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TEDxSalem Speaker Nicole Malinoff: Dancer, teacher and Sci-Fi fan

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TEDXSalem speak­er Nicole Mali­noff is a pro­fes­sion­al bel­ly­dancer, dance instruc­tor and teach­ing assis­tant from Eugene. 

When she isn’t shim­my­ing to Mid­dle East­ern music or teach­ing dance at Cel­e­bra­tion Bel­ly Dance and Yoga, she loves to cook, eat, explore inter­est­ing places, hike, swim and rest. Her house­hold con­sists of “three humans and two dogs.” 

One ran­dom fact about Nicole is that she is “a film school drop out.” She is also an actress and pro­duc­tion man­ag­er at a small the­ater com­pa­ny (more on that in a minute).

We are excit­ed to wel­come Nicole as one of our many tal­ent­ed speak­ers for TEDxSalem 2020. 

What was your first TED expe­ri­ence? Sit­ting at home watch­ing Scott Dins­more’s How to Find and Do Work You Love. I was unem­ployed and feel­ing real­ly lost. His talk gave me hope and some­thing of a plan. I watched it sev­er­al times after that and made every­one I know watch it.

Do you have a favorite TED Talk? How has it impact­ed your life or per­spec­tive? Fash­ion Styling for Peo­ple with Dis­abil­i­ties by Stephanie Thomas. As some­one who ben­e­fits from the priv­i­lege of being able to find clothes any­where, it brought the issue of cloth­ing acces­si­bil­i­ty into my aware­ness, and intro­duced me to the vibrant world of dis­abled beau­ty and fash­ion.

What does this year’s theme “Vision” mean to you? I feel like the theme kind of encom­pass­es what TED is all about: New, world-chang­ing ideas, per­spec­tives and insights from peo­ple we don’t often get to hear from. In all hon­esty, I’m just so shocked that I’m a part of this that I haven’t real­ly con­sid­ered the theme.

What do you feel most grate­ful for in your life? Hav­ing all of my imme­di­ate needs met so that I have the lux­u­ry to fan­ta­size and dream about what I want for myself and the world.

Do you have any com­mu­ni­ty activ­i­ties? Tell us more about them…I belong to a Sci­ence Fic­tion the­atre com­pa­ny called Trek The­atre. We most­ly do Star Trek episodes, but dream of branch­ing out. We’re entire­ly vol­un­teer and dona­tion run, so our shows are free to the pub­lic. I just became their pro­duc­tion man­ag­er, but I also act.

Make one change in the world? I would have every­one in pow­er take cli­mate change seri­ous­ly, so we could have a shot at avoid­ing this impend­ing mass extinc­tion.

Great­est fear? Heights, bod­i­ly harm, phys­i­cal pain, death (I can’t pick just one)

TEDxSalem VII

TEDxSalem VII is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag. It takes place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Jan. 4, 2020, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Click here for 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 TEDxSalem VII Artist-in-Residence

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Pho­to by Ben Mah, from Press Play Salem.

Danielle Baca (Chayse) lives a life steeped in cre­ativ­i­ty, from orga­niz­ing com­mu­ni­ty events, such as the Salem Zom­bie Walk and Salem’s Rocky Hor­ror Pic­ture Show, to reimag­in­ing art on skin in her career as a tat­too artist. She is a wife and moth­er, as well as a zookeep­er of two cats, a dog, a lizard, a 20-year-old tor­tious name Mar­la and 45 house plants. A ded­i­cat­ed com­mu­ni­ty advo­cate, you will often find Danielle sup­port­ing local activ­i­ties, from vol­un­teer­ing behind the scenes to shar­ing them with her fam­i­ly. And her con­nec­tion with TEDxSalem is steeped in his­to­ry, too. She’s been active­ly shar­ing her cre­ativ­i­ty with our audi­ence for a num­ber of years, although you may not have always rec­og­nized her. We are proud to intro­duce and excit­ed to wel­come Danielle as our 2020 Artist-In-Res­i­dence. 

woman dressed in white like a bride and wearing white face make up and gloves while holding bouquet of orange/yellow sunflowersWhat was your first TED expe­ri­ence? Dress­ing up as the 8‑foot bride in 2014, while hold­ing bright orange sun­flow­ers, in light of Aman­da Palmer’s TEDtalk “The art of ask­ing.”

Do you have a favorite TED Talk? How has it impact­ed your life or per­spec­tive? Sarah Kay’s “If I should have a daugh­ter” is a beau­ti­ful spo­ken-word piece. It moved the young woman, the moth­er, and sis­ter­ly role mod­el in me, and is a love­ly reminder of my appre­ci­a­tion of poet­ry, and the pow­er has to wake us, move us, or lead our hearts for­ward.

What does this year’s theme “Vision” mean to you? It means, to see. To see the path before us, but not with our eyes, but with our minds. To look out and with­in. It means to appre­ci­ate our per­spec­tive, while not being afraid to look at some­thing in a dif­fer­ent light.  

What is one of your favorite child­hood mem­o­ries? Hear­ing my sec­ond-grade teacher play the didgeri­doo. It was strange and mag­i­cal.

What do you feel most grate­ful for in your life? The many oppor­tu­ni­ties I have had to grow, or make my life fuller, and for all the many peo­ple who have helped me along the way.

What is the best gift any­one has ever giv­en to you? My daugh­ter.

Would you rather have a rewind but­ton or a pause but­ton on your life? Pause.

Favorite col­or? Green.

Most embar­rass­ing moment? My first kiss.

Some­thing some­one should know about you? I love puns.

TEDxSalem VII

TEDxSalem VII is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag. It takes place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Jan. 4, 2020, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Click here for 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

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 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.