https://globalexpression.toastmastersclubs.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UNICEF</a> workers.</p><p>Both talks were similar. I recorded the UNICEF talk. I spoke on</p><ul><li>A past New York City crisis---the 2003 blackout</li><li>Lessons I learned from it</li><li>How we risk not learning from the COVID-19 crisis</li><li>How we can learn from it</li><li>What I propose we learn from it</li></ul><p>Talks were limited to 5--7 minutes, so I could go to that depth.</p>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}