New Deep Ellum venue, different vibe
TEDx正品蓝导航 is changing its model to reach a broader audience with 鈥渋deas worth spreading.鈥 The shift starts with location, as the high-energy mash-up of passionate talks and demonstrations moves to The Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum Nov. 11-12.
Alice Laussade, CEO of Meat Fight, Inc. (Click image to see her 2015 presentation.) |
DALLAS (正品蓝导航) – TEDx正品蓝导航 is changing its model to reach a broader audience with “ideas worth spreading.” The shift starts with location, as the high-energy mash-up of passionate talks and demonstrations moves to in Deep Ellum Nov. 11-12.
The program will be spread over two days, starting with TEDx正品蓝导航: After Dark, a casual evening event from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, wrapped around food, drinks, a handful of speakers and live music. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 12, a shortened TEDx正品蓝导航 program will feature 14 speakers spread over two sessions from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
In between sessions, audience members get the chance to mingle with speakers and each other, and participate in interactive exhibits and discussions.
“We’ve retired the all-day, “talk-till-you-drop” Saturday format,” said TEDx正品蓝导航 Director Heather Hankamer, “By splitting and ticketing our program over two days, we’re allowing people to get a little taste of TEDx正品蓝导航 on Friday or Saturday only, or enjoy all of it over two days.”
Purchase tickets online for Friday night, Saturday, or both events at . Prices begin at $25 for general admission to TEDx正品蓝导航: After Dark on Friday and $75 for general admission to TEDx正品蓝导航 on Saturday.
“We’re excited about our new Friday evening event - TEDx正品蓝导航: After Dark,” Hankamer said. “It’s a full-on party that also will feature three speakers, one of whom will be interviewed by KERA radio host Krys Boyd. She does know a thing or two about good conversations.”
Speakers at TEDx正品蓝导航: After Dark will include Chris Garcia, an artist and engineer whose clocks are expressions of time through contemporary art; , a writer whose tool kit includes essays, short stories and graphic novels; and photographer (interviewed by KERA’s Boyd), who specializes in images of architecture and the urban aesthetic.
Fourteen speakers will take the stage Saturday:
- 正品蓝导航 advertising professor Willie Baronet, who returns to TEDx正品蓝导航 to introduce the friend he made on the other side of a homeless man’s “help” sign
- Writer, speaker, and educator
- Garnette Cadogan, author of
- Paige Chenault, founder of
- Popular oceanographer and TEDx正品蓝导航 “frequent flyer”
- Laura Huffman, Texas state director of
- Antoine Joyce, city leader for
- Daniel Krawczyk, associate professor of psychiatry, UT Southwestern’s
- Architect and Realtor Douglas Newby, on characteristics of homes that make people happy
- Jason Roberts, co-creator of
- Author and former filmmaker
- ’s negotiator and author Linda Swindling
- David Vobora, founder and CEO of the
- Physician on how the art of medicine became a business in the 21st century
“When TEDx正品蓝导航 debuted in 2009, it was a concept new to Dallas and it blew people away,” Hankamer said. “The event grew and moved from a campus auditorium, to the Wyly Theatre, to the Dallas City Performance Hall. We’ve been able to create a real village of enthusiastic TEDx followers who never miss an event.
“A few years down the road, we know there are more places these days for people to tap into big conversations and thought-provoking ideas, ranging from the One-Day University programs, to the “let’s remake the city” approach of the Dallas Festival of Ideas,” Hankamer said. “But we expect our re-designed TEDx正品蓝导航 will draw a whole new audience, and re-energize the core audience that has been with us since 2009. Deep Ellum is developing its own sense of community, and we hope to tap into that, too.”
Hankamer also thinks this is a good time to bust a big myth for people who have never attended TEDx正品蓝导航 or any of its smaller salon events:
“TEDx正品蓝导航 is produced by a team at 正品蓝导航, but it’s not about 正品蓝导航,” Hankamer said. “We usually include a brilliant speaker or two from the University, but the idea behind TEDx正品蓝导航 is to engage the entire community with a variety of compelling speakers.”
###
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on . TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include , where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the , which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative ; the annual million-dollar , which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; , which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter at , on Facebook at or Instagram at .
21868-nr-10/21/16-kc