TEDxMidland

The inaugural event, Evolve, is an open-ended invitation for speakers and listeners to consider new ideas. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com.

About TEDxMidland

Inspired by TED, and independently organized by a group of Midland individuals who believe in the power of ideas to change the world, TEDxMidland invites leading thinkers and doers to participate in an inspiring day of thought-provoking presentations, performances and conversations. It takes place on Saturday,January 28th, 2011 at the Midland Center for the Arts. About TEDx, x =

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About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At TED, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Two major TED events are held each year: The TED Conference takes place every spring in Long Beach, California (along with a parallel conference, TEDActive, in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily; the new TED Conversations, enabling broad conversations among TED fans; and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration

Follow TED on Twitter at TEDTalks, or on Facebook at Facebook/TED. TED2012, “Full Spectrum,” will be held February 27-March 2, 2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs, California.

04/26/2012

Heading to the Big Leagues 2012 Save-the-Date http://conta.cc/IHyUED

01/28/2012

Great TEDxMidland today! Stay tuned for our video post.

01/18/2012

TEDxMidland speaker - Karl Gude – “The Creativity Proclivity”

Creativity is required to successfully navigate an increasingly complex world. When we were small children, we had a proclivity to explore new things, to wonder, to experiment and to invent. In order to succeed, we have to unlearn a lifetime of predictable lines of thinking. We need to break through the patterns in our minds and lives. Karl will challenge us to do so and give a few tips on how to get there.

For the full list of speakers visit http://www.tedxmidland.com/speakers.html

01/17/2012

The speaker list is up! We will be posting the list throughout the week here, so stay tuned and follow the link to see the entire list!
http://www.tedxmidland.com/speakers.html

Currently we are accepting nominations for TEDxMidland 2012 speakers. If you know of any dynamic individuals that have ideas worth spreading please fill out our nomination form!

01/06/2012

Seats are running out! Get your tickets today @ http://www.mcfta.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=14953

Midland Center for the Arts a beautiful landmark facility in Midland, Michigan where art, science, history, music, theatre, dance, films, camps, classes and professional world-class entertainers live under one roof!

12/21/2011

Give the most thoughtful gift possible this year...Give the gift of TEDxMidland. Tickets on sale now for the TEDxMidland on January 28th at the Midland Center for the Arts. Give the gift of "Ideas Worth Spreading". http://www.mcfta.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=14789

11/30/2011

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this should be fun!

I'm about to speak at TED 2012 and present the first ever crowd-sourced TED talk :-) I'm inviting you to be part of this process and create together my presentation. Before asking for your help, here's my main idea: Wisdom of Crowds theory exists for many years.

11/28/2011

Hope everyone had a great Thanks Giving. We are thankful for TEDxMidland, coming January 28, 2012! Get tickets now at http://bit.ly/w0rpc3

TED Talks Nature’s beauty can be easily missed -- but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day.

11/25/2011

11/22/2011

Do you have a person on your list that you just can't "think" of what to give them this year?? Give them the gift of TEDxMidland. Give the gift of thought, inspiration and "Ideas Worth Spreading" happening on January 28th at Center for the Arts

11/10/2011

This TED video was passed along to me today and it was so good I had to share it.

TED Talks Artist and TED Fellow Aparna Rao re-imagines the familiar in surprising, often humorous ways. With her collaborator Soren Pors, Rao creates high-tech art installations -- a typewriter that sends emails, a camera that tracks you through the room only to make you invisible on screen -- that ...

11/08/2011

Just a reminder to Save the Date for TEDxMidland, January 28, 2012! And here is your TED video of the day!

TED Talks Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.

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http://www.tedxmidland.com/

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