Nominations/Applications are now open for speakers for TEDxTauranga 2016!
We are looking for speakers who are either based in the Bay of Plenty or have close ties to our region.
Who should we talk to next?
- Nominate a speaker for TEDxTauranga 2015
- or, Apply to Speak yourself!
Who are we looking for?
- Someone who can tell us an idea worth spreading
- Someone who can teach us something new
- Someone who is deeply fascinated with their own favourite topic (that kind of passion and enthusiasm is contagious)
- Someone who can share that fascination with us by telling an engaging story
- Someone who can prepare a talk between 5-15mins long
- Their delivery could be:
- As they are, just talking
- Or with the support of a few powerpoint slides (photos are fine, graphs are fine, 1 word or 1 sentence on a slide is fine – but no bullet points are allowed)
- Or with a physical prop
- Someone who is based in the Bay of Plenty (Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, KatiKati, Kawerau, Waihi, Opotiki etc) or has a strong BOP connection (eg used to live here, has family here)
Nominate a speaker for TEDxTauranga 2015 or Apply to Speak
What might they talk about?
Here is a list of the latest talks on the TED.com website. Can you think of someone who could give a talk like one of these?
- The secret sneaker market — and why it matters
- The chilling aftershock of a brush with death
- How I’m working for change inside my church
- The moral bias behind your search results
- This is what LGBT life is like around the world
- A musical escape into a world of light and color
- A breakthrough new kind of wireless Internet
- The coolest animal you know nothing about … and how we can save it
- A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors
- The heartbreaking text that inspired a crisis help line
- How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed
- Art that lets you talk back to NSA spies
- The enchanting music of sign language
- How I teach kids to love science
- Social services are broken. How we can fix them
- Deep under the Earth’s surface, discovering beauty and science
- An Internet without screens might look like this
- We can now edit our DNA. But let’s do it wisely
- The secret US prisons you’ve never heard of before
- The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds
- Two nameless bodies washed up on the beach. Here are their stories
- Why medicine often has dangerous side effects for women
- The future of flying robots
- How we can make the world a better place by 2030
- Home is a song I’ve always remembered
- You can grow new brain cells. Here’s how
- Design at the intersection of technology and biology
- Soon we’ll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill
- Climate change is happening. Here’s how we adapt
- Why some of us don’t have one true calling
- How my mind came back to life — and no one knew
- Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades
- Don’t ask where I’m from, ask where I’m a local
- Alzheimer’s is not normal aging — and we can cure it
- 4 powerful poems about Parkinson’s and growing older
When is TEDxTauranga 2016?
- Saturday 9 July 2016, 10am to 6pm
- Venue: ASB Arena, BayPark
- Audience: 1000
Nominate a speaker for TEDxTauranga 2015 or Apply to Speak
Cheers,
Sheldon Nesdale
Lead Organiser of TEDxTauranga / Saturday 9 July 2016
2016 Theme: “Curious?”
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