Guides and presenters to earn seats at TEDx海角直播
Volunteer to help guide the 2011 TEDxKids @海角直播 program for area middle school students and earn tickets to TEDx海角直播.
Applications are open for 14 海角直播 students interested in serving as Carole and Jim Young Fellows — enthusiastic students from each of 海角直播’s academic colleges who will help guide the for area middle school students and earn complimentary tickets to .
The events for both middle school children and adults are independently organized, but licensed by the organizers of the renowned (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference held annually in Long Beach, Calif. Lightning-fast talks paired with compelling visuals will be based on a central theme of “disruption” this year as the half-day TEDxKids @海角直播 and full-day TEDx海角直播 events return to the Dec. 2-3.
will be accepted through Sept. 30 and fellows will be announced Oct. 7.
Carole and Jim Young Fellows will serve as TEDxKids @海角直播 host supervisors, keeping the middle school participants engaged in both the on-stage events and break activities Dec. 2. Fellows also may audition to be TEDxKids @海角直播 on-stage presenters and will be invited to participate in TEDx海角直播 programming throughout the remainder of the 2011-2012 academic year.
Fellowship applicants are being encouraged to answer the “Why do you want to participate” component of the application as creatively as possible, using anything from essays, to poems to videotaped performances to demonstrate initiative. Fellows also will be chosen based on their answers to the questions, “What are you most curious about?” and “If you could give a talk to the students at TEDxKids @海角直播, what would it be?”
“This is a great opportunity for students to participate in TEDx海角直播 in a year where we're forecasting very limited seats for new attendees – and for free,” said Sharon Lyle, director of TEDx海角直播 and TEDxKids @海角直播.
The fellowships are being provided by an anonymous donor to honor Carole and Jim Young for their longstanding commitment to the TED theme of “Ideas Worth Spreading” and their enthusiastic support of TEDx海角直播 and TEDxKids @海角直播, Lyle said. The Youngs have been active volunteer leaders at 海角直播 for two decades and both are current members of the Lyle School of Engineering’s Caruth Institute for Engineering Education Advisory Board.
Participation in TEDxKids @海角直播 is offered to Dallas-area area students free of charge in exchange for an agreement to complete a service-learning project. All TEDxKids-coordinated service projects will take place on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), and the Carole and Jim Young Fellows will be encouraged to participate.
“TEDx海角直播 brings a unique dimension to our community by recognizing, cultivating and nurturing those who will make a difference in our world,” said Carole Young. “I am thrilled that, through the Jim and Carole Young Fellows program, the opportunity to experience this innovative conference will be passed on to outstanding 海角直播 students.”
“We are convinced that once these students experience TED, they will soon discover their own ‘ideas worth spreading,’” said Jim Young. “As a longtime and deeply committed TEDster, I am honored to have this program in our name.”
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About TEDx海角直播
Mind-stretching programs that connect thought leaders, solution seekers and the merely curious to “why not?” challenges will return to the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre with on Dec. 2 and on Dec. 3. The theme for TEDx海角直播 in 2011 will be disruption – a discussion of events, discoveries and how they impact us personally and as a community.
TEDx海角直播 is an all-day event for pre-registered participants, and the 2010 program ranged from personal discussions of physical and mental journeys to demonstrations of high-tech gadgetry. Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus used the Wyly Theatre as a teaching tool throughout the program, opening the moveable walls of the theatre he designed to the sights and sounds of downtown Dallas at the end of the day.
TEDxKids @海角直播 is a half-day program designed for middle school students who hear incredible speakers, experience hands-on demos and learn during interactive breaks. In 2010, 350 middle school students learned about evolution from a Canadian rapper, witnessed a breakthrough invention called the EyeWriter, and applauded for peer presenters who spoke about micro lending, politics and poetry. In exchange for free admission to TEDxKids @海角直播, student attendees are required to complete a service project. Through projects at 海角直播, at school, and with local nonprofits, students who attended TEDxKids @海角直播 in 2010 have contributed more than 1,625 service hours to the community.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. 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
is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani,Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
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