TED Community » Thanasi Glavas
About Me
Thanasi Glavas is a graduate of the University of Maryland where he graduated with a B.A. in Sociology. Returning to his native New York he worked in financial media events and conferences for 8 years. At the end of his time in New York he was managing a sales team and consulting on CRM database implementation. On his spare time he actively pursuing a healthy lifestyle and culture enrichment. In the beginning of 2011 Thanasi relocated to San Diego where he has shifted his focus toward social entrepreneurship, renewable energy, and community development. As the business development manager at the World Resources SimCenter he has been able to express his thirst for knowledge and utilize his varied skill set to take the non-profit tech space to greater levels. Organizing TEDxAmericasFinestCity has been his one of his most rewarding experiences to date.
- Location:
- United States, San Diego, CA
- Current organization:
- TEDxAmericasFinestCity
- Current role:
- Executive Director
- Gender:
- Male
- I am:
- Artist, Brainstormer, Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Environmentalist, Event planner, Explorer, Idea generator, Inventor
- Associations:
- TEDxAmericasFinestCity
- TED conferences attended:
- TEDActive 2013
More About Me
I'm passionate about
Learning as much as possible, Experiencing as much of it as possible, and helping others to do the same.
An idea worth spreading
That we as a community need to push our society toward a future that works for 100% of humanity. We are slowly moving in that direction as more individuals experience a paradigm shift. Guidance, support and acceleration are needed to achieve critical mass. One area that needs to be focused on is large scale renewable energy with transmission. It is the answer to many problems we face on a local and global scale.
Talk to me about
Burning Man, TED, BIL, Traveling, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, History, Space, Science, Sex, Conspiracy, Culture, LIFE...
People don't know that I'm good at
dancing. building things. rapping. art. breakfast. being conscious. guesstimation.
My TED Story
I came across TED via Randy Pausch's Last Lecture in '08... I was hooked from the start. I would watch talks at lunch while sitting at my desk..day in day out. In college I had always said, when asked what I wanted to do with my life, "i want to work with people" and " I want to come up with better ways of doing things." TED is the perfect mixture of these elements. Having experience in conferences and events I joined a TEDx team when i moved to california. It has been one of the better experiences in my life and to be honest, i've had some great experiences :) I can't wait to see what is down the road...
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