http://tedxsydney.com TEDx Sydney @ CarriageWorks on 22 May 2010 : Ideas Worth Spreading Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:05:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this video Robert Scoble of Scobleizer blog fame is taken by TED's June Cohen on a nice inside tour of the the offices in New York. The 40 minute video includes a nice mention for TEDxSydney by TEDx suprema Lara Stein at around 4mins in. Lara had just returned ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/tour-of-ted-hq Here's a treat. You may have noticed an illustrator set up with a white board in the foyer at CarriageWorks. His name was Gavin Blake aka Fever Picture and we retained him for the TEDxSydney 2010 Forum as someone to visually document each speaker presentation. Here's what he came up ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/2010-in-graphic-nutshells Sometimes magic happens … as it did at TEDxSydney on Saturday 22 May at CarriageWorks. Almost 30 live speakers and performers presented on the main stage with the Bay 17 theatre before a selected audience of 700 … many of whom had flown in for the event from other parts of ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/tedxsydney-2010-in-a-nutshell Maybe you attended TEDxSydney as part of the live Bay 17 audience; maybe you took part in The Forum; maybe you watched the livestream at home. Whatever ... we'd love to know what you thought of TEDxSydney 2010. Please use the comments feature attached to this post to tell us ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/what-did-you-think-wed-love-to-know TEDxSydney 2010 is a wrap ... and what a day it was. A bunch of images are up on flickr and you can check them out for yourself below or HERE. Also, view the archival #tedxsydney twitter stream HERE. We'll be editing everything over the coming week or two and ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/what-a-day-thank-you-to-everyone-involved TEDxSydney happens TODAY. Check out this great image of the TEDx logo made up from the faces of TEDxSydney 2010 Participants. Pat Clair is working with us on some cool elements for The Forum. Come back here just before 9:00AM AEST to view the whole day LIVE. We'll be streaming ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/today-is-the-day Today is rehearsal day, and there'll be lots happening at CarriageWorks. The big day is tomorrow! Be sure to come to CarriageWorks if you'd like to be part of the audience in the Forum. Or return to this page from 8:45AM AEST tomorrow morning for the LIVE webstream. We'll be ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/big-day-tomorrow In case you didn't see it, we've posted an interactive version of the Day's schedule HERE. Chock-a-block! Are you coming to CarriageWorks to be part of the Forum? It's open to everybody and free. Alternatively, return to this URL on Saturday morning from around 8:45AM AEST to watch the webstream. ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/the-schedule We're thrilled to be able to announce our line up of performers for TEDxSydney on 22 May at CarriageWorks. Our Musical Director Anton Monsted has been charming and cajoling now for many weeks. Set out here are the fruits of his considerable labours. Performing for us all at CarriageWorks in ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/tedxsydney-performers-announcement Words Worth Hearing The TEDxSydney program continues to grow … TEDxSydney is very pleased to announce that dynamic local poetry organisation The Red Room will co-ordinate an engaging series of poetry readings for the TEDxSydney Forum. The Forum will feature four very different Australian poets brought together by ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/red-room-poetry-at-the-tedxsydney-forum Our vision for TEDxSydney is an event that’s even bigger and broader than the Ideas Worth Spreading you’ll see on the main stage. The interest in TEDxSydney has been overwhelming and it’s literally not possible to contain within the four walls of the Bay 17 theatre space ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/the-tedxsydney-forum We're happy to announce yet another speaker for TEDxSydney 2010: Brett Solomon is co-founder and Executive Director of Accessnow.org – a new global movement for digital freedom. Born out of the aftermath of the 2009 Iranian election, Access uses cutting edge technologies to help people living behind the firewall, provides thought ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/new-speaker-brett-solomon Here's what's happening: + Applicant invitations are out: some for theatre seats, but most for participation in The Foyer Show aka "TEDxtra" + Performance components are coming together ... thanks to Anton Monsted. Some announcements coming soon. + Another big sponsorship to be announced this week. Very appropriate. Stay tuned. + Dinosaur Designs have ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/development-update Not surprisingly, we've been inundated with applications for TEDxSydney 2010. Anyone at all can come along to TEDxSydney on Saturday 22 May to take part in a Foyer Show thaty is turning out to be huge. However, due to space constraints, a relatively small number of people will be able ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/notifications-delayed Today we announced our speakers for 2010. See HERE. Still a few surprises to come. Stay tuned! http://tedxsydney.com/p/our-speakers Finally! Thanks (ultimately) to our Technology Partners at MOB and with lots of help from Amy here at General Thinking, we have today launched our open application process for TEDxSydney 2010. Anyone at all can come along to TEDxSydney on Saturday 22 May. In collaboration with CarriageWorks and The Chaser's ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/the-application-process-is-open We're just about to go live with our application-to-attend application form. Meanwhile, in collaboration with our friends at UTS Business 21C, we are pleased to be able to announce our TEDxSydney Video Ideas challenge. We want to know about your Idea Worth Spreading. Let us know what it is in ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/tedxsydney-your-idea Greetings to all! Here's what's happening on the TEDxSydney front + The audience application process has been delayed. Will hopefully launch next week. We'll let you know. + Thanks for your speaker nominations. We're pretty much settled on our lineup for 2010. However, feel free to nominate for TEDxSydney 2011 HERE. + Finally, ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/development-planning-update-3 We're even more thrilled to be able to announce the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ("the ABC") as a Major Partner to TEDxSydney. The ABC is Australia's national public broadcaster ... (and a class act). It provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/the-abc-joins-as-major-partner We're thrilled to be able to announce that UTS:Business (the Business School of the University of Technology Sydney) has joined General Thinking as a Major Partner to bring TEDxSydney to CarriageWorks on 22 May 2010. The fit is perfect. The UTS:Business mission is supported by a vibrant, outcomes-oriented research environment ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/utsbusiness-joins-us-as-a-major-partner Hello everyone! We've been back in the 2010 saddle for a couple of weeks. The curators have met twice (at Katipo Coffee House in Bondi) ... and the TEDxSydney 2010 Organising Committee is springing into action. Remo has reconnected with someone who helped him establish the REMO General Store 22 ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/development-planning-update-2 The TEDxSydney team are all just about to break for a short holiday. It's been a busy few months. Time to recharge. We're looking forward to announcing some of our speakers early in 2010 ... and to open up applications for participation soon after that. Also, we will be able ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/seasons-greetings-happy-new-year It's been quite a busy week on the TEDxSydney front. Here's what's happening: + We are receiving really interesting speaker suggestions via this website. Please keep them coming HERE. + We pitched a potential Major Partner this week. Looks encouraging. Details to follow when we know more. + Two more speakers are close ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/development-planning-update Today, TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong's wish is realised as the Charter for Compassion officially launches. The Charter is a document that has been created by thousands of people around the world. It has been developed to enable a new dialogue between the major religions and between religious and nonreligious people. ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/tedxsydney-affirms-charter-for-compassion Last week was an eventful one in TEDxSydneyland. We met and have partnered with a Sydney based communications company called The Launch Group. (CEO Fleur Brown is a TEDster.) Fleur and her team will be helping out with our marketing communications, social media networking and (critically) the evaluation of potential ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/tedindia-as-inspiration-for-tedxsydney Here we are sitting around Remo's dining room table trying to cull a list of 170 feasible speakers for TEDxSydney 2010 down to (say) 80 ... on our way to an ultimate 20 for the one day event (so little time, so many thinkers). [caption id="attachment_374" align="alignleft" width="576" caption="TEDxSydney Curatorial Working ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/thinking-speakers-yes-maybe A good TED Talk involves the dynamic and engaging presentation of a compelling IDEA or a great story. The core curatorial team is in the process of generating a short list of initial speaker ideas. We already have the beginnings of a fabulous list but we're looking for more ideas ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/nominate-a-speaker-for-tedxsydney-2010 Welcome to the TEDxSydney 2010 website ... and thanks to MOB our Technology Partners and Adam Dennis the REMO General Store Web Guy for helping us get this site across the line and out there for all concerned. A few months ago I was encouraged by colleagues here in Sydney and ... http://tedxsydney.com/p/welcome-to-tedxsydney http://tedxsydney.com/p/600