TEDx Lafayette College

11/11/2019

Join us on Thursday, November 14th from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM in Kirby 104 to hear two amazing professors speak about their own experiences and interpretations of our conference theme "Prove Them Wrong"

Pizza will be provided!

04/04/2019

Join us on TODAY from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM in Hugel 103 to hear three amazing students speak about their own experiences and interpretations of our conference theme "Fail Forward."

Dinner will be provided by Campus Pizza!

04/02/2019

Come see Jay speak this Thursday, April 4th in Hugel 103 from 4:30-6:00. Dinner will be provided by Campus Pizza!

04/01/2019

Come see Sophie speak this Thursday, April 4th in Hugel 103 from 4:30-6:00. Dinner will be provided by Campus Pizza!

02/13/2019

Apply to audition to be a student speaker and share your story about a time you overcame a failure and turned it into something positive! https://goo.gl/forms/WlT2FtBEwpE28u1j1

10/09/2018

Hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Fall Break!! This week's TEDx Tuesday "Why You Should Make Useless Things" from creator and comedian Simone Giertz reminds us of the importance of curiosity.

In this joyful, heartfelt talk featuring demos of her wonderfully wacky creations, Simone Giertz shares her craft: making useless robots. Her inventions -- designed to chop vegetables, cut hair, apply lipstick and more -- rarely (if ever) succeed, and that's the point. "The true beauty of making use...

09/25/2018

This week's TEDx Tuesday from American poet, storyteller, and author John Rives discusses the mystery of 4 a.m. and why it is so commonly referenced in popular culture. Happy Tuesday!!!

Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.

09/18/2018

TEDx Tuesday's are back!!! Hope everyone's year is off to a great start! As workloads pick up this week's talk from Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin is here to remind us how to stay calm during periods of stress.

You're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin thinks there's a way to av...

04/26/2018

HUGE thank you to our 3 amazing speakers and to everyone who came out to our faculty talks event last week!!

04/24/2018

Happy TEDx Tuesday! This week's talk from activist Zachary Wood explores the benefits of engaging in conversations with people you disagree with. Enjoy!

We get stronger, not weaker, by engaging with ideas and people we disagree with, says Zachary R. Wood. In an important talk about finding common ground, Wood makes the case that we can build empathy and gain understanding by engaging tactfully and thoughtfully with controversial ideas and unfamiliar...

04/19/2018

FACULTY TALKS ARE TODAY!! 4:30! Our last speaker is Reverend Alex Hendrickson! At Lafayette, Reverend Hendrickson serves as the college Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life. Her talk “Face-to-Face” highlights the benefits of in person conversation and the importance of listening. Come to Kirby 104 to hear Reverend Hendrickson speak along with our two other amazing faculty speakers!! There will be snacks!