TED Talks
Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle
The world turns on symmetry -- from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying beauty of an arabesque. But there's more to it than meets the eye. Here, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy offers a glimpse of the invisible numbers...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do focus groups work? - Hector Lanz
Focus groups have been widely used by organizations and individuals to find out how their products and ideas will be received by an audience. From the usage of household products to a politician's popularity, almost everything can be...
Big Think
Ben Parr: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention
Benn Parr, the author of Captivology (http://goo.gl/DHOXYX), a new book about attention, explains the three distinct kinds: immediate, short, and long. To capture someone's attention you have to see these three as stages into a person's...
Curated Video
Mastering Focus: Strategies to Overcome Attention Deficits
Struggling to stay focused and productive? Our video "Strategies to Deal with Attention Deficits" offers practical solutions to help you improve your attention and tackle distractions head-on. Join John from OnwardWell as he guides you...
Curated Video
What ADHD Is Really Like - It's More Than Poor Attention
What ADHD is really like. It's more than problems with focus and concentration. I discuss ADHD in adulthood symptoms. ADHD and hyperfocus are an unexpected combination. In an adult with ADHD, here's what you can see with the hyperactive...
Curated Video
PRESENCE: Top 10 Presentation Tips to Command Audience Attention
Project Managers often have to make a presentation. We report on progress, brief on a new project, or pitch to a change control panel. These are your chances to showcase your insight, authority, and expertise. You will do none of these...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Draw Attention in a Presentation: 5 Worst Attention Grabbers
There's an art to presentation attention grabbers. Here are 5 bad ways to start a presentation. "Attention getters" or "attention grabbers" are supposed to do what they say, draw people in. Instead, these five openings distract listeners...
Bill Carmody
Get Attention of Big Competitors
In this video, Bill Carmody shares insights on how to get the attention of your biggest competitor and potentially be acquired by them. He emphasizes the importance of focusing on delivering exceptional value to your customers, building...
All Ears English
1935 - Rescue the Connection When You're Caught Not Paying Attention
Do you ever have a friend or coworker talking to you while you are doing something else? Like scrolling on your phone? Today get 3 things you can say to let them know you're focused and invite them to continue in English.
Curated Video
Leadership Behaviors: Task and Relationship Focus
In the middle of the 20th Century, researchers turned their attention from how leaders are, to what to what they do. With a suitable behavioral theory of leadership, we can more easily train leaders. They found the key concepts are task...
Curated Video
Calculating Average Speed Using the d=rt Formula
This video explores an example of a family driving at different speeds throughout a trip. By calculating the average rate of speed for each segment of the journey, a more accurate understanding of the trip is obtained. This lesson...
Next Animation Studio
Chinese classrooms using brain-scanning headbands to measure students’ focus
Chinese schools are using U.S.- based startup company BrainCo’s brain scanning headbands to measure students’ attention spans, the South China Morning Post reports.
Ancient Lights Media
Phloem: Downward Movement on Nutrients in Plants
Phloem: Downward Movement on Nutrients in Plants: This clip explains how nutrients move through the phloem of plants.
Curated Video
Professional Scrum Master 2 (PSM II) Certification - A Crash Course - Tip 8: How to Keep the Team Focused on the Present Sprint
Tip 8: How to Keep the Team Focused on the Present Sprint
National Geographic
Focus Expert - Brian Scholl | Brain Games
Yale University's Brian Scholl sheds some light on just how temperamental your attention is. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Brain Games: Using a series of experiments, illusions and man-on-the-street demonstrations,...
Curated Video
Help them Persuade Themselves: the Influence of Questions
Questions are a great way to influence somebody. Asking a question focuses their attention. And, if you ask the right question, you are likely to get the right answer. Let’s look at how to use questions to influence and persuade...
Curated Video
Focused and Diffused Thinking: The Ping Pong Technique
Support us to make more learning videos with a small donation at http://www.patreon.com/sprouts There is focused and diffused thinking. Ping Pong is a technique that explains how to switch between focused and diffused thinking in order...
Curated Video
Figma for UIUX Master Web Design in Figma - Seven Website Tweaks that Show Attention to Detail
This video explains seven website tweaks that show attention to detail. This clip is from the chapter "The Third Key to Great Web Design" of the series "Figma for UI/UX: Master Web Design in Figma".This section focuses on the third key...
Curated Video
How to Pronounce 80 English CONTRACTIONS (I'm, don't, could've, etc) - Part 1
This video is Part 1 of "How to Pronounce 80 Contractions". I give the British pronunciations of 40 of the most common contractions in modern-day English. Here I only look at contractions with apostrophes.
The Guardian
Prince William leaves armed forces to focus on charity
Prince William leaves armed forces to focus on charity Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Prince William has completed his final shift as an RAF helicopter pilot and is turning his attention to Africa's vulnerable...
Curated Video
Fishing For Attention | Outrageous Acts of Psych
We take another look at how mobile phones have changed us. People are so actively focused on them while walking they miss a man hanging $20 in front of them. | http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/outrageous-acts-of-psych/#mkcpgn=ytda1...
SciShow
Scientists Just Transferred Memories... Between Sea Slugs
Scientists were able to transfer a specific memory from one sea slug to another! And research suggests that focusing on your breathing could help you focus on other things as well!
SciShow
What That Famous Gorilla Suit Study Didn’t See
Inattentional blindness is a phenomenon where we can be so focused on a given task, we completely miss some pretty bizarre object cross our line of vision. Like a gorilla in the middle of a basketball game. But exactly why it happens is...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: 4 things all great listeners know | TED-Ed
It's easy to tell when someone's not paying attention, but it can be surprisingly tricky to know what good listening looks like. Good listening is one of the most important things we can do to improve our relationships, develop our...