Tag: TEDxUGA
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TEDxUGA 2023: Roots
TEDxUGA 2023: Roots | Centuries of students and scholars have grown a vast and intertwined network of research and scholarship. The passions and actions that inspire this network are sometimes unseen, unheard, and untamed. But the results are powerful and ever-reaching. At the University of Georgia, we plant seeds of research and scholarship every day. And now…
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Elevating UGA’s Ideas
Last month, we leveled up with the University of Georgia’s most powerful stories, research, and ideas at the eighth annual TEDxUGA. Nine incredible faculty, student, and alumni presenters took the stage to embrace bold questions, innovative scholarship, and untold stories. At TEDxUGA 2021: Next Level, we were joined by our most wide-reaching audience yet! Attendees from 27 states and beyond gathered…
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TEDxUGA
TEDxUGA is a TEDx licensed event focussed on sharing the best and brightest ideas from within the UGA community. Since 2013, TEDxUGA has made its mark on campus and the greater Athens community growing larger and larger each year. From its humble beginnings as a single room conference to a sold-out Classic Center, TEDxUGA has featured…
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Lightform
Our team is organizing a projection-mapped stage design for the fall semester 2020 TEDxUGA event. Fitting with the event’s theme, Next Level, TEDxUGA is pushing the boundaries of stage design with the introduction of Lightform: a newly released projection mapping design software. Lightform creates illuminated augmented reality light projections that leave the audience with an…
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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…
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Taking On TEDxUGA
TEDxUGA’s incredible success is two fold: idea-driven presenters delivering empowering talks and a hard working set of amazing humans behind the scenes. One key role ties these two worlds together — the Curator. After gracefully managing curation through her participation in NMIX 4200: New Media & TED, we are thrilled to welcome to the team…