From left to right: Sally Eden, Alex Evans, Roz Savage, Sally Blackman, Stella Parkes
As we gradually come out of the current COVID crisis, what new ideas and ways of thinking will come into the light?
Under licence from TED, the global organisation dedicated to ideas worth spreading, TEDxStroudWomen is calling for speakers with fresh and original ideas at a unique one-day event on the theme of emergence.
Potential speakers can be both experienced and new to the spotlight; the event aims to be thought provoking and to spark discussion.
Coinciding with the TEDWomen annual event, TEDxStroudWomen welcomes applications from speakers of all genders, abilities and ethnicities. Event organiser (Guinness World Record-holding ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner) and local resident Roz Savage MBE said: “We’re in the middle of turbulent times, but often out of chaos comes innovation and new ideas. Our event aims to showcase thoughts and concepts on a theme of emergence – out of the turmoil what might appear?”
Roz added: “We’re delighted to be hosting this event and very excited to find speakers with great idea and theories. We are looking forward to hearing from people who want to take part.”
Selected speakers will have the opportunity to take part in a series of training workshops, run by top presentation coaches and their talk may be featured on TED.com.
Anyone wanting to apply to be a speaker should visit the TEDxStroudWomen website here and follow the links. Applications close at the end of July. For more information contact: Roz Savage roz.savage@tedxstroudwomen.co.uk and follow TEDxStroudWomen on facebook, twitter and instagram for news and updates.
The event is to be held at the Subscription Rooms in Stroud on Sunday 29th November.*
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED conferences, including their annual gathering in Vancouver, as well as TEDWomen, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of the talks from TED2019 are published to TED's podcast TED Talks Daily, available on all podcast platforms.
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; TEDx, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; the Audacious Project, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives; TEDSummit, which gathers the most engaged members of the global TED community for brainstorms, discussions, performances, workshops and an eclectic program of mainstage talks; and the educational initiative TED-Ed.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
* subject to COVID government guidelines and restrictions