# The unexpected challenges of a country's first election

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNYC
- Speaker: Philippa Neave
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/philippa_neave_the_unexpected_challenges_of_a_country_s_first_election)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How do you teach an entire country how to vote when no one has done it before? It's a huge challenge facing fledgling democracies around the world -- and one of the biggest problems turns out to be a lack of shared language. After all, if you can't describe something, you probably can't understand it. In this eye-opening talk, election expert Philippa Neave shares her experiences from the front lines of democracy -- and her solution to this unique language gap.

## Lectures

1. [The unexpected challenges of a country's first election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/philippa_neave_the_unexpected_challenges_of_a_country_s_first_election/03b84a41c5b7), 11 min (TED's player)