by kerry | Apr 11, 2017 | Blog, Spotlight
1. Why are you excited to speak at TEDxWinnipeg? The opportunity to reach out to as many people as I can with my thoughts and ideas. Being a speaker will be like being given a megaphone that everyone is going to hear. 2. What is your idea worth spreading? Indigenous...
by kerry | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog, Inspiration, Spotlight
1. What do you do for a living and why? Mediator/Conflict Resolution practitioner. As a kid I was always terrified of conflict. And as I grew older I began to be curious about resolving situations. My job allows me and others to explore what it means to reduce the...
by kerry | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Emcee
Something unexpected happened at TEDxWinnipeg 2016: an improvised talk by comedy improv duo and TEDxWinnipeg hosts Caity Curtis and Stephen Sim. If the talk wasn’t weird enough already, guest Alyson Shane hashtagged it #PeanutButterSynergy on Twitter. The hashtag...
by kerry | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog, Speaker Update
Recently it was announced that I’ll be speaking at this year’s TEDxWinnipeg conference, and as someone who will be speaking about the power of digital communities, and who has blogged their way through life for the past 15 years, it only seems natural to share my...
by kerry | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
TEDxWinnipeg now has two types of ticket available, at two different pricing levels. Up until 2016, TEDxWinnipeg had never charged a fee to attend.Up until 2016, TEDxWinnipeg had never charged a fee to attend. Some years this was very difficult to accomplish, as we...
by kerry | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, Speaker Update
There are few Winnipeggers who need to be told who Wilma Derksen is, and some will remember the powerful talk on forgiveness that she gave on our stage in 2012. There were few dry eyes in the house, and the talk received a standing ovation; the video is below. Through...
