ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

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TED2012

Improv Everywhere: A TED speaker's worst nightmare

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Colin Robertson avait 3 minutes sur la scène TED pour raconter au monde ses solutions pour les services de santé basées sur le crowdsourcing. Et puis…
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TodayAujourd'hui I'm going to talk
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about unexpectedinattendu discoveriesdécouvertes.
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Now I work in the solarsolaire technologyLa technologie industryindustrie.
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Je travaille dans l’industrie de la technologie solaire
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And my smallpetit startupCommencez
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is looking to forceObliger ourselvesnous-mêmes
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tente de s'imposer
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into the environmentenvironnement
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dans le domaine de l’environnement
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by payingpayant attentionattention to ...
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en faisant attention à …
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... payingpayant attentionattention to crowd-sourcingfoule-sourcing.
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… en faisant attention au crowdsourcing.
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It's just a quickrapide videovidéo
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Voici une courte vidéo
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of what we do.
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de ce que nous faisons.
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Huh. HangHang on a momentmoment.
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Oups. Attendez un instant.
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It mightpourrait take a momentmoment to loadcharge.
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Il faut un instant pour la charger.
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(LaughterRires)
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We'llNous allons just -- we can just skipsauter --
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Bon – on va passer --
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I'll just skipsauter throughpar the videovidéo insteadau lieu ...
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On va laisser tomber la vidéo …
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No.
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Non.
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(MusicMusique)
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This is not ...
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Ce n’est pas …
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Okay.
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Ok.
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SolarSolar technologyLa technologie is ...
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La technologie solaire est …
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Oh, that's all my time?
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Oh, mon temps est terminé ?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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Ok. Merci beaucoup.
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Translated by Anna Cristiana Minoli
Reviewed by Elisabeth Buffard

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

More profile about the speaker
Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com