(Photo courtesy of TEDxBend)
For this 5th annual festival of ideas worth sharing, TEDxBend will honor Central Oregon’s collective ownership of this inspiring and visionary event through greater community involvement and celebration of local dreamers. What ideas do we in Central Oregon have for ourselves, our families, our planet, our economy and our future that could rock the world?
TEDxBend is looking for 12 local people to share their dream with Central Oregon. Deadline for submittals is March 8.
Selected Dreamers will be showcased in a special exhibit at the April 23 event at Bend High School. Displays will include a portrait, by local photographer Carol Sternkopf, of the Dreamer overlaid with their ideas or dreams. Selected Dreamers will also be featured in media and press.
A diverse team of 4-6 local leaders will select applicants using the following criteria:
• Their creativity and the inspiration their ideas stimulate
• Their ability to clearly articulate what they dream
• The practical ways their dreams manifest
• Completion of their application (with permissions)
Applicants not selected for the main event may be featured in a book available after the event.
If you have a dream to share, head on over to the TEDxBend website to apply. Deadline for submissions is March 8.
It takes a village to make TEDxBend happen.
If you are interested in joining our team of volunteers, please contact:
Carrie Douglass, event manager Co-Chair
carrie@cascaderelays.com
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact:
Erin Hansen, partnerships co-chair
ehansen@bendwaldorf.com
TEDx Bend Dreamer’s Form:
http://tedxbend.com/dream-forward-for-central-oregon/
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.
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.)
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 http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED or Instagram at https://instagram.com/ted.
About TEDxBend
Sparked by the celebrated TED conferences worldwide, TEDxBend is our very own locally organized event featuring a dozen talks, demonstrations and performances under 18 minutes each. TED and TEDxBend are 501(c)(3) nonprofits devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
TEDxBend.com
