What Youssef is up to: talks, community events, projects, and wins.https://youssefelderiny.com/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/henchmate/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/henchmate/A tabletop companion that takes the math and the manual labor out of D&D, so your table can live in the world instead of managing it.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTprojectproducttabletophttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/coffee-and-checkmates/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/coffee-and-checkmates/Finished 2nd runner-up in a five-round rapid chess tournament for recreational players in Dubai.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTpostchesshttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/build-it-so-it-outlives-you/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/build-it-so-it-outlives-you/Clubs don’t survive because their founders hold on. They survive because their founders let go.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTpostcommunityleadershipuniversityhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/win-award-placeholder/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/win-award-placeholder/Placeholder summary — replace with one or two sentences about this win.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTwinawardhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/accountable-on-your-worst-day/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/accountable-on-your-worst-day/Desire runs out. Willpower only works if something stands behind it. This is the written version of my TEDx talk, and of the question I ended it on.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTposttedxchangeaccountabilityhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/tedx-why-trying-harder-keeps-failing-you/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/tedx-why-trying-harder-keeps-failing-you/We treat change as a matter of desire and discipline: want it badly enough and you'll become who you aspire to be. Why that keeps failing, and what works instead.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtalktedxhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/ayati/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/ayati/A companion for memorizing the Quran. It doesn't teach you new ayahs. It makes sure you keep the ones you've learned.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprojectproductlearninghttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/win-milestone-placeholder/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/win-milestone-placeholder/Placeholder summary — replace with one or two sentences about this win.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTwinmilestonehttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/community-initiative-placeholder/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/community-initiative-placeholder/Placeholder summary — replace with one or two sentences about this community.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTcommunitycommunitymentorshiphttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/notion-uae-from-chaos-to-clarity/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/notion-uae-from-chaos-to-clarity/How to build spaces in Notion that add real value to your life. Given at Notion UAE's From Chaos to Clarity community event in Dubai.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTtalknotioncommunityhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/community-program-placeholder/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/community-program-placeholder/Placeholder summary — replace with one or two sentences about this community.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTcommunitymentorshiphttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/slsweets/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/slsweets/A home on the web for a family bakery that had only ever lived on Instagram.Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTprojectecommercehttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/speak-on-your-feet/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/speak-on-your-feet/A table topics workshop for the University of Birmingham Public Speaking Society: three key skills for mastering the impromptu speech, put straight into practice.Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTtalkworkshopimpromptuhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-acm-uob/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-acm-uob/Founded the first computing society at the University of Birmingham Dubai: an official ACM student chapter that brought industry onto campus. Six presidents later, it’s still running.Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTrolefounderuniversityhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-student-association-president/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-student-association-president/Elected president of the University of Birmingham Dubai’s student union, representing 4,000 to 5,000 students as campus life restarted after COVID. I started the annual club awards. The university still holds them every year.Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTroleleadershipuniversityhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-debate-society-uob/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-debate-society-uob/Started the first Speech and Debate Society at the University of Birmingham Dubai, in the middle of COVID. It’s still active.Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTrolefounderuniversitydebatehttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-campus-experience-officer-uoft/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/role-campus-experience-officer-uoft/Mentored engineering students one-on-one and in groups, and ran events on well-being and industry for the University of Toronto Engineering Society.Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTrolecommunitymentorshipuniversityhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/tedx-lessons-of-a-martial-artist/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/tedx-lessons-of-a-martial-artist/How martial arts taught me to build meaningful connections with people.Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTtalktedxhttps://youssefelderiny.com/projects/https://youssefelderiny.com/projects/Led and taught the Global Futures Curriculum for a full school year at GEMS Wellington Academy – Silicon Oasis, in partnership with Singularity University.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTroleteachingschoolhttps://youssefelderiny.com/entries/tedx-strength-based-leadership/https://youssefelderiny.com/entries/tedx-strength-based-leadership/My first TEDx talk: what leadership is, how you can take control of it, and how to change the way the people around you see you.Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMTtalktedx