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Aloha TEDx Fans on Hawaii Island!

As we gear up for 2013 events, we’re on the lookout for folks interested in getting involved in local TEDx events on HawaiÊ»i Island. We’d love your involvement.

More than watching TED Talks, organizing or sponsoring a local TEDx event helps raise our community awareness of issues important to our way of life. By contributing your time or money you’re moving ideas worth spreading off the computer and into the hearts and minds of attendees.

“Presence” is often necessary and always illuminating for everyone involved in TEDx events. We take smalls steps towards our goals and raise our combined consciousness. It’s powerful education and really easy to get started.

We’re not asking for your time right now. Just a note from you indicating your interest in supporting TEDxHilo. When the time comes for our first meeting, we’ll send you another note to see if you’re still interested in being involved in TEDx.

The online form takes about 30 seconds to complete. Try it out! 

TEDxSummit 2012

TEDxSummit

TEDxSummit will take place from April 16th to the 20th in Doha, Qatar. 

The event will bring together over 700 TEDx organizers from all over the world for a week of workshops, TED sessions, and cultural and bonding activities.

We’re excited for the ideas that will come from this summit, as well as the many opportunities there will be to learn from one another. 

Even if you are not attending TEDxSummit, you and your TEDx community can still be a part of the action – we’ll be livestreaming some workshop sessions of TEDxSummit, we well as TED sessions, and you have the opportunity to invite your TEDx team, or your larger TEDx community, to watch:

Monday, April 16th

TEDxSummit Opening Night
7PM AST/6PM CEST/12PM EST/9AM PST

This three-hour event will take place at the Katara Amphitheatre in Doha, speakers include Hans Rosling, Maz Jobrani, Raghava KK and William Noel. See the full
Opening Night program.

Please note: The TEDxSummit Opening Night session may begin late. Musical performances will be played on the stream during that time. Please be patient.

URL: TEDxSummit.ted.com (YouTube)
How to Watch: PUBLIC - Watch at home, with your team or organize a casual viewing party for your local community. You do not need to take out a license to organize a viewing party.
When to Watch: Live and for 24 hours after air time.

Tuesday, April 17th

TEDxSummit Workshop Opening Session
9 AM AST/8 AM CEST/3 PM KST/2 AM EST
11 PM PST, Monday, April 16th

This one and a half hour session will take place at the Summit Dome at Katara Cultural Center in Doha. TED Curator Chris Anderson and TEDx Director Lara Stein will speak. 5 TEDx groups will pitch their idea for a chance to win the first 10,000 of the 100,000 TED Prize City 2.0 Wish

URL: Livestream.com/TEDxWorkshop
How to Watch: PRIVATE - This session is only available to TEDx event organizers and their teams. You can organize a private viewing party for your TEDx team, but not for the public.
When to Watch: Live and for 7 days after air time.

Thursday, April 19th

TEDxSummit Workshop Morning Session
9 AM AST/8 AM CEST/3 PM KST/2 AM EST
11 PM PST, Wednesday, April 18th

This one and a half hour long session features TEDx organizers sharing amazing innovations and brilliant failures.

URL: Livestream.com/TEDxWorkshop
How to Watch: PRIVATE - This session is only available to TEDx event organizers and their teams. You can organize a private viewing party for your TEDx team, but not for the public.
When to Watch: Live and for 7 days after air time.

TEDxSummit TED Closing Session
5PM AST/4 PM CEST/11PM KST/10AM EST/7AM PST

This two and a half hour session features speakers including Juan Enriquez, Jose Andres, Dalia Mogahed and Rives.

URL: Livestream.com/TEDxWorkshop
How to Watch: PRIVATE - This session is only available to TEDx event organizers and their teams. You can organize a private viewing party for your TEDx team, but not for the public.
When to Watch: Live and for 24 hours after air time.

 

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TEDx Events on Hawaiʻi Island

Timeline of TEDx Events on Hawaiʻi Island.

  • TEDxYouth held in Kailua-Kona – November 20th 2010
  • TEDxHiloLive held in Hilo – July 14th 2011
  • TEDxWaiakea held in Hilo – September 24th 2011
  • TEDxHiloLive held in Hilo – February 29th 2012
  • TEDxHiloChange held in Volcano – April 5th 2012

 

 

Also check out the TEDxHonolulu highlight reel and the TEDxMaui website.

Announcing TEDxChange in Volcano

Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus Volcano, Hawaiʻi (Map & Directions)

Thursday April 5th, 2012  –  4-8pm – Registration Open

What is TEDxChange?

TEDxChange 2012 is a TEDx event co-organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and TED. Convened by Melinda French Gates and hosted by Chris Anderson, TEDxChange will focus on issues regarding global health and development. TEDxChange type events are TEDx events hosted around the live webcast of TEDxChange, and also feature local speakers.

The TEDxChange team works with TEDx organizers around the world to help facilitate meaningful discussions on topics such as vaccines, polio, malaria, HIV/AIDS, maternal and newborn child health, and agricultural development.

Announcing TEDxChange in Volcano, HawaiÊ»i – April 5th, 4-8pm

The Volcano Art Center will host this year’s TEDxChange event via global simulcast in Volcano, Hawaii from Berlin, Germany. Melinda French Gates will share “The Big Picture” theme of TEDxChange and will set the stage as Hawaiʻi Island residents gather to watch TEDxChange.

A special introduction to TEDx will be shared and discussions about TEDxVolcano will be open to those interested in sustainability and related local issues. Come support local planning efforts for TEDxVolcano.

Potential partners, presenters, volunteers and anyone wants to learn more or already loves TED, should attend.

Moderated discussion sessions between presentations will shift “The Big Picture” dialog of TEDxChange towards the planning and organization of a local TEDxVolcano event to help better understand our local community challenges, opportunities and ideas worth spreading!

Public Invited to this Free TEDxChange event!
Donations accepted.  Seating is limited!
Please register below.

What is TEDx?
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 TEDxChange, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxChange 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.

 


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TEDxLiveHilo Today!

Details at the official TED website: http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4484

Theme: Full Spectrum
February 29th, 2012 – 4-6pm Organizer’s mtg following the last regular discussion.

This event is a same-day video streaming of the annual TED Conference, in Long Beach, Ca.

About this Event

TEDxLive is an extension of the TEDx program, launched by TED in 2010. TEDxLive events are TEDx events built around the live webcast of TED Conferences. TEDxLive events enable TED enthusiasts all over the world to experience live sessions of the TED Conference; events can be simple viewing events, and may also host live speakers.

This will be a learning event with plenty time for discussion. Folks interested in TED, TEDx, TEDxChange and any other TED events should attend. Volunteer information will be discussed and ideas for future presentations discussed.

http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4484

Announcing TEDxHiloLive – Feb. 29th in Hilo

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Announcing TEDxHiloLive
Theme: Full Spectrum
February 29th, 2012 – 4-6pm Organizer’s mtg following the last regular discussion.

This event is a same-day video streaming of the annual TED Conference, in Long Beach, Ca.

About this event

TEDxLive is an extension of the TEDx program, launched by TED in 2010. TEDxLive events are TEDx events built around the live webcast of TED Conferences. TEDxLive events enable TED enthusiasts all over the world to experience live sessions of the TED Conference; events can be simple viewing events, and may also host live speakers.

This will be a learning event. Folks interested in TED, TEDx, TEDxChange and any other TED events should attend. Volunteer information will be discussed and ideas for future presentations discussed.

http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4484

TEDxHilo Flickr Photostream

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Mahalo everyone for being present and sharing in the discussion at TEDxHilo 2012. Looking forward to continuing the discussion.

Meanwhile, we’ve uploaded the event photos to the TEDxHilo Flickr photostream.

Take a look!

Upcoming TEDxHilo Events

Feb 29, 2012 TEDxHiloLive
Hilo, HI, United States		 Event Type: TED2012 Simulcast (TEDxLive)
Apr 5, 2012 TEDxHiloChange
Hilo, HI, United States		 Event Type: TEDxChange Simulcast (TEDxLive)

Mahalo a nui loa for a great TEDxHilo 2012

WOW! Mahalo for the Giant TEDxHilo perception shift! 

Thank you for literally, coming from every part of the island to participate. 

Try out a Taste of TED for those of you that may have missed the event. Our own event photos and videos will hit the interwebs soon.
Several of you have expressed interest in future events. Great! Because we have two dates licensed and scheduled (click links below for more detail):
Feb 29, 2012 TEDxHiloLive
Apr 5, 2012 TEDxHiloChange
TEDxHilo Attendee SnapshotIMPORTANT!
The February 29th TEDxHiloLIVE Event will concluded in an organizational and informational meeting for future TEDx Events. Physical attendance is not required. We’re paying for additional bandwidth to have online, interactive meeting services in place so you can participate using your own internet connection.
There’s plenty interest in holding more TEDx events. I renewed the license for next TEDxHilo event, tentatively scheduled it for April 1st, 2013. Nothing is set in stone. Everything is open to organizer input. We are also expanding into more locations as several attendees have requested TEDx events around the island. We can all help support and have a role in these emerging events.
Special mahalos to the super-accommodating, Caroline from Hawaii Energy for hooking everyone up with LED lights, reusable bags and those awesome “Phantom-Power-Monitoring” surge protectors -how cool! Special mahalos to Cody Anderson at Bolo Graphics in the mall for the TEDxHilo sign and sticker printing. Special mahalos to Nina Tanabe at the Hawaii Innovation Center at Hilo for facilitating TEDxHilo. Special thanks to Laura Kinoshita for ingenious marketing and organizational support.
Special mahalos to Bill Collins for jumping in and offering to take on stage host responsibilities. Also big mahalos to Zion and Molly for taking on the videography and much more. Special mahalos to Justin Avery for delivering some much needed additional video support and more. Also special thanks for a few folks you may not have met, Mati, Doughty Leigh and Rob Williams, who made so many things possible by running me into town around after losing a driveshaft on my truck just days before the event. These are the folks that setup/took down the rooms, loaned their space, equipment, vehicles, in-kind donations, their time and energy and more things that I could ever remember right now.
Mahalo a nui loa kakou
We were all rewarded with an awesome day and I’m sure they would each agree that it was a most rewarding and valuable event for Hawaii Island. I’m certain that I speak for everyone when I say, “we hope you will consider getting involved in future TEDxHilo events.”
Special aloha a lokahi to the other attendees and event organizers who held TEDx events on the same day and everyday of the year.
Thank you again from the bottom of our collective hearts for working so hard to make TEDxHilo exemplary for everyone involved. We absolutely loved your contribution and share your manao.