TEDxSalem

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TEDxSalem VII

Become a TEDxSalem Patron

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We can’t do this with­out your sup­port.

TEDxSalem is pro­duced entire­ly by vol­un­teers. No one is paid, includ­ing speak­ers, but we do incur sig­nif­i­cant expens­es. From food and drinks to venue rental, A/V pro­fes­sion­als, mate­ri­als costs, trav­el expens­es and even pay­ment pro­cess­ing fees, run­ning a large-scale event like TEDxSalem requires a sig­nif­i­cant bud­get.

New this year, TEDxSalem is offer­ing three tick­et lev­els: gen­er­al, stu­dent and patron.

While we have offered gen­er­al and stu­dent in the past, after receiv­ing numer­ous requests on how to sup­port our event beyond a gen­er­al tick­et we decid­ed to add a patron tick­et lev­el.

We aim to pro­vide as many peo­ple as pos­si­ble access to our annu­al event so they may join, engage, expe­ri­ence and learn.

A patron tick­et gen­er­ous­ly pro­vides funds to sup­port dis­count­ed tick­ets for local stu­dents to attend TEDxSalem. While we have pro­vid­ed stu­dent tick­ets for a num­ber of years, we have had to lim­it the num­ber avail­able due to fund­ing. The addi­tion of a patron lev­el allows us to expand our stu­dent tick­et offer­ings. Pur­chas­ing a patron tick­et declares that you believe in mak­ing our pro­gram acces­si­ble to every­one.

All of our fund­ing comes from a com­bi­na­tion of our event part­ners, tick­et sales and the sup­port of patrons like you.

TEDxSalem is orga­nized by The Mox­ie Ini­tia­tive, a reg­is­tered 501(c)(3) non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion. Dona­tions are tax-deductible, to the full extent of the law. Con­sult your tax pro­fes­sion­al for details.

TEDxSalem VII

TEDxSalem VII is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag. It takes place 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Jan. 4, 2020, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Tick­ets on sale now! 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.com

Graphic designer shares vision for TEDxSalem’s 2020 logo

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When your job is to envi­sion a theme like “Vision,” it’s a lit­er­al chal­lenge. Or rather, the chal­lenge is to not be too lit­er­al.

That’s what graph­ic design­er Von Glitsch­ka encoun­tered in his approach to this year’s logo.

“Many hear the term vision and imme­di­ate­ly think of eyes or sight,” he says. “So instead of fight­ing that, we made this char­ac­ter rep­re­sent vision as it asso­ciates with see­ing the future, see­ing poten­tial, pos­sess­ing a pas­sion and love for some­thing and let­ting that dri­ve to accom­plish it ele­vate you to the next lev­el in pur­suit of your vision.”

His goal with the logo was “to devel­op an iden­ti­ty that would com­mu­ni­cate with and with­out type that still cap­tured the core mes­sage.”

Glitsch­ka has been involved with TEDxSalem from the begin­ning, first as a speak­er and through the years as the logo design­er. He says the event has helped fur­ther reveal Salem’s cre­ative side.

“This is a some­what small­er town as cap­i­tals go, but I’m always sur­prised to find out about clever, cre­ative, and pas­sion­ate projects and paths peo­ple are work­ing on.”

But it’s the con­tent that brings him back year after year.

“The theme is always of course inspir­ing, but it’s the unique con­tent that new indi­vid­u­als give on each year’s theme that makes it engag­ing,” he says.

As the next TEDxSalem approach­es, Glitsch­ka wants you to see your­self (dare we say envi­sion your­self?) with­in the logo and allow it to inspire you.

“The char­ac­ter rep­re­sents the atten­der,” he says. “We all have or can have a pas­sion, and when that moment of inspi­ra­tion strikes, it sets ablaze a new vision, and as we pur­sue that, it ele­vates us and we love to share it with oth­ers, and that improves cul­ture for every­one and moti­vates oth­ers to do the same.”

TEDxSalem VII

TEDxSalem VII is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag. It takes place 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Jan. 4, 2020, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Tick­ets on sale now! 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.com

Meet the final round of speakers for TEDxSalem VII

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TEDxSalem is proud to announce the final round of speak­ers for TEDxSalem VII “Vision” on Jan­u­ary 4, 2020.

Nina Bali­ga, Co-Founder and CEO of <div>ersity, will dis­cuss build­ing acces­si­bil­i­ty to tech­nol­o­gy for peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties and how it can make our world bet­ter not just through inclu­sion, but by improv­ing prod­ucts and ser­vices for every­one.

Justin Fein­stein, Ph.D., a Clin­i­cal Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist and direc­tor at the Lau­re­ate Insti­tute for Brain Research Float Clinic & Research Cen­ter and Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Tul­sa, Oxley Col­lege of Health Sci­ences, will share how float­ing (in a sen­so­ry depri­va­tion tank) can desen­si­tize the anx­ious ner­vous sys­tem, includ­ing in patients with PTSD, pan­ic dis­or­der, ago­ra­pho­bia, social pho­bia, and gen­er­al­ized anx­i­ety. 

Hai­ley Hard­cas­tle, a grad­u­ate of Sher­wood High School and fresh­man at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ore­gon who helped with a new piece of leg­is­la­tion that allows Ore­gon stu­dents to take “men­tal health days” off from school (House Bill 2191), will speak to defeat­ing the stig­ma sur­round­ing men­tal health and learn how we can cre­ate a more empa­thet­ic soci­ety.

Mihir Joshi, a 13-year-old stu­dent at South Salem High School, will explore how to pre­dict the change of Marine Pro­tect­ed Areas in the ocean and what you can do to help save the ocean.

Dr. Marisa Zap­a­ta, Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Land-Use Plan­ning at Port­land State Uni­ver­si­ty, will address how we can solve home­less­ness by rethink­ing who has a right to hous­ing.

Keep an eye on our web­site as over the next few months we will delve into the sto­ries behind our speak­ers learn­ing more about their “ideas worth spread­ing.”

TEDxSalem VII

TEDxSalem VII is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag. It takes place 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Jan. 4, 2020, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Tick­ets will go on sale in Octo­ber. (Join our email list to find out about Ear­ly Bird tick­ets.) 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.com

Meet Jacob Espinoza:
TEDxSalem VII Host

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When it comes to orga­niz­ing a TEDx event, find­ing the right host is just as impor­tant as select­ing the speak­ers. 

A guide for the audi­ence as well as an ambas­sador for the event, the host is respon­si­ble for intro­duc­ing each of the speak­ers and giv­ing the audi­ence the per­fect tease of what is about to come, but at the same time, nev­er telling the audi­ence how to feel. They are also in charge of time-keep­ing, trou­bleshoot­ing, announce­ments, con­nec­tions and audi­ence engage­ment.

It’s a big job, and when con­sid­er­ing who to ask for January’s TEDxSalem event, co-cura­tors Bri­an Hart and Car­lee Wright had a cer­tain some­one in mind.

Meet Jacob Espinoza. 

Jacob has a pres­ence: sin­cere, warm and wel­com­ing. A lead­er­ship devel­op­ment con­sul­tant, Jacob facil­i­tates train­ing and coach­ing con­ver­sa­tions, plus hosts a pod­cast. His grand focus is help­ing man­agers become lead­ers who moti­vate and inspire. Oth­er than his time spent get­ting his Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in advertising/journalism at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ore­gon, he has called Salem home for 36 years.

Woman and man sitting on couch as part of a group discussion

Sit down for a cup of cof­fee with the Salem native, and you will find your­self rapt in con­ver­sa­tion with an engaged, insight­ful, atten­tive lis­ten­er. He’s com­pas­sion­ate and moti­vat­ed, which is why it should come as no sur­prise that he has a goal of becom­ing the city’s most sup­port­ive per­son. (He’s cur­rent­ly host­ing the Insta­gram account Salem­Takeover and is the Sep­tem­ber spon­sor at Basil & Board, where you can try the Ore­gon Home­boy piz­za named after a song Jacob wrote. BONUS — 10% of the pur­chase from that piz­za goes to help Fam­i­ly Build­ing Blocks.)

Here’s what we found out about host-to-be Jacob in our last chat:

What was your first TED expe­ri­ence?
My first live TED expe­ri­ence was the first TEDx­Port­land. I loved see­ing all of the pas­sion and new ideas com­ing out of Ore­gon.

Do you have a favorite TED Talk? How has it impact­ed your life or per­spec­tive?
Simon Sinek’s Start With Why was extreme­ly impact­ful on me as a leader. It changed how I approach get­ting buy-in from those I work with. I also think it rep­re­sents the pow­er of TEDx events. They pro­vide a plat­form that gives ideas a chance to catch fire.

What does this year’s theme “Vision” mean to you?
This world needs opti­mism. To me, this year’s theme is all about look­ing into the future and remind­ing our­selves that the nec­es­sary labor will be worth it. 

What is one of your favorite child­hood mem­o­ries?
Watch­ing my dad raise two kids on his own. I did­n’t appre­ci­ate what a chal­lenge that was until I got old­er. It’s amaz­ing look­ing back at all of the sac­ri­fices he made. I’m very for­tu­nate to have some­one like him set an exam­ple for me as I’m now also the father of two boys. 

What song best describes your life?
Aesop Rock’s ”Lot­ta Years” sums up this stage of my life pret­ty well. 

What is the scari­est thing you have ever done for fun?
Noth­ing I’d admit to.

Tell us more about your com­mu­ni­ty activ­i­ties.
I enjoy coach­ing youth sports, lis­ten­ing to local artists, host a pod­cast focused on help­ing boss­es become bet­ter lead­ers and give out a lot of free high fives.

Watch for Jacob on stage as host of TEDxSalem VII on Jan­u­ary 4, 2020, and when you see him in the hall­way, have your high-five ready!

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TEDxSalem VII

Orga­nized by The Mox­ie Ini­tia­tive, TEDxSalem VII is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag. It takes place 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Jan. 4, 2020, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Tick­ets will go on sale in Sep­tem­ber. 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.com. 

Meet the first round of speakers for TEDxSalem VII

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TEDxSalem is proud to announce the first round of speak­ers for TEDxSalem VII.

Mike Stud­er of North­west Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Asso­ciates will speak on the regen­er­a­tive capac­i­ties of the human brain.

There­sa McCormick, Port­land State Uni­ver­si­ty Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Chem­istry, will address the ques­tion, “Is hydro­gen per­ox­ide the fuel of the future?”

Kaeli Swift, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton, will dis­cuss the pow­er of crows to enrich our lives and con­nect us to nature.

Melis­sa Poll­man of Haley’s Heroes Foun­da­tion will delve into how rare dis­ease, research and hope are con­nect­ed.

Nicole Mali­noff will explore dance and acces­si­bil­i­ty and how it can ben­e­fit our com­mu­ni­ties.

Bas­sam Tarazi will share things you learn in a go-cart in the mid­dle of the Turk­men Desert (or…Purposeful Dis­com­fort and the Pow­er Of Planned Grit)

And as men­tioned at our 2019 event Salem artist and com­mu­ni­ty advo­cate Danielle Baca will be this year’s Artist-in-Res­i­dence. 

Keep an eye on our web­site as over the next few months we will delve into the sto­ries behind our speak­ers learn­ing more about their “ideas worth spread­ing.”

TEDxSalem VII

TEDxSalem VII is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag. It takes place 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Jan. 4, 2020, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Tick­ets will go on sale in Sep­tem­ber. 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.com.