TEDx Organizers

TEDx organizers around the world create grassroots, local events dedicated to spreading ideas within their communities, and beyond. Select any name to learn more about them and their events. Learn about participating in a local event near you

Katie Ackerman

Katie Ackerman

Yakima, Washington, United States
Dorelle Ackermann

Dorelle Ackermann

Branimir Ackovic

Branimir Ackovic

Belgrade, Serbia , Yugoslavia
Byron Acosta

Byron Acosta

Carla Acosta

Carla Acosta

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Danna Acosta

Danna Acosta

Viedma, Argentina
Me apasiona el poder de una idea cuando se vuelve acción. El poder de una comunidad cuando se mueve por un propósito. Y el poder de una persona cuando se atreve a liderar su destino. ___ Me apasiona transformar. No solo ideas, sino a las personas que se atreven a pensarlas en voz alta. Me mueve ver cómo una conversación, una comunidad o una decisión pueden ser el punto de quiebre entre lo que éramos y lo que podemos llegar a ser. Me obsesiona entender cómo funciona la mente, qué nos inspira, qué nos frena, por qué decidimos lo que decidimos. Estudié neurociencia, coaching, comportamiento del consumidor y diseño de experiencias porque necesito conectar lo invisible con lo concreto. Las intuiciones con las estrategias. El alma con el plan. Diseño experiencias educativas y espacios de comunidad que no solo informan, sino que despiertan. Creo que cuando un proyecto te trasciende, ya no podés renunciar. Porque ya no se trata de vos: se trata de lo que representás. No me interesa acumular logros. Me interesa dejar huella. Por eso, todo lo que hago —desde el contenido que escribo, hasta los eventos que organizo o las ideas que impulso— lo hago con una sola intención: que algo se mueva adentro. Que nada vuelva a ser igual. Me apasiona el futuro. Pero no cualquier futuro: Uno donde trabajemos con sentido. Emprendamos con conciencia. Y lideremos sin tener que dejar partes de nosotras afuera. Porque sí: creo que se puede cambiar el mundo. Pero primero, hay que animarse a cambiar la forma en que lo habitamos.
Emily Patricia Acosta Ramírez

Emily Patricia Acosta Ramírez

Tony Acosta

Tony Acosta

Provo, Utah, United States
Vanesa Nahir Acosta

Vanesa Nahir Acosta

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marvin V Acuna

Marvin V Acuna

Los Angeles, California, United States
I am drawn to anything that helps me understand the world a little more clearly. Books do that. They let you borrow the hard-won wisdom of people who made mistakes before you had the chance to make them yourself. Reading, at its best, is not escape. It is leverage. It lets you travel through history, strategy, failure, faith, invention, and human nature without needing to learn every lesson the expensive way. Food does something similar. I love food, but more than that, I love the craft of food. I think chefs are the new rock stars. The difference is that you do not have to stand in a stadium with 20,000 people to experience what they have made. You can sit at a table, take a bite, and listen for the story they are trying to tell. Food tells you where you are in the world. Sometimes it takes you somewhere else entirely. A dish can move you across a border, into another culture, or back into a room you thought you had forgotten. It can return you to someone you love, or someone you loved. In that sense, food is one of the most underrated time machines we have. Travel expands that feeling. The more I see of the world, the smaller and more connected I feel. Travel reminds me that I am a speck of dust standing on the shoulders of people who sacrificed, built, fought, loved, failed, and endured so that the rest of us could inherit something larger than ourselves. It also reminds me that people are not nearly as different as we are sometimes told. Across countries, languages, and customs, the deepest things tend to rhyme: God or purpose. Family. Friendship. Love. The desire to matter. The need to belong. And finally, I am passionate about who I am becoming. That may be the real subject beneath all the others. Learning, food, travel, faith, relationships, ambition, discipline. They are all part of the same inquiry: how do we become more fully what we were created to be? I believe we are always changing. The question is whether we are changing by accident or by intention. I am interested in the intentional kind.
Riku Adachi

Riku Adachi

Fukuoka, Japan
Akshaya Adaikkalavan

Akshaya Adaikkalavan

Houston, Texas, United States
I love playing the piano during my free time and an interest I have found quite recently and am working on, is the genetics research.
Beyza Adakoğlu

Beyza Adakoğlu

Abdikani Adam

Abdikani Adam

Baidoa, Somalia
Andrei Adam

Andrei Adam

Oakville, Ontario, Canada
hassan adam

hassan adam

Cairo Egypt, Egypt
i'm passionate about design , art and charity work
Umar F. Adam

Umar F. Adam

Karachi, Pakistan
Startups, Technology & Marketing
Dwija Adamala

Dwija Adamala

Vindhya Adamala

Vindhya Adamala

Emanuele ADAMO

Emanuele ADAMO

Ovoke Adams Adamatie

Ovoke Adams Adamatie

Paisley, United Kingdom
Bethany Adams

Bethany Adams

Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States
Chris Adams

Chris Adams

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Don Adams

Don Adams

Toronto, Ontario, Canada