TEDxElliottBayWomen

06/08/2016

It's About Time!
TEDWomen 2016 will be held at the end of October in San Francisco: three days of great content and meaningful connections.They're accepting applications now. https://tedwomen2016.ted.com/

Three days to explore and discuss the issues that matter to you right now, from the frontiers of science and tech and politics to the most deeply personal questions you face in your own life. All wrapped into one vital theme: It's About Time.

03/16/2015

TEDxBainbridgeLive will host a simulcast this Tuesday, March 17, of the TED2015 Conference in two "half-day" sessions.
If you have the morning free, drop in to watch Session 2, "What are We Thinking," from 8:30 - 10:15 and Session 3, "Machines That Learn," from 11 to 12:45, if it's not too bright to see the screen!
Join us again in the evening from 5 - 6:45; we will host Session 5, "Life Stories."
For details of the speakers, https://conferences.ted.com/TED2015/program/guide.php
The event venue is Arcstudio, 278 Winslow Way, upstairs in the Winslow Mall.
The day is a casual one: live streamed TED talks in an airy design studio with a few extra chairs and a big projection screen, simple food and drink to enjoy throughout, and nice people to share the TED Live experience with.
You're welcome to join us for any or all of the sessions.
Bring a friend. Our doors are open.

Announcing the speaker lineup for TED2015.

10/07/2014

TEDxBainbridgeLive is hosting a drop-in viewing of TEDGlobal happening right now in Brazil. 50 speakers take the stage this week, exploring the ideas that shape our world.

Spend Wednesday, October 8, with a taste of TED right here on FrogRock. The office of Arcstudio, at 278 Winslow Way, is hosting TEDxBainbridgeLive. We're upstairs in the Winslow Mall. You’re welcome to drop in for a session or the day. It’s very casual. We have a few chairs but be prepared to sit on the floor, or BYOBeanBag.

Schedule:

9 to 10:30 "Field Work" with human-rights activist Oren Yakobovich, peace and conflict researcher Severine Autessserre, grassroots peace worker Doreen Khoury, world music duo Circle of Sound, and biodiversity scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. (Replay from Session 4 earlier in their day)

10:45 to 12:15 "Empowering Tech", with digital inclusionist Rodrigo Baggio, livestreaming activist Bruno Torturra, telecommunications activist Steve Song, songwriter Ana Tijoux, and neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis. (Session 6 Simulcast)

1:15 to 2:45 "Blue Prints" with forester Tasso Azevedo, policy reformer Ilona Szabo de Carvalho, voice for refugees Melissa Fleming, and Samba band Casuarina. (Session 7 Simulcast)

3 to 4:30 "Urban Canvas" with megacities expert Robert Muggah, Social change advocate Joanna Wheeler, urban planner Su Yunsheng, funk dancers Batalha do Passinho, and interdisciplinary artist Grimanesa Amoros. (from Session 5 earlier in their day)

We’ll end the day with a reception.

For more information about the sessions and speakers, check http://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2014/program/guide.php

Announcing the speaker lineup for TEDGlobal 2014.

03/30/2013

TEDxElliottBay is hosting TEDxElliottBayChange : a Bainbridge Simulcast of TEDxChange 2013
Wednesday April 3, 9 am - 11 am
(free) tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5710572476

TEDxChange is an event created out of a partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the TEDx program. It is an initiative devoted to ideas worth spreading in the areas of global health and development. The TEDxChange team works with TEDx organizers around the world to help facilitate meaningful discussions on topics including vaccines, polio, malaria, HIV/AIDS, maternal and newborn child health and agricultural development. The TEDxChange initiative also includes a global signature event convened by Melinda Gates and broadcast across the TEDx community.

TEDxElliottBayChange is a simulcast event of TEDxChange on April 3 2013. TEDxElliottBayChange will be held in the conference room of OfficeXpats on Bainbridge Island. By bringing the content of a large conference to the comfort of a small venue, we are able to share both their ideas and our own in a conversant community setting. TEDxElliottBayChange is bringing together people who care about global health to watch TEDxChange 2013 and brainstorm solutions. Your invitation is a call to participate!

Themed Positive Disruption, TEDxChange 2013 speakers will challenge preconceived ideas, spark discussion, engage leaders and shed light on new perspectives.
Convened by Melinda French Gates.


Speakers

Melinda Gates: Host
Melinda Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with Bill Gates, she shapes and approves the foundation’s strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization. Melinda will host TEDxChange from the Gates Foundation campus in Seattle, Washington.

Cathleen Kaveny: Religion, tradition, and modernity
Cathleen Kaveny is an American legal scholar and theologian. She is a John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and Theology at Notre Dame Law School, and is currently a visiting professor at Princeton University.

Halimatou Hima: Investing in girls
Halimatou Hima is a Masters in Public Policy candidate at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Following an internship in the Women & Population Division at the United Nations Foundation, she worked in the Child Protection Division at the United Nations in her home country of Niger (UNICEF).

Roger Thurow: Shifts in agriculture
Roger Thurow joined the Chicago Council in January 2010 after three decades at the Wall Street Journal. For 20 years, he was a foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa.

Julie Dixon: Social change
Julie Dixon is the Deputy Director of Georgetown University's Center for Social Impact Communication (CSIC), an academic initiative that examines the critical role of communication in fostering engagement in social change.

David Fasanya: Youth poet
David Fasanya is a Nigerian-American performance artist and award-winning youth poet residing in Brooklyn, NY.

Salim Shekh and Sikha Patra: Vaccine advocates
TEDxChange will show a trailer from the feature film Revolutionary Optimists, about how children are saving lives in the slums of Calcutta. Salim and Sikha, two of the children featured prominently in the film, will join onstage for Q&A.


"Disruption is usually unwelcome. It represents conflict, chaos, and potential danger. We discourage disruptive behavior in our homes and our societies, often favoring passivity and compliance. But disruption can be a positive – sometimes vital – catalyst for change. It can challenge old assumptions, ignite conversations, activate authorities and expose new possibilities. Disruption can shed a unique light on difficult issues, giving a fresh urgency and perspective to the challenges of our global community.To solve the most intractable challenges in health and development, we need positive disruption. It is the path to true progress." - Melinda French Gates.

TEDxElliottBayChange is a Bainbridge Island simulcast event of TEDxChange on April 3 2013. TEDxElliottBayChange will be held in the conference room of OfficeXpats on Bainbridge, just across ElliottBay from TEDxChange and a short walk from the Bainbridge-Seattle ferry. By bringing the content of a l...

03/29/2013

TEDxSeattle audience applications go live tomorrow, at 9:30 am The deadline is 4/7 at 5 pm. just go to http://tedxseattle.org/attend-tedxseattle/

Why should you be an attendee at TEDxSeattle? We have come together as visionaries in Seattle and have decided to put the global spotlight on how the people you meet day-in & day-out are making a difference in Seattle, the nation and around the world. The individuals we have brought together to spea...

03/04/2013

10X10 is a global campaign to educate and empower girls; at the center of the campaign is a feature film, Girl Rising, an innovative new feature film about the power of education to change a girl – and the world. It's by Academy Award nominated director (Richard Robbins) and features performances from Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys and others.
Girl Rising is playing at the Regal Meridian 16 in Seattle this Sunday, 3/10, at 1.

Regal Meridian 16
1501 7th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 223-9600

http://gathr.us/screening/1096

See Girl Rising in Seattle, WA!

02/18/2013

We're hosting a livestream from TED2013 on Wednesday 2/27. Join us for one or all four sessions.
Register for TEDxElliottBayLive at http://www.eventbrite.com/org/3293051120

TEDxElliottBay and OfficeXpats is using Eventbrite to organize 4 upcoming events. Check out TEDxElliottBay and OfficeXpats's events, learn more, or contact this organizer.

02/13/2013

I refuse to watch as more than a billion women experience violence on the planet. I'm joining V-Day on 02.14.13 in a global strike to demand an end to the violence.

02/13/2013

There will be a Bainbridge 1 Billion Rising at 4 on Thursday with gongs and drums and music and dancing through Winslow.

02/09/2013

During TEDxWomen in December, Eve Ensler closed the conference with her call to join One Billion Rising, her campaign to mobilize women in the fight to end gender violence.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo7QFS4mUpA )

She is calling all of us to join together on February 14 for the day of One Billion Rising.
http://www.onebillionrising.org

One Billion Rising will dance in Seattle at Westlake Center from 4-7.

There is a Nia Dance event in Bellevue from 2-3 at the Crossroads Bellevue market stage, 15600 NE 8th St.

There is a Bellingham Rising, an Anacortes Rising, an Oak Harbor Rising, a Langley Rising, a Port Angeles Rising, a Bremerton Rising, a Silverdale Rising, a Tacoma Rising, an Auburn Rising, an Olympia Rising, and many supporting rising events around Seattle and beyond!

One Billion Rising in Port Townsend will take place all day, from 9:30 - 5:30! Rise Up Port Townsend!!
9:30-10:45am DANCE: at Madrona MindBody, Fort Worden.
PT & Bainbridge Nia Community Dance including "Break the Chain"/
10:45-11:30am DISCUSSION: at Madrona MindBody, Fort Worden. Community-Tea Talks- Facilitated discussion.
Noon-12:15pm DANCE STRIKE: Uptown at courtyard outside of Sweet Laurette's Cafe, a mid-day strike from work in support of the movement.
4:00-5:30pm UNITE: Downtown at Haller Fountain, a Community Celebration taking the movement to the streets*

*4PM-4:15PM--Flash Mob Performance.
4:15-5:15PM--Community Dance with Live DJ.
5:15-5:30PM--Closing Celebration.

Shall we start a Bainbridge Rising or join our friends in Seattle and Port Townsend?
Should we organize carpools to Port Townsend?
Shall we send off our friends who can take a day in Port Townsend with a decorated parade?
Let's Rise, Ladies!


I'd love your feedback, Let's do it!

Eve Ensler talks about One Billion Rising, her campaign to mobilize women in the fight to end gender violence. She is a Tony Award-winning playwright, perfor...