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Mind-altering reads from TEDxSalem

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Fol­low TEDxSalem down the rab­bit hole with one of these six mind-alter­ing books rec­om­mend­ed by our speak­ers, sto­ry­tellers and cura­tors.

We hope they get you excit­ed for TEDxSalem V “Through the Look­ing Glass.”

1. The Center Can­not Hold: My Jour­ney Through Mad­ness by Elyn R. Saks

Saks shares her jour­ney from a ‘nor­mal’ kid, to her diag­noses, to get­ting treat­ment, com­ing off med­ica­tion and relaps­ing and then becom­ing an esteemed pro­fes­sor, lawyer and psy­chi­a­trist.

“I read this book a few years ago, and it com­plete­ly blew me away. See­ing life through the eyes of some­one with schiz­o­phre­nia was intense, amaz­ing and heart­break­ing.”

Recommended by Bri­an Hart, TEDxSalem co-cura­tor and half of the dynam­ic duo that brought TEDx to Salem

 

2.Essentialism: The Dis­ci­plined Pur­suit of Less by Greg McK­e­own

“I’ve read the book Essen­tial­ism more times than any oth­er book on my shelf. When I find myself drown­ing in busy work and los­ing sight of my pri­or­i­ties, I dive into the book again to remind myself to focus on the work I was born to do.

It helps me decide what goes and what stays in my sched­ule, my busi­ness and my per­son­al life. (The audio­book is great, too!)”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Marie Greene, TEDxSalem speak­er, knitwear design­er, writer, knit­ting instruc­tor and inter­na­tion­al speak­er

 

3. “Dar­ing to Dri­ve: A Sau­di Woman’s Awak­en­ing” by Man­al Al-Sharif

“The secret police came for me at two in the morn­ing” Man­al Al-Sharif writes in her true account of liv­ing in Sau­di Ara­bia. Her crime? Dri­ving.

It’s easy to take cer­tain free­doms for grant­ed, but Al-Sharif trans­ports you to her world where women can­not even seek med­ical treat­ment with­out their male guardian, which in some cas­es proves fatal. Al-Sharif’s book is often a tough read but an impor­tant one.

Rec­om­mend­ed by Ste­fanie Knowl­ton, TEDxSalem sto­ry­teller, award-win­ning jour­nal­ist and bel­ly­dancer

 

4. What Should I Do With My Life?: The True Sto­ry of Peo­ple Who Answered the Ulti­mate Ques­tion by Po Bron­son

Po cap­tures the jour­neys of 56 indi­vid­u­als as they strug­gle to define their iden­ti­ty and val­ues to live inten­tion­al­ly.

“This pow­er­ful book helped me clar­i­fy my own val­ues and ques­tion my inter­ests, pas­sions and goals as I read through the inter­nal dia­logues of oth­ers. I encour­age col­lege-age read­ers, those inter­est­ed in refin­ing their path and seek­ers to read this love­ly col­lec­tion of short sto­ries.”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Rose Bark­er, a Cer­ti­fied Risk Man­age­ment Con­sul­tant and expert on iden­ti­ty theft

 

5. Get Momen­tum: How to start when you’re stuck by Jason W. Wom­ack & Jodi Wom­ack

 “I have found myself in a funk a few too many times… this book has helped me focus and make changes through tan­gi­ble advice and activ­i­ties to help rein­force new habits.”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Car­lee Wright, TEDxSalem co-cura­tor and half of the dynam­ic duo that brought TEDx to Salem

 

6. The Psy­che­del­ic Explor­er’s Guide: Safe, Ther­a­peu­tic, and Sacred Jour­neys by James Fadi­man

Fadi­man out­lines best prac­tices in psy­che­del­ic use for safe, sacred voy­ages learned through his more than 40 years of expe­ri­ence.

“This book changed my belief sys­tem and was one of the main cat­a­lysts for me to con­tin­ue my spir­i­tu­al jour­ney to find my true self. It chal­lenged many things I believed and has changed me for the bet­ter.”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Bri­an Hart, TEDxSalem co-cura­tor and half of the dynam­ic duo that brought TEDx to Salem

Save the Date: TEDxSalem V is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag that takes place Sat­ur­day, Jan. 6, 2018, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Ear­ly bird tick­ets go on sale Sept. 1. Fol­low us on Face­book for the most up-to-date news from our com­mu­ni­ty, and check our web­site reg­u­lar­ly for new infor­ma­tion. You can also reach us at info@tedxsalem.us.

What is TEDx

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, TEDTalks video and live speak­ers com­bine to spark deep dis­cus­sion and con­nec­tion in a small group. 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.) 

TEDxSalem announces 2018 speakers

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It’s the moment that we’ve all been wait­ing for since last year’s TEDxSalem rev­o­lu­tion. 

We have nine new speak­ers for 2018, plus a few sur­prise ones you will be hear­ing about soon. 

“Every­one is going to step through the look­ing glass and expe­ri­ence some­thing new,” said co-cura­tor Car­lee Wright about this year’s line up. 

TEDxSalem is proud to intro­duce the class of TEDxSalem V.

Cayla Skillin-Brauchle

Cay­la  Skillin-Brauch­le believes art has the capac­i­ty to allow us to envi­sion and prac­tice life mean­ing­ful­ly.  She exhibits draw­ings, instal­la­tions and per­formance art inter­nation­al­ly and lives and works in Salem, where she is Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Art at Willamette Uni­ver­si­ty. She joins TEDxSalem as our third Artist-in-Res­i­dence.

Evelin Dacker

Dr. Evelin Dack­er has been prac­tic­ing med­i­cine in Salem since 1996. Her inter­ests are in women’s health, holis­tic and inte­gra­tive med­i­cine and sex­u­al health. In 2005, she opened up Salem’s first holis­tic med­i­cine clin­ic, VIDA Inte­gra­tive Med­i­cine. When not prac­tic­ing med­i­cine, Evelin enjoys being in nature, trav­el, dance and spend­ing time with her fam­i­ly and friends.

 

Jackson Rayne

A head­lin­ing illu­sion­ist, TV per­son­al­i­ty, and world record hold­er, Jack­son Rayne walks through walls, defies death, and lives life to its fullest. His magic and world record escapes have been fea­tured on nation­al tele­vi­sion in sev­er­al coun­tries around the world. With his engag­ing charm, high-ener­gy mag­i­cal per­for­mances, and obses­sion for push­ing the bound­aries, Jack­son inspires and con­nects with his audi­ence in unfor­get­table ways.

Kaydee Kreitlow

Kaydee Kre­it­low grew up in a geo­des­ic dome in Beaver­ton, Ore­gon. From there she moved to NYC to study archi­tec­ture, trav­eled, and dab­bled in con­struc­tion. She works as an archi­tect in Salem and spends most of her time try­ing to wear out her ener­getic dog. Kaydee’s talk will delve into Urban Sanc­tu­ar­ies and how to find sanc­tu­ary in the built envi­ron­ment.

Laura Mack

Lau­ra Mack  is an artist, edu­ca­tor, and art edu­ca­tion advo­cate that lives inSalem, Ore­gon with her hus­band and two boys. She makes mixed media col­lages and draw­ings, teach­es art and cre­ativ­i­ty at Chemeke­ta Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege, and coor­di­nates the vol­un­teer-dri­ven Art Lit­er­a­cy pro­gram at Salem Heights Ele­men­tary School. Her TED talk is about get­ting cre­ative with the val­ue of art edu­ca­tion.

Marie Greene

Marie Greene is a knitwear design­er, writer, knit­ting instruc­tor and inter­na­tion­al speak­er with empha­sis on fiber arts and slow fash­ion. She has spent her life embrac­ing time-hon­ored process­es and mak­ing them more acces­si­ble with today’s tech­nol­o­gy. Marie is the leader of the Salem, Ore­gon chap­ter for Ris­ing Tide Soci­ety, a com­mu­ni­ty for cre­ative entre­pre­neurs, and is the own­er of Olive Knits, knitwear design.

Rose Barker

As a Cer­ti­fied Risk Man­age­ment Con­sul­tant, Rose Bark­er is an expert on iden­ti­ty theft. She is a Salem, Ore­gon native and avid­ly sup­ports fos­ter­ing local com­mu­ni­ty, but also loves serv­ing the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty. She has spent sev­er­al years in Latin Amer­i­ca on more than 20 inter­na­tion­al trips. When not help­ing busi­ness­es and employ­ees, you can find Rose gar­den­ing, cycling, swim­ming across the Willamette Riv­er, vol­un­teer­ing, and play­ing with her adorable dog, Foxy.

Seth Tichenor

Seth Tichenor is a teacher, schol­ar, pub­lic lec­tur­er, and cham­pi­on for the trans­for­ma­tive pow­er of philo­soph­i­cal dis­course and reflec­tion. He has been teach­ing phi­los­o­phy and lead­ing philo­soph­i­cal dis­cus­sion groups at col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties as well as to the gen­er­al pub­lic for over 20 years. In 2009, with his part­ner Gad Perez, Seth estab­lished “Philoso­far­i­an – a guer­ril­la phi­los­o­phy project” as a way of bring­ing philo­soph­i­cal inquiry, reflec­tion, and dis­course to every­one in their com­mu­ni­ty and beyond.

Stay tuned to hear more about our speak­ers and the hand­ful of mys­tery ones who will join the list.

Save the Date: TEDxSalem V is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag that takes place Sat­ur­day, Jan. 6, 2018, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Ear­ly bird tick­ets go on sale Sept. 1. Fol­low us on Face­book for the most up-to-date news from our com­mu­ni­ty, and check our web­site reg­u­lar­ly for new infor­ma­tion. You can also reach us at info@tedxsalem.us.

Artist-in-Residence program seeks applicants

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TEDxSalem seeks appli­ca­tions for its Artist-in-Res­i­dence pro­gram. The select­ed artist will design and cre­ate a stage instal­la­tion for TEDxSalem V, which takes place Jan. 6, 2018. In addi­tion to cre­at­ing an instal­la­tion, the artist gives a TEDx talk (5–8 min­utes) that reflects their work and the event theme “Through the Look­ing Glass.”

“It is a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty for an artist to share their work with a new audi­ence and in a new, dynam­ic way,” co-cura­tor Car­lee Wright said. “This pro­gram encour­ages the Artist-in-Res­i­dence to explore their prac­tice and cre­ativ­i­ty as it relates to and con­nects with the TEDxSalem theme.”

TEDxSalem pro­vides the Artist in Res­i­dence with sup­port, assis­tance and a $1000 stipend to cre­ate their instal­la­tion piece.

The TEDxSalem AIR pro­gram will con­tin­ue to col­lab­o­rate with Salem Art Asso­ci­a­tion as part of SAA’s Com­mu­ni­ty Arts Edu­ca­tion (CAE) Artist-in-Res­i­dence (AIR) Pro­gram in the ren­o­vat­ed Art Annex in Bush Park. The select­ed artist will uti­lize the stu­dio space for par­tial cre­ation of the instal­la­tion, and will have access to the larg­er main space as the instal­la­tion grows in size. SAA’s CAE AIR Pro­gram con­nects with our com­mu­ni­ty through var­i­ous oppor­tu­ni­ties such as artist talks, work­shops, and oth­er pro­gram­ming, which the TEDxSalem artist can par­tic­i­pate in as part of SAA’s CAE Pro­gram.

Dead­line to apply is June 14, 2017.

For addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion, includ­ing how to apply, please vis­it TEDxSalem.us/artist-in-residence. Sub­mit email inquiries to: artist@tedxsalem.us.

Not too late to join the TEDxSalem party

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You for­got to buy tick­ets, you thought you would­n’t be in town or you just put it off to the last minute?

That’s OK. We have tick­ets at the door so it’s not too late to join this par­ty. It’s going to be epic. Twelve bril­liant speak­ers, yoga, danc­ing and per­for­mances from Latin jazz singer Edna Vazquez and Enlight­ened The­atrics.

But wait, there’s more: thought­ful break­out ses­sions, snacks, a fab­u­lous lunch and an after par­ty. Join us at Tap­root in down­town Salem to cel­e­brate the day and hang out some more.

Tick­ets will be avail­able for pur­chase at the door for $55 cash or card only. No checks.

We hope to see you at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, 200 Com­mer­cial St. SE. Doors open now, and event starts at 9 a.m.

 

Tips and everything you need to know to have a great TEDx-perience

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Hel­lo, TEDxSalem nation!

The big day is final­ly near. We can hard­ly believe it.

Here is every­thing you need to know about TEDxSalem IV — Rev­o­lu­tions— at Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, 200 Com­mer­cial St. SE, Salem, OR 97301.

First off, despite some win­ter weath­er head­ed our way, TEDxSalem will go on. Please ensure your safe­ty first, but if you’re able to trav­el safe­ly to us, we will greet you with great pro­gram­ming!

Now, on to the nit­ty grit­ty.

SCHEDULE

8 a.m.: Reg­is­tra­tion and light break­fast

Come ear­ly for break­fast, min­gling, and to make sure you get the best seats pos­si­ble. But don’t be too com­mit­ted to them! We know we’re crea­tures of habit, but at TEDxSalem, we encour­age you to sit in dif­fer­ent parts of the the­ater so you can meet a vari­ety of fel­low atten­dees.

8:30 a.m.: The­ater doors open; seats are gen­er­al admis­sion

9 a.m.: Ses­sion one

One way to make your invest­ment pay off dur­ing the talks is to take copi­ous notes! Use them to reflect on after the event and think about how these rev­o­lu­tions are applic­a­ble in your own life and com­mu­ni­ty.

10:15 a.m.: Recess and snacks

TEDxSalem is not only about talks, though they are what we’re most known for. At an in-per­son TEDxSalem event, you also get to enjoy break­out ses­sions, some of which build upon the talks you just heard. Make sure to take advan­tage, and inter­act with all the fun stuff we have planned. This is also a great time to meet the speak­ers and event vol­un­teers!

11 a.m.: Ses­sion two

Anoth­er key to hav­ing a suc­cess­ful TEDx day is an open mind. You may hear some ideas that are uncom­fort­able or chal­leng­ing to your estab­lished world view. That’s OK. In fact, that’s the point! Just let that dis­com­fort sink and mar­i­nate. You may be pleas­ant­ly sur­prised where that leads you!

12:p.m.: Lunch recess

Do your home­work. Our blog is full of good info about our speak­ers. Read up and see whose talks excite you most. Have ques­tions? Seek them out dur­ing the lunch recess and pick their brains. They will be among all of us, eat­ing at the same tables!

1:30 p.m.: Ses­sion three

You prob­a­bly hear this enough, but net­work! TEDxSalem is a great place to find new mem­bers of your team, whether that is in the pro­fes­sion­al or per­son­al sense. Dis­cuss what each of you bring to the table and how you can col­lab­o­rate to cre­ate the types of rev­o­lu­tions we will be talk­ing about!

2:15 p.m.: Recess

Use the vol­un­teers as a resource. They will be the ones in the black T‑shirts. If there’s any­thing that they can do to improve your expe­ri­ence, just ask! Be sure to thank them. TEDxSalem is a 100 per­cent vol­un­teer-run event. They do this because they believe in our mis­sion of spread­ing new and inter­est­ing ideas.

3 p.m.: Ses­sion four

Are you a social media enthu­si­ast? So are we! Share what you’re enjoy­ing about the day on your accounts and use the hash­tag #tedxsalem. Just don’t over-do it. You don’t want to miss the mag­ic hap­pen­ing beyond your phone screen!

4:30: Event Fin­ish­es

4:30 to ? After­par­ty at Tap­root Lounge & Cafe

At TEDxSalem, it isn’t over, even after it’s over. Join us at Tap­root in down­town Salem to cel­e­brate the day and hang out some more. It is our hope that you make some last­ing mean­ing­ful con­nec­tions while you’re with us, so def­i­nite­ly take advan­tage of every oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­nect!

REGISTRATION/TICKETS

  • Starts at 8 a.m. (doors will be locked before that time, so please plan to be there no ear­li­er than 8AM).
  • Reg­is­tra­tion is locat­ed on the sec­ond floor Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter (see map below)
  • Look for our vol­un­teers wear­ing black TEDxSalem T‑shirts.
  • Name tags will be orga­nized by attendee’s last name, and you can pick it up at reg­is­tra­tion along with some great gifts.
  • Your name tag will be your pass for access to every­thing through­out the day: the ses­sions, the action breaks, the after par­ty.
  • No phys­i­cal tick­et is required. But please do bring your pho­to ID.
  • At this point, all name tags have been print­ed. If there is an issue with your name tag, one of our plan­ning team mem­bers will be there to help you at reg­is­tra­tion.
  • Doors to the the­ater open at 8:30 a.m., seat­ing is gen­er­al admis­sion, and entrance into the audi­to­ri­um will be first come, first serve.

Tick­ets will be avail­able for pur­chase at the door for $55 cash or card only, no checks. Advance tick­ets at $50 ($40 for stu­dents) are avail­able through Jan. 6 at tedxsalem.eventbrite.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSPORTATION/PARKING

  • There’s lim­it­ed on-site park­ing.
  • If you can, please con­sid­er walk­ing, bik­ing or shar­ing rides.
  • Hand­i­cap-acces­si­ble park­ing will be avail­able.
  • See map below for all park­ing avail­able in sur­round­ing areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOOD/BEVERAGES

  • Cof­fee, tea and water avail­able start­ing at 8 a.m.
  • Lunch hap­pens at approx 12 p.m. You’ll be able to choose from a vari­ety of options.
  • Enjoy a deli­cious assort­ment of light break­fast options before the first ses­sion begins, plus snacks and bev­er­ages through­out the day.
  • All of this is includ­ed in your tick­et price!

ASL INTERPRETING

  • Inter­pret­ing ser­vices are pro­vid­ed as a col­lab­o­ra­tion between West­ern Ore­gon Uni­ver­si­ty inter­pret­ing stu­dents, the Deaf and inter­pret­ing com­mu­ni­ties, and TEDxSalem.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Fol­low us on Face­book, Twit­ter, and Insta­gram for all the lat­est updates, and share your excite­ment about the day using our hash­tag #TEDxSalem

QUESTIONS?

Please con­tact us at info@tedxsalem.us