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As a TEDx organizer please share a best practices, an innovation, something incredible or something useful from your TEDx event.
As a TEDx organizer what is the one nugget you would want to share with other TEDx organizers that would be incredibly useful, inspirational or innovative as they execute their TEDx event. Keep it real.
Jorge Garcia del Arco 500+
Steve Frazee 500+
Matthieu Baril 50+
Steve Ward
Gina Clifford 500+
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Ken brown 30+
Wibowo Sulistio 500+
Helps bond speakers and team. Aside from being a good break from all the (busy) prep work (both on the speakers' side, and on the team's side), it also results in better chemistry and flow between speakers/talks during the event
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This is something our co-founders at TEDxJakarta (http://www.tedxjkt.org/team/) originated in the early days. Hope it works out nicely for your TEDx too!
Cheers,
Bowo
Radix Hidayat 500+
We realized that in TEDx, the regular attendees, speakers, and the organizing team basically are the ones that form the TEDx community, the differentiating points are that TEDx speakers are members who have the privilege to speak, and the organizing committee are the ones who have the privilege to organize the event.
Adam Burk 500+
Vlad Fiscutean 500+
Al Meyers 500+
Adam Burk 500+
-Assemble a star organizing team.
-Have clear roles and group agreements.
-Have a speaker coach (or three) as part of your team.
-Don't lose sight of your speakers and their talks being the most important part of your event. (There are always a thousand other details to distract you)
-Feed people really good food, and plenty of it.
Andrew Hyde 500+
For first time or new organizers I would
* list out why you are having your event (school sustainability is being overlooked / is in a direction the community doesn't like!)
* list out what a 'perfect' event would be (venue, feeling, speakers, excitement)
* create a team that has time to work on the project that you can trust to follow through (each has their specialty ~ a host, curator, event production manager, stage manager, design, website and volunteer organizer)
* discuss and start planning with the team on just how you would merge the first two items
With a stress free approach, you are open to really seeing the opportunities for innovation.
Kristine Sargsyan 500+
I deeply believe that One should engage people with positive energy and right attitudes in TEDx event organization process, so you have people who really work for the “Ideas Worth Spreading” , This ensures strong image for the event and everybody wants to become part of it as an attendee or as a volunteer.
It is really important to build an environment and create an open space for great ideas and great people to work together, to want to suggest their ideas and support….
For our TEDx event, I had enough support form high shoot professionals who were volunteering for us, also I had a lot of in kind contributions which made TEDxYeravan happen…
Our event was not a paid one and this year also is free as well. Last Year we had 200 people who stayed for 10 hours, until the very last moment of the event.
It is crucial to have a successful event and great speakers for the first TEDx event, cause this ensures demand for next events. We already have a lot of people applying us for this year event as attendees .
Finding great local speakers and preparing them is really key to success. We did auditions for speakers last year, and will be doing this year. We invited our TED-sters (people who are familiar with TED) and asked the potential Speakers to do presentation of their talks in front of this audience. The talks and speakers who were liked by our TED-sters most of all, were selected to work with ….
I could continue, but I guess this is enough for now. Hope this is useful ….
Chris Ke-Sihai 200+
We've aimed for the moon twice, and had two OK events, but we're planning to focus on salon-style community events for a while from now on. Trying to put on a great show for 100 people is only appropriate if you can be certain of finding 100 people willing to pay for a great show. Better to have 30-50 people paying pennies for a basic event than a great show in a half-empty room and unpaid bills.
30 people can become hundreds in a year or two, as your fans do the selling for you. Build it as a community, a tribe, rather than go out hunting for customers.
Felipe Figueiredo Rosa 100+
We need to bring the best possible experience for all participants, either the viewer, speaker or partner.
And finally, we need make with emotions and much passion.
Lucas Avelleda 500+
Good point, I'm starting to organize a TEDx event at my school and I would like some advices on how to inspire people to be interested and to participate on a TEDx, now that you mentioned that it only happens when there's a real community wanting it to happen.
Thank you very much for posting!
Um abraço,
Lucas
Christophe Cop 500+
get the necessary ingredients (some people in a room watching TED),
and add what you feel like adding (speakers, food, decorations,...)
As long as you keep the "Ideas worth spreading" and authenticity, not much can go wrong.
But beware: you might end up having a 30-people crew organizing a 600+ event within 18 months of your first event
Paul Troy
Christophe Cop 500+
concerning advise: Look around for the people who want to help or are interested...
In a School: talk to others about it, and if only 2 people show up during the first session when watching a TED talk... It can grow.
Allyson Kuentz 500+