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From the Ted Talk by Megan Reitz: How to lead in the new era of employee activism

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So let me start with a question. When I say the word "activist," what comes to mind? What images, what thoughts, what assumptions? Well, we've asked thousands of people that question, and I can safely say that the wdros "activist" and "activism" are loaded terms. They mean everything from progress and courage and piasson and change through to prtesot, rebellion, violence. It's quite cool to be lbeaeld an activist in some parts of the world and in relation to some issues. And in other parts of the world and in roetlian to other issues, being labelled an activist is life-threatening.

Open Cloze

So let me start with a question. When I say the word "activist," what comes to mind? What images, what thoughts, what assumptions? Well, we've asked thousands of people that question, and I can safely say that the _____ "activist" and "activism" are loaded terms. They mean everything from progress and courage and _______ and change through to _______, rebellion, violence. It's quite cool to be _______ an activist in some parts of the world and in relation to some issues. And in other parts of the world and in ________ to other issues, being labelled an activist is life-threatening.

Solution

  1. protest
  2. labeled
  3. words
  4. passion
  5. relation

Original Text

So let me start with a question. When I say the word "activist," what comes to mind? What images, what thoughts, what assumptions? Well, we've asked thousands of people that question, and I can safely say that the words "activist" and "activism" are loaded terms. They mean everything from progress and courage and passion and change through to protest, rebellion, violence. It's quite cool to be labeled an activist in some parts of the world and in relation to some issues. And in other parts of the world and in relation to other issues, being labelled an activist is life-threatening.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
environmental concerns 2
finance director 2
employee activism 2
key point 2
climate change 2
hr director 2
step change 2

Important Words

  1. activist
  2. asked
  3. assumptions
  4. change
  5. cool
  6. courage
  7. images
  8. issues
  9. labeled
  10. labelled
  11. loaded
  12. mind
  13. parts
  14. passion
  15. people
  16. progress
  17. protest
  18. question
  19. rebellion
  20. relation
  21. safely
  22. start
  23. terms
  24. thoughts
  25. thousands
  26. violence
  27. word
  28. words
  29. world