My daughter Freia mentioned to me that she along with a few friends is organizing a TEDx event at her school. I had heard about TED, but had no idea what TEDx was.
Not wanting to sound ignorant, I decided to find out the hard way. Translated it meant "Googling TEDX". And what I found was interesting.
Apparently TEDx is a smaller version of TED, licensed but not directly supervised by TED. As most things TED, it was a "YAGI'. In case you're wondering what "YAGI" means, its a acronym I just made up, "Yet Another Great Idea".
You can read more about TEDx and how it works at the TED website.
http://www.ted.com/pages/about_tedx
And then I found the page for the event Freia was helping organize.
http://www.tedxyouthdais.com/Home.html
And not surprisingly, it also had a facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/TEDxYouthDAIS
They have an impressive list of speakers. Ranging from the 16 year old Hemani to the 68 year old Harish. And other equally interesting speakers in between. I would have loved to attend the event. But apparently there are only 100 slots, and over 500 people wanting to attend. So I'm not even going to try. And will view the video of the speakers with interest. Especially since they're so much better in the edited online version.
Here's wishing the TEDx DAIS team and especially Freia all the very best.
Not wanting to sound ignorant, I decided to find out the hard way. Translated it meant "Googling TEDX". And what I found was interesting.
Apparently TEDx is a smaller version of TED, licensed but not directly supervised by TED. As most things TED, it was a "YAGI'. In case you're wondering what "YAGI" means, its a acronym I just made up, "Yet Another Great Idea".
You can read more about TEDx and how it works at the TED website.
http://www.ted.com/pages/about_tedx
And then I found the page for the event Freia was helping organize.
http://www.tedxyouthdais.com/Home.html
And not surprisingly, it also had a facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/TEDxYouthDAIS
They have an impressive list of speakers. Ranging from the 16 year old Hemani to the 68 year old Harish. And other equally interesting speakers in between. I would have loved to attend the event. But apparently there are only 100 slots, and over 500 people wanting to attend. So I'm not even going to try. And will view the video of the speakers with interest. Especially since they're so much better in the edited online version.
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