CranbrookSchools
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Theme: Innovation: Ideas to Impact

This event occurred on
April 30, 2016
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
United States

Join us for TEDxCranbrookSchools, Cranbrook’s first-ever TEDxYouth event, to be held Saturday, April 30th, at the PAC. TEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading.” It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community. TED conferences bring together audiences and communities to share ideas and stories usually in the form of short, powerful talks.

TEDxCranbrookSchools will focus on motivating and inspiring our students (grades 7-12) with stories of ingenuity and creativity, the theme being Innovation: Ideas to Impact. We will be exploring the bold ideas that invite us to think, live, and work outside of the box. We have assembled a diverse group of speakers and performers who will share their talents, insights, and expertise. The line-up includes students, alums, faculty, and parents.

Looking for TEDxKids@CranbrookSchools for grades 2-6? visit www.ted.com/tedx/events/19650

PAC
550 Lone Pine Ave
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48304
United States
Event type:
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Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check event website for more information.

Adarsh Rachmale

Student
Adarsh is a senior at the Cranbrook Kingswood School Upper School

Harriet Mays

Student
Harriet Mays is a sixth grader at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls. She enjoys reading, writing, sleeping, making computer games, more reading, crafts, weekends, art class, skiing, and her pets- a cat and dog, and even more reading! She loves working with polymer clay, and used it to produce her first stop motion picture earlier this year.

Ian McManus

Student
Ian McManus is a junior at Cranbrook Kingswood. He enjoys spending his free time with friends, taking photographs, and buying and selling shoes.

Ian Rosenberg

Student
Ian Rosenberg is in seventh grade at the Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys. Ian enjoys school, mainly Science, Math, Geography and French. Ian is currently learning Chinese for a future trip to China and will be going to 广州 (Guangzhou) as an exchange student for a month this summer. Ian also enjoys Karate, swimming, snow skiing, computer programming and violin.

Joe LaGrasso

Fleet Manager & Sales, LaGrasso Bros. Produce
After graduating from Cranbrook Kingswood School in 2011 and Babson College in 2015, Joe is currently the Fleet Manager in his family’s 100 year old produce distribution company. Joe has lead the way for the company’s first venture into local farming in collaboration with the Boston based Fright Farming technology.

Kevin Sang

Student
Kevin Sang is currently a sophomore at Cranbrook Kingswood School. He has had a strong interest in STEM related fields from an early age, but was formally introduced to the field of data science in middle school. Kevin is an aspiring computer and data scientist himself, self-learning multiple languages such as Java, JavaScript, R, and others. He is active in several school organizations such as MUN and Science and Engineering Club. In his free time, he enjoys reading and compulsively checking NBA standings.

Octavia Piper Drew

Student
Piper Drew is a native Texan, born in Dallas, and she moved to Michi-gan in 1st grade when she started Cranbrook. Piper is currently in the 8th grade. She loves to read! She has a book review blog called “The Book Lover” which you can find at www.piperdrew.com. Piper also loves fashion, and she designs, sews, and sells her OPiper! Products. Another one of her many passions includes baking all types of treats!

Sandy Zhao

Student
Sandy Zhao is a junior from Beijing. Back home she attended an inter-national private school, which provided her many opportunities to study abroad and participate in international programs. She likes to travel, play instruments, piano and guitar, and she is a very passionate learner for a variety of things, like photography and psychology. Sandy believes that becoming one of the speakers for Tedxcranbrook is a very challenging, but exciting, opportunity.

Stefan DeClerck

Student
Stefan DeClerck is a boarding sophomore at the Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School. He is 16 years old and is from Palo Alto, California. He loves to participate in the technology world by building products and teaching others how to code.

Wayne Baker

Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Organizing team

Nola-rae
Cronan

Venice, CA, United States
Organizer

Ara
Brown

Bloomfield Hills, MI, United States
Co-organizer
  • Janice Lau
    Production
  • Ryan Gimson
    Production