Coming to the TEDx Stage: The Harrisons
Two leading pioneers of the eco-art movement
“Like an oncoming storm front, the Force Majeure is a fluid frontier, a frontier of heat moving across the planet, a frontier of water advancing on lands.
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A Look Back With Danny Keith
What’s it like to speak at TEDx? ‘Super cool’
A dozen years ago, Danny Keith was a surfer with a surf shop near Pleasure Point. He’d grown up on the east side of Salinas and was a young, single dad.
Q&A with TEDxSantaCruz’s Founder and Co-organizer
David Warren, retired Cabrillo College Faculty member, educator, technologist, activist, husband, and father
What is the TED philosophy, and just what is the “x” factor?
David: Basically, the TED philosophy/agenda is to spread ideas.
Radical Collaboration and Climate Change
Costa, Sinervo Announced for TEDxSantaCruz
The clock is ticking, remind two UC Santa Cruz professors who have been confirmed as speakers for the upcoming TEDxSantaCruz: Radical Collaboration conference.
Drs. Daniel Costa and Barry Sinervo will join more than 20 other presenters at on April 24 at the Rio Theatre.
Ideas Worth Spreading from Educators/Collaborators: Matt Beaudreau & Christy Hutton
Collaboration is a buzzword that has surfaced in the quest to answer the question, “What should our schools of the future look like?”
But what if there was a way, as Matt Beaudreau asks, to truly collaborate with all the stakeholders, with an outcome that is the antithesis of the status quo in our schools?
Two More Awesome, Local Speakers Confirmed: David Dennis & Bez Maxwell
David Dennis’ working title for his upcoming TEDxSantaCruz talk is “Homelessness, Surfboards, and Living a Well-Rounded Life.” Bez Maxwell’s is “Using the Female Orgasm in Life.”
They are the latest confirmed speakers for TEDxSantaCruz: Radical Collaboration, which will take place April 24 at the Rio Theatre.
Speaker Submissions Closed for April Event
Submissions are closed for TEDxSantaCruz2015: Radical Collaboration, and as our co-organizer Irene Tsouprake says, “WOW, do we have an incredible roster of speakers on the subject!”
“From the origins of life in the universe to the human genome to female orgasm to public art as a means of environmental and civic healing, be prepared for a wild ride.
Coming to TEDxSantaCruz: Inspiring Jazz Vocalist & Scientist Visionary
Ed Reed’s story is one that captures audiences with his very first words:
“I was a heroin addict for 40 years, in prison four times from 1951 to 1966 for forgery and heroin crime.