Come join us Saturday, August 8th at TEDxSunnyvale!
Watch, discuss, and participate.

THEME: Take and Give
Is it better to give than to receive? When is it okay to ask for help? Richard Saul Wurman, the CoFounder of the TED Conference, said “If you don’t ask you don’t get.” (1)

We’re going to explore both taking and giving, and will share and discuss some great stories about taking and giving.

INSPIRATION:
There are over 2,000 TED talks on TED.com, and over 50,000 talks from TEDx events from all around the world. TEDxSunnyvale exists to bring some of the best of those talks together with passionate people to view and to ignite discussion.

LIVE ATTENDEES, NOT LIVE SPEAKERS:
So while we have live attendees, we won’t have live speakers. We’ll watch together and talk about what we’ve seen. We’ll network and meet new people.

CURATED TALKS, LIVE DISCUSSION:
Our event is structured just like any other TEDx event – with a Theme, and Sessions of talks lasting roughly an hour and a half. But in our event all the talks will be watched together on video, taken from both the TED and TEDx archives. By taking this lower-key approach to a TEDx event, we’re able to keep the costs very low, and we’re able to hold multiple events in a year.

LOW STRESS POLICY:
We keep the process of attending simple and casual. We ask only that you plan to be an active participant at the event.

There is limited free parking available, first-come, first served. There is free WiFi.
We’ll have coffee and bagels in the morning. At lunchtime we’ll get food nearby and bring it back to eat together.

SIGN UP NOW:
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(We ask for an optional $5 contribution to help defray costs of refreshments.)

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WATCH THIS TALK AT HOME:
Angela, an elementary schoolteacher from Houston, Texas, was born with spinal muscular atrophy, also known as SMA. She was born requiring assistance, even more than the average baby, so when she chose her career as a schoolteacher, she didn’t even think twice about needing to ask for help.

In this talk she gave at TEDxTAMU called the “Art of Help,” Angela discusses how good she is at asking for help, but even more importantly why it’s important for society that we all become good at it. We need help whether we realize they’re not, end we all must come to terms with this. Finally being ok with asking for help can be quite uplifting. http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Art-of-Help-%7C-Angela-Wriggl

What is TED?
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world. https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization

What is TEDxSunnyvale?
TEDxSunnyvale is a locally organized event that operates under a license from the TED Conference. We follow the TED format of short, impactful talks.

We support all Bay Area TEDx Events:
We add another dimension to TED in the Bay Area, and another way to participate and contribute to the greater TEDx and TED communities. We encourage people to attend all the local TEDx events. We keep a list of upcoming TEDx events, and a few other events of special note, at http://tedxsunnyvale.com/events

(1) http://www.domusweb.it/en/design/2012/12/03/design-your-life.html

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is holding TEDxChange on Wednesday morning April 3, in Seattle, Washington.

We’re holding TEDxSunnyvaleChange here in the South Bay to share the livestream of TEDxChange from Seattle. To enable people with daytime commitments to watch and participate, we’ve chosen to time-shift this to the early evening.

In our own TEDxSunnyvale style, we’ll take time to discuss each speaker before watching the next.

There is no charge to attend. Space is limited – please register so we can plan accordingly. If you register, we will hold one of our limited spaces for you.

Themed Positive Disruption, TEDxChange 2013 speakers will challenge preconceived ideas, spark discussion, engage leaders and shed light on new perspectives.

Convened by Melinda French Gates.

Disruption is usually unwelcome. It represents conflict, chaos, and potential danger. We discourage disruptive behavior in our homes and our societies, often favoring passivity and compliance.

But disruption can be a positive – sometimes vital – catalyst for change. It can challenge old assumptions, ignite conversations, activate authorities and expose new possibilities. Disruption can shed a unique light on difficult issues, giving a fresh urgency and perspective to the challenges of our global community.

To solve the most intractable challenges in health and development, we need positive disruption. It is the path to true progress.

Speakers

Melinda Gates: Host
Melinda Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with Bill Gates, she shapes and approves the foundation’s strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization. Melinda will host TEDxChange from the Gates Foundation campus in Seattle, Washington.

Cathleen Kaveny: Religion, tradition, and modernity
Cathleen Kaveny is an American legal scholar and theologian. She is a John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and Theology at Notre Dame Law School, and is currently a visiting professor at Princeton University.

Halimatou Hima: Investing in girls
Halimatou Hima is a Masters in Public Policy candidate at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Following an internship in the Women & Population Division at the United Nations Foundation, she worked in the Child Protection Division at the United Nations in her home country of Niger (UNICEF).

Roger Thurow: Shifts in agriculture
Roger Thurow joined the Chicago Council in January 2010 after three decades at the Wall Street Journal. For 20 years, he was a foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa.

Julie Dixon: Social change
Julie Dixon is the Deputy Director of Georgetown University’s Center for Social Impact Communication (CSIC), an academic initiative that examines the critical role of communication in fostering engagement in social change.

David Fasanya: Youth poet
David Fasanya is a Nigerian-American performance artist and award-winning youth poet residing in Brooklyn, NY.

Salim Shekh and Sikha Patra: Vaccine advocates
We will show a trailer from the feature film Revolutionary Optimists, about how children are saving lives in the slums of Calcutta. We will then invite Salim and Sikha, two of the children featured prominently in the film, to join onstage for Q&A.

Get involved

Overcoming global challenges takes global involvement; the conversation needs your voice!

WHERE:
TEDxSunnyvaleChange will be held in the Conference Room at TechShop San Jose, 300 South 2nd Street, San Jose, CA 95113
http://www.techshop.ws/ts_sanjose.html

Limited free parking is available in the TechShop parking lot. When that’s full, there are several pay lots and garages nearby.

WHEN:
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Registration opens at 6 p.m.
The program starts at 7 p.m. and runs approximately 90 minutes.

COST:
There is no charge to attend.

FOOD:
You are welcome to bring your own “brown bag” food to eat. Also there are several great
local take-out places within two blocks, including Pizza My Heart pizzas, Indian dosas and curries,
a taqueria, and burgers. We expect to have free coffee.

QUESTIONS:
Email them to info@tedxsunnyvale.com