About Jan
I am a…
Brainstormer, Foodie, Idea generator, Startup, Student, Writer/Editor
I'm passionate about
books, inspiration, good food, getting lost, and joyful life.
An idea worth spreading
Get lost. Any time you visit a new city, put the map and the guide back into your rucksack and just keep walking. It's the best way how to get to know the city and discover all the miracles it offers. Granted.
Areas of expertise
Copywriting, data analysis, Economics, marketing, Storytelling, Writing
The TED story
It started with Ken Robinson. His "Schools kill creativity" talk was spreading like a flu and it got me absolutely. Thanks to his Talk I learned about TED. And I was fascinated. Inspired. Amazed.
His Talk was something I wanted to share in my language. However, someone was faster and translated it into Czech before me. But this led me to learn more about Open Translation Project which I joined in October 2010. That was the best decision in my life.
Not only did I get a lot of inspiration from the Talks alone, I learned much more about my language and met wonderful people. I liked translating so much that I used it as a creative procrastination --instead of work or study, I translated.
Translating brought me to TEDGlobal 2012 and TG 2013 which was a brand new level of TED experience. I cannot express how much grateful I am to be a part of TED community.
Things you might not know
pretending I'm not good at anything.