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What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At TEDxNormal, live speakers will spark deep discussion and connection. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

TEDxNormal is an independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED. Speakers are recorded live and the videos are shared with TED for an opportunity to reach a global audience.

TEDxNormal is back on Saturday, November 12, 2022!

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PAST EVENTS:

TEDxNormal 2018 – Normal Theater - October 27, 2018

  • 10,000,000 to 1 and Beyond: Education for All – Julia Bello Bravo
  • Welcome to My New Normal – Jannica Olin
  • The Power of Community – Dontae Latson
  • That’s Not Funny! A 3-P practice for grief resilience with laughter and tears. – Debra Joy Hart
  • A Millennial Teaching Diversity – Cecilia Montesdeoca
  • Reframing Reproductive Rights: Going Beyond Pro-Choice vs Pro Life – Asha Dahya
  • Walking with my Ancestors: A Journey from Dungeons in Ghana – Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum
  • Can Technology Make You More Creative? – Kristin Carlson
    The Little Free Pantry – Raji Moore

TEDxNormal 2017 – Normal Theater - November 11, 2017

Check Yourself – Accountability by Charlie Johnson
The Power of No by Rufus & Jenny Triplett
How Do Our Relationships Both Challenge and Sustain Us? by Joshua Miller
Normal is a Relative Term by Matthias Pope
Moments by Annette Martinez
Helping the Formerly Incarcerated Be Successful by Mary Campbell
Promoting Confidence in Teen Girls by Cheryl Mason
Leading from the Inside Out by Sonya Mau
Owning Your Power by Rita Mitchell

TEDxNormal 2016 – Normal Theater - October 22, 2016

Session I – Discovering the New You
The Business of Being Crazy by Jen Friel, Chief Revenue Officer, DropIn, Inc.
Honoring the Blip by Debra Giunta, Founder/Director, Design Dance
Why Your Teen Needs Anonymity by Michael Callahan, CEO/Co-Founder, After School
Mind the Inspiration Gap by Kate Browne, Founder, Ramp and Stair Exercise Club
The Secret to Discovering What We Want by Meghan Conley, Consumer Research Specialist, Undertone
You’re More Than a Statistic by Heather Bischoff, Founder, Dragonfly Direction LLC

Session II – Uncovering the New Workplace
I’m Fine by Ann Marie, General Managing Partner, Vue Ventures, LLC
The Pre-Mom Stage: The Path to Motherhood in the Workplace by Amanda Slavin, CEO/Founder, CatalystCreativ
Walking In Your Purpose by Felicia Shaw, CEO, Simply In Your Purpose
Conjunction of Creative Passions in the Workplace by Mike Shannon, Co-Founder, Packback
A World With Engaged Workers by Dana Vogelmeier, Founder, Vogelmeier Consulting
Change, Or We Are Leaving by Tom Walter, Chief Culture Officer, Tasty Catering

Session III – Exploring the New World
The False Economy of Self by Robbie Osenga, Chief Potential Officer, Cybernaturic Design, Inc.
How To Be a Man, A Woman’s Guide by Elizabeth Plank, Senior Correspondent, Vox.com
Making the Ordinary Extraordinary by Sarah Moshman, Director/Producer, The Empowerment Project
Art As a Second Language by Alex Solis, Founder/Artist, Oddworx
The Power of Children’s Ideas by Naomi & Elizabeth Timperley, Director, Tech North Advocates, & Student

VIP Reception held at the Castle Lofts (6th Floor) with food provided by Epiphany Farms.

TEDxNormal 2015 – Normal Theater – November 7, 2015

Empowering Students to Get Stuff Done by Deborah Halperin
Epiphany to Enterprise: How Rethinking our Food System Can Be Delicious by Ken Myszka
How Living a Life You Love Can Save the World by Jackie Boone
How Simplification is the Key to Change by Lisa Bodell
How something you do every day gets $2.5 Trillion to Entrepreneurs by Nicole Loftus
How to change your limiting beliefs for more success by Irum Tahir
Mental Illness is an Asset by Mike Veny
My Semester in the Future by Kali Lewis
The Importance of Being an Unselfish Storyteller by Michael Luchies
The most powerful question you never considered by Elisabeth Cardiello
The world is changed by those brave enough to question it by Jessica Tenuta
What a Grandma’s Experience Taught Me About Storytelling by Kim Behrens Kaufman
What An Idea Needs To Survive by Jeffrey Stamp
Why aren’t more of us engaged at work? by Jeff Havens
Why we need to innovate how we learn to innovate by Alex Bruton
You Are Made for More by Liz Flores
Your Doctor Wants to by John Vozenilek

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