THURSDAY MORNING EDIT: We had to vacate the MCPL Auditorium because the Internet stalled. We’re now across the street at the offices of Career Investments — 403 E. 6th St., Suite 200. We’re watching on my laptop, but it’s still streaming, which is an improvement over the MCPL ...
We’re SO excited about getting our TEDxBloomington speakers’ videos posted on YouTube … and we heard that you’d like to watch them in order, to see how the speakers’ presentations built upon one another and progressed through the day, how the session themes were conveye ...
TEDxBloomington is just a few weeks away, and as registrations and ticket sales rise, our Kitchen Cabinet (the local planning team) climbed the ladder to the catwalk in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater for a group photo! Maybe next time we’ll bring up some TED-red paint and paint one of those Xs ...
What do you think of our new website? We’re very excited about the changes. Check out the new index at the top of the page. We’ll be adding more content as we get closer to May 14. Many thanks to volunteers Tim Skaggs and Nina Onesti for their hard work these last few days.
We are excited to announce that TEDxBloomington tickets for the May 14th “Wisdom of Play” event can be purchased online now! Details: The conference will be held on Saturday, May 14, in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 East Kirkwood Avenue, just off campus in downtown Bloomington. The first p ...
Many people have expressed interest in volunteering for TEDxBloomington. We now have a volunteer coordinator who’s sorting out needs and will put together an application so we can best match skill sets + availability to those needs. Your first step, if you’re interested in volunteering, is for y ...
Sorry we can’t fly you all to California for the conference, but you can join us in Bloomington to watch a full day’s worth of programming live from the TED stage for free! Wednesday, March 2nd, 11:15 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monroe County Public Library Auditorium, 303 East Kirkwood Avenue Please fill ...
The Initiative on the Humanistic Study of Innovation at IU is bringing Johanna Blakley, Ph.D., to campus Monday, Feb. 21 to speak on “Creativity and Copyright: the surprising case of the fashion industry.” Dr. Blakley’s talk about “Social Media and the end of Gender” at ...
Despite temperatures in the teens and twenties, three inches of snow and ice on the ground, and “dead week” on campus (the week before finals), about 30 hardy women and men came out to the TEDxBloomington Livestream presentation of the TEDWomen conference on December 7-8. Reactions were positive ...
By Play / As a builder of pirate worlds and complicated rail transportation systems, Maarten is often found in the companionship of his three-year-old son, Hugo. Beating the odds as the “un-handyman” of the family, he is also interested in building larger structures and has erected se ...
By Play / Kalynn enjoys beach walking, popcorn and movies, reading out loud, hiking, architecture, finding pictures in the clouds, gardening, hula-hooping, hummingbirds and woodpeckers, eating out with her daughter, Petosky stones, reading, singing with her son, hammocking, listening to stories, ...
By Play / Gail is a lifetime learner, a mother and a wife to Stephen Hale. She was the first to graduate college in her family of origin in 2007. She still thinks she has learned the most important lessons from her children. Adam and Allegra together have taught Gail everything she knows about t ...
By Play / Debby loves to frolick with her dog, cook with friends, dance, practice yoga, take long walks, dress up in costumes, hug the people she adores, and swim. By Day / Sex researcher at Indiana University, a sex educator at The Kinsey Institute, a book author, columnist and blogger. Contact @ ...
By Play / Jenn laughs a lot. She gets this from her son, Ethan. They make art, read books, climb trees, skateboard, sing nonsense songs, jump off things, listen to great music and find every chance they can to play. Lover of the culinary arts, her kitchen is full of wonderful tools and flavo ...
By Play / A secret identity waiting for a superhero. Loves television (the good parts) and movies, saying dumb things to his kids, cajoling them to point at the sky, and holding out hope he’ll get back to his screenplay. Takes pictures. Uses social media but hates the term. Paints with inv ...
By Play / A lover of people and a supporter of their passions; a tea connoisseur, a worm farmer, a bird enthusiast, and a friend to all succulents, ferns and trees. She loves words, reading half of books, collecting cliches, and is proud to be a two time Indiana state spelling champion. Some of ...
By Play / Enjoys anything that involves technology and creativity. Loves Bloomington, her family, friends, and her dog Vega. Loves to camp, hike, get in trouble in the great outdoors. Obsessed with everything bearded and anything that involves bacon. Enjoys being around “good people” a ...
By Play / Avid mushroom hunter, disc golf player, exercise fanatic, community volunteer, and life enthusiast. Recently finished a six-year stint on the board of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation (bringing world music to Bloomington), and now involved with Community Justice and Mediation Ce ...
By Play / Evangelist of technology, devourer of cheese, board game maniac, lover of Bloomington and all-around geek. Passionate about helping startups, building community, creating value and eating orange Tic-Tacs. Married up to a gorgeous wife who manages to tolerate most of the above. By Day / ...
By Play / Explorer of the world, artist, photographer, sculptor, participant in the natural world, collector of interesting things. By Day / Ethan is a designer and creative thinker who believes in the power of design combined with love. He is a student at the Hartford Art School. Ethan is the aut ...
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxBloomington, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxBloomington event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
The Wisdom of Play conference theme offers the chance to explore play, wisdom, experimentation, insight, risk, horizon lines, adventure, intention, wonder, perception, curiosity, and knowledge throughout our lives. Although the words “wisdom” and “play” may evoke opposed images and responses, this year’s TEDxBloomington conference is about the fertile ground where the two intersect in our daily working lives.
