TweetJust in case you wondered what I’ve been up to since I came back from Texas: I’ve spent the last 3 weeks in Istanbul -Turkey- organizing TEDxSilkRoad (web, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest), the brainchild of Ferhan Cook. TEDxSilkRoad will take place on Wednesday April 11th at the beautiful Feriye Auditorium by the Bosphorus and will deal [...]
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TweetBack in March I wrote about TEDx in a Box, a smart idea which challenged the assumption that you need a conference room for holding a conference. The concept is simple: pack a box with a portable pico-projector, a source (like a netbook) containing TED Talks and you can host your event wherever you are [...]
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TweetI met Tara Hunt (blog, twitter, wikipedia) a couple of years ago at a party or something like that in San Francisco. At the time she had just published The Whuffie Factor, an interesting, an interesting book on social networks and business. Now, in this talk from TEDxConcordia, she delivers a passionate… no, a PASSIONATE [...]
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TweetMy friend, the power networker and tech entrepreneur, Kiruba Shankar (blog, twitter, linkedin) is currently attending TED Active in Palm Springs and posted a new interesting idea in action from the TED Team: TEDx in a Box. In Kiruba’s own words: TED has come up with a concept called ‘TEDx in a Box’. It’s a [...]
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TweetOn November 6 2010 the second edition of TEDxLakeComo (web, twitter, facebook) will take place in the city of Como, Northern Italy. The event has been sold out for several weeks now and it promises to be much better than the previous edition. Last year TEDxLakeComo was the first ever TEDx in Italy and I [...]
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TweetFrom the TEDx Posterous page, a series of practical tips for TEDx organizers which are actually valid for any other conference. Images are powerful, and they tell a powerful story about your event. Taking high-quality photographs at your event is as important as filming great quality video — invest some time and effort into finding really [...]
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TweetOn September 30 2010, TEDxTransmedia (web, twitter, facebook) took place at the Radio Télévision Suisse building in Geneva, Switzerland. Organized by a team from the European Broadcasting Union led by Nicoletta Iacobacci (interview), the event was originally planned for April 2010 but had to be postponed due to the ash cloud generated by the Icelandic [...]
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TweetOn November 20th 2009 TEDxAmsterdam (official hashtag TEDxAms) took place at the Royal Tropical Institute. In a few words: it was successful and powerful, speakers & contents were first class and the overall experience was blasting (that’s a good thing eh!). Although it was not an official TED event but a TEDx (read here if [...]
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Tweet Yesterday evening I participated to the first TEDx event in Italy: TEDxLakeComo. It was organized by Gerolamo Saibene, Francois de Brabant (CEO and President respectively of Between Spa, sponsor of the event ) and Teresa Saibene. The event was supported by Between, the Como division of Politecnico di Milano and Universicomo, with catering provided [...]
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