MLK Day Event
A big thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the MLK Day Talkathon! It was a great afternoon of talks and discussion at Studio 35.
Getting ready to enjoy an afternoon of inspiration
Discussion during the break at Studio 35 in Clintonville.
Enjoying a break with coordinators Ruth Milligan (center left) and Dave Ungar (center right).
2012 Viewing Events Announced
Join us this year for these TED Conference viewing events. Each will be free but will require registration (which will go live 30 days before each event).
TED Conference
Wednesday, February 28
Broadcast from Long Beach, CA
Viewing Location: TBD
TEDxChange
Thursday, April 5
hosted by Melinda French Gates
Broadcast from Berlin
Viewing Location: Resource Interactive
TEDGlobal
June
Broadcast from Edinburgh
Viewing Location: CCAD
TEDxWomen
Broadcast from New York
Date and Location TBD
MLK Day TEDTalkathon!
Our friends at Studio 35 have generously opened up their theater to us on MLK day from 2pm – 5:00pm to view a great selection of TED and TEDx talks. Our goal is to reflect on some important messages by watching a series of inspired talks together. And also stay warm on what is usually a frigid January day!
This is not an officially licensed TEDx event, just a gathering put together by those who do organize TEDxColumbus.
Details:
MLK Day Viewing Event
Monday, January 16, 2012
Location: Studio 35, 3055 Indianola
Time: Set one: 2pm – 3:15pm, Break: 3:15 – 3:45pm; Set two: 3:45pm – 5:00pm. Conversation can take place until 6pm.
Admission: Free
Concessions: Will be open. Pizza can be ordered. Beer, popcorn, candy for sale.
Registration: Not required. If you plan on bringing a big group of students, please let us know here so we can make sure to accomodate you.
Parking: Available on the Indianola until 4pm on both sides of the street. But at 4pm, parking is permitted on the east side of Indianola (read: you will be towed). Please plan accordingly.
Talks to be shown: (Listed as played on 1/16/12)
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
Sheryl WuDunn: Our century’s greatest injustice
Eli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles”
Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto
Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to change the world
Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate
Karen Tse: How to stop torture
Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies
The impact of a TEDx talk.
Maryanna Klatt, Thresa Flores and Ann Fisher at TEDxColumbusWomen at the Columbus Foundation, December 1, 2011
Last week, nearly 60 women joined together at The Columbus Foundation to watch the livestream of TEDxWomen. In between the sets of capitvating talks being broadcast from New York and LA, we hosted two of our TEDxColumbus speakers, Maryanna Klatt and Theresa Flores, to present their TEDx talks again. After their presentations, they were joined by Ann Fisher, host of All Sides on WOSU (89.7 FM).
Ann was in the audience at TEDxColumbus at COSI on 11.11, and following Theresa’s talk, she introduced herself with an apology. At the Columbus Foundation a few weeks later, she shared what she said to Theresa that day, a survivor of human trafficking as a teenager.
“I told her I finally got it,” Fisher said. “When I was at the Dispatch a number of years ago, I wrote a story that was not completely representative of the true story. In part, I didn’t believe it, how could that really have happened to someone? But after hearing her TEDxColumbus talk, it finally crystalized for me. And I had to tell her I was sorry that I didn’t get it before. It was in large part because she’d worked so hard to build her story so that we could better understand and try to relate to what happened. And it worked. ”
We wanted to share this anecdote to share the power of a well-told story, especially one at a TEDx event where it can be watched over and over (via video). And how we found ourselves in the audience at TEDxWomenColumbus watching the two of them discuss the evolution of the story and learning from both sides.
Ann and Theresa were joined by Maryanna Klatt for a conversation after their talks, where they explored the power of the story – especially for women. And for Maryanna, a researcher in Mindfulness, how she focuses on the science to make her story credible with skeptics.
After hearing both Theresa and Maryanna’s talks again, I’m not sure who could be skeptical of either.
Oh what a month! Thank you Columbus!
In the last month, we’ve hosted a myriad of TEDx events in Columbus. Here’s a quick re-cap to summarize them – and showing what a vibrant, curious, inspired city we have that is supporting and growing each one.
Our signature event, TEDxColumbus, featured 18 speakers and performers (above: Susan Willeke, Jamie Greene and Rose Smith) on stage at COSI on 11.11.11. You can watch all of the speaker’s videos here, or get a glimpse of the full day from still images here. They all celebrated a “Moment in Time,” and did so beautifully.
We had a record turnout of nearly 600 attendees, that’s double where we started two years ago when we hosted the first event at the Wexner center with 300 attendees. Check out this dynamic gallery at COSI!
We were supported these amazing corporate and community partners: resource interactive, The Columbus Foundation, Barnes and Thornburg, The Limited Brands, Alliance Data, The Ohio State University, and GSW Worldwide. Support from WOSU, COSI and a host of other in-kind donations made the event possible.
We had a unique and very special partnership with LOTH/ STEELCASE / TURNSTONE to outfit the event gallery for our two days of events (see TEDxYouth below). The feedback on our event was so spectacular in part thanks to the great furniture and environment they helped to build for us. We were delighted they could carry through our dream!
The day before TEDxColumbus, we hosted TEDxYouth@Columbus also at COSI, where 18 speakers and performers also took the stage and inspired an audience of nearly 150 high schoolers. Curators Andy Aichele and Christian Long were aided by community volunteers who were also mentors in the afternoon, the day-long event turned out to be a needed and inspired addition to our TEDx line-up. And the kids had a blast, too.
After we cleaned up from TEDxColumbus and TEDxYouth@Columbus, on December 1, for the second year in a row, The Columbus Foundation hosted a livestream of TEDxWomen, a national TEDx event that was broadcast from LA and NY. Over 60 women joined us for the viewing and lots of great conversation between riveting talks. See an additional story here from our live speakers Maryanna Klatt and Theresa Flores who joined us with their TEDxColumbus talks at lunch.
And for us, we closed out the month with a webinar featuring our own InsideOut Project along side TEDx organizers from Aviero, Portgual, Manchester, NH and Athens, Greece. I have been hosting some of these webinars for two years now – bringing together knowledge and experience for TEDx organizers around the world. This one was pretty special as we had JR, the artist and recipient of the TED Prize and Amy Novogratz, join us to discuss InsideOut. The webinar will be linked here when it’s live.
All in all, the community has had an exhilarating month – thanks to everyone who’s helped to make these great moments possible!
Applauding the Creative Accelerants.
In 2011, a collective of creative designers, programmers, photographers, illustrators, musicians, animators and more offered their incredible talent and energy to the TEDxColumbus: A Moment in Time program. Here, we give a nod to their amazing contributions – all unpaid – and dedication they brought together to accelerate our idea sharing.
From Base Art Co.
Event Branding, Print Graphics, Environmental Signage, Commemorative Poster, TShirt Design.
by Terry Rohrbach, Drue Dixon and Casey Carmell
From Bonfire Red
TEDxColumbus.com redesign
By Joey Zornes and Chris Reinhardt
with support from www.bigevilbrain.com
From Shift Global
mobile site: m.tedxcolumbus.com
Team: Jason Dziak and Leah Henderson, Design
Sean Sefcick and Chris Flinders, Development
Julie Vujevich, Project Management
Bill Litfin, Partner
From Spork Design
Speaker and Performer Portrait Illustrations
By Dominic LaRiccia and Drew Robinson
From SpaceJunk Media
Speaker Introduction animations (left) and 11.11.11 Global Tribute Video. (below)
Team: Producer: David Ball
Creative Directors: Jeff Boddy & Mike Beaumont
Designers: Dan Wineland, Rich Seemueller
Motion Designer: Marco Cardenas
Editor: Mike Nelson
Music: The Saturday Giant
TEDx 11.11.11 from Spacejunk on Vimeo.
From Time Tank Labs
Event Photography
By Meghan Kwast, Tammy Bornemisza and Molly McCafferty.
Now applauding our creative on-site production partners:
COSI
Host Partner
Production Team: Sam Frost, Steve Whitt, Cari Palmer, David Kramer
Executive Team: David Chesebrough, Kim Kiehl, Deb Hackathorn, Abby Rosenberger, Jen Cassidy, Andy Aichele (also TEDxYouth Co-Coordinator) www.cosi.org
Steelcase, Loth and Turnstone
Environment and Furniture Partner
Jim Hackett and Jim Keane (Steelcase), Jeff Brock and Wendy Byrne (Loth), Sam Massie (Turnstone)
www.steelcase.com, www.lothexperts.com, www.myturnstone.com
WOSU and APEX Events
Videography, Viewing Pods and Lighting
John Proseck (WOSU), David Simon (APEX)