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		<title>May 21 All Hands Volunteer Meeting, 6 pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our next &#8220;All Hands&#8221; volunteer meeting will be held Tuesday, May 21, from 6:30 &#8211; 8:00 pm at Clarity Child Guidance Center. If you attended the kickoff and signed up for a committee &#8211; or even if you didn&#8217;t &#8211; you are more than welcome to come help us build TEDx community in San Antonio. Committee Chairs and Organizers will be on hand discussing and working on the primary event of the year and other interesting developments. Location: Clarity Child Guidance Center 8535 Tom Slick San Antonio, Texas 78229 Finding It, and Parking:  The Clarity Child Guidance Center (our cherished sponsor &#8211; thank you so much, CCGC!) is directly off of Hamilton Wolfe, or one street away from Wurzbach in the Medical Center area.  Look for the architectural element of a 30’ girl holding a pinwheel – and park anywhere in our lot.  There are wayfinder signs on the campus to locate the appropriate building, but we are going to be hosting our meeting in the Administration Building.  We’ll have “event signs” out with an arrow to help people locate the building. Mapquest &#124; Google Maps Snacks and Beverages? Yes! Again, many, many thanks to Clarity Child Guidance Center, and our Speaker Committee Chair, Rebecca Helterbrand, for their generosity.]]></description>
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		<title>All Hands Volunteer Meeting Tuesday 4/9/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our next &#8220;All Hands&#8221; volunteer meeting will be held Tuesday, April 9, from 6 &#8211; 7:30 pm at Clarity Child Guidance Center. If you attended the kickoff and signed up for a committee &#8211; or even if you didn&#8217;t &#8211; you are more than welcome to come help us build TEDx community in San Antonio. Committee Chairs and Organizers will be on hand discussing and working on the primary event of the year and other interesting developments. Location: Clarity Child Guidance Center 8535 Tom Slick San Antonio, Texas 78229 Finding It, and Parking:  The Clarity Child Guidance Center (our cherished sponsor &#8211; thank you so much, CCGC!) is directly off of Hamilton Wolfe, or one street away from Wurzbach in the Medical Center area.  Look for the architectural element of a 30’ girl holding a pinwheel – and park anywhere in our lot.  There are wayfinder signs on the campus to locate the appropriate building, but we are going to be hosting our meeting in the Administration Building.  We’ll have “event signs” out with an arrow to help people locate the building. Mapquest &#124; Google Maps Snacks and Beverages? Yes! Again, many, many thanks to Clarity Child Guidance Center, and our Speaker Committee Chair, Rebecca Helterbrand, for their generosity.]]></description>
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		<title>Kickoff: See you tonight at Say Si!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All hands and interested parties &#8211; our Kickoff event looks to be full tonight. But do come out if you get a chance; there are always people who can&#8217;t make it last minute, so we&#8217;ll find a spot for you. Here&#8217;s a map to Say Sí and the area. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Set Design with a Purpose</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEDxSanAntonio 2012 speakers stood proud in front of a stunning, innovative set design. And there’s an interesting story behind it. Lake Flato Architects are TED and TEDx fans, and they volunteered to design the set for the 2012 event. The design was not only a visually impressive backdrop, but, like Lake Flato architecture projects, is creative in meaningful, purposeful ways. The firm excels at sustainable building practices, and one of the team’s first goals was not to create anything throwaway. Vicki Yuan and Grace Boudewyns spearheaded the project. “We worked with local groups Lighthouse for the Blind, Haven for Hope, and TEDxSanAntonio to create a backdrop that was memorable and, more importantly, useful after its life on the stage,” team member Ashley Heeren explained. “We decided to use blankets, which are in high demand at Haven and which were ordered from Lighthouse after our fundraising effort.” “The San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind (SALB) believes in giving back to the San Antonio community that so generously supports them,” said Nancy Lipton, Director of Public Relations. “When Lake/Flato Architects asked the SALB to make blankets for an event backdrop that ultimately would be donated to Haven for Hope, our answer was a resounding yes. Last winter the SALB made “Hoodies for Hope” jackets for Haven for their homeless population.” Using zip ties and cord, Lake/Flato employees and volunteers rolled and arranged the blankets in a pattern that represented an important statistic: as of January 2011, Haven for Hope had provided shelter for 76% of San Antonio’s downtown homeless population (represented by the brightly colored blankets). Peter Zubiate completed the stage effect by lending pieces of beautiful wood furniture to complete the set. After set strike, the blankets were delivered to Haven for Hope. “Prospect Courtyard at Haven for Hope always has a demand for blankets,” said Ed Coleman, Director of Prospects Courtyard “The donations that we received as part of this unique production were very much appreciated and quickly put to good use.”]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Changes at TEDxSanAntonio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m happy to introduce you to several key volunteers who have stepped up to increased responsibility within our volunteer organization. Kathy Babb, who has volunteered in many capacities since 2010, most recently on the Sponsorship committee, has accepted a position as Organizer. She will oversee Partnerships and Sponsorships. Jenia Espe has accepted a position as Organizer. She is relatively new to TEDxSanAntonio, but brings a wealth of management and organizational experience. Jenia is focused on creating sustainable business processes and structure to our efforts. Ana Grace, who was the programming chair for the 2012 event, has accepted a position as Organizer. She will continue to oversee the Speakers and Programming efforts for us. Ana has been involved with TEDxSanAntonio since the first &#8220;kickoff mixer&#8221; in early 2010. Bob Hotard has accepted a position as Chair of the Technology and Production committee. Bob has been involved with TEDxSanAntonio since 2010 as a volunteer, and is bringing his project management and production skills to bear to help us put the &#8220;T&#8221; back in TEDx. Michele Koch has accepted a position as Business Manager. Michele was one of our earliest volunteers, served as Chair of the Programming Committee in 2011, and mentored the Programming Committee in 2012. She brings experience in Communications, Nonprofit Management and volunteer management. She will oversee the Logistics and Volunteers committee. Please join me in congratulating these folks and thanking them for donating many hours and their considerable talents and experience to Ideas Worth Spreading in San Antonio. If you&#8217;re interested in getting involved as a volunteer with TEDxSanAntonio, please contact us – or watch for the announcement of our upcoming Kickoff Mixer. At the Mixer, we&#8217;ll introduce the various committees and describe the types of volunteer help we need. We&#8217;re still finalizing the date and time for the Mixer, but targeting a midweek evening happy hour the first week of March.]]></description>
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		<title>TEDxSanAntonio&#8211;a rumbling giant of inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome guest blogger Vanessa Rogers. Rogers, after getting a Communication Studies degree from the University of Texas at Austin, spent three years teaching English in Chile and South Korea after a study abroad program in Italy stirred her wanderlust. She is currently studying in an international MBA program at UTSA to expand her skillset and to one day own her own business. I heard about TedxSanAntonio through the grapevine, by chance. “Did you hear that Ted talks are coming to San Antonio?” a friend whispered during accounting class one afternoon. “What!?” I nearly yelped back, my heart beating with excitement, my brain whizzing into overdrive. It took tremendous will power to listen to the rest of the lecture and abstain from pulling out my smart phone to look up the details. Until then, attending a Ted Talks event had been a distant dream, an unattainable goal. TED ( Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading by anyone from any field with something inspiring, educational, or motivational to say. It began in 1984 as a conference to bring together people to simply talk and share. TED has since grown into a clearinghouse of knowledge and inspiration with worldwide videos posted to the web for free. In a world brimming with violence, hunger and pain, TED attempts to pacify, feed and soothe by not only acknowledging the world’s largest issues, but also presenting attainable solutions. When TED Talks began posting videos online, it quickly became a global sensation attracting an audience in the millions. According to the website, as of November 2012, TED Talks have accumulated over a billion views. TEDx Events, although not officially put on by TED, are independently coordinated on a local level to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to simulate a TED like experience through dialogue on a much more local level. TEDxSanAntonio has just completed its third year, and I had the pleasure of attending. Saturday mornings, 8 am, I am usually far from being awake, let alone out of bed and alert. On that Saturday morning however, the morning of San Antonio’s third annual TEDx, I got up much too early. As I sipped on the complimentary tea and nibbled on fruit, my brain mushy in its morning haze, I couldn’t help but smile as I watched the mingling crowd of fellow TED enthusiasts. After some ironically technological related issues, we were seated in Trinity University’s Jane and Arthur Stieren Theater anxiously awaiting the twenty-two speakers. The speakers consisted of educators, musicians, healthcare researchers and workers, an award winning sustainability architect, a story collector, a butterfly evangelist, and a councilwoman just to name a few. The speakers spoke from five to twenty minutes, enlightening, entertaining, educating and inspiring us to not only perceive the world differently, but to move through it with resolve. From Gage Paine’s talk about practicing silence; a countercultural yet powerful tool to achieve simple honest communication, to Cassandra Santori’s talk on her grassroots campaign for worm composting, each spoke passionately about their field and how it could impact us as citizens of not only San Antonio but the world. I will be honest, some of the presentations weren’t as polished as the official TED Talks. But San Antonio proved to me that day, that it wasn’t a sleepy big city as it is often thought as, but a rumbling giant with a throng of inspiring leaders, movers, and curiosity seekers on the cusp of great things. San Antonio’s momentum might not make as much noise as other large cities such as New York or Houston, but that doesn’t mean its not aspiring to greatness, only that its methods aren’t quiet as loud. Like Gage Paine postulated; to be honestly heard, we must also be comfortable with quiet. This year, I volunteered to join the organizers of TEDxSanAntonio. I follow in the footsteps of local community leaders whose dream is that TEDxSanAntonio will not just touch and inspire San Antonians, but will energize the world to dream impossible dreams, to risk more than others think is safe, and to create solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. If you are interested in learning more about TEDx San Antonio, please visit the website at tedxsanantonio.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Going After the Dark Matter With Nathan Wolfe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Helmy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I listen to TED presenters I’m left in awe of their ideas, discoveries and thoughts. Sometimes it’s not the fact that they had a particular idea, it’s that they were BOLD enough to pursue it. While it’s normal for me to feel inadequate in the face of such great minds, I’ve also noticed that it stirs something else up inside me – something good. Their passion and intuitiveness push me to approach the world in different way and help me rediscover parts of myself I’ve lost. Today, Nathan Wolfe helped reignite the explorer’s itch I’ve borne in me since I was a kid and to purposefully and BOLDLY pursue the unknown. On any given day as a child you&#8217;d find me trekking through the South Texas brush or burning rubber on the hot asphalt of town on my bike. My parents were gracious enough to let me be adventurous and I’m thankful that all I needed assure them of was that I’d be back before the sun went down. Other than that one stipulation, I was left to my own devices. When the wanderer’s fever took hold of me, I grabbed my backpack and disappeared with pleasurable independence into the unknown. I remember seeing my first deer somewhere out there in the chest high grass of the prairie. I recall finding the burned-out remnants of a forgotten ranch house taken back by time and trees. Every bend in the path was an opportunity for discovery. I basked in the feeling of being the first and only person in existence to be where I was in that moment in time. A sense of newness permeated everything. It was me and the world in the simplest of ways. Now, some dozen or so years later, whenever I go to visit my parents at the house where I grew up, the drive affords me the chance to observe the effects of urbanization and the steady progress of time. Those untouched acres and seemingly endless sprawls of savannah oak that once surrounded our home have transformed into strip centers, apartments complexes, and manufactured homes. Asphalt cuts through streambeds. Where wildflowers grew people now water grass and barbeque. The droning of the cicadas and occasional cry of the coyote is now drowned out by a confluence of automobile engines, train horns, and dog barks. I feel privileged to have been able to experience the land as it was, before it became “conquered” and “civilized”. This pocket of wilderness may not have been Yosemite or Yellowstone, but it was mine, it belonged to me and I to it because I had discovered it. One question has always nagged at me though. We’ve been to the moon, we’ve mapped the continents, and we’ve even been to the deepest point in the ocean. What’s left to explore? This is one of those questions that is tailored for TED. Biologist and explorer Nathan Wolfe suggests this answer: Almost everything. In his talk he discusses the limitless boundaries of the unseeably small. A little more than 100 years ago, while cars were rumbling over roads and night was turned to day thanks to electric lighting, the world of viruses was unknown. Today, we now know that viruses make up the majority of genetic information on our planet – more than all plants and animals combined. By discovering this plane of genetic existence, science was able to study and uncover the causes behind once deadly diseases like small pox and cervical cancer and develop vaccines against them. As technology and science have spurred one another along, we’ve been able to peer into once unseen worlds that have always existed around us. We’ve gone deeper and deeper, from the bacterium, to the virus, to the genome. Continuing to extrapolate, our well of knowledge has exponentially grown in both depth and breadth. There is a difference though in discovering something new about what we know already exists and uncovering a totally new modality of existence. We could compare this thought to finding a previously unknown species of frog and encountering an alien race from Alpha Centauri. They are both new, but one discovery is drastically different from the other. One has the potential to tickle a few curious minds in the world of biology – the other, to shake the foundations of what we know about our place in the universe. Wolfe mentions that a typical cotton swab nose sample contains over 20% unknown genetic information.  This means that no plant, animal, virus, or fungus is known to match whatever it is that comprises this biological dark matter. Science, for its prowess, has no idea what it’s up against. Only 20% you say? Well, consider that your stomach contains almost 40-50% of this cryptic-crossword, scrabble-like genetic information. What could it be? What researchers are finding is that buried in all the archival information that is this plethora of genetic material, are signatures of as-of-yet unidentified life. This is exciting. All those ATCGs we thought we knew so well could harbor a completely new class of life that could fundamentally change the way we think about biology. For all our creative drive and ingenuity as humans, we also have a lot of bad habits. One of them is the tendency to become complacent about nearly anything. Even science sometimes needs a shot of adrenaline to keep it asking the necessary questions that enable it to relentlessly pursue answers. Discovery isn’t just a scientific achievement, it’s a human one. People aren’t born with answers but with questions. As long as individuals like Nathan Wolfe cultivate that inherent drive of curiosity that exists within us all, the sun will never set on the age of discovery. Don’t assume that what we currently think is out there is the full story. Be BOLD. Go after the dark matter in whatever field you choose to explore. There are unknowns all around us.]]></description>
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		<title>Bold Design: Ross Lovegrove Shares his Open Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 01:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Helmy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps one of the greatest things about TED is it&#8217;s ability to introduce you to remarkable individuals; Individuals who possess an innate ability to make the world&#8217;s most immense ideas seem so natural &#38; simple. TED has this natural energy that effortlessly identifies &#38; gathers the few who have never been limited by the popular expectations of society, whose ideas always come from places that many individuals find so difficult to reach, and whose actions are inspiring. I believe that Lovegrove is an icon amongst such individuals &#38; a genuine example of what it means to be BOLD. It&#8217;s individuals such as him that remind us to find that place again, to think those thoughts we experienced as kids and BOLDLY approach the world, infused with passion, and pursue our natural dreams&#8230;. This is no doubt, what makes TED such a diamond&#8230;Ross Lovegrove serves the perfect example &#8211; TED is truly, ideas worth spreading. Ross Lovegrove&#8217;s designs are inspired by nature and simple forms that can be translated into severely advanced technology. Absolutely mesmerizing, and we hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed posting it.]]></description>
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		<title>Be Bold: Enhance Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marisa.Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Hartman, founder of Gordon Hartman Homes, sold his construction company in 2005. Instead of squandering his wealth or investing back into the business arena, that he was familiar with, he BOLDLY decided to spend the second half of his life improving the community. In April 2010, after many years of preparation, he opened the doors to Morgan’s Wonderland! This park was inspired by his daughter and was created for people with special needs. Gordon’s mission was to create a safe place where people of any age or need can go to play, relax and feel included. The park is focused not only on special needs individuals but also on their family and friends. Morgan’s Wonderland is a place for inclusion, learning, and understanding. I find it bold that Gordon chose the path that he did, considering it would have been much easier to stick with what he knew and just enjoy retirement. Because of his bold choices people with special needs all over the world now have the rare opportunity to visit a place where they can play and learn and most of all be a part of something! Watch Gordon Hartman’s Talk from TEDxSanAntonio 2011 to hear what he has to say!]]></description>
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		<title>Six Tips to Amplify Your TEDxSanAntonio Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn.Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big day is near. If you’re participating in the epic-ness that is TEDxSanAntonio, here are a few tips to make the most of your experience. 1. Arrive early. Registration opens at 8 a.m. Allow time to park and walk a few minutes to the Dicke Art Building. Grab a cup of coffee and meet some new people. 2. Stay until the very end. Serendipity rules at TEDxSanAntonio. The speaker you are least interested in hearing &#8230; usually rocks your socks off. The after-party at the historic Holt Center (5-8 p.m.) is a great place to meet the speakers and share your newfound enthusiasm. 3. Clear your calendar. Lend us your brain for the day. Ignore your email. Switch off your phone. It is an immersive experience, and you won&#8217;t want to miss a moment. 4. Talk to strangers. Ignore your parents’ advice. TEDxSanAntonio is teeming with amazing people. Look at the person two aisles over. Read his or her three Talking Points on the name badge. Strike up a conversation. You’ll never know what connection, Big Idea or epiphany you might experience. 5. Leave your laptop at home. And your cell phone in your bag or pocket. The speakers at TEDxSanAntonio merit your full attention, and laptops and cell phones are a big distraction – not just for you, but for everyone around you. To preserve an immersive experience, we don&#8217;t allow cell phone use in the theater. Blogging is permitted from the balcony only. 6. Download our (free) TEDxSanAntonio iPhone App and devour the program guide. Our schedule is so crammed that we don&#8217;t have time for long speaker introductions. Got a question about directions or tickets? Need special assistance? Please call Debbie at 210-823-4239.]]></description>
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