TEDxAtlantaWomen Speakers Showcased in TEDx Skoll Conversations
TEDx Skoll Conversations is a partnership of TEDx, the Skoll Foundation and The Wellbeing Project. Over the course of 2022, the partnership sought to surface new ideas on mental and physical wellness from TEDx groups across the globe. Continuing the high standard of curation, three TEDxAtlantaWomen speaker alumnae were among the 15 showcased. The other […]
TEDxAtlanta 2023 returns to the Rialto Center for the Arts on May 19, 2023
We’re excited to announce that TEDxAtlanta will be held on May 19, 2023 at the Rialto Center for the Arts in downtown Atlanta. Designed around the theme, “We Rise” the one-day event will explore bold initiatives, visionary ideas and stories of triumph and resilience.
TEDWomen is Coming to Atlanta
We are so thrilled that TEDWomen will be calling Atlanta home for the next three years starting in 2023. The TEDWomen conference is an annual event that celebrates and embraces the power of women and girls to be both creators and change-makers. The 3.5-day experience will be held from October 11 to 13 in 2023 […]
TEDxAtlantaWomen 2022 Tickets are Sold-out
On behalf of the 2022 TEDxAtlantaWomen team, I am excited to share that tickets for the inaugural TEDxAtlantaWomen conference to be held on Friday, November 4, 2022 were sold-out over the weekend. A link to the free livestream of the conference will available at www.tedxatlanta.com on November 4. The team and I are thrilled at […]
It’s a Wrap: TEDxPeachtree 2017 Recap
The 9th edition of TEDxPeachtree sold out weeks before Friday, October 6, when over 600 people eagerly filled Atlanta’s Rialto Center for the Arts to listen to this year’s inspiring speakers. Hundreds more across the country joined in through a free live webcast. All came to listen, to think, and to dive Beneath the Surface. […]
Social Epidemiologist Shivani Patel’s TEDxAtlanta 2021 Talk featured on TEDx Shorts Podcast
Using data, Shivani Patel provided sobering insights into the striking public health disparities in certain communities and the factors that contribute to them. Highlights of her talk were featured in the TEDx Shorts Podcast which is described as “eye-opening ideas from some of the world’s greatest TEDx speakers.” Shivani’s Full Talk with 64,000 views and […]
Sara Botto’s Talk on Early Childhood Development is Spotlighted by TED Globally
Congratulations to TEDxAtlanta 2019 speaker alum Sara Valencia Botto! Her talk unveiling the initial results of an early childhood development study conducted at Emory University’s Infant and Child Lab was featured by TED on TED.com. Since appearing on the TEDxAtlanta stage, Sara successfully graduated with her doctorate from Emory University and joined the university’s Psychology […]
Change the World, Change Your Thinking
What is design thinking, specifically? It’s a people-centric process for design that includes five stages.
Meet Speaker Ayoka Chenzira
What is your passion? Figuring out how to do things that I want to do but don’t know how to do. How did you decide to pursue your current career? As a child, I was drawn to storytelling while listening to women’s stories in my mother’s beauty parlor and later trained in filmmaking at New […]
Speaker Spotlight:
Saundra Dalton-Smith
We chatted with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith to get to know one of our CTRL+ALT+DEL speakers. What are you currently working on and what excites you about it? I am currently working on my next book. I love all the new information I learn while researching and having the opportunity to frame the research with stories […]