Tag: TED
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A Look Back at Destination: TEDxUGA 2025
Last month, Destination: TEDxUGA 2025 took the stage and what an incredible journey it was! From the Dream Job Fallacy to Shorebird Conservation, seven inspiring presenters – including our first-ever Athens community member – shared their passions, research, and ideas worth spreading with a global audience of more than 700 participants. This year’s theme reminded us that…
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TED Team Takes TEDxATL
Exactly one month ahead of Destination: TEDxUGA 2025’s liftoff on March 28, the team traveled to Atlanta to take part in TEDxAtlanta 2025: The Future We Create. This day-long event featured 16 talks and a number of interactive experiences that sparked new ideas for our curation and production teams. Split into 4 sessions, presenters reflected on community-building, sustainability,…
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More TED News…
Earlier this semester, the TEDxUGA curation team partnered with the UGA Graduate School to provide an inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) workshop. The 3MT is a global competition that challenges graduate students to explain their complex research in an engaging three-minute pitch supported by one slide. During the workshop, TEDxUGA Licensee Megan Ward, Curator Isa Martinez, and Assistant Curator Peyton Owens shared…
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Pack Your Bags for Destination: TEDxUGA 2025
Our journeys are shaped by the people we meet and the places we explore. When we pursue new ideas, forge connections, and embrace new experiences, we deepen our understanding of one another and the world. The University of Georgia is a place where many paths cross for the first time, where ideas converge and new…
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A Journey Into the Future at TEDNext
This month, Curator Isabella Martinez represented TEDxUGA at TEDNext 2024, a transformative five-day experience focused on professional and personal growth. The TED conference included collaborative workshops with worldwide TEDx organizers, interactive discovery sessions, and over 45 inspiring TED Talks. One impactful moment for Isa was Adam Munder‘s TED Talk on inclusivity, where he demoed OmniBridge, a venture that uses AI to…
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TEDxUGA Student Idea Showcase
Last week, the TEDxUGA Student Council hosted the 8th annual Student Idea Showcase. Eight students from across the University took the stage at the Fine Arts Theatre to share their unique ideas worth spreading with the UGA community. In the spirit of TED, this year’s showcase featured talks that examined a wide range of fascinating…
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TEDxUGA at TEDxJNJ
Four TEDxUGA students recently took their idea-spreading dedication to the next level as they curated TEDxJNJCornelia. For months, these students worked directly with the Johnson & Johnson presenters to navigate through each of the 11 steps of the curation process and prepare for the red round rug. These skilled curators seized this unique opportunity to…
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TEDxBocaRaton
After a month full of sharing their own TEDx-pertise, a few members of the TED fam hit the road to check out the recipe for another TEDx event’s success. At TEDxBocaRaton, the team got to soak up some sun AND some ideas worth spreading—our idea of a perfect weekend. Instead of calling the shots backstage,…
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Cultivating Student Resilience
The TEDxUGA team recently presented at this year’s Engage Conference hosted by UGA’s Division of Student Affairs. The event brought together academic and student affairs professionals from across the southeast for a day dedicated to professional development, innovative thinking, and networking. In keeping with the conference’s theme of resilience, TEDxUGA Licensee Megan Ward and five members…
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Training Across Campus
The TEDxUGA team has gained quite a reputation for knowing the secrets to powerful presentations. Earlier this month, Licensee Megan and Producer Brady spilled some of those secrets in a class for UGA Training and Development. Faculty and staff from across campus came together to learn what makes a great TED-style talk and how to…