TEDx Syracuse University speaker application open through Friday, December 7

TEDx Syracuse team

TEDx Syracuse University hosted a pop up this week at the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Bird Library to actively seek speakers for the upcoming TEDx event this spring.  Applications are open through Friday, December 7 for this independently organized event in the spirit of TED, featuring ideas worth spreading.  The link to apply is here. 
Proposals will be are measured by the relevance of the story as well as the ability the idea has to impact the lives of audience in a positive, refreshing way.  TEDx Syracuse University is looking for speakers with passion for their stories who are willing to put in time and effort necessary to create a genuine talk.  Ideal speakers share their hopes, dreams and passions on stage.  The overarching theme for this year’s event will be announced in upcoming months. TEDx Syracuse University’s 2019 event is slated to take place on April 6, 2019, in the Slocum Auditorium.Questions can be directed by e-mail to Sarah Grinnell, communications coordinator, or Ariana Rassooly, co-lead organizer and head of curation at tedxsyracuseu@gmail.com.Sponsorship for the TEDx Syracuse University event is provided by the Ruth Ivor Foundation, the School of Information Studies and the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University.Follow TEDx Syracuse University at:

About TEDTED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast event in nearby Whistler. The annual TEDGlobal conference will be held this October in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED.