The Importance of a Promise | Amanda Messer | TEDxWVU

At a young age, Amanda Messer learned the effect that promises broken have on relationships. Her father struggled with addiction and was not good with keeping his commitments to his little girl. In this TEDx talk, she explains how impactful broken promises are to people and what we can do to keep our promises.
Amanda Messer is the Co-Founder of because I said I would, an international social movement and nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept. Since September 4th, 2012, because I said I would has distributed over 10.3 million Promise Cards to over 153 countries, started local chapters of volunteer teams, developed free resources that have been downloaded over 1,000 times, delivered live character development programming to over 150,000 students and created awareness campaigns that have been seen by millions. Amanda Messer is the Co-Founder of Because I said I would, an international movement and nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept. Since September 4th, 2012, Because I said I would has distributed over 10.3 million Promise Cards to over 153 countries. Because I said I would’s work has been featured on CNN, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, the Steve Harvey Show and other programs. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@raghuvamsi4879]

Man, this speech made me to realize the importance of promise.. And i promise not to break it..NEVER AND EVER.💯

[@voiceofnature549]

They make promises and give us hope, but it hurts even more because you hoped...

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I promised my friend to leave all the lost friends that don't think of them some yellow rose's

[@familyloyalty43]

No stress, I just ask you to work with me.