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Smashing Success! TEDxAsheville 2009 Rocks The House and Blows Minds

Posted on August 31, 2009 by tedx

2009 TEDxAsheville totally blew the lid off of everyone’s expectations. Our speakers were incredible. The performers were outstanding… Continue reading →

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Speaker Profile: Robert Zimmerman

Posted on August 28, 2009 by tedx

Robert Zimmerman is a coder, web innovator, illustrator and game designer, and the creator of ClassJump.com, a provider of free websites to teachers world-wide. Continue reading →

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Celebrating the 500th TEDTalk!

Posted on August 28, 2009 by tedx

Today, TED.com releases its 500th TEDTalk: perennial favorite Hans Rosling’s latest data-bubble presentation from TED@State Continue reading →

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TEDxAsheville Speaker Drew Jones to Speak at TEDxBeijing

Posted on August 25, 2009 by tedx

Asheville’s very own enviro-star Drew Jones will be traveling to China to speak at TEDxBeijing on Sept 5. Continue reading →

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Speaker Profile: Dee Eggers

Posted on August 25, 2009 by tedx

A professor at UNC Asheville in the Environmental Studies Department, Dee is the subject of a student-created Facebook page calling her the “real-life Captain Planet” and the next Aldo Leopold. Continue reading →

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Speaker Profile: David McConville

Posted on August 24, 2009 by tedx

David McConville is a West Asheville-based media artist and theorist whose work addresses the influence of sensory perception on the construction of worldviews, primarily through visualizing invisible phenomena that enhance awareness of humanity’s impact on ecological systems. Continue reading →

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TEDxKibera: From a humble location comes a visionary event

Posted on August 20, 2009 by tedx

Photo: Tonee Ndungu at TEDxKibera August 15, 2009, in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Wilfred Mworia via TED Blog by on 8/19/09 On Saturday August 15, a TEDx event was held in Kibera, the largest squatter city in Africa and home to … Continue reading →

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Speaker Profile: Caroline Younge

Posted on August 18, 2009 by tedx

After a long spiritual search, Caroline committed to a Buddhist mindfulness practice in 1990 and has since become a Lay Buddhist Minister in the Soto Zen tradition.  In 1995, she began working towards a greater understanding of the death and … Continue reading →

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What’s your TED-worthy idea?

Posted on August 12, 2009 by tedx

Photo credit: wemedge TED (and by extension, TEDx events) are all about being a platform for ideas worth spreading. But just because you weren’t invited to speak at TED or a TEDx event doesn’t mean you don’t have great ideas … Continue reading →

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Speaker Profile: Drew Jones

Posted on August 11, 2009 by tedx

Drew works with Asheville’s Sustainability Institute, a U.S. not-for-profit organization founded by Donella Meadows. Trained in System Dynamics modeling at Dartmouth College and MIT, Drew  worked on the 1993 “Greening of the White House” as part of Rocky Mountain Institute … Continue reading →

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