How many times have you heard a conversation start out with “This might sound crazy, but…?” Some of the best ideas are born from these conversations, and that is exactly what organizers of TEDxChattanooga are hoping.
Don’t miss TEDxChattanooga on February 27, 2016, at the Roland W. Hayes Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Tickets go on sale Monday, August 3, 2015, at www.tedxchattanooga.com.
“This might sound crazy, but…” is the theme for the talks. Applications and nominations for speakers for TEDxChattanooga can be submitted beginning August 3 at www.tedxchattanooga.com; the deadline for applying is September 7. The roster of speakers will be announced fall 2015.
“Some of the most creative, inspiring and thought-provoking conversations begin with someone saying ‘this might sound crazy, but…,’” said TEDxChattanooga organizer David Levine, Cline Chair of Excellence in Physical Therapy at UTC. “The plan to build an aquarium on the Tennessee River might have started with ‘this might sound crazy, but . . .’ We are looking for examples of crazy ideas that have the power to change our society for the better.”
Along with Levine, Linda Frost, dean of the Honors College at UTC, serves as TEDxChattanooga organizer. A team of community leaders will be leading the event and selecting the speakers.
TEDxChattanooga organizers are seeking sponsorships from local businesses and individuals.
“We are looking for partners to help us engage the innovators that will be speaking at and attending TEDxChattanooga,” said Frost. “Sponsoring TEDxChattanooga is an opportunity to showcase your organization’s vision for our community’s collective future and to stand out as a thought leader in our community.”
Email Emily-Forrest@utc.edu for more information on sponsoring TEDxChattanooga.
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.com. 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 TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a “wish,” or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, on Facebook at facebook.com/TED or Instagram at instagram.com/ted.
Check out the speakers and highlights from https://www.tedxchattanooga.com/2014/