TEDxSalem

Ideas worth spreading

2017 TEDxSalem

Save the date! Our next annual event is…

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… Jan­u­ary 7, 2017!

Get it on the cal­en­dar now, because you’ll def­i­nite­ly want to be a part of this year’s expe­ri­ence.

We’ll be back at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, which did such an amaz­ing job host­ing us last year, with new and improved plans for this year’s event.

We have a phe­nom­e­nal ros­ter of speak­ers, rep­re­sent­ing the absolute best of Salem, the Pacif­ic North­west and beyond. Look for more infor­ma­tion about them in the near future. But we can tell you that they include an Olympic ath­lete, a prodi­gy, a punk rock chemist, a Bud­dhist teacher and many, many more!

We have a brand new theme and incred­i­ble logo to go with it, cour­tesy of a local artist. Stay tuned for the full sto­ry behind why we’ve cho­sen Rev­o­lu­tions as this year’s theme, as well as the sto­ry behind the logo.

And speak­ing of artists, we have anoth­er Artist in Res­i­dence for this year’s event. You’ll hear more about her soon, but trust us, she’s a per­fect fit.

Ear­ly bird tick­ets will go on sale in August, so keep a look out for the for­mal announce­ment and get your tick­et while the get­ting’s good!

We are already so excit­ed for our next TEDxSalem, and we can’t wait to share all of it with you. Get ready!

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Announcement: Welcome, speakers of TEDxSalem 2017!

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One of the hard­est jobs the TEDxSalem team has is select­ing speak­ers, espe­cial­ly when, like this year, we receive almost 50 well-thought appli­ca­tions on inspir­ing, con­tro­ver­sial and infor­ma­tive top­ics.

It was not an easy task to nar­row down the selec­tion, but after much delib­er­a­tion, we are proud to intro­duce the class of TEDxSalem 2017.

Alia Bra­ley | Direc­tor of Pro­grams at the Albert Ein­stein Insti­tu­tion
Gina Ochsner | Award win­ning author and writer in res­i­dence at Cor­ban Uni­ver­si­ty
Jer­ry Braza | For­mer pro­fes­sor, Bud­dhist teacher, author and con­sul­tant
Karen Hol­man | Chem­istry Pro­fes­sor at Willamette Uni­ver­si­ty and punk rock­er
Kathryn Cel­leri­ni Moore | Artist In Res­i­dence
Megha Joshi | Stu­dent and inven­tor
Nick Sym­monds | Olympic Ath­lete, Out­door Enthu­si­ast, Writer and Entre­pre­neur.
Rebec­ca Mait­land-Court­ney | Cre­ative com­mu­ni­ty thinker and activist
Renee Mitchell | Mul­ti­me­dia artist, teacher/facilitator, com­mu­ni­ty advo­cate and cre­ative rev­o­lu­tion­ist
Ter­es­sa Raiford | Con­tem­po­rary Civ­il Rights leader and com­mu­ni­ty orga­niz­er
Vanes­sa Tim­mons | Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Ore­gon Coali­tion Against Domes­tic & Sex­u­al Vio­lence
War­ren Bin­ford | Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Law at Willamette Uni­ver­si­ty, Direc­tor of the Clin­i­cal Law Pro­gram
Yese­nia Gal­lar­do | Co-own­er of Poda Foods

As the months lead­ing up to TEDxSalem 2017 unfold, you will be hear­ing more about them and their top­ics, so stay tuned.

TEDxSalem Call to Speakers Now Open!

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Photo by Johan Doornenbal
Pho­to by Johan Door­nen­bal

TEDxSalem’s call to speak­ers for its 2017 event is now open!

The TEDxSalem speak­er com­mit­tee is look­ing for experts in a vari­ety of fields who have new and dynam­ic ideas worth spread­ing.

“Our theme is ‘Rev­o­lu­tions,’” said co-cura­tor Car­lee Wright, “play­ing off the idea of New Year’s res­o­lu­tions since TEDxSalem is tak­ing place at the begin­ning of the year.”

“We are look­ing for speak­ers that have an idea for a rev­o­lu­tion they want to start in our com­mu­ni­ty and beyond,” said co-cura­tor Bri­an Hart, “A rev­o­lu­tion can be any­thing… a more walk­a­ble city, pas­sive hous­ing, eco­log­ic farm­ing, big data, inter­net of things, inter­net secu­ri­ty, pub­lic art, hybrid elec­tric trains, advances in brain sci­ence…”

“We are aim­ing for a diverse selec­tion of speak­ers and top­ics high­light­ing the fla­vor of the Pacif­ic North­west and encour­age any­one with an ‘idea worth spread­ing’ to fill out our online appli­ca­tion,” Hart added. “We want to hear from our com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers about the issues and sub­jects of which they are pas­sion­ate. We are look­ing for speak­ers with mes­sages that are inno­v­a­tive, inspir­ing and chal­leng­ing.”

The TEDxSalem 2016 speak­er appli­ca­tion is avail­able online at http://tedxsalem.us/call-to-speakers/. The appli­ca­tion clos­es Mon­day, April 18, 2016.

 

Save the Date: TEDxSalem will takes place Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 7, 2017, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Dis­count­ed advance tick­ets go on sale Sun­day, Aug. 7, 2016. Reg­u­lar tick­et prices begin Aug. 21.

 

Hi there, it’s been a while…

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Photo by Johan Doornenbal
Pho­to by Johan Door­nen­bal

It’s been qui­et on the TEDxSalem home­front — at least pub­licly. After the event, we took some time off to catch up and regen­er­ate (well, Bri­an spent his time edit­ing the videos first —THANKS BRIAN!). We did the final event wrap-up, sub­mit­ted our infor­ma­tion to the TED moth­er­ship and reap­plied for our TEDxSalem license.…and got it! That’s right, we are offi­cial­ly renewed, and have also select­ed a date for our next event…

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The next TEDxSalem will take place on Sat­ur­day, Jan. 7, 2017, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter.

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And the theme? Inquir­ing minds want to know, right?!

In the spir­it of the new year, our theme is “Rev­o­lu­tions.”

I know, I know, you are think­ing… “What? That’s a year away!” But real­ly, it won’t seem like that long once the date is here, and this gives the TEDxSalem team a lit­tle extra time for plan­ning, which has already begun, of course. We are work­ing on our year­ly sched­ule and will be open­ing our call to speak­ers and call to artists (for our Artist in Res­i­dence pro­gram) soon. If you want to be noti­fied of when those open, join the TEDxSalem Request for Speak­er Appli­ca­tion list by adding your email here:

So save the date and watch this space, we will have some more news to share with you soon…so keep an eye on this space.