I love the a-ha! experience.
The moment of understanding is a nerd-sized adrenaline rush and a constant craving.
My first year at the TED conference, the TEDx program launched and many, many things happened after that…
TEDtalk
On the value of things we can’t comprehend.
TEDxOrlando
They liked it! TEDxOrlando asked me to reprise the talk the following year. We made a few changes.
TEDActive 2010
With the success of the TEDxNewYork Salons, came the chance to talk about the how-to with fellow TEDsters.
TEDx organizer + host
TEDxNewYork and TEDxCrossroads weekly salons were created to replicate the TED conference experience - not the big, luxury feel but the intimate campfire-side conversations that come after the presentations.
These weekly hour-long gatherings were curated for learning and conversing as a community. The mandate was simple: be interested, or interesting. Because if you’re one, you’re the other.
So many additional TEDx projects…
Speaker coach for people on the following stages: TED main stage, TEDxEast, TEDxKids@TheHill. Organizing committee member for the first TEDxNYED. Advisory role for TEDxDUCTAC (Dubai). Social media designate for INK2010. Various roles for many years with TEDxSMU and TEDxKids@SMU, TEDxCoMo and TEDxMizzou. And I am certain there are a few more I’ve forgotten for this list.