TEDxLincoln

09/30/2021

Throwback to when our founder, Randy Bretz, was in the newspaper!

Lincoln retiree continues his passion for exchanging ideas by coordinating TEDxLincoln

09/29/2021

In this conversation about the human right to access technology, we're excited to be including an important leader in providing internet to the Midwest as part of our Q+A Panel this Thursday.

Join us as Brad Moline with ALLO Communications shares insights in how this fiber optic service company has been bringing broadband access to rural communities to support economic growth, local business expansion, and an overall improved quality of life.

❌ Tickets for Human Transformation are available on our Events Page and through Eventbrite!

Learn more about their Community Connect Programs: https://www.allocommunications.com/community-connect/

Read their article about the Rural Broadband Remote Access Grant:
https://www.allocommunications.com/blog/connecting-rural-communities/

09/27/2021

Our next Salon Speaker, Hyeonju Wang, will bring her experiences and professional insights forward about an ongoing, complicated, and extremely pertinent community discussion:

❌ Access to technology as a human right.

Join us this Thursday (9/30) at the The Foundry Community to listen to topic experts from A30 Human Rights, ALLO Communications, and the Lincoln Public Libraries discuss technology’s relationship to human rights.

Our Speaker and Q+A panelists will dive into:
👉🏽 How inaccessibility has been impacting marginalized groups, here in Nebraska and around the world.

👉🏽 The importance of bridging this technological divide in our communities now.

👉🏽 And share insights and updates on how some of our community leaders have already been taking action and creating positive change.

❌ Learn more about A30/ Human Rights on their website: https://www.a30humanrights.com/

❌ Tickets for Human Transformation are available on Eventbrite and through the link in our Page bio!

09/20/2021

While the pandemic has noticeably accelerated our society’s widespread dependence on technology - from online learning to remote work - severe inequalities in the access to technology has already existed for several decades.

Basic services that many of us take for granted - like 5G internet - have largely been inaccessible to rural communities and lower-economic classes. And so, with the “new normal” shifting towards an even more technology-reliant world, an important conversation arises:

❌ Is access to technology a human right?

Led by local expert Hyeonju Wang of A30/ (Article 30 Human Rights), this Salon will dive into the roots of technology’s relationship to human rights, exploring how inaccessibility has been impacting marginalized groups for years and highlighting the importance of our leaders bridging this technological divide today.

With a focus on access to technology in education, in business, and to the general public, Wang and our Q+A panel of local experts will apply data-driven insights to this complex and increasingly important discussion.

❌ Featuring Q+A Panelists: Traci Glass from the Lincoln Public Libraries, and Brad Moline from Allo.
❌ Thursday, September 30th at 6 pm to 8 pm. Doors open at 5:30.
❌ Held in-person at the Foundry, in the 3rd floor conference room (Masks will be required.)
❌ Tickets are $5 - If cost is a barrier, please email us at [email protected] to discuss options.
❌ Bring a notebook - networking, questions, and discussion is encouraged!

Tickets available through our Events Page and Eventbrite:
https://fb.me/e/41ayRm8kV

08/19/2021

A few takeaways from last week’s Salon: ❌

1️⃣Our bodies are everything and nothing about us at the same time. They are the vehicles by which we experience the world, from the inside out. They don’t exist to be shaped, altered, or posed - because we ourselves don’t.

2️⃣We exist to savor and cherish every beautiful, sensual experience this life has to offer, and our bodies are the miracles that let us experience it.

3️⃣Moving your body simply because it feels good is healthy for the soul. Reconnect with movement as it means to inhabit your body, rather than a sole focus on the physical results.

4️⃣Change is natural for the body, but it will still be the same one you will always have. You’re in a lifelong relationship with it. Celebrate, be present, and take care of this incredible thing that will always be with you.

5️⃣Allow space for complexity in your life. It’s nature for things to get messy, whether we see it on our social media feeds or not. So let’s all give ourselves and each other a little more grace... and a lot more hugs.

Thank you sincerely to everyone who was a part of Human Psyche:

Kelsey, our amazing Salon Producer who made this all possible!

Jaime (Wild Fig Psychotherapy) for her insights and purpose in her Talk. We’re so grateful to have been able to hold up a (literal) microphone to your passion work!

Emily with Sage Nutrition, LLC for leading our mindful eating practice and creating a beautiful energy in our Q+A Panel. (And for bringing lots of dark chocolate!)

Chunky Monkey Bakery for choosing us to be your debut catering event. Welcome to Lincoln, Jessee & Samantha! Your vegan brownies and cookies are to LIVE for!

Lincoln Yoga Center for generously donating three classes to one of our guests. We hope that this happenstance is the start of a lifelong journey!

The Urban Farmhouse Room for having created the perfect space for this Salon. We could not have asked for a more welcoming host for having created the perfect space for this Salon. We could not have asked for a more welcoming host!

Liz McCue, who captured each of these wonderful moments where friends and strangers connected authentically. 📸

And to our attendees. For showing up with such a pure energy and openness to new experiences. We hope that you gained everything you hoped from this Talk, and so much more!

❌The TEDxLincoln Team

08/10/2021

Renewal, openness, and warmth. ❌

Just a few of the words that shaped the journey we’ve been on this past month, inspired by our Human Psyche Salon Producer.

After a rough year for our entire team, we knew that one of our 2021 Salons needed to focus on health - and not just physical health, but how it is intertwined with our mental and spiritual well-being.

The producer of tomorrow’s Salon, Kelsey Wheeler, has done a genuinely incredible job taking this seed of an idea, and nurturing it into her own vision. “An event that is intimate, safe to be vulnerable, and inspires the transformation of our internal experiences into a happier and healthier life.”

And is there a more perfect space for this journey than The Urban Farmhouse Room?

We can’t wait to see you there tomorrow evening! Please bring your journal, a mask, and an open heart.

Tickets are still available on Eventbrite and on our Events Page!

08/07/2021

Balance is all about practice - not perfection. ❌

A balanced life looks different for everyone. The food we eat, the exercise we give our bodies, and the personal care our minds need is all part of a lifelong relationship with ourselves that is constantly evolving. Yoga and other similar practices that foster internal awareness are tools to help us achieve an understanding of what balance means for us in each moment - and to find peace with the reality that life rarely is “perfect.”

We’re excited to be featuring a giveaway from Lincoln Yoga Center for three free classes to help you deepen - or jumpstart - your practice!

Join us for an evening of community-building, mindfulness, and an insightful talk by body-image expert, Jamie Keeton, MA, PLMHP, of Wild Fig Psychotherapy.

❌August 11th from 6-8 pm at The Urban Farmhouse Room.
❌Featuring a Q+A Panel is the founder of Sage Nutrition, LLC - Emily Estes, MS, RD, LMNT - and vegan treats by Chunky Monkey Bakery!
❌Tickets are $5 - Available on Eventbrite and through our Event Page

08/05/2021

The sweet side to mindful eating, catered by Lincoln’s new vegan cottage bakery - Chunky Monkey Bakery! ❌

Somewhere in between childhood and today, a lot of our relationships with dessert became a little distorted. Low calorie. Low carb. “Healthy” and often heavily processed substitutions, for one of the things that we should most freely enjoy during a celebration or holiday.

For some, the reason for this negative relationship with sweets is an imbalance of quantity vs. quality. For others, it can be a matter of guilt, self-punishment, or the way we perceive our bodies. So how can we change the relationship we have with our food, nutrient balance, and bodies?

One of the solutions is in mindful eating - a subject Jamie Keeton, founder of Wild Fig Psychotherapy, will touch on in her Talk at our upcoming Salon, and a practice she’ll guide us through with some delicious vegan-friendly treats!

❌Join us on August 11th from 6-8 pm at The Urban Farmhouse Room!
❌Featuring a Q+A panel with Sage Nutrition, LLC founder and a three class-pass giveaway from Lincoln Yoga Center.
❌Tickets are $5 - Available on Eventbrite and our Event Page.

08/03/2021

Joining us for our Q+A Panel is the founder of Sage Nutrition, Emily Estes, MS, RD, LMNT! ❌

With her passion for eating disorder education, prevention, and treatment, Emily created Sage Nutrition, LLC as a community and resource with the goal of helping people in their relationships to food, body image, and exercise, on their journey to self-acceptance.

We’re excited to be featuring her as part of our Salon in ONE WEEK(!) and to learn how we can become part of a healthier Lincoln - inside and out.

❌Join us on August 11th from 6-8 pm at The Urban Farmhouse Room!
❌ Featuring a Talk by Wild Fig Psychotherapy founder and Jamie Keeton, vegan treats by the Chunky Monkey Bakery, and a three class-pass giveaway from Lincoln Yoga Center.
❌Tickets are $5 - Available on Eventbrite and through our Event Page

08/02/2021

Why is it that we sometimes feel at war with ourselves? ❌

Whether it’s with our bodies, with the conditions of our lives, or inside of our minds - it’s no coincidence that we’re all fighting something that’s a part of ourselves. Technology has erased the boundary between the outside world and our private experience - simultaneously feeding us a constant message of perfectly curated snapshots of other peoples’ worlds, and becoming the epicenter of how we experience our daily life.

And with the pandemic pushing the requirement for constant digital connection even deeper, the perceptions of what our bodies, our relationships, and our lives “should” look like has become even more distorted. So how can we see things clearly again?

Helping people break through this distortion and to find peace with themselves is what Jamie Keeton does best. Founder of Wild Fig Psychotherapy, she specializes in body image, chronic illness, and trauma.

We’re excited for her to be our Speaker for our next Salon, Human Psyche: An exploration into the root causes of technology’s negative impact on our perceptions, body image, and relationship with food - and the mental steps we can take to create a new, healthy experience.

❌Join us on August 11th from 6-8 pm at The Urban Farmhouse Room!

❌Featuring a Q+A panel with Sage Nutrition, LLC’s founder, vegan treats by Chunky Monkey Bakery, and a three class-pass giveaway from Lincoln Yoga Center.

❌Tickets are $5 - Available on Eventbrite and through our Event Page

07/28/2021

Oh, and how could we forget the most important part about our Salon? The friendly pups! ❌

We can't express our appreciation enough to everyone who brought their dog to our Humane Consumption Salon on July 16th! The plant giveaway? The airplane toss competition and pepper eating contest? Discussing powerful insights about how Consumers can start healing the Earth? Not without the help of man's best friend. 😉