TEDxNashville

TEDxNashville In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDxNashville is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
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On July 20, TEDx Tasting returns with an unforgettable evening at Eleven11: The Flavor of Time.Chef Son Pham will guide ...
06/08/2026

On July 20, TEDx Tasting returns with an unforgettable evening at Eleven11: The Flavor of Time.

Chef Son Pham will guide guests through an 11-course dining experience exploring one of life’s most precious ingredients—not found on the plate, but woven into every bite.

Through fermentation, memory, patience, and transformation, we’ll explore how time shapes flavor, meaning, and the lives we create.

✨ 11 courses
✨ Welcome sake toast
✨ Intimate conversation
✨ A room full of curious people

This experience is available exclusively to TEDxNashville members, and there are only 11 seats!

Head to the link in our bio to become a member and reserve your seat.

06/04/2026

What happens when we treat culture like a commodity?

In many parts of the world, foods are protected not simply because they’re delicious, but because they represent a place, a history, and a community. They become part of a shared identity.

In this “TEDx Tastings”, Kurt Mullican, founder of Grey’s Fine Cheeses, asks us to reconsider what we’re preserving—and what we’re overlooking.

America produces extraordinary cheeses, wines, and agricultural products. Yet we often treat them as interchangeable products rather than cultural expressions worth protecting.

What if we created stronger ways to recognize and protect the foods that tell the story of where we live?

Kurt argues that regional designation systems can help preserve local traditions, support producers, create jobs, protect consumers, and give communities something to rally around.

If Champagne can be protected, what American products deserve the same recognition?

Watch the video and join the conversation.

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These are the people we trust to tell our stories.When people see a TEDxNashville talk online, a social clip in their fe...
06/02/2026

These are the people we trust to tell our stories.

When people see a TEDxNashville talk online, a social clip in their feed, or a photo from one of our events, they’re seeing the work of people like Adam Mescan, Brian Smith, Mick Jacob, and Matthew Simmons.

Over the last year, TEDxNashville has evolved from a handful of annual events into a true year-round membership community. We’ve been able to experiment with new ideas, launch new event formats, and create far more content than ever before.

That simply would not have happened without the generosity of these four creatives.

They have given their time, talent, energy, and expertise to help us build something bigger than any one event. They’ve shown up early, stayed late, solved problems, captured moments, and helped us preserve ideas that otherwise would have disappeared when the lights went down.

Their work has played a major role in helping our membership series take off, and in helping TEDxNashville reach people far beyond the walls of any venue.
I’m deeply grateful not only for what they create, but for who they are.

If you’re looking for a photographer or videographer in Nashville, I’d encourage you to take a look at their work. You can connect with them directly through their Instagram pages, or email [email protected] and we’re happy to make an introduction.

Thank you, Adam, Brian, Mick, and Matthew. TEDxNashville is better because of you.

A lot of people come to TEDxNashville for the talks.But the talks are only part of the story.Here’s what’s happening in ...
05/30/2026

A lot of people come to TEDxNashville for the talks.

But the talks are only part of the story.

Here’s what’s happening in June:

☕ June 1 — Complimentary Co-working Day at Ampersand (member exclusive)
🥕 June 4 — Ideas in Action with The Nashville Food Project (member exclusive)
🍸 June 10 — Consciousness & Cocktails
🌊 June 23 — Flow State (discounted for members)
🎶 June 24 — TEDx Mixtape with Eiman Jahangir & Blessing Offor (free to members)

Whether you’re looking for inspiration, connection, new friends, or simply a reason to get out of the house, we’d love to see you.

Which one are you coming to?
Learn more at TEDxNashville.com/events

05/29/2026

When Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery restarted the distillery, they couldn’t begin with a whiskey entirely their own.

Because great whiskey takes time.

So they began as blenders — taking something already in motion and adding their own final refinement.

But over time, that necessity became a philosophy:

The art of the last touch.

The realization that the first contribution isn’t always the most important.
The loudest voice isn’t always the defining one.
And greatness is often shaped by the people willing to add the final 10%.

The patient refinement.
The quieter wisdom.
The care to leave something better than they found it.

In many ways, that’s true of all of us.

We are all on a path of refinement.
Built by the people who poured into us.
Shaped by trust, collaboration, mentorship, and community.

No one becomes great alone.

Not whiskey.
Not a city.
Not a person.

The things that endure are created when people trust each other enough to keep refining what someone else began.

TEDx Tastings is a membership-exclusive series designed to discover the ideas behind the great food and beverage creativity in our city.

Nashville is becoming a very interesting collision of technology, creativity, and entrepreneurship.Excited to support Te...
05/27/2026

Nashville is becoming a very interesting collision of technology, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

Excited to support Tech Connect 2026 this Monday at Category 10 — bringing together innovators, founders, creators, and business leaders for an afternoon designed around connection, conversation, and where the future of work is heading.

Free event. Monday, June 1.
3–7 PM at Category 10.

Registration link in story or copy/paste https://bit.ly/4nHR02c

Consciousness & Cocktails at Eleven11Free RSVP at TEDxNashville.com/events or click the link in our bio.What happens whe...
05/25/2026

Consciousness & Cocktails at Eleven11

Free RSVP at TEDxNashville.com/events or click the link in our bio.

What happens when we stop treating curiosity like something to outgrow?

The Science of Woo is a TEDxNashville series exploring the space where neuroscience, consciousness, intuition, human experience, and mystery intersect. Not to prove or debunk — but to ask better questions together.

This gathering at Eleven11 is designed as a more intimate evening of conversation and connection for people drawn to the deeper questions beneath modern life:
* Why do certain experiences feel meaningful?
* What happens in flow states?
* Is consciousness something we fully understand?
* What can science explain — and where does lived experience still matter?

Expect thoughtful conversation, new connections, cocktails, and a room full of people curious enough to explore ideas without needing absolute certainty.

Whether you’re deeply scientific, spiritually curious, skeptical, or somewhere in between, you belong in the conversation.

Presented by TEDxNashville as part of The Science of Woo.

Consciousness & Cocktails at Eleven11RSVP for this free event on our website: TEDxNashville.com/eventsWhat happens when ...
05/25/2026

Consciousness & Cocktails at Eleven11

RSVP for this free event on our website: TEDxNashville.com/events

What happens when we stop treating curiosity like something to outgrow?

The Science of Woo is a TEDxNashville series exploring the space where neuroscience, consciousness, intuition, human experience, and mystery intersect. Not to prove or debunk — but to ask better questions together.

This gathering at Eleven11 is designed as a more intimate evening of conversation and connection for people drawn to the deeper questions beneath modern life:
* Why do certain experiences feel meaningful?
* What happens in flow states?
* Is consciousness something we fully understand?
* What can science explain — and where does lived experience still matter?

Expect thoughtful conversation, new connections, cocktails, and a room full of people curious enough to explore ideas without needing absolute certainty.

Whether you’re deeply scientific, spiritually curious, skeptical, or somewhere in between, you belong in the conversation.

Presented by TEDxNashville as part of The Science of Woo.

05/24/2026

Seats are running out for FLOW

A night exploring:
— why the brain is designed to pursue rather than simply obtain
— what happens neurologically when we stop clinging to our thoughts
— how athletes, musicians, and meditators access heightened states of awareness
— why flow may reveal something essential about consciousness itself

A flow artist and somatic guide
Michael Jordan’s mindfulness coach
Two neuroscientists exploring consciousness
And a room of people curious about the same things as you.

tedxnashville.com/the-science-of-woo/

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