This document provides an introduction and overview of a book project about interviewing 50 women from different backgrounds and ages. The author aims to showcase real stories of struggles and accomplishments without focusing on miracles or fame. Interviews will explore topics like life changes, proud moments, and reflections. The non-profit project seeks to empower women and highlight their creative contributions by going beyond short talks to in-depth written profiles.

1. 盛放
Full Blossom

2. 盛放--
Full Blossom
This is a storybook about 50 real women; 这是关于50位女性真实的故事，这是我们共同生活
this is the living history of us. 的时代。
We Outgrow pains; [我们] 不惧伤痛；
Make changes; 创造变⾰革；
拥抱柔弱；
Embrace vulnerability;
孕育希望。
Nurture hope of future.
我们( Wo Men) 的名字叫：女性。
We are WOMEN.

3. I. 为什么要写女性故事？
Why I write about women?
As half of the population, women are still not treated equally in
many parts of the world, including China. Women are viewed as
作为世界二分之一的人口，女性却在世界上很多国家未获得公平 special interest group or minority rather than powerful sources of
creativity and development.
的对待。 女性被视为弱势群体而不是创造力和发展的源泉。
The reasons are multi-dimensioned: on one hand, women are not
这其中的原因有很多层：⼀一⽅方⾯面，⼥女孩在成⻓长的过程中并不被⿎鼓 encouraged to seek their own identity or build their strengths. Par-
励去探索⾃自⼰己的⽅方向或锻炼⾃自⼰己的能⼒力。家⻓长总是出于关爱孩⼦子 ents tend to over-protect girls by pushing them into good schools
and then marriage as if girls couldn’t survive or thrive on their
的⼼心情希望为⼥女孩找到好学校，好婆家，如果没有这些保障，也
own. On the other hand, mainstream media still paint women as
许⼥女⼉儿就⽆无法幸福地⽣生活。另⼀一⽅方⾯面，社会的主流媒体仍然视⼥女 some sorts of objects, whose value depend on their “owners” or
性为物品，她的价值完全由她的“制造商”或“拥有者”决定。 “producers”.
Of course, there are exceptions. We have seen female President,
可喜的是，我们已经看到了许多变化。女性不仅可以做科学家， CEO, astronaut, scientist and war zone reporters. They are so
航天员，战地记者还可以担任公司CEO, 国家的总统。 们的成就 high-up that many people (women and men) consider them devia-
tion from the normal and irrelevant to own lives. I cannot agree
是这么卓越以至于许多人会认为这些永远不会发生在自己身上的
and won’t want my future children grow up thinking like that. I be-
特例。我不这么想，我相信人的精神是共通的；我相信身为女性 lieve that regardless of the title or fame, human spirit is one thing
都会经历相似的挣扎；我相信聆听 人的想法可以帮助我们反思 we all share. I believe women do face similar struggles one way or
the other. I believe learning about others’ minds help reflect on
自己的选择。
our own decisions. This is the book I wish I had read in my 10s,
20s or 30s, and I hope many women and men will enjoy reading it
这些⼥女性故事是我希望⾃自⼰己在10岁，20岁，30岁的光景读到的，
as I enjoy meeting women around the world.
我很⾼高兴能够认识世界上不同的⼥女性，也希望⼤大家会在读完这些
故事后同样⼼心有所依。
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4. II. 写什么样的女性故事？ As the book is dedicated to women of all age and race, I will
interview women in 20s, 40s, 60s or even 80s around the
What stories I write about? globe. I will talk to women dancers, professors, business own-
ers, therapists or athletes. I will ask about their confusions, re-
flections, life-changing points and proud stories.
You may not see many miracles or even aha moments here as
in reality, thoughts evolve at different pace for different peo-
ple. You may not see many so-called rich and famous elites, as
in life, success comes in different formats.
All these women are friends or friends of friends around me;
they are not hard to find. In fact, I believe everyone knows
这⾥里的⼥女性故事，不分年龄或种族。在撰写这本书⾥里的故事时， someone like them. Role models are not goddess up in
我将采访世界各地的20岁，40岁，60岁甚⾄至80岁的⼥女性，不管她 heaven; they live among us and fuel us with hope and strength
们是舞蹈演员，教授，商业领导⼈人，⼼心理治疗师或运动员。采访 to carry on in our life. I believe everyone can be in this book.
中，我们会谈到⼥女性的困惑，思考，⼈人⽣生的转折以及骄傲⾃自豪的
事情。
也许 不会读到许多奇迹或戏剧化的情节，就像现实生活中，每
个人的思想演化过程也不太一样。 可能也不会读到许多传统定
义下声名显赫或腰缠万贯的成功人士，正如生活中，成功的定义
不止一 。
所有我采访的女性都是我的朋友或是我朋友的朋友， 们并不难
找。事实上，我相信每个人身边都会有1-2个这样的朋友。 所谓榜
样，并不是凌驾于众人的仙人， 们更多是生活在我们中间，带
给我们希望和力量前行的朋友。
我相信，每个女性的生活都可以写一部这样的故事。
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5. III. 采访是怎么做的？ Set up interviews
I thank you very much for helping on this project.
How does it work? Before our interviews, I will send you a list of questions that I
am interested to cover. Then we will set up one or two casual
meetings during your convenience and go through those ques-
tions and other interesting stories. Normally, it will take 2-4
hours for the interviews and another one week or two to have
all the contents edited for your review.
Release contents/ videos
All the posts, photos
约定⻅见⾯面 or videos from this
首先非常感谢 对这项写作计 的支持。
project are subject to
creative commons
在我们 面之前，我会通过邮件列出一些可能涉及的话题，然后 and used strictly for
约定一 次实际⻅见面访谈的时间。通常情况下，大概需要2-4小时 non-profit purpose.
来了解 的想法和生活情况。会谈结束后的1-2周内，我会将内容
Contents are re-
整理完毕，首先发给 看。 viewed by interview-
ees before being
内容发布 posted on TEDxThe-
GardenBridge web-
所有的照片，文字和录像都是尊崇Creative Commons的原则，用 site and other media
于非盈利的活动。 platform. For privacy
protection, sensitive
网站内容会 保受访者首先同意，然后会通过TEDxTGB等其他网 information will not
络媒体平台发布。个人隐私等敏感信息均不会涉及。 be revealed. :)
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6. IV. 于作者 Let me introduce myself first before
asking you questions :)
Who am I first? I was born in Shanghai, China in the
80s and went to Hong Kong for un-
dergraduate study for several years.
Upon graduation, I joined a top-tier
management consulting firm where
I learned to run analysis and look
beyond the surface to uncover the
root-causes. I love thinking about how things work and I love
actually doing the work to get my thoughts verified. So I
个人简历 joined a start-up and then a MNC for internal strategy posi-
tion.
1. 上海出生⻓长大，香港念书后回到上海工作 Meanwhile, I always love writing since high school. I was a
2. 第一份工作是战略咨询顾问，所以经常埋头在各 数据和分 blogger for TEDtoChina (licensed by TED.com for talk transla-
析中寻找问题的症结。这 没有黑白界限的逻辑思辨过程虽 tion and promotion in China) for about two years. From blue
ocean exploration to disadvantaged children education, writ-
然充满挑战，但缺乏实践的验证而有点美中不足。随后，我
ing provides me a way to look around and rethink my under-
加入过创业公司，再后来大型外资企业，担任内部的战略分 standing of the world at large.
析工作，将实际操作情况和理论结合，让我对许多纯理论思
考的过程有了新的理解。 Women development is one topic that I find myself deeply
touched during the writing. I began to run the first independ-
3. 从高中 始，我一直喜欢写作。几年前，我 始为 ent TEDx for women (called TEDxTheGardenBridge) in China
TEDtoChina（由美国TED官方认可的中国推广志愿者组织） in 2011. Over 300 women and men showed up and people
kept talking about how they wished to be as brave/ capable as
写专栏，从海洋保护到弱势儿童教育，写作让我对世界有了
our speakers. So I think to myself, probably 18-min standard
更多的了解，也让我反思自己的价值观。 TED talk cannot demonstrate the full picture of one person as
writing can.
4. 女性成⻓长也是我在写作中遇到的话题之一，由于对这个领域
的许多迷思，我 始举办自己的TEDx专场，也是国内第⼀一场 That’s how I stumbled on the idea of interviewing 50 women.
⼥女性TEDx活动。超过300人次参与，许多人都感慨自己没有
Though we use words a lot when communicating with each
演讲嘉宾的勇气或能力... 但我认为，其实每个人都可以。
other, this project is not about making fabulous talks or big
这就是我再次想到写作的过程。通过采访50位女性，我希望大家 statements. It’s about real actions and changes that women
are making in this world; it’s about unleashing the creative
可以看到藏在自己内心的勇气和力量，找到自己的方式“盛放”。
power of half population; it’s about Full Blossom for every-
one.
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7. 注项目/ Follow this project
网站／Website： www.tedxthegardenbridge.com
豆瓣小站／Douban：http://site.douban.com/206709/
微博／Weibo： http://weibo.com/tedxthegardenbridge
邮箱／Email： yezi.yvette@gmail.com
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8. Thank you.
Please help us spread the words.
谢谢妳的⽀支持！
也请帮我们转发给感 趣的朋友吧 :)
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