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 the facts right on the storm humanity […]
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 spreading.” Joining TEDxWinnipeg 2016: Alex Drysdale: Founder of Crik Nutrition, Alex will join TEDxWinnipeg […]
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 to have 100 guests […]
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 top of that, we deal with every touch point for event […]
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 do it […]
Six Questions with Daniel Blair
1. What motivates you? So much actually, but the biggest thing for me is seeing how technology is impacting our world. When I was a kid I dreamed about machines that could build any object I wanted, pocket sized computers, and a helmet that could let you travel anywhere. Now as an adult I get […]
Spotlight On: Brent Toderash
What role do you perform for TEDxWinnipeg? I’m on the steering committee, and this year I’m the team lead for the marketing committee. How long have you been involved, and in what capacity? I attended as a guest in 2011, and midstream the following year, I became the lead for the tech team. Since then […]
Six Questions with Israel Idonije
What motivates you? My purpose motivates me to be the best I can be every day. What do you do for a living, and what do you love about it? As an entrepreneur, I do a lot of different things. I would say I create for a living. I love taking ideas from concept to […]
Six Questions with Dr. Nicole Buckley
What motivates you? My goal is to make sure that Canadians have opportunities to do science in space. These opportunities are rare, so we seek the best science that can have an impact on Canadians. Someday opportunities to do science in space will be abundant, but right now, they are rare, expensive and not easy […]
TEDxWinnipeg 2016 Headliners
In its 6th year running, TEDxWinnipeg (formerly TEDxManitoba) is pleased to announce headliners Israel Idonije (Israel Idonije Foundation) and Dr. Nicole Buckley (Canadian Space Agency) will join its distinguished lineup of speakers for the June 2nd event at the Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre in downtown Winnipeg. TEDxWinnipeg is a day full of big ideas, passionate stories, reflections, insights and […]