The Power of Words | Taylor Bertolini | TEDxNSU

Taylor Bertolini grew up primarily finding notes filled with love and compassion in her lunchbox. She learned that a few words of encouragement could not only change her life, but the lives of others. That idea followed her to college where she started an organization on the NSU campus called Campus Cursive. When you harness the power of a kind word, you have the power to change lives. Taylor Bertolini is an NSU Junior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Public Health with a certificate in leadership. Taylor has founded and become the fearless leader of Campus Cursive at NSU. Campus Cursive is an affiliate of More Love Letters, a global organization using the power behind social media to write and mail letters to strangers in need all around the world. She grew up Tamarac, FL raised by her devoted mother, who left love notes in lunch boxes and medicine cabinets, among other places; this is the origin from which Taylor believes her love for personalized notes stems. She strongly believes in the philosophy that all the little things in our lives add up, come together, and become something much bigger than ourselves. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@brandonsandoval4213]

I was doing research for a school essay but I ended up learning that words really do matter and I'm going to do something to help others

[@heyitstay06]

Thank you! :)

[@acrojen03]

I'm doing research for my exam. What a coincidence!

[@shawnthompson3936]

Always remember you are a Awesome powerful being.

[@singhrahulofficialcb]

May you please share your essay with me?

[@supreme6295]

Have a speech tmrw just taking some notes

[@gessicastill9839]

A handwritten wet ink letter or note is ❤❤❤❤❤

[@NorDank]

Where is Ted?

[@takumich2378]

Right there

[@angelcamacho4331]

top 10 things scientist still cant explain.

[@siaworld10]

im here cause i have an exam about this topic

[@NatashaHoney]

Same haha

[@sindren1773]

Same

[@havardtonning4987]

Yeah lol

[@majafosse6119]

Same

[@withyou3977]

i literally feel happy for her atleast her mom understood her ..and tried to help her..not every parent is like that

[@naveenswarnkar4180]

Conclusion of the talk: 1. Cry on yourself is to start on believing yourself. 2. Skip the abusive relationship. 3. The little things affect/effect the life more. 4. Texting yourself, without any hurt but over-care, over-help and over-protective nature create a little trouble. 5. Your brain decides your aloneness, cry and hungry. 6. Experience your emotions like sincere friend of own self.

[@Sarahh929]

Thank you so much!!!!!

[@naveenswarnkar4180]

@@Sarahh929 welcome! No one like you!!!

[@claritzaclaudio1805]

What a great speech. Words do have power!

[@sanztorres4570]

Cove, that's true .Vocabulary can improve personal outlook and confidence.

[@Dil.Careem]

Words have the power to hurt people worse than they get hurt physically. Think twice before you speak with anyone. Once spoken those cannot be retaken, so always do speak good words in order to avoid being cautious whenever you're speaking.

[@esteraleitner5128]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience, I am going to go for it!!!

[@vivianledonghae4eify]

I told my brother to improve his vocab and pronounciation then he got mad at me. Not sure why

[@claudiawar2]

I had the pleasure of meeting this young lady at the flamingo gardens tram station while she was working there. What I liked the most was her passion and commitment to communicate a simple message of love 💕

[@blaze_4555]

awesome!

[@michaelfriscia8166]

If words matter then why can't I just say I'm rich and have it be so?

[@BlackPony23]

truely inspirational story Taylor!!! I Will be telling my kids about this story when i get home 😊 You have some very good tips!!

[@chuck4747]

your you and you do the things you think are awsome so even you dont know anyone what can they possibly say to convice they have some reason to say weather your cool or not you litterally choose what you do and can do and be whatever you think is cool like i dont get how other people can make people feel bad about themselves i dunno it outlook that alotta people dont grasp and maybe suffer alot of insecurity i get theirs another way to look at it but its like if you meet someone that impresses you great person to be around people trying to make me feel bad that dont impress me at all its not very smart either so hahaha make me feel good or get judged it very simple i try to make people feel good that all im accepting

[@miltosharalambidis]

wonderful talk, thank you so much for sharing. how can we have Greek Subtitles to your video? We what to share it with our teens in our youth group. I can help with the translation if needed. THank you!

[@heyitstay06]

Hello! I am unsure how to help with the Greek translations for the video but I am the original speaker of the video. If there’s anything I can do to help, let me know!

[@gettingbealed8679]

I love this video

[@nagms02]

Thankyou for Sharing your experiences. Am going to apply from today.

[@katiegasson6259]

Thank you Taylor, what a great talk x

[@kamalpandey1888]

Really very good thank you ❤️

[@loveshell007]

What a beautiful speech. It's brave of you to talk about feeling lonely in high school. Glad you had a wonderful mom to help you through it.

[@itsgoodforthesoul9749]

I don't understand why people have to thumb down videos. I thought this was really great and I needed to hear it. I also needed to be reminded that I was going to create a Take what you need ( or a take one leave one) board inside my shop. There is no better time than now to do this. People are needing a lot of love right now! thanks for this!

[@heyitstay06]

Thank you for this comment! What is your shop?? I’d love to see the finished product of your own take what you need board!

[@itsgoodforthesoul9749]

taylorbertolini it’s called The Shoppes on Trade. I am working on the idea of the Take one Leave one. I haven’t been in my shop a lot lately - dad died a month ago - Anyway, I really loved your talk. It made an impact on me and I am going to be writing love letters too through the website you mentioned (I went to the fb page and then to the website) it is so powerful to spread lasting love!!! Thank you for the effort and time you took! Your influence has a ripple effect!

[@alkasoli4002]

you don't want words to communicate...body language shows many signs..think about the ones using sign language... silence speaks in a beautiful way

[@SUYNIEMLOICHUA1]

It's brave of you to talk about feeling lonely in high school.

[@danieldanton1129]

TedX this lady deserves better audio quality

[@Priyo_Leo]

Exactly same thing happened to me..... Today I am exhausted....

[@anadalaysaavedravazquez5658]

you should do an event about loving yourself with BTS, BTS are 7 boys who sing and dance. They sing about loving yourself and they make you feel loved in so many ways you didnt know. They're consindered as k-pop for korean pop. Even though they're korean there lyrics in the music is what keeps millions of fans and other people going. It would be really nice if they did an event with bts.

[@thatomofolo452]

Words have power 💪💪💪

[@mikesummer5760]

This is cool. I liked it

[@nia0u]

Boring...

[@GentlemenJack109]

Loneliness is a illusion.

[@togetherforcinema3498]

SCOTT'S

[@paulnahnah]

Thank you

[@olainobrill]

Great speech!

[@ashmeadali]

Here is an exercise to build inner strength: sing HU daily. Search HU for more info.