Samuel Titera

Blogger, Brainstormer, Christian, Connector, Educator/Teacher, Musician, Parent, Philanthropist

Oldest of three. Born in Central Bohemia to a beekeeping family of passionate musicians. Always eager to learn new things, skills. Bookworm since first grade, student of linguistics, phonetics and Czech literature. Wrote and published master thesis on song lyrics, hand type-set including notes and self bound in luxury paper. Teacher of Czech and English for 8 years. Never afraid of technology, trying to command it rather than being commanded, thus moved into IT to become technical communicator and analyst. Amateur typographer, photographer, flute, guitar, banjo and bass player.

my wife and children, typography, improvements, troubleshooting, woodcarving, photography, acoustic music

Be kind and patient, slow in judgement. When you're looking into flames, it might be just a mirror image of a fire behind your own back.

Analysis and Problem Solving, Bridging gaps between different mindsets, Finding strengths in people, Patience, Simplification., storytelling & writing, Supporting, Technical Communication

I think I first saw Barry Schwarz's talk on paradox of choice. Then watched some more videos on TED and suddenly couldn't get enough. I became of of the first 4 translators of TED talks into Czech and later learned that TEDx was being organized in Prague for the first time. I offered help as a volunteer and soon became one of the core organizers. Nowadays I focus on supporting team communication, finding and preparing speakers and organizing TEDxSalons with scientists.

lighting fire, learning from mistakes, walking, playing bass by ear