TEDxCharleston seeking idea makers for 2020 event
August 5, 2019
CASCADES event theme calls for speaker and performer applications whose ideas are challenging expectations and enriching the Charleston community and beyond
TEDxCharleston is seeking speakers, performers and idea makers to inspire audiences at its seventh year event. The 2020 theme, CASCADES, calls for ideas that trigger great force and movement within the Charleston community and beyond. Applicants have until Sept. 15 to submit ideas online at tedxcharleston.org.
Successful applications specify an idea worth spreading that brings business, scientific, artistic, or cultural breakthroughs to the TEDxCharleston stage and illustrate proof of its execution. All talks and performances are recorded in front of the live TEDxCharleston audience at the Music Hall and shared online with the TEDx global community. No public speaking experience is necessary, as each individual is assigned a TEDxCharleston speaker coach, but speakers must demonstrate subject matter expertise.
“Charleston is overflowing with unbridled change and innovation, and the ‘Cascades’ theme illustrates that level of momentum our city is experiencing,” says Edith Howle, curator of TEDxCharleston. “We are seeking applicants whose big ideas are what the city and world today need to hear and invite all to apply. No idea is too small.”
Kylon Middleton, TEDxCharleston 2019 speaker
Organizers will announce this fall the 2020 event date and location. More information on speaker and performer submissions and the next event is available at tedxcharleston.org. Videos of past TEDxCharleston speakers and performances are also available for viewing at tedxcharleston.org.
About TEDxCharleston
TEDxCharleston is an all-day immersion experience at the intersection of science, art, performance and business. It is designed to enrich the Charleston, South Carolina community through presentations and entertainment that inspires, engages and transforms. For more information and to view all past TEDxCharleston talks and performances, visit tedxcharleston.org. Follow TEDxCharleston on Twitter at twitter.com/tedxcharleston, on Facebook at facebook.com/tedxcharleston, and Instagram at Instagram.com/tedxcharleston.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized 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-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED conferences, including our annual gathering in Vancouver, as well as TEDWomen, intimate TED
Salons and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of the talks from TED2019 will also be published to TED’s podcast TED Talks Daily, available on Apple Podcasts and all other podcast platforms.
TED’s open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily;TEDx, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; the Audacious Project, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives; TEDSummit, which gathers the most engaged members of the global TED community for brainstorms, discussions, performances, workshops and an eclectic program of mainstage talks; and the educational initiativeTED-Ed. TED also has a library of original podcasts, including The TED Interview with Chris Anderson,Sincerely, X, and one of Apple Podcasts’ most downloaded new shows of 2018, WorkLife with Adam Grant.
Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED, on Instagram athttps://instagram.com/ted and on Snapchat at tedtalkshq.
