Tag: TEDxUGA
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A Fantastic First Honor Grad
Graduating last spring, Kendall Lake took the stage with an academic distinction of the highest degree. Achieving a 4.0 GPA throughout her entire undergraduate career, Kendall was one of only fifty to be deemed a First Honor Graduate. Even when dedicated entirely to academics, this is no small achievement. However, on top of her scholastic…
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A Stellar Speechwriter
Longtime TEDxUGA Curator and speech crafting extraordinaire, Kate Devlin, has accomplished quite a feat as she has been awarded the 2019 CICERO Speechwriting Award in the category of Motivational Speech! Kate now employs her talents for Duarte, Inc. – a leading presentation design firm based out of Silicon Valley. Through her work with Duarte, Kate crafted the…
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TEDxUGA 2019: Amplify Videos
Last spring, TEDxUGA turned up the volume on UGA’s most powerful ideas. Nine brave presenters took the stage to challenge attendees to embrace new perspectives. Now, with all of the videos live and available to watch on TEDxUGA.com, it’s time to Amplify these ideas on a global scale. Whether you want to learn game-changing strategies…
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TEDxUGA 2019: Amplify
A few weeks ago, TEDxUGA turned up the volume on UGA’s most powerful stories, research, and passions. Nine brave faculty, student, and alumni presenters along with the indie-rock band, Walden, took the stage to amplify their ideas and transform the status quo. As always, the evening featured a wide array of ideas. With each presenter…
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Showing Off to Federal Staffers
In August, the New Media Institute was invited to the UGA Federal Legislative Staff Retreat. Federal staffers from the Office of Government Relations explored campus in an annual retreat dedicated to learning about some of UGA’s most innovative programs. The NMI is honored to have been invited to show guests how we’re impacting the state, the university, and…
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Claire Bertram: An Excellent Graduate
In Fall 2014, incoming Freshman Claire Bertram was looking for an interesting elective and signed up for NMIX 4200: New Media and TED. As the only first-year in the 4000-level course, Claire was uncertain what she had gotten herself into — but that was only the beginning. Before Claire had even completed the course, the…
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A Successful Evening of Ideas Worth Spreading
Last week, the TEDxUGA stage came to life as eight presenters shared their ideas worth spreading and the indie-rock band Family And Friends ended the night with a bang. While the talks explored a variety of ideas, each one revealed how the remarkable can happen when unexpected connections occur. And for the first time ever,…
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TEDxUGA Student Idea Showcase
Earlier this month, the TEDxUGA Student Council hosted the 6th annual Student Idea Showcase. In this TED-like experience, nine students took the stage at the Fine Arts Theater to share their ideas worth spreading with 675 members of the UGA student body. They delivered talks on a wide range of ideas including gender, emergency preparedness,…
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Big Ideas @ Barnett Shoals
Our TEDxUGA team members love connecting with the local community to share their passion for ideas worth spreading. In the past, they’ve worked with groups ranging from the Downtown Development Authority to Clarke Middle School, but recently they turned their attention to an even younger crowd. Earlier this month, Megan (TEDxUGA Licensee) and Kendall (TEDxUGA Assistant…
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TEDxUGA 2018: Connect
Our world is made up of connections – an intricate web built from the ties of biology and the wires of technology. At the University of Georgia, we study these natural and human connections, and we’ve found that the remarkable can happen when unexpected connections occur: paths cross, forces combine, people collaborate, and new ideas…