Highlights from the April 13 meeting

Here are the highlights from the TEDxRedDeer Organizational and Brainstorming Meeting at The Hub, on April 13, 2011.

1. What would you like to learn more about?
Overall Principles and General Ideas

• Big enough to have issues – small enough to get together to work on them
• Creating movements and engagement – viral effect – epidemic
• Maybe hear from other communities

Specific Ideas
The group suggested a variety of specific ideas which fell under the following categories:

• Business and Government – people connections
• Connection/Relationships/Communication
• Creativity, Innovation, and the Arts
• Environment/Sustainability/Nature
• Global Issues
• Passion/Inspiration
• Personal Stories
• Red Deer Community and Identity
• Rural/Farm/Central Alberta/Food Production/Land Use
• Social Issues/Social Justice
• Technology
• Youth
• Other

Suggested Themes
These suggestions fell under the following categories:

• Agriculture/Producing
• Change/Reframing
• Connections/Community
• Individuals Making a Difference
• Innovation
• Inspiration/Celebration
• Place
• Technology
• Other

2. Potential Speakers

Selection Criteria

• Diversity of speakers
• Newcomers to Red Deer
• Seniors, young people, undiscovered people

Possibilities:

• First Nations
• High speed rail initiative
• RDC professor
• Someone disadvantaged with talent
• Music and intellect – creative arts – attract talent
• Those who light a spark
• Local bloggers / tweeters
• Farmers Market expert
• Drum Circle
• Contact high schools
• Assisted learning
• Arts and Culture leaders
• Architects – design to bring outdoors to the indoors

Individuals
63 individuals were suggested as potential speakers. (Actual names are not included to respect privacy)

3. Logistics

The group offered a number of recommendations related to logistics that we will take forward as we plan.