Often an “idea worth spreading” is complex, in the initial research stages, and being worked on by a team of experts who are used to communicating with other experts in the field. So how do we make that idea accessible for a broad audience? In this blog post TEDxAtlanta Speaker Coach Pam Leinmiller discusses how she worked with Krzysztof Czaja to make sure that his important message was both understood and valued by his audience.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read More"Ride to the Garden," an initiative of the Fresh Harvest farm in Clarkston, Ga. and the Spindle bike gear and clothing shop in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, took more than two dozen bicycle enthusiasts on a trek through the city.
Read More2016 TEDxPeachtree conference: Together was held at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University. The annual event drew international attendees and widespread watch parties for a day of embracing new and different ideas. The four sessions were broken into segments that approached the theme in various ways, with "X-Zone" activities crafted to bring attendees together outside of the presentations and an ATDC Innovation Studio in the lower level.
Read MoreOn the campus where some of the brightest and most innovative young minds in our country study, 16 of the most innovative and slightly older minds took the stage at TEDxPeachtree 2015.
Read MoreThe first TEDxPeachtreeSalon Poetry Slam was held at the Atlanta landmark Manuel’s Tavern in September, 2015. Ten excellent local poets battled it out in front of a full house.
Read MoreThe theme of this year's TEDxPeachtree was "illuminate," but it is nearly impossible to use one word to describe the October 17th gathering. Brainwave-derived art, personalized cancer treatment, artificial intelligence, talking dogs, mathematical origami and other amazing skills and discoveries were presented to a captivated audience at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta.
Read MoreOn November 8, 2013, TEDxPeachtree successfully catalyzed a capacity crowd of more than 500 attendees at the historic Buckhead Theatre with 17 informative talks categorized into four sessions. Catalyze, the 2013 conference theme, sought to capture and share the ingenuity of the human spirit and shine a light on works that could have a positive impact on the human condition.
Read MoreYou know how you sit down for a meal, maybe at Thanksgiving, where you eat so much you can hardly move? You feel so full you say to yourself, “Why did I eat so much?” Yet the food is so good you just can’t pass it up? This is kind of what TEDActive was like--except with intellectual nourishment instead of food (although there was plenty of that available too).
Read MoreAttending TEDxPeachtree in 2012, I expected the same feeling as I sat and watched talks online - perhaps scratching my chin occasionally and picking up a great insight or two. But what I did not expect was a knowledge multiplier effect from watching these talks live.
Read MoreWith a worldwide audience and a conference hashtag #tedxpt that trended nationally on Twitter, TEDxPeachtree 2011 was a success. Throughout the eight-hour program, speaker after speaker took to the stage to give the 18-minute talk of their lives on breakthroughs in their respective fields. Whether it was education, autism research, disaster preparedness, mind control research or innovative thinking, the talks entertained, provoked, stimulated and even moved attendees to tears.
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