Some of y'all might be interested. in this. Jen Brea, the organizer, is rounding up a lot of interesting people for it.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jennifer Brea <[email protected]> Date: Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:58 AM Subject: Re: Invite to TEDxCambridge To: Samuel Klein <[email protected]> Sign up if you haven't already: http://groups.google.com/group/tedxcambridge http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56331806563 On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey, how great! I'd love to. Will let you know for certain. Only 90 > min for all of cambridge's glory? :-) --S. > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Jennifer Brea <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi SJ, > > Hope you can make it! (If you can, RSVP!) > > Jen > > > > > > > > > > My name is Jennifer Brea and I am a Ph.D student in the Government > > Department at Harvard. I had the fantastic good fortune to attend TED in > > Arusha in 2007 and in Long Beach earlier this year as a TED Fellow. I'm > > inviting you to help create a unique community here in Cambridge. > > > > TEDxCambridge (Beta) > > > > A community-building event for > > > > the Cambridge TED community > > > > Friday, May 1st, 7:30-9pm > > > > Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South > > > > 1730 Cambridge Street > > > > Harvard University > > > > To be followed by drinks at the home of TEDster, Omar Wasow > > > > Please > > RSVP: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cGFqWHh3SC1MQWxtVjNKalplTzdrWXc6MA.. > > > > About: > > > > TEDx is a new program being launched by TED (currently in beta) which > > licenses groups around the world to hold their own TED-style events. These > > events range from small, informal viewings of TED video to full-on, day-long > > conferences with original speakers. > > > > A fundamental part of TED is the idea that all knowledge is connected. One > > of the remarkable aspects of attending a TED conference is that not only can > > you, in the course of a day, attend lectures, readings, and performances by > > a poet, a pastor, an architect, an engineer, a jazz legend, and an > > astrophysicist, you can then go and sit around a table with them at dinner. > > There is an enormous wealth of talent and passion in Cambridge, but too few > > opportunities to connect across disciplines, especially in an informal > > setting. > > > > Imagine a community of inspired individuals who gather, throughout the year, > > to watch TED talks, give their own talks in TED style, and share their ideas > > and inspiration with each other, and the world. > > > > The shape that community takes depends on you. > > > > We'd love to hear from you! > > > > Please take a few minutes to share your ideas on how to bring TED to > > Cambridge: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGFqWHh3SC1MQWxuZkdpak52Um44SGc6MA > > > > Stay connected: > > > > Join the Google Group > > (http://groups.google.com/group/tedxcambridge?msg=new&lnk=gcis) or the > > Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56331806563) to > > receive announcements about future events. -- Jennifer Bréa USA: 860 965 0434 Worldwide: +1 617 326 7631 http://www.jenbrea.net http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/author/jennifer _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
