Anyone in the region that likes to hear interesting and inspiring speakers should take a look at TEDx.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design and is a very special conference bringing speakers from all over the world. It includes speakers on children and education such as Gever Tully and a couple presentations by Ken Robinson: School Kills Creativity and Bring on the Revolution. There are of course hundreds and perhaps thousands more, but, the above are a handful that we have found interesting.
Waterloo and other regions host a branched out version of TED called TEDx that brings some substantial speakers to individual regions. This year in waterloo it includes the astronaut Roberta Bondar and the young sailor Abby Sutherland. The format of TEDx preserves the format of TED: Tightly limited 20 minute presentations on “Ideas worth sharing”. This year the TEDx theme is Discover Explore Challenge – The Uncharted.
Let us know if you do end up planning on going it should be an exciting event. One of us will be going and will post our thoughts on the speakers after the conference on March 3rd.
