TEDx Creative Coast

TEDxCreativeCoast Seeks Speakers

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:54:09 -0500

Do you have a passion? Do you have ideas worth spreading? Do you want to share your passion with the world?

Apply to speak at TEDxCreativeCoast! The event will take place on May 18, 2012 at Savannah’s beautiful Jepson Center and we would love to have you join us!

If you’re curious about TEDx and want to know more, you can browse through talks presented from our last two events here.

Feel inspired and want to participate? Apply to speak here!

If you’d rather participate by attending, we are selling tickets here!

Either way, we look forward to you joining us on May 18th in Savannah.

Cheers!

TEDxCreativeCoast 2012 Scheduled for May 18

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:20:04 -0500

This year’s event will again be held at Savannah’s Jepson Center and discounted tickets are now available for purchase. Buy some now!

Stay tuned to this site for more information on the event… We’ll post as it becomes available.

Cheers!

Have you seen - and loved - Sarah Kay’s TEDTalk like I...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:38:00 -0500

Have you seen - and loved - Sarah Kay’s TEDTalk like I did?

Well, her beautiful poem, “B” is now published in an illustrated volume perfect for gift giving.

TEDx: Announcing: TEDxWomen speakers

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:10:21 -0500

TEDx: Announcing: TEDxWomen speakers:

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On December 1st, TEDxWomen will happen simultaneously at the Paley Centers in both New York and LA.

Around the world, over 100 TEDx communities will participate, engaging with the livestream, some will host local speakers.

With session themes of resilience, relationships and…

TEDx: TEDx communities turned "Inside Out"

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:10:29 -0500

TEDx: TEDx communities turned "Inside Out":

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In the past few months, there’s been a tremendous response from the TEDx community to 2011 TED Prize winner JR’s Inside Out Project.

Launched at TED2011, Inside Out is a global participatory art project to transform messages of personal identity into public art. Thus far over 40,000…

good: Los Angeles sixth-grade developer Thomas Suarez teaches...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:13:15 -0500

good:

Los Angeles sixth-grade developer Thomas Suarez teaches other students how to make apps with his ‘App Club’ at school. Why aren’t App Clubs standard fare at all schools, just like French, drama, and music?

Read more on GOOD→

TEDx: This Week's TEDxTalks Playlist

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:29:02 -0400

TEDx: This Week's TEDxTalks Playlist:

Selected talks from TEDx events across the globe. TEDx will make picks every Tuesday to share. Be inspired.

tedx:

Hundreds of talks from independently organized TEDx events around the world are published on the TEDxTalks website daily.

Each Tuesday, we’ll choose four of our favorites, highlighting just a few of the enlightening talks from TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth…

friday fun with...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:19:00 -0400

friday fun with sound.

inothernews:

scottfriday:apophatic:

Bobby McFerrin demonstrating the power of the pentatonic scale/@#*$ing with your mind.

never gets old.

All together now.

TEDx: Q&A Adriane Randolph, TEDxPeachtree Speaker

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:45:52 -0400

TEDx: Q&A Adriane Randolph, TEDxPeachtree Speaker:

Dr. Adriane B. Randolph is director of the BrainLab, and an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU). She received a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Department of Computer Information Systems at…

[source: tedx]

Ana Vidović is one of the youngest virtuoso guitarists in the...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:28:55 -0400

Ana Vidović is one of the youngest virtuoso guitarists in the world. Ana started playing guitar at the age of 5 and has since won an prizes and competitions all over the world. More

[via: TEDx Global Music Project, tedx]

tedx: Setting the Stage For Great Ideas From intricate “X”...

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:19:59 -0400

TEDxTaipei stage made from pallets

Recent TEDxTaipei design

TEDxEdmonton's 3D cardboard waves

TEDxYouth@Porto's cardboard realism

The TEDxSingapore community collaborates

TEDxSanDiego "X" marks the spot

TEDxAmericasFinestCity "X" sculpture

TEDxKarachi hangs pictures on the wall

TEDxBratislava goes modern

tedx:

Setting the Stage For Great Ideas

From intricate “X” shaped sculptures to toilet paper roll walls and cardboard box furniture—TEDx events’ stage designs run the gamut of creativity. “Stage and venue design seems to be one of the things that can go a long way to affecting how people perceive your event,” says John Mardlin, organizer of TEDxJuandeFuca. For their most recent event, they decided on minimalist stage. A local sign maker constructed the TEDx foam letters, something that Mardlin recommends because it added “a level of professionalism.”

Organizer of TEDxPhoenix, Tomas J.Carillo reports that their upcoming event in September will have a simple and colorful stage in order to shine the spotlight on the speaker. He offers this tip to TEDx organizers: “Don’t be afraid to add some spice to your stage design. Just be sure it doesn’t detract/distract and make sure it looks good on video!”

Get inspiration from these cool spaces! Check out more tips on how to create a warm and inviting atmosphere for your audience here.

A great story on stage design and installation art, from...

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:15:53 -0400

A great story on stage design and installation art, from TEDxConcordiaUPortland -

Salvage: Creating the TEDxConcordiaUPortland Stage

When my curator, Matt Wagner of Hellion Gallery and I took a trip to the Concordia gymnasium for introductions and research for creating the TEDxConcordiaUPortland stage, we fortunately took the wrong road when we approached the school and ended up on the far north side of the campus where a small neighborhood of houses were being demolished or moved elsewhere for low income housing.

We both marveled and dreamed about the materials that potentially reside in these homes. We learned that Concordia University had purchased the land to create an outdoor athletics field. Through the understanding and generosity of the Physical Plant, we were granted access to the house and could take whatever we wanted. So, with an army of friends, we spent 2 days salvaging what we could.

It was the drawers that became the spark for this installation. It was these drawers that became the loudest voice and were unaltered, left in their natural state. All the other materials you see in the installation were also left as I found them, only trimmed. By the time this project was complete, I had only one box of scrap wood, which we respectfully honored in an evening fire pit of celebration & completion.

Other local community organizations, such as The Rebuilding Center, Pistils Nursery, Salvage Works, and Orange Carpentry also generously donated materials. In addition, the installation includes leftover cedar fencing from my Aunt Becky, cedar siding from my grandfather’s house, and pieces of a dining room table formerly owned by TEDxConcordiaUPortland’s Organizer’s father. So the palpable history and source of materials added a rich dimension of creative sustainability.

Many of these materials were doomed for the landfills. By using sustainable materials, using sustainability as inspiration, and wood rich with history, this was effortlessly created without the need of fresh cut timber, or materials that take centuries to decompose.

Written by Blaine Fontana of The Fontana Studios, creator of the TEDxConcordiaUPortland stage installation

[via: tedx]

tedx: I have just spent a week attending “Stuff of Life” at...

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:04:39 -0400

tedx:

I have just spent a week attending “Stuff of Life” at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh, of which the first two days were spent with other TEDx Organizers. I would not say they are your TED speakers or Fellows. They probably will not discuss how they built, with their own hands, a robot that moves around on a ball — one really bright 24 year old speaker will do just that — or the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience and renewable energy.

However, one characteristic that sets them apart in a beautiful way is their immense love and connection for their communities. It is no wonder that they have devoted an intense amount of energy, time and financial expense to organize a TEDx event.

Organizing a TEDx event means that one has to connect to and guide the best elements of his or her community on stage while simultaneously soliciting support from various sectors and individuals who believe in the person and his or her team.

This has profound experience on both the organizers and the communities. The TEDx initiative has caused them to seek to understand their own issues and to learn how to move forward. Best espoused by Houssem of TEDxCarthage: “This is just my view: but hearing about the story of Aboubakr Jamaï who’s talk titled ‘Madness 2.0 crazy enough to believe in ourselves’ was more meaningful to me more than speakers I have seen on the TED stage”.

Ahmad from TEDxCairo displayed the myriad of Organizers and the brilliant idea of “community representatives” which showed the egalitarian mode of working and the amazing love and sense of community that was engendered. (TEDxCairo has a community numbering over 20,000 people)

John Werner of TEDxBoston has founded Citizen Schools and went to amazing lengths in organizing the biking ride to a Scottish castle. John was marvelous in making sure that TED’sters did not end up in Ireland — he cycled back and forth to make sure we had a wonderfully organized bike ride.

Other examples of TEDx Organizers include Adam from TEDxDirigo in Maine who talked about rethinking and working with communities and the agricultural industry to be more sustainable, John Mardin of TEDxVictoria talked so passionately about his farm -which will perhaps one day be a permaculture farm — and Ramy Nassar of TEDxWaterloo and his passion for photography.

TED espouses cutting edge research, state of the edge technology and design by the thought leaders of our world. TEDx is more community-centric, celebrating those that are serving their own community, or even sometimes the wider global community.

The word “serve” is beautiful and should be adopted more frequently in our everyday language. It indicates humility, caring and having an appreciation of the fabric of society.

I could not end this article better than the parting words of Ahmed (echoed later by Houssem) that accompanied a bear hug: “This is not a goodbye, this is to let you know that you have a home when you come to Cairo”.

Written by Ramzi Jaber, TEDxRamallah Organizer

tedx: A green art project is happening in Amman during June and...

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:21:49 -0400

tedx:

A green art project is happening in Amman during June and July: a competition that was launched in schools around Jordan — inside and outside Amman — that calls on students to create artwork on environmental topics.

The project gives a tree made from recycled materials to 30 artists from Jordan to create their own artistic reproduction of it, their creation is exhibited in public spaces in Amman.

So as part from my initiative “Zawayed” — which is using waste to create functional products and services — I will be decorating one tree with students from Jabal Al Natheef.

To make the tree meaningful, I wanted to use TEDxDeadSea empty water bottles to shape the tree, so as to share my great experience as a speaker at TEDxDeadSea with everyone.

Now, 600 - 700 used TEDxDeadSea water bottles are now a “tree”, which will be exhibited in public in Amman during the months of June and July.

Written by Mohammad Alhajji, Founder of Zawayed

We’re thrilled to have this great highlight reel of our...

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:54:08 -0400

We’re thrilled to have this great highlight reel of our 2011 TEDxCreativeCoast.

Also, be sure to check out our speakers, if you haven’t already - all TEDxCC talks are now conveniently located within the TEDx site here: http://bit.ly/k7XrfN!

Cheers!

A great take on what TEDx events mean to a community, written by an attendee of our very own TEDxCreativeCoast.

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:31:53 -0400

A great take on what TEDx events mean to a community, written by an attendee of our very own TEDxCreativeCoast.:

by Mark Finnern

Making Savannah our new home, I got to think a lot about: What actually makes a city attractive a good place to live? Besides climate and proximity to family members, the second being our main reason for moving to Savannah, the economy and future prosperity of a region should be on top of the list for deciding where to live.

How do you know whether a region will be successful going forward?

Today is the 2000th TEDx event! What is your favorite moment from one of these 2000? Answer on the TEDx Facebook page...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:39:18 -0400

Today is the 2000th TEDx event! What is your favorite moment from one of these 2000? Answer on the TEDx Facebook page...

TED.com now features TEDx Talks from all events!

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:48:00 -0400

TEDxCreativeCoast now has its own dedicated page housing every talk/performance we have hosted at our past two local TEDx events. Check out our collection here: http://bit.ly/k7XrfN!

Be sure to check out talks from others, as well! It’s an amazing collection and offers easy access to all participants by location, topic, language or favorites.

A great distraction for a lovely Friday!

TEDxCC Videos - Up on YouTube!

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:18:02 -0400

Hey friends… TEDxCreativeCoast 2011 Videos are live on YOUTUBE.

Here is the link: http://bit.ly/maLVO7

As you know, we shot the talks live (a la TV Shows), so that we wouldn’t have to spend time, money and energy editing for months after the show.

We did the best we could with the team and the resources that we had.

Murray, Kevin, Eric, Scott, and Marta worked hard to make this as affordable and professional as possible.

It didn’t leave us much room for editing or post production but that was a risk we were willing to take.

We are extremely happy with the results, and especially happy with how quickly we were able to turnaround all of these videos and get them up on YOUTUBE.

The TEDx folks have already commented on how professional our videos are, and they remarked on how quickly we turned these around… They were impressed both with the quality of the production and the content.

Please share them and enjoy them.

We have also placed a link to our website: www.tedxcreativecoast.com

Best to you all.

A reflection of TEDxCC from one of our speakers

Thu, 19 May 2011 09:35:00 -0400

By Jonathan Rabb

A famous French novelist, so the story goes, was once asked whether he wrote by inspiration or simply by slogging his way through things. Without hesitation, he said, “Inspiration.” When the interviewer pressed — pointing out that the novelist was equally well known for spending long hours each day alone in a little shack, pen in hand, paper at the ready — the novelist answered, “Well, I write purely by inspiration. I’m just not willing to wait for it.”

This last Friday that sort of inspiration and impatience was on display at the Jepson Center. In Savannah’s latest iteration of the TED Talks, 16 locals and near-locals took on the daunting task of explaining innovation and creativity in 10 to 15 minute snippets throughout the day. Ten minutes to explore the craft of computer-generated sculpture; 14 to define the city as a living, breathing person; 11 to expose the human toll of the Gulf oil spill in photographs; another 15 to find the algorithms hidden deep within the parchment of ancient Chinese maps. And, just in case the day’s themes of Technology, Education and Design might become a little too taxing, the audience of 200 was even treated to an ode on idleness.

It’s a rare opportunity to get inside the head and heart of those who make the play of creativity the focus of their work, rarer still to see it on such a diverse level. But that is what TED has always stood for and why Savannah is so very lucky to have The Creative Coast and its remarkable staff committed to bringing TED here. (Read more…)

Published in the Savannah Morning News 5/19/11