The first-ever TEDxOmaha, an independently organized TED-style event taking place tomorrow, is sold out, but there’s the good news: the entire event will be live-streamed. Press the play button above to tune in. The broadcast will begin around 8:30 a.m. CDT and finish around 5 p.m. CDT. And around 5 p.m., whether or not you’ve attended TEDxOmaha in person, join the crowd at the official post-event party at Urban Wine Company (1037 Jones Street) – open to the public.
Here is TEDxOmaha’s presenter order:
- TED Talk: Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
- Tom Trenolone, AIA of HDR Inc: Just Off Center: The Creative Culture of Flyover Country
- TED Talk: Elizabeth Gilbert: A New Way to Think About Creativity
- Gary Wasdin of Omaha Public Library: Libraries: Connecting, Inspiring, and Transforming Community
- TED Talk: Ben Dunlap: A Passionate Life
- Dr. Jonathan Benjamin Alvarado of University of Nebraska at Omaha: Immigration & What it Means for Nebraska
- Break
- Julian Adair of Adair Dance Academy: Surprise Symphony
- Robert Byrnes of Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems: Sustainable Energy and Individual Responsibility to the Future
- Jack Phillips of the New Tree School: Planting Trees with Soul
- TED Talk: David McCandless: The Beauty of Data Visualization
- Shane J. Lopez, Ph.D. of Gallup: Making Ripples: How Hopeful People Transform the Lives of Others
- Lunch
- Rebecca Lowry of All Young Girls Are Machine Guns: By the Books
- TED Talk: John Hodgman: Aliens, love – where are they?
- Jeff Koterba of Omaha World-Herald: Overcoming Original Sin at the Drawing Table
- TED Talk: Michael Shermer: Strange Beliefs
- Nancy Kirk of Tri-Faith Initiative: Peace in the Midwest
- Matt Mason of the Nebraska Writers Collective: Why Poetry Is Better Than You Think It Is
- Break
- Lamarr Womble of Passion for Leadership: Define Your Passion at Hyper Speed
- Yasmeen Bora, Violinist: The Hardest Kind of Art
- Annette Nathan of Mark Kamin & Associates: A New Era of Wealth Creation: The Golden Age of the Entrepreneur
- Rita Paskowitz, Professional Storyteller: My Own Personal Clash of the Titans
See speaker bios and photos at tedxomaha.com/2010-speakers.
Thanks to our sponsor
TEDxOmaha is being produced by REBEL INTERACTIVE, an Omaha-based full-service branding agency, and has the involvement of a few other individuals. See a list of these individuals in the latest TEDxOmaha blog post: Five Days to TEDxOmaha.
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