Friday, December 9, 2016

TEDx Tucson: Imagine Annual Conference

What better way to start off the new year than by imagining a world full of positive and creative ideas. TEDx Tucson will be offering its annual conference on January 14th and here is the complete info on the event.
IMAGINE! 
IMAGINE! 

TEDxTucson’s day-long Conference on January 14, 2016
Program runs from 9am to 5pm (doors open at 9, after-party starts at 4)

Watching TED and TEDx talks on the web is great, but IMAGINE sitting in the audience! Now you can. Please join us for an educational and illuminating day.

TEDxTucson creates unique community events featuring diverse, multi-generational thought leaders from all walks of life.  We support contemporary themes and highly interactive learning. We facilitate community discussions so that, together, we can envision the impact of emerging ideas.  You can buy tickets now to attend our annual event. 

We aim to promote innovations and to inspire lifelong learning among our community members. Our priority is to build a community of ideas, with an engaged and thoughtful audience. We'd be thrilled to include you!  Join us!

Tickets
Get tickets at TEDxTucson.com or at bit.ly/imagineTEDxTucson


Tickets are going fast!
   
    $50 for General Admission
    $35 for Students or Retirees
    $65 for VIP tickets

The ticket price includes
    10 fantastic speakers
     2 delightful musical acts
     LUNCH!!
     Catered breaks
     Legendary After-party

Enjoy our interactive experiences while networking with Tucson’s best and brightest!

Venue – the beautiful Berger Theater, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ  85745.  Free parking. bit.ly/TEDxTucsonparking

Doors open at 9:00 a.m.
Program runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
After-Party starts at 4 p.m.

Presenters
Sharing a Single Breath - Teré Fowler-Chapman.  An award winning, gender fluid writer, she is a wordsmith. Community organizer. Educator. Family Man.
How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals  - Stephen Dunerier.  As an accomplished business leader, institutional investor, author, coach, professor and artist, who in his spare time has learned to unicycle, slackline, fly aerobatically, play the drums, perform comedy and race cars, while building a global community of artists across 43 countries and all 50 US states, Stephen is what happens when the right brain and left brain learn to work together.  He calls himself “just some guy.”
Warrior Spirit: Bringing Sexual Abuse out of the Shadows - Danielle McFarland .  Taking us through her own journey of recovery from early childhood sexual abuse using her inner healer and warrior spirit as guides, author Danielle McFarlin shows us how we all can transform and heal in a rape culture society.
Healing with Better Health Literacy - Molly Hottle.  Molly strives to use her strategic communication expertise to help close the literacy gap between medical professionals and the patients they treat to improve the overall health of the country and beyond.
Diagnosing Dog Behavior Correctly Will Save Dogs' Lives -  Karyn Garvin.  The “Divine Dog” Trainer, Karyn is a professional dog trainer, devoted to saving dogs’ lives.
Planting the Rain to Grow Abundance - Brad Lancaster, social advocate, author and artist. Brad is the author of the award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond.
Lost and Found - Jitesch Vaswani, a techie by profession, and a yogi by heart, speaks about how to remain present.
Immersive History - Using Virtual Reality to Understand the Past - Tony Ford.  He  has over 25 years experience in media, marketing, and business development   He is the co-founder of ArtFire.com, PopCongGo.com, and is currently creating new storytelling methods for film and virtual reality As CEO of Darc Fusion.
When Did Poverty Become A Death Sentence? - Josiah Cantrall.  As a child of poverty himself, serial entrepreneur Josiah Cantrall proves what is possible when individuals refuse to allow their hopes and dreams to be limited by their circumstances or mindset.
Skating Downhill: The Art of Claiming Your Life - Adiba Nelson.  Adiba has yet to find a reason to sit down and shut up.

Tickets
Are through EventBrite, and include catered breaks.  You can go to TEDxTucson.com or at bit.ly/imagineTEDxTucson.

After Party
Our after-party is what distinguishes TEDxTucson as an experience, not just an event.  We host drinks and little nibbles back stage (everyone has backstage passes).  We encourage all of our attendees – the ones that appeared on stage, as well as the ones from the audience – to engage in conversation about Tucson and how we imagine our future. 

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