TEDxRedDeer is an independently organized event licensed by TED. This year’s speakers include:
- Peter Gregg and Anita Dosaj - The Importance of Trust - At 24, Peter Gregg was Walt Disney’s personal assistant. Anita Dosaj was a molecular biologist who helped clone Dolly, the sheep. Hear how their experiences shaped their understanding of the concepts, practicalities, and importance of trust in our personal and work connections and relationships.
- Jim Robertson - Connecting Young Children to Nature - In our increasingly urban life, what ideas and actions can ensure our communities reap the long term benefits of having our children connected to nature?
- Lynda Adams - Acting Out Community - The Canola Project – How can theatrical presentations be used to bring community together to illuminate impacts on the human and geographical landscape of Central Alberta.
- Helgi Eyford - Talking with Strangers - What have we lost by following the advice to not talk to strangers? Is not talking to strangers even possible in our current world? What ideas can help us build meaningful connections with the diversity of people living in our communities?
- Jillian Staniec - Six Degrees of Connection – How can relationships found in our community’s archival records contribute to our sense of community connection, inclusion, and identity?
- Danielle Klooster - Community Culture - By Default or By Design - What if an entire community - the municipality, business, churches, schools, libraries, community groups, volunteers, citizens, youth, and children - worked together to purposefully and meaningfully design their community culture?
- Steve Fisher - What Can We Learn From Open Source? – Hear how open source offers possibilities and new ways to solve old problems; new perspectives using collaboration, not isolation; and can multiply knowledge, effort, inspiration, creativity, and innovation.
- Andrew Kooman - Connecting to Danger - What happens when we dare, as individuals, communities and societies to go to the dangerous places and open our eyes to human need - then reach out our hands with compassion? A starting point is to connect individuals to stories, both real and imagined, that open our eyes and hearts and move our feet into life-changing, meaningful action.
- Robin Lambert - Finding Each Other - An artistic exploration of how we connect and find things in our life - a friend, a partner, the job we are meant to have, the city we want to live in.
- Eric Rajah - Building A Better World – Hear the story about one person’s connections with over 1800 friends and volunteers in 15 countries and with 16 Alberta schools and universities—building physiotherapy centers and schools in Kenya and Afghanistan, drilling water wells in Sudan, and training and mentoring young people to connect and become leaders.
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