May 4, 2011 1 Comment
Robert X. Fogarty’s Dear World TEDxTampaBay photos are now live online. TEDxTampaBay 2011 attendees and presenters participated in the Dear World photography activity throughout the day (April 22, 2011) and shared some very inspiring messages for Earth Day.
Take a look at the beautiful photos, share your thoughts, and share these images with friends. There are some very powerful messages here!
May 2, 2011 1 Comment
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There is something special about musical and poetry performances at a TEDx event. Combined with big ideas and deep conversations, music and poetry wield the power to energize our spirits and rattle our humanity. The TEDxTampaBay 2011 performers did just that.
The Listen project, composed of Emily Roff on Jazz Vocals, Stephen Fee on Opera Vocals, Jeremey Powell on the Keys, Jon Shea on Bass, Adam Volpe on Drums, and Josh Formanek on Guitar, combined seemingly disparate musical styles. The result? A powerful, energizing performance of an original piece composed specifically for TEDxTampaBay 2011.
Iranian Impossible Music musicians, The Casualty Process, performed three haunting electronic rock pieces that hinted at the struggles they face as they continue to perform music outlawed by their government. Afterwards, Saeid Nadjafi and Shayan Amini expressed their passion for music “It’s not about the government. It’s not about religion. We just love to play music. Music is our life”.
Hip-Hop poet, Pedro Jarquin, stunned the audience with his passionate monologues. His incredible energy, body language and facial expressions transported everyone into his life for a few minutes. His hypnotic rhythm kept our brains buzzing as he spilled his incredibly emotional story.
Venus Williams fittingly embodied Mother Nature in her elegance and beauty on Earth Day. She concluded our day on an emotional feel-good high that only Venus can deliver. Her words of love, power, and wisdom wrapped up the day in an elegant aura that lasted well beyond the day.
May 2, 2011 3 Comments
There are dozens of stories and statements around the web documenting how people connected with each other on Friday, April 22nd 2011 at the TEDxTampaBay event at the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. As the day progressed, the emotional energy increased and the audience wiped tears from their eyes. In fact, one person described her experience as an emotional crescendo during our afternoon session. Others gained new friends, professional connections, or business associates. Among all of the feedback we’ve received about our event, we’d like to highlight two particularly poignant responses.
My experience at TEDxTampaBay was nothing short of fantastic. While over 50 people came up to me and congratulated me on my talk, I was more humbled and honored by one specific interaction. I had lunch with an attendee at the conference and we had a fairly long conversation after. She told me how she enjoyed my talk (I’d actually asked for her advice before I went on stage and she told me one thing ‘Slow down!’ which I gladly followed). She and I talked about Anjna and 100KCheeks, and then the conversation shifted to her own organization, She told me how she had founded her organization after the death of her daughter from Multiple Sclerosis. While her daughter was battling her disease, they would celebrate her little victories (like getting dressed all by herself)!” In memory of her daughter, she wanted to help those suffering from debilitating diseases by celebrating their little victories.
April 27, 2011 Leave a comment
Several days after the event, organizers, media, presenters, and attendees are all still buzzing about the event. Wow, with so much positive energy flowing through Tampa Bay, there are surely some great TEDxTampaBay event stories we haven’t heard yet. We’d like to invite presenters, attendees, and partners to share their TEDxTampaBay stories with us. Perhaps you’ve made a new business connection, found a new way to further your cause, were inspired to start something new, or made new friends who’ve changed your thinking.
We welcome your stories. In fact, we’ll include the best stories as part of a story we’re writing for our website. To contribute, simply e-mail your article to us at:
tedxtampabay@yahoo.com with TEDxTampaBay Experience in the subject line.
Thank you.
Gina Clifford
TEDxTampaBay Organizer
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