TEDxSanAntonio rocked! We had great speakers, great Talks and great attendees. Everyone could find something that sparked them. On October 16 the international experiment known as TEDx was about a year and a quarter old. TEDxOmaha, TEDxSMU and others were held on October 16. So, we were not alone on that day. And we have joined an international community. Take a look at this video produced by lara Stein, TEDx Licensi

A veritable cornucopia of images were taken by our TEDxSanAntonio attendees. People broke out their Brownies, dusted off their Instamatics and burned through a slew of SD cards, snapping away at TEDxSanAntonio. Although we had two “official” photogs (thanks Davis Staedler and Darrin Abate!) there were dozens of shutterbugs capturing the action. So, how do we wrangle this passle of photography? Thanks for

…so far. We ask some questions on the registration form and looking over them this morning this one is the best so far. “Talk to Me About…” Anything I don’t already know about, Anything on which you’d like a contrarian view, Anything geeky Dietary Requirements.: Please, no yams or pickled beets. Accessibility Needs.: Gravity required. Thought I’d share. This is going to be fu

TEDxSanAntonio attendees, here’s how to make the most of your experience. (Thanks to TEDxSanJoseCA and TEDxBerkeley.) Arrive early. We encourage you to arrive at 8:00 a.m., an hour before the first speaker sessions begin. Arriving early means you’ll be able to network with other incredible thinkers and doers. Stay until the very end. Plan to stay through the closing reception – until at least 7 p.m. TEDxSanAntonio is

We’ve been working on TEDxSanAntonio for about a year now. Had a bit of a false start but we got up our momentum pretty quickly. But last night we hit light speed. We held a Speakers Mixer last night at the Vidorra (hosted by George and Tish Riley) on the 20th floor patio area. A beautiful panorama of the city, a light breeze and a pretty sunset. What a perfect night! Even more perfect was getting to meet our T

A local TEDx friend shared this TEDxNextGenerationAsheville video. This is an actual 6th grader, Birke Baehr, presenting his Talk “What’s Wrong With Our Food System”. This TEDxNextGenerationAsheville event has a twist. ALL the Talks are presented by people under the age of 18. Next Generation, get it? Genius! There’s a lot of cool stuff out there. Check out the TEDx YouTube channel for more. T

We have some great audience applications coming in for TEDxSanAntonio. There are many great responses from the people selected so far but this one caught our eye. This is an answer to the question “What else do we need to know about you? (… that we haven’t asked you already.) “I’m kind of fun. I’m probably old enough to be your mom. Sometimes I make a fool of myself, and I know how

You didn’t miss your opportunity to get your Attendee Application submitted for TEDxSanAntonio! New Deadline: Wednesday, September 29, 11:59 pm We have had such a good group of applications that we want to be sure to get more! Apply Now!

We have received about 100 attendee applications. There’s still time to apply and lots more room. We need about 350 applications to fill about 225 open seats. What are you waiting for? Apply already! Here’s some interesting attendee stuff: As of today we received our first application from Mexico (Monterrey) Applications are split 41% women and 59% men Lots of interesting job titles: (Ex) Assistant Vice President Acc

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