Get to Know Your TEDxWinnipeg 2017 Speakers
There are just seven weeks to go to TEDxWinnipeg 2017! This week, guests are being notified of whether their application was accepted to attend. In the meantime, learn a little bit more about the speakers who will be spreading their big ideas at TEDxWinnipeg on June 6! Ali Saeed talks about refugees and the need to […]
Speaker Update: Todd Scott Imagines AEDs in a Galaxy Far, Far Away at TED@NYC
New York isn’t quite a galaxy far, far away, but just in case Todd Scott took a wookie along for the trip. And, of course, some humorous tips for using an automatic external defibrillator (AED). Todd brought his light-hearted take on AEDs to TEDx Winnipeg in 2015. A few months later, Todd was watching A Force Awakens when […]
Seven Questions With Sonya Ballantyne
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 youth in Manitoba are the […]
Seven Questions with Mike Lund
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 amount of drama in life. 2. […]
Peanut Buttery Synergy with Caity Curtis & Stephen Sim
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 trended nationally alongside the official #TEDxWinnipeg and #TEDxwpg2016 tags — due no doubt in part to people asking what the heck it […]
My TEDx Speaking Experience, Part I
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 experiences as I go through this process as well. […]
New for 2017: TEDxWinnipeg Patron Tickets
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 needed sponsors who were willing to pitch in and foot the […]
The Way of Letting Go
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 this talk, Wilma, her work, and her story […]
TEDxWinnipeg Attracts Awesome People
You already knew that some of the best people in the province hang around TEDxWinnipeg, right? We always love to hear what our past speakers and volunteers are up to. Shout-outs this week to 2015 speaker Todd Scott (@MeToddScott), who is in New York city this week to give a new talk at TED@NYC, an official TED event (no “x”). […]
Madison Thomas on Speaking at TEDxWinnipeg
Now that our call for 2017 speakers is out, we thought it was a good time to circle back to one of our speakers from 2016 and see what Madison Thomas thought about her experience as a TEDxWinnipeg speaker. It can take a bit of effort to catch up with Madison—we found her in Yellowknife filming dogsled teams for […]