Yup, we’re quite a bit behind on delivering the videos from TEDxRochester 2012….we’ve had a bit of a technical kerfuffle on that front and are actively working on getting that resolved ASAP! But, we’ve also got a whole bunch of new folks on the team for this year! While the goal was to try to spread the load a bit thinner to make it more bearable, the reality is figuring out who’s doing what is taking some...

It’s a bit late, but I wanted to share my experience of a recent event in town, TEDxAllendaleColumbiaSchool. As you might just be able to discern from the name, the event was hosted by the Allendale Columbia School on February 2nd. As the story goes, the licensee, Martijn Appelo in the 11th grade, decided to put the event on as a joke, but ended up pulling off a remarkable achievement! Hosted at the school, which is a beautiful...

On Monday, we celebrated Rochester.  Oh, man, did we celebrate it.    Based on what I’m seeing about the web, TEDxRochester #4 was a fantastic event, and seems to be widely praised as our best yet!   Reading the positive words folks have to say after our event really makes all of the hard work we put in each year worth it. Community was our theme this year, and we did our best to introduce a number of them.  The Rochester Latino...

Registration for TEDxRochester 2012 is now close, but you can apply on the waiting list. Admission is free, but you must apply to attend. Here’s how this works: 1. Click here. 2. Answer a few questions about yourself. 3. Click “submit.” 4. We notify you by November 2nd if you are accepted. Details…. The event will be on Monday, November 5th at the Geva Theatre Center from 9:00am to 5:00pm Like any conference, you are...

As of last Monday, we are just two months away from this year’s TEDxRochester!  Hooo!  I have to acknowledge that we’ve been a bit “dark” these last couple of months due to a hurricane of personal and professional issues that have plagued our entire team.  But, through it all, we’ve maintained our focus on our event and intend to bring it on home better than last year! Now, with that bit out of the way, let...

I just had the most wonderful experience.  On the 9th, I got to spend the whole day at a TEDx event, and I didn’t have to worry about a single detail beyond where I was going to sit after each break!  I’m speaking, of course, of the latest TEDx event to hit town: TEDxFlourCity! After receiving his license last year, Bill Monteith, the licensee for TEDxFlourCity, contacted me and we met up to talk about his event and I had a...

As a regular member of our community, you no doubt have heard a lot of buzz about our newest project called RocCity 2.0.  There’s some information out there, but it’s easier to just explain a thing than let folks figure it out on their own. Every year at the main conference, TED gives out a TEDPrize to one of the speakers as backing to help move that speaker’s project or idea to the next level.  The winner receives...

For some reason, at this time of year, I start to get a little “blah” on TEDxRochester.  I think it’s due to the fact that the first few months after the event are spent dealing with the holidays, with some event planning and coordination thrown in.  When April rolls around, though, I can almost see November on the horizon and think “Oh, no!  We’re never going to be ready!” You see, even though those...

Been meaning to put up something about this for a couple of days. Apologies to our friends at Barcamp for the lateness! Barcamp is a great event held twice a year at RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Informational Sciences. Dubbed an “unconference”, it’s an opportunity for everyone to share their knowledge with everyone else. All attendees are welcomed to present their own talk on any topic. Our first year...

I’ve gotten quite a number of e-mails and comments about this, so I figured it was time to try and nip some of the confusion over this event. Yes, there is another TEDx in Rochester this year.   It’s name is TEDxFlourCity, and while we are both part of the TEDx family they’re independent events.  TEDx licenses aren’t granted by geographic area, but to individuals.  I’m the licensee for TEDxRochester and...

As mentioned earlier, we had planned on hosting the March 10th public meeting at Joe Bean’s coffee on University.  But, their tasting room is closed at the moment, so they wouldn’t have enough room to host us.  So, we’ve moved instead to The Yards at the Public Market. If you’re not familiar with The Yards, they’re an independent collaborative space that hosts a lot of great art shows.  For those who...

It’s that time of year again!  The time when we officially open up the flood gates and ask for speaker submissions.  Let’s be honest, though, we’re always ready to hear about a great presentation that just HAS to be up on the TEDxRochester stage.  In fact, we’ve already got 3-4 potential speakers for this year’s event lined up*! Now, in previous years, the way we did things was simple: people would be...

Back in 2009 when I first applied for the license for TEDxRochester, I was required to put in a date for the event.   Since I hadn’t fully thought through what I was getting myself into, I had no idea WHERE I was going to put this event, let alone WHEN.  So, I simply pulled a date out of the air and went with November 5th.  Once the Geva confirmed they’d be hosting us, we determined that date wasn’t going to work for...

I didn’t want to end the year without getting some kind of update out to everyone on what’s happening at TEDxRochester HQ…in short, not a lot.  It’s the holidays! But, the reality is, we’ve got a few irons still in the fire we’re working on and I wanted to share them with you: First, we’re making some changes to how we find and select speakers this year.  In previous years, we made it a point to...

Where does one even begin?  Two days ago, we hosted TEDxRochester 2011 which was the culmination of a whole year’s work by one dedicated team of people…and it showed!  I really never imagined we’d ever top last year’s TEDxRochester, but we somehow managed to blow the previous events right out of the water! But, it never seems that way until it actually hits the stage.  There were a few months where we felt we...