Ted Talks coming to a theatre near you!

TED Talks have become a global phenomenon, attracting over a billion views on the internet. From science to art, psychology to design, TED Talks inspire, enlighten and entertain.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organised 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-organised events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx programme, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

Shappi Khorsandi

The feisty and hilarious comedian, Shappi Khorsandi, is coming to Aylesbury on May 9,  as part of the first ever TEDxAylesbury at the Waterside Theatre, being organised by a team of enthusiastic local volunteers including Shellley Ghazi from Thame. You can see who the others are at www.tedxaylesbury.com/meet-the-team.

The theme of TEDxAylesbury 2015 is ‘Misfits and Pioneers’. Shappi will speak about her own experience of feeling like an outsider and how that sparked her creativity, no doubt with her inimitable blend of razor-sharp wit, softened by warmth and boundless charm.

THE SPEAKERS

TEDxAylesbury will feature  other celebrated speakers too, as well as lesser-known speakers who deserve to be heard, each with an ‘Idea Worth Spreading’ to share with the audience. These include:

Karen Blackett OBE, CEO of Mediacom. Karen was recently named ‘the most influential black person in Britain’ in the Powerlist 100 (beating Oscar winning director Steve McQueen, a Google executive and several MPs)

Roy Bailey, well-known folk singer and patron of the Towersey Festival, who will be sharing songs about misfits and pioneers

David Neita, a barrister and poet, performing poems that make us think

…plus several others. Further speaker details can be found at www.tedxaylesbury.com/speakers

Team leader Devi Clark: “Tickets go on sale at the end of February, and we expect to sell out quickly. To be informed by email about when tickets are available, sign up to the mailing list at www.tedxaylesbury.com

“To find out more about the event please check out our preview video on our website at: www.tedxaylesbury.com/about

ABOUT TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast event in nearby Whistler. The annual TEDGlobal conference will be held this October in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

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