April 12, 2011, San Rafael, CA – As our media and technology continue to accelerate the speed of change, our society must adapt and manage the shifts. On May 12, 2011 at 6:30pm, TEDxMarin presents ‘The Communication Revolution’ featuring four prominent speakers on the trends and technologies affecting the way the world communicates, connects and creates change. This TEDxMarin event will be held at the Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts, Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael, CA, 94903.
Speakers include: Jennifer Siebel Newsom (filmmaker), John Perry Barlow (co-Founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation), Olivia Ma (News Manager, YouTube), and Robert Tercek (recent President, Digital Media, Oprah Winfrey Network). The evening will be hosted by Leo Laporte (journalist and Founder of TWiT.tv). In addition, music and videos will be presented and a vibrant networking culture encouraged through pre- and post-show receptions.
Tickets are currently available to registered TEDxMarin members, and will go on sale to the general public on April 15, 2011. To become a member and receive an invitation, please register at http://www.TEDxMarin.com/attend. Speaker Biography/Ticketing Information can be found at: TEDxMarin.com
Past TEDxMarin speakers have included Tiffany Shlain (filmmaker and Webby Awards founder), Craig Newmark (Craigslist founder), Jay Harman (Founder of PAX Scientific), and David Arquette (actor).
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At TED, the world’s leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Two major TED events are held each year: The TED Conference takes place every spring in Long Beach, California (along with a parallel conference, TEDActive, in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily; the new TED Conversations, enabling broad conversations among TED fans; and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.
TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. TEDGlobal 2011, “The Stuff of Life,” will be held July 11-15, 2011, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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