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Our next TEDx event features live speakers, plus curated videos from TED conferences. Discover how your community is climbing to new heights by exploring fresh ideas. Join us for an afternoon of thought-provoking talks and discussion with other TED enthusiasts. You’ll be amazed how your library can capture the atmosphere of a TED conference.

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Lincolnshire, Illinois, 60069
United States

Daphne Dickens-King

Chief Operating Officer at 21st Century Commerce, Inc.

During her 25+ year career as a Strategic Management Consultant to corporations, government, and educational institutions, Daphne has volunteered and served leadership roles with many community organizations and boards. She has written articles on volunteering, organized local conferences, and made presentations on volunteering issues. Daphne has also designed volunteer recruiting programs for organizations and consulted with non-profits on organizational structure and volunteer recruitment. Daphne earned her BBA in Finance from Howard University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Eric Feinendegen

President and Founder of Inspire to Empower, LLC and a founding member of Midwest Speaking Professionals.

Eric is an award-winning and internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and executive coach. In 2015, Eric out-spoke 35,000 contestants from 126 countries to finish in the Top 10 of the Toastmaster's World Championship of Public Speaking. Eric has earned Bachelor Degrees in Finance and Economics from St. Joseph's College (IN) and is licensed in securities through LPL Financial, holding FINRA series 7 and 63 licenses along with a Health, Life and Variable Annuities Insurance licenses.

Gary Midkiff

Professor

Gary teaches throughout the Chicago area, from gifted high school students to MBA students to seniors at community colleges and senior living facilities. He also facilitates sections of the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions discussion series throughout Chicago’s suburbs He has a passion for teaching others about American history, politics, and foreign policy. Gary earned degrees from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.

Kashiana Singh

Senior Director, Aon Corporation

Kashiana is originally from India and moved to the United States in 2013 when the assignment came her way, hoping to evolve her understanding of a different work environment through personal immersion. She has deepened her belief in work as worship over two decades of pursuing a "regular, mainstream job." She uses her fascination for writing and teaching as her life hacks to find the hidden moments of worship in daily tasks, chores, and duties.