Six Questions with Cheryl Ferguson

Six Questions with Cheryl Ferguson

1. What motivates you? What motivates me is joy. Seeking joy in what I do, in others and in my interactions with the world. Without joy, life is a shell of what it can be. I seek to connect with people and learn as much as I can about them – where they are coming...
Six Questions with László Pintér

Six Questions with László Pintér

1. What motivates you? When I was a kid I remember feeling shortchanged thinking that by the time I grow up everything worth discovering would be discovered and there is nothing left for me. Talk about predictions that turned out to be wrong. I am motivated by getting...

Announcing: TEDxWinnipeg 2016 Speakers

TEDxWinnipeg is pleased to announce the speaker lineup for 2016. This year, 11 talented and engaging local thought leaders will join headliners Israel Idonije and Dr. Nicole Buckley on June 2nd at the Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre to share their “ideas worth...
How do you Choose?

How do you Choose?

It’s a tough job picking who gets to attend and who doesn’t. It’s a part of the process we’d rather skip entirely, but we’ve needed a mechanism to do this for each of our six year history. For the first five years, it was because our license from TED only allowed us...
Spotlight On: Margaux Miller

Spotlight On: Margaux Miller

What role do you perform for TEDxWinnipeg? I chair the Guest Selection and Guest Experience committee. First and foremost, we create the application process, collect all data, and select (with a blind application process) those who get a coveted seat to the event. On...
Six Questions with Alexandra Hasenpflug

Six Questions with Alexandra Hasenpflug

1. What motivates you? I’m constantly trying to perfect the way I express sound. It’s not easy trying to capture a song onto canvas; the lines shift in such a quick way that I often struggle with getting the feel of it right, or the colour, and I never feel like I can...