{"id":43665,"date":"2018-09-16T21:18:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T01:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=43665"},"modified":"2018-09-16T21:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T01:28:44","slug":"ted-jets-amelia-hagen-on-the-value-of-starting-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2018\/09\/16\/ted-jets-amelia-hagen-on-the-value-of-starting-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"TED JETs: Amelia Hagen on the value of starting conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TokyoTomBaker\">Tom Baker<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>JETs tend to be interesting people. After all, every one of them has relocated to a different country at least once. It\u2019s not surprising that many of them have also had other interesting experiences, some of which lead to insights that they end up sharing in TED talks.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of an occasional series on current or former JETs who have given TED talks. Here is JET alum<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jetset_amelia?lang=en\"> Amelia Hagen<\/a> \u00a0(Fukuoka-ken, 2008-13) speaking about what she has learned from starting face-to-face conversations during her international travels.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9dEhA54xPtU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Tom Baker JETs tend to be interesting people. After all, every one of them has relocated to a different country at least once. 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