by wordpress | Jan 30, 2015 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
We are all familiar with the feelings experienced the night before the first day of school. That next morning is most likely the only morning you will actually wake up early instead of hitting the snooze button multiple times. The night before my senior year of high...
by wordpress | Jan 28, 2015 | Blog Posts
Most watch an influential documentary and are inspired for hours, maybe even days, wondering how to turn the knowledge they’ve learned into action. But how does one start to create change?Michele Mitchell, co-founder of Film at 11, and her team build interactive...
by wordpress | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog Posts
John Denniston and his wife were worried about their daughters. Looking around at the area where they lived in Silicon Valley, the parents of two realized the girls would grow up around many teenagers who would be driving fancy cars and leading lives of privilege.“We...
by wordpress | Jan 23, 2015 | Blog Posts
It is truly an honor and privilege to be invited to apply to speak at a TEDx event. It is just as much so to be a volunteer organizer, especially to serve on the curation team. But have you ever wondered: Who decides what the event’s theme will be? Who decides what...
by wordpress | Jan 22, 2015 | Blog Posts
Imagine, it’s the day of…it’s about to all come true. Today, you give your TEDx talk. You’re mic’d up; you step out from the darkened wings of backstage into the spotlight; you’ve reached the red carpet. You turn to face the eager audience, and…you open your...