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sparsh agrawal

Seven Questions With Sparsh Agrawal

kerryApr 25, 20182 min read
1. Why are you excited to speak at TEDxWinnipeg? I am excited because TEDx gives me the opportunity to share my idea with a wide audience. 2. What is your idea worth spreading? My idea is about the importance of connecting various fields together in order to solve real world problems. I focused on bio-inspired […]
John Luxford

Seven Questions with John Luxford

kerryApr 19, 20185 min read
1. What do you do for a living and why? I help people make animated shows, using new technologies like VR hardware to make the process faster and easier so that anyone can do it. My passion is in making creation tools that help people express themselves in new ways, so naturally I gravitated towards […]
Abdul rehman

Seven Questions With Rehman Abdulrehman

kerryApr 17, 20184 min read
1. What’s your connection to Winnipeg, or Manitoba? I immigrated to Winnipeg in the early 80’s with my family when I was 7 years old, from my birth country, Tanzania. With Tanzania having been colonized by the British, there was a strong British influence on culture, and so I grew up reading children’s books from […]
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TEDxWinnipeg 2018 Speakers Announced

kerryApr 10, 20183 min read
Register to attend TEDxWinnipeg 2018 now. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TEDXWINNIPEG ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS FOR 2018 EVENT Eighth annual TEDxWinnipeg event to take place on June 13, 2018 WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, APRIL 10, 2018 – Speakers have been announced for TEDxWinnipeg 2018, a full-day event taking place June 13, 2018 at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg. TEDxWinnipeg again […]
vicki olatundun

Seven Questions with Vicki Olatundun

kerryApr 8, 20183 min read
1. Why are you excited to speak at TEDxWinnipeg? I am so excited to speak at TEDxWinnipeg because it is a huge opportunity to share an idea that I am truly passionate about, in a community of like minds  that are unafraid to challenge the status quo. TEDxWinnipeg  is a bedrock of amazing thought leaders […]
George Mallory, 1886-1924

TEDxWinnipeg 2018: Challenge

kerryMar 19, 20185 min read
“To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.” ― Dalai Lama XIV In March 1923 – 95 years ago this week – […]
Guest Registration is Open for TEDxWinnipeg 2018

Guest Registration is Open for TEDxWinnipeg 2018

kerryMar 16, 20181 min read
This year’s lineup includes another fantastic group of inspiring speakers for a full day of talks that will make you think, make you laugh, and might even make you tear up a little bit. Every year is different, but attendees can expect to leave feeling inspired, challenged, and motivated to make a positive change in […]
The Speaking Experience at TEDxWinnipeg

The Speaking Experience at TEDxWinnipeg

kerryJan 25, 20184 min read
TEDxWinnipeg is now entering its eighth year of consecutive annual TEDx conferences — and that makes us one of the oldest continually-running TEDx experiences around. Originally known as TEDxManitoba, we’ve been learning and growing with each annual gathering we run, and last year we started our monthly TEDxWinnipegSalon series to keep us in an idea-sharing […]
6 Ways to Host the Best TEDxWinnipeg Viewing Party

Andrea Kraj: My Love of All Things TED

kerryJan 22, 20184 min read
I love TED talks; in fact, I have loved them for years. Discovering TED was like discovering a completely new world that existed within my reality. TED Talks would be my escape when the world I knew became too dull or rehearsed. TED Talks would become my inspiration when deep in the midst of a […]
Heather Hinam on Speaking at TEDxWinnipeg

Heather Hinam on Speaking at TEDxWinnipeg

kerryJan 17, 20183 min read
“You could totally do this,” my friend enthused on the Facebook post she’d tagged me in. As I stared at the speaker’s application for TEDxWinnipeg, all I could think was, ‘she’s nuts’. I’d been lucky enough to have been in the audience for this amazing event two years in a row, and I remembered how […]