TEDxWomen: A truly global conversation
On December 1st, TEDxWomen will take place at the Paley Centers in both New York and LA.
Simultaneously, over 110 TEDxWomen events will be hosted by TEDx event Organizers in communities all around the world, including China, The Netherlands, Israel, Pakistan, Romania, South Africa, Lebanon and the United States. Besides watching the webcast of TEDxWomen, some of these events will incorporate local speakers, bringing local flavor to the global conversation:
TEDxBFUWomen — an event in Beijing, China — will host outstanding female speakers that include professors of biology and business, as well as student leaders.
In its second year after hosting an event around TEDWomen, TEDxAmsterdamWomen — held at the Van Gogh Museum — will highlight Dutch thinkers and doers.
At TEDxCrestmoorParkWomen in Denver, Colorado, will feature local women and their amazing stories.
TEDxDirahWomen in Saudi Arabia will feature women speakers from the region including a biologist and a library director.
Find more events on the TEDxWomen website »
Learn more about organizers of these TEDxWomen events »
I’ve always called myself a storyteller, so first I’d like to share with you some stories of my own TEDx:
My Co Organizer Joey and I met through TED, and now we are great friends. At that time, he just been made a TEDFellow for TEDGlobal 2010, and I found his information through TED.com and contacted him.
Last September, we started TEDxFactory798. We thought up a theme that intrigued both of us — Outsider Insider. Joey is an American artist living in China, while I was a very recent graduate from international relations and had gotten immersed into questions like nationalism and identity a lot. We invited our friends to present their thoughts and stories over the theme. It was so inspiring and after that, we wanted to continue this effort. The theme of our next theme will be around communication, based on our common query about languages, social media, political democratization, culture interaction, technology and media.
We want TEDxFactory798 to be a platform where people come to share their thoughts and engage with people afterwards.
At the recent TEDx Organizer Workshop in Beijing on October 16th, 15 TEDx Organizers from Beijing and Tianjinn came together to exchange understanding of TEDx and share stories at the Scent of Book school courtyard in the Hutong area of Beijing.
After Salome of the TED team gave a presentation about the TEDx rule and guidelines, each TEDx team gave a 5 minute presentation their event. We discussed and brought up challenges and solutions together. The most important message we gained from the workshop is: TEDx is not a brand. It’s about ideas and spirit. It’s about engaging with your local community. Rather than putting more emphasis on the quality and facility, more attention should be paid to the theme, speakers and audience.
Written by Ellen Cheng, the Co Organizer and curator of TEDxFactory798
New from the TEDx Global Music Project:
Upman Liu is an independent musician in China. He plays Blues and performs a special cover of Pink Floyd with a Chinese twist. More
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TEDxAHUT is almost here!
We are hosting the TEDxAHUT event on Apr 22, 2011 in Ma’anshan, Anhui, China and has been preparing it since Mar 28.
We are a part of the TEDx University Day event and will host a TEDx event on Apr 22, 2011 together with over a hundred universities in China. We just have our first meeting in Apr 10. Can’t believe that TEDxAHUT is within 10 days!
On that meeting, the majority team members come and be familiar with each other. We discusse more details about the work to do in the next two week.
We are so happy to be a part of the TEDx communities and to engage in the path to spread valuable ideas.
Written by Hongyun (Heley) Bai
