Search
Filter by Topic
Sort Order
TEDxUCLouvain – Creating an Experience in spite of COVID
Finding ways to be creative and stay connected to your TEDx Community during these challenging times of sequestering and dealing with a global pandemic can test even the most creative Organizers.
TEDxHyderabad – Viiveck Verma – Anthony Vipin Das – Co-Organizers
The Hack: Make the most of what you have\n\n Alerted to an amazing TEDx’s theater design posted on Facebook, we sought out the organizers of TEDxHyderabad to walk us through the fantastic video and tell us...
TEDxGaborone – Gomolemo Lolo Madikgetla – Co-Organizer
Gomolemo Lolo Madikgetla, Lolo for short, is the co-organizer of TEDxGaborone, in Botswana, and has an impressive background in Marketing and Finance. Note: every organizer on this podcast has an amazing CV.
Stefan Bucher, TEDx Speaker – Reflections on his Road to the Red Circle
In 2011 Stefan Bucher, a Designer, presented at TEDxAmericanRiviera (now known as TEDxSantaBarbara.) His reflections on that talk are illuminating.
Lara Stein – Founder of TEDx
On the first day of TED2019 in Vancouver, Randy Bretz, TEDxLincoln, Emeritus, and I were honored to interview the founder of TEDx, Lara Stein.
TEDxDonovanCorrectional – Mariette Fourmeaux du Sartel – Organizer
In five minutes of listening to Mariette Fourmeaux du Sartel talk about why she has spent the past couple of years going to prison every week to help create TEDxDonovanCorrectional, you will understand how her...
TEDxCancun – Monica Alba – Organizer
Monica Alba is a force of nature and the perfect person to lead the team at TEDxCancun, located in one of the most beautiful places along the Gulf of Mexico. Cancun is only 40 years...
Mark Sylvester, Co-Organizer, TEDxSantaBarbara, Host, Hacking The Red Circle Podcast
In this special episode, recorded in September 2018 right after TEDxSantaBarbara, Mark Sylvester, the host of Hacking the Red Circle, is interviewed by TEDxLincoln’s Randy Bretz and TEDxLaçador’s Ana Goelzer. This podcast is the first...
TEDxLeicester – Siddhi Trivedi, Organizer
TEDxLeicester, located in the United Kingdom, is organized by Siddhi Trivedi, who has a unique story; she was born in Tanzania, educated in the UK and the United States and has lived and worked across...
TEDxLaval, Ermenegildo Gildo Conte, Organizer
Gildo Conte is the Organizer of TEDxLaval, located on an island next to Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. His passion and energy are infectious, and I bet it’s great fun being a part of his small,...
TEDxTarrytown, Kimberly Marcus, Organizer
The Hack: Binge listen to the Hacking the Red Circle podcast ;-)\n\nKimberly Marcus traveled the path to the Red Circle first as a speaker then made her way to Organizer of TEDxTarrytown in 2017. She...
TEDxBeaconStreet – John Werner, Organizer
The Hack: Find an architectural design firm who will take on your set design as a pro-bono project.\n\n John Werner is the Organizer of TEDxBeaconStreet, one of the top TEDx events that other Organizers would love...
TEDxWilmington, Ajit Mathew George, Organizer
Ajit George is the Organizer of TEDxWilmington, located in Delaware. He is a bundle of energy, as evidenced by the fact that his tribe produces 12 events a year, with 172 speakers and 164 talks....
TEDxShekhawati – Masarat Daud, Organizer
How do you prepare an event for 7,000 people in rural India from 4,100 miles away in London, and don’t hit the ground running until a week before the event? In this episode, we talk...
TEDxPittsburgh Chris Daley Organizer
Chris Daley is the Organizer of TEDxPittsburgh and is part of a regional TEDx ecosystem with ten events within a short distance. Pittsburgh is a large region, but a small city, so the challenge of...
TEDxECUAD – Scott Mallory, Organizer
The Hack: Focus on the ideas, not the logistics.\n\n Scott Mallory is the lead organizer for TEDxECUAD. This is a university event held in Vancouver at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. This year...
TEDxAmsterdam – Paul Rispens
The Hack: Fill baskets for attendees with buttons they can wear to identify something about themselves. Have fun with it.\n\nI’d been looking forward to posting this conversation with TEDxAmsterdam’s organizer Paul Rispens for some time...
TEDxBuffalo – Alexandra Opiel Organizer
The Hack: Keep a good file system of all past press releases, speaker letters, proposals, and documents to save you reinventing them each year.\n\nAlexandra Opiel started at TEDxBuffalo as a volunteer, eventually replacing the original...
TEDxAugusta – TEDxGeorgiaTech -Grace and Chloe Belangia – Mother Daughter Team
This was the first mother-daughter podcast we’ve done. Mom is Grace Belangia, organizer of TEDxAugusta and Chloe Belangia, her daughter, is the organizer of TEDxGeorgiaTech. It was great to meet them in person at TEDFest...
TEDxPrague, Samuel Titera, Translator, Team Member
The Hack: Go out of your way to connect with every one of the volunteers. \n\nSamuel Titera came to TEDxPrague through the route of being one of the four original Czech translators for TED talks....
TEDxLilongwe Vincent Kumwenda Organizer
The Hack: After your event, take your speakers and team into the rural towns that could never attend your event to reach new audiences\n\n Vincent Kumwenda in the Organizer of TEDxLilongwe, located is the capital of...
TEDxBrisbane – Juanita Wheeler, Organizer
When Juanita Wheeler, Organizer of TEDxBrisbane, attended TEDxSouthBankWomen in 2012, she was at a crossroads. She was a director of global marketing for a multinational corporation, but she had fallen out of love with her...
TEDxBlumenau – Humberto Cardoso Filho, Organizer
The Hack: Host a workshop for your partners, to show them how to get the most out of their sponsorship\n\n Humberto Cardoso Filho is the organizer for TEDxBlumenau, located in the southern part of Brazil, near...
TEDxTUM – Dora Dzvonyar – Organizer
Dora Dzvonyar is the Organizer for TEDxTum in Munich, Germany. She’s been organizing since 2015. There are 40,000 students at TUM which is bigger than some of the towns that provide a TEDx event. She...
TEDxLuanda – Januario Jano – Organizer
Januario Jano is the Organizer for TEDxLuanda, which is a beautiful city on the western coast of Angola. He is a global soul, born in Angola, with homes in London and Lisbon. Angola is a...
TEDxKazimierz – Richard Lucas, Organizer
Richard Lucas is a British businessman and social entrepreneur. He has lived in Krakow for more than half of his life, having grown up in Oxford. He has been involved with TEDx as a speaker,...
TEDxCampinas – Mario Giotto, Organizer
The Hack: Be humble about the TEDx brand. Don’t fall into the trap of being put on a pedestal TEDxCampinas held their first event in March 2018. We had this conversation precisely 16 weeks before...
TEDxSydney – Fenella Kernebone – Head of Curation
Fenella Kernebone is the Head of Curation for TEDxSydney, responsible for leading the programming for what has become one of the most significant TEDx events in the world. She also curates the youth program, TEDxYouth@Sydney...
TEDxLahore – Syed Irteza Ubaid – Organizer
Syed Irteza Ubaid is the Organizer of TEDxLahore, the TEDx Ambassador for Pakistan and a TEDx Translator. That’s a lot of TED. He has been involved with at least 18 TEDx events and has one...
TEDxVienna – Réka Artner – Co-Organizer
Réka Artner and her team of 70 have been producing TEDxVienna for several years now. She joined the team after attending TEDxVieannaLive in 2012. It’s one of the TEDx events that other organizers would love...
TEDxRosario – Javier Yunes – Organizer
Javier Yunes, whom I met at TEDFest last year, is the organizer for TEDxRosario in Argentina. His town has over 1 million citizens, and thousands of them come to their event each year. He’s most...
TEDxLagunaBlancaYouth – Kiki Tolles – Student Executive Producer
Kiki Tolles is the Student Executive Producer for TEDxLagunaBlancaYouth, an event held here in Santa Barbara, California, home of the Hacking the Red Circle podcast. Kiki is a member of a TEDx production class, led...
TEDxYaba – Emmanuel Adegboye – Organizer
The Hack: Find creative ways to cut costs Emmanuel Adegboye is the organizer of TEDxYaba, which is a tech-centric community located in the heart of Lagos, Nigeria. He has a long relationship with TEDx, going...
TEDxChristchurch – Kaila Colbin – Co-Organizer
The Hack: If someone wants to spend money with you, let them. Kaila Colbin is the Curator of TEDxChristchurch (New Zealand) and TEDxScottBase. She’s also the founder of Missing Link and the New Zealand Ambassador...
TEDxSantaBarbara – Mark Sylvester and Kymberlee Weil
Mark Sylvester and Kymberlee Weil have been bringing TEDx to Santa Barbara since 2010. They have a great story about how they met and created a project that debuted at TED2003.
TEDxTysons – Stacy Bradford – Co-Founder – Executive Producer
Stacy Bradford is one of three co-founders of TEDxTysons. Their event is just 20 minutes from Washington DC and is in the middle of a tech corridor she calls the Tech Petting Zoo.
TEDxPorto – Norberto Amaral – Organizer
The Hack: Make sure that you create huge expectations. Tell everyone, “You’re going to be blown away!” Norberto Amaral is the organizer of TEDxPorto, located in Portugal and formerly known as TEDxOporto. It’s a long...
TEDxOshkosh – Bethany Lerch – Speaker
The Hack: Practice every day, and try some of Amy Cuddy’s Power Poses Bethany Lerch is a former Fulbright and Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and was a speaker on the 2016 TEDxOshkosh stage. She spoke about...
TEDxWanChai – Shelly Govila
The Hack: Find talent in your local pools, and don’t try to do everything yourself. Shelly Govila is one of those super-energetic, passionate TEDsters you’d just love to have on your team. Her team at TEDxWanChai...
TEDxIntuit – Kara DeFrias – Organizer
The Hack: Have someone else ‘call’ the show so you can interact with the audience Kara DeFrias is a force of nature. She’s been involved with TEDx since 2010, having worked at TEDxSanDiego and produced TEDxIntuit....
TEDxNaperville Arthur Zards Organizer
The Hack: Don’t underestimate the power of your deeper truth – why you are producing the event. Arthur Zards is the organizer of TEDxNaperville and has been innovating with his team since 2009. He watched...
TEDxKC – Mike Lundgren, Organizer
The Hack: Pay attention to doing something unique with your speakersMike Lundgren is a nine-year veteran of TEDxKC (Kansas City), having produced almost 40 events. His 2017 event sold out in four minutes. They enjoy...
TEDxSydney – Remo Giuffre – Organizer
Remo Giuffre, the original licensee of TEDxSydney, has the envious position of curating one of the most widely respected TEDx events in the world.
TEDxMidAtlantic – Craig Fifer – Green Room Manager
Craig Fifer has a great job. He runs the team who manages the Green Room at TEDxMidAtlantic. Now, you’re thinking, how hard can that be? Listen to find out.
TEDxCanberra – Gavin Blake – TEDx Graphic Designer, Scribe
Gavin Blake is a visual scribe and worked with over 50 TEDx events around the world. His ability to synthesize a talk, in real time is impressive.
TEDxJNJ – Penelope Misquitta – Organizer
For the last 18 months, Penelope Misquitta has been the Organizer and Curator of the global TEDx events at Johnson & Johnson, based in the US.
TEDxMidAtlantic – David Troy – Organizer
David Troy has been producing TEDxMidAtlantic with his co-organizer Nate Mook since 2009. That’s eight years of experience which is evident in this episode.
TEDxCesena – Jacqueline Oliveira – Speaker
Jacqueline Oliveira’s a teacher, coach, & TEDxCesena speaker. She’s an expert at cross-cultural communications which helped her present at a TEDx in Italy.
TEDxScottBase – Trent Yeo – Operations
Trent Yeo, TEDxQueenstown organizer was invited by TEDxChristchurch’s Kaila Colbin, to join a team to work for nine months, then spend nine days on the ice.
TEDxJacksonville – Doug Coleman – Organizer
Doug Coleman, the organizer of TEDxJacksonville, is very humble, which belies his event’s impact on the city. He’s retired, yet still does 8 or 9 events
TEDxBemidji – Samantha Nienow, Organizer, Professional Slide Designer
Samantha Nienow is the organizer of TEDxBemidji, and a pro slide designer. She’s produced the decks for 14 events and this year produced her first event.
TEDxSaoPaulo – Elena Crescia – Organizer
Elena Crescia is an Organizer, TEDTalk Translator and a force of nature. Sao Paulo is a city of 20M people and is not awed by producing an event for 10,000.
TEDxCesena – Maurizio Berti – Organizer
The Hack: How to get one Mac to do the work of three during the show Maurizio Berti from TEDxCesena produces an event that highlights his area and emphasizes the hospitality that the region is so well...
TEDxPortofSpain – Keita Demming – Co-Organizer
The Hack: Pick the 3 things you must get right Keita Demming, the co-organizer of TEDxPortofSpain in Trinidad believes TEDx is an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human. He also knows we have...
TEDxOshkosh – Craig Burnett – Co-Organizer
The Hack: Bring in strong leaders, who will bring in a great team.Craig Burnett is one of the co-organizers at TEDxOshkosh, located in Wisconsin. In 2012 he saw Dan Pallotta’s TED talk, and it changed...
TEDxLSU – Annemarie Galeucia – Organizer
Annemarie Galeucia runs operations for TEDxLSU. As an educator, she focuses on communications coaching and loves giving students the experience of running a TEDx.
TEDxBucharest – Andrei Dinu – Organizer
Andrei Dinu wrote his dissertation in on how to do a TEDx event in 2008 before TEDx was conceived. He says, “TED found me, and I found TED.”
TEDxSt.PeterPort – Marc Winn – Organizer
Marc Winn is a Changemaker. At TEDxStPeterPort he asked himself a simple question, “How do we make Guernsey the best place to live on Earth?”
TEDxFargo – Ted Dintersmith – Speaker
Ted Dintersmith has a great story on how he got to the TEDxFargo red circle, in less than six days. This is a testament to his passion for education.
TEDxKoramangala – Raashi Saxena
The Hack: Think about your event as a family gatheringRaashi Saxena, the organizer for TEDxKoramangala, in Bangalore, is an area packed with startups and provides a great mix of scientist, creators, and inventors. One of the...
TEDxCanberra – Ingrid Tomanovits
Ingrid Tomanovits is the newly installed Executive Producer of TEDxCanberra (Australia). This event has a rich history going back to 2010.
TEDxAarhus – Bélen Jiménez-Mena
Bélen Jiménez-Mena is the co-head of curators for TEDxAarhus. Her passion for public speaking began in University when a mentor introduced her to TED talks
TEDxSeattle – Phil Klein
Phil Klein is a longtime TEDster, having attended, produced and managed events. He worked for TED for a year and helped at TED2014 on the attendee experience.
TEDxVail – Kat Haber
Kat Haber is a force of nature. No wonder she chooses to spend part time in Vail, Palm Springs and Homer, Alaska, enjoying nature at it’s finest in each locale.
TEDxOtaniemi – Hannu Jaakkola
Hannu Jaakkola, is the organizer of TEDxOtaniemi in Finland. This town is known as the largest tech center and the startup-centric area in the country.
TEDxWarsaw – Ralph Talmont
Ralph Talmont is the organizer for TEDxWarsaw, an Australian with Polish roots who has built one of the flagship TEDx events in Europe.
TEDxJNJ – Steve Garguilo
Steve Garguilo runs the Office of Creative Engagement at J&J (Johnson and Johnson), and TEDxJNJ is one of the first corporate TEDx events.
TEDxKL – Daniel Cerventus
Daniel Cerventus is a long time TEDx organizer, founding curator of TEDxKL and the TEDx ambassador for SouthEast Asia. He started in 2009 with only 50 people.
TEDxFondduLac – Sarah Spang
Sarah Spang is a first-time TEDx organizer and social entrepreneur. Her Taste of TEDx story begins with a visit from TEDxFargo’s organizer, Greg Tehven. Her spirit is fantastic.
TEDxWellington – DK and Hannah Wignall
DK and Hannah Wignall run TEDxWellington. They have an amazing story about trust to share with other organizers. You’ll want to listen until the end.
TEDxFargo – Greg Tehven
Greg Tehven, Curator of TEDxFargo, has an infectious enthusiasm for his town and wants to create a Community that he’d like to live in.
TEDxWandsworth – Amman Abid
Amman Abid and his wife, Kay Chauhan, are the founders and organizers of a TEDx in the boroughs of London. They’ve seen how deep community connections contribute to their event’s success.
TEDxYouth@Columbia – Kevin Rabinovich
Kevin Rabinovich has been working with TEDx since he was 14. He’s united 50 schools in South Carolina and started watching Talks while in the 4th grade.
TEDxPSU – Herbert Reininger
Herbert is the original licensee of TEDxPSU. They’re one of the 1st 100 TEDx’s. They produce an event for 800 with 2,000 viewing online. Lots to learn here.
TEDxSalinas – Michelle Serna
This episode features Michelle Serna, the organizer of TEDxSalinas. She gave her first TEDx talk at 16, her 2nd at 17, and produced her own TEDx at 18. Wow.
TEDxMontreal – Katy Yam
Katy Yam is well known in the TEDx Universe. You’ll see her and her team at any number of East Coast TEDx events soaking it all in.
TEDxTrondheim – Jennifer Wold
Jennifer Wold, a New Hampshire native, now living in picturesque Trondheim, Norway has a unique point of view on working with the volunteers of their TEDx.
TEDxSantaBarbara Scott Mann, Speaker
Retired Green Beret, Scott Mann’s talked about Rooftop Leadership at TEDxSantaBarbara. Here’s a behind-the-scenes discussion about speaking at a TEDx event.
TEDxSunnyvale – Gordon Garb
Gordon Garb has worked with TED since 2001. He volunteered to help the IT desk in Monterey. Since then he’s attended 80 TEDx events. Amazing adventures!
TEDxPasadenaWomen – Heather Brunold
Heather Brunold has a great story to tell about how she was drafted to run TEDxPasadenaWomen last year. She’s a teacher, Mom, networker and Organizer.
TEDxCalPoly – Cameron Wiese
Cameron, a senior at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo, California, decided that 100 people for his first event wouldn’t be enough.
TEDxQuebec – Denis François Gravel
Denis François said, If I can’t go to TED, TED will come to me. He’d been trying to get to TED so finally produced a TEDx, to bring the event to Quebec instead.
TEDxSanDiego – Mark Lovett
Mark Lovett actively works on three events, including one in prison and he ran the first cross-border TEDx that was in two countries at the same time.
TEDxFultonStreet – Aaron Sylvan
Aaron Sylvan of TEDxFultonStreet, has a unique perspective on his event. He loves Ideas Worth Spreading and People Worth Knowing.
TEDxLincoln – Randy Bretz
Randy Bretz, the Organizer for TEDxLincoln, suggests that the secret to managing a TEDx is that he doesn’t feel like you have do to everything, yourself.