We had some really great press at TEDxAsheville 2009. Some of the highlights included:
Blogs and Livestream Coverage
- Robert Zimmerman/The MAP: TEDxAsheville Rehearsal Scene
- Scrutiny Hooligans: Kudos to TEDxAsheville
- Climate Interactive – The Blog: Simulating Climate Hope at TEDxAVL
- Gillian Coats/The Map: TEDxAsheville Was a Great Success
- AshevilleFM: TEDx Asheville Streaming Live (7:00-10:30 tonight!)
"What a great event! We’ve gotten 59 simultaneous listeners, the talks and musicians are superb, and the stream is strong! Thanks for tuning in and making this a smash success!"
Simulcasts
- AshevilleFM: Live Simulcast of Sunday’s TEDx Event!
- Ashvegas: TEDxAsheville, Getting Beyond the Rave Reviews
News Coverage
- Mountain Xpress: Inspirational speakers wanted for Asheville edition of TED talks
- Mountain Xpress: Asheville edition of TED talks sets date, confirms three speakers
- Mountain Xpress: Asheville’s ‘intellectual capital’ takes center stage at TEDx Asheville event
- Mountain Xpress: Live videocast of TEDx Asheville event here
- Asheville Citizen-Times: Forum Urges Climate Action
- Asheville Citizen-Times: Ideas as Entertainment in 18 Minutes
Posts:
2009 wrap-up from Anne Fitten Glenn
I’ve attended many heady, intellectual lecture-type presentations. Never before have I been to one where so many people were alternating among whooping, hollering, standing while clapping vigorously, and listening closely. There was an electric energy in the room that was more cellular than electronic (surprising given that most of what we paid the venue will probably need to cover their electricity bill). Continue reading
Smashing Success! TEDxAsheville 2009 Rocks The House and Blows Minds
2009 TEDxAsheville totally blew the lid off of everyone’s expectations. Our speakers were incredible. The performers were outstanding… Continue reading
TEDxAsheville Event Will Feature Live Streaming Video/Audio, Blogging, Tweeting
The 2009 TEDxAsheville event will feature a live Twitter feed, live blogging, live streaming and a live internet radio simulcast. Continue reading
TEDxAsheville Speaker Drew Jones to Speak at TEDxBeijing
Asheville’s very own enviro-star Drew Jones will be traveling to China to speak at TEDxBeijing on Sept 5. Continue reading
Nauhaus and Hemcrete to demo at TEDxAsheville
One of the cool things we’re doing over at TEDxAsheville is pulling together a great lineup of non-speaker interactions. One of those will be an outside table manned by the Nauhaus (pronounced “now house”) folks, who are building Asheville’s first … Continue reading
Speaker David McConville presents “The Transcalar Imaginary: Visualizing Worldviews” at Stanford Aug 12-14
Photo Credit: Dimitri Castrique Visualizing Worldviews in the GeoDome at Stanford “By shifting our perspectives on the maps we create, it seeks to expand perceptions of the world and our relationship to it – our ultimate goal for the GeoDome … Continue reading
There’s No Place Like Home
Photo credit: Loretta Humble During the planning process for TEDxAsheville, the idea of theme has come up several times. Although TEDx events focus on Technology, Entertainment and Design (after all, that’s the name of the game), there’s often a theme … Continue reading
TEDxAsheville Goes Live August 30, 2009 at the Orange Peel!
Photo credit: Marja Flick-Buijs The time’s still in flux, but it’s going to be somewhere in the vicinity of 7pm for general public entry, with VIP Guest Seating a little earlier. Save the date, peeps. I’ll see you at the … Continue reading
Asheville’s Own TEDx Coming in Late Summer 2009
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out in California in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from these three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual TED conference now brings together thinkers and … Continue reading
