TEDxSouthCongress

TICKETS still on sale!
Our Executive Producer was on this evening with our host, promoting !

🕑TIME IS RUNNING OUT!! Last minute tickets have just become available... Get them now before they're gone!! Here are just a few of the speakers we'll be featuring!
full speaker lineup at the link in our bio @ Dougherty Arts Center

There’s no time like now to tell you about our next speaker 🕑
MEET LEA COMTE:
Lea Comte is a dancer and educator currently working at Headwaters School in Austin Texas, where she supports teachers, parents, and students ranging in age from eighteen months to six years old. Lea has been elected to multiple positions in the Texas Chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA). And in 2018, as the chapter’s Government Affairs Chair, Lea was invited by the ADTA to advocate for dance therapy during the National Arts Action Summit in Washington D.C. Lea has a very captivating idea to share with you about dance/ movement as therapy. Might want to stretch before this one!! 🧘🏾‍♀️🤸🏽👯‍♀️
More at TEDxSouthCongress.com

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the team!🌲🌇
We hope you’re all enjoying the holidays. What do you like to do for Christmas? Here in Austin, we love the Austin Trail of Lights.
Also feeling in the spirit to give ? There are still opportunities to be give back to your community and provide in-kind donations or sponsorship for the January 2020 event. Contact us on our site!! Link in bio.

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Have you had a chance to meet our Host?! If not, it’s about time you did.🕑
MEET MEG BONACORSI:

Meg Bonacorsi is a Pennsylvania native and Cal Poly graduate who began her career in 2006 as a reporter. Fast forward to today, Meg is the evening anchor for Spectrum News Austin. Although she is an Emmy-winning anchor, she finds inspiration in her work by helping others, some of which has done in her former series, “Giving Back”, where she covered local stories that motivated action in the community.
We are immensely grateful for Meg’s commitment to be our host for the first ever event, and you will not want to miss her presence on the 2020 stage.

Seems like is speaking to the theme!🕑
Do YOU want to hear what our speakers think it’s time to do?🕑
Join us January 18, 2020 for a day of sharing, thoughtful expression, and community action. Tickets on sale and going fast now!
Image and Full Talk available at https://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate_change/up-next.
A huge thank you to our friends at TEDxStockholm

It’s time to announcer our next speaker 🕑
MEET MIKE YATES:

As a former education programs coordinator, curriculum developer, and teacher with more than 10 years of experience, Mike Yates mission is to transform the k-12 education experience. Mike is a team leader at Alpha, an innovative, independent school that uses adaptive learning software in place of direct instruction, and one of the Founders of Guide, a life skills training platform for high school students. Mike has an incredibly informative idea to share about changing U.S. school systems. You won’t want to miss it!

It's about time 🕑 to step up to volunteer for TEDxSouthCongress!
If you're passionate about the TED mission of Ideas Worth Spreading or just want to meet some great Austinites, this is the place! We have room in every area for talented, excited folks. We can't wait to meet you!
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TEDxSouthCongress is looking for passionate partners. If your brand aligns with the TED mission of Ideas Worth Spreading, we'd love to have you as a sponsor.

Our in-kind sponsors are just as important! If you have a alcohol brand or yummy food you'd like to promote, get in touch! We'd love to have you!

@ Dougherty Arts Center

It’s 🕑 to find some ways to get involved!
Still interested in being apart of our event? Visit our site to see how you can help and say you were apart of the experience in 2020✅

Are you ready to meet our next speaker?🕑
MEET JOY LIN:

Joy Lin is a math/science teacher, named "Innovator of the Year" in 2014 with an animated series “If Superpowers Were Real” on TEDed that received international media attention. She is also a stand-up comedian, an author with 4 books published in 4 continents, and a screenwriter/filmmaker with dozens of awards from domestic and international film festivals. Joy Lin is the host of her own science/pop-culture comic con panels all over United States, and she has an extremely relevant idea to share with you about teaching kids scientific mistakes!

It’s time 🕑 to get to know another one of our amazing speakers.
MEET KAITLIN MAUD:
Kaitlin is a visual artist, strategist, mother, and founder of Current Forward, a strategy consultancy based in Austin, TX. She is a 2013 TEDx vet who brought “digital anthropology” to the forefront of current discourse around technology, AND in 2018, she published the DIY Strategy Workbook to make strategy processes more accessible to small businesses and independent creative professionals. She has a profound idea to share with you about trends and what they really tell us about society.
For more about Maud’s work, as well as the work of our other speakers, visit our site linked in the bio above.

Still want to volunteer for ?🕑
Visit our site and submit your application - forms still open today!

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Are you ready for us to announce our next speaker?🕑
MEET Shelby Hadden:

Shelby Hadden is a writer, producer, and the documentary filmmaker behind the award-winning short animated film, “Tightly Wound,” which was acquired by Condé Nast. Most recently, she was an associate producer on 2019 Sundance feature SISTER AIMEE. Much of her work has focused on raising awareness of pelvic floor dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain, and she has a powerful idea to share with you about the way Americans view virginity.🌷

Are you ready for our next speaker?🕑🕑
MEET Kurt Lockhart:
Kurt is a public speaker and author of the book CHATTING WITH AMERICA. He is a former Fulbright English Teaching Assistant and has a vastly important idea to share with you about preparing for sudden disasters. You won’t want to miss it!

“TED and TEDx make their events interesting because the Organizers are interesting. They select interesting themes, interesting speakers and interesting audiences (more on that later).”
Read more from this amazing article about the appeal and importance of TEDx:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2012/06/19/heres-why-ted-and-tedx-are-so-incredibly-appealing-infographic/amp/

It’s 🕑 to introduce our next speaker! MEET Jennifer Richmond:
She is the CEO and Co-Founder of American Culture Consultants, helping immigrants and international residents connect in the United States. Jennifer is also the founder of Truth In Between, a project to help bridge divisions in America, connecting people across distance and difference through letters. She has a beautiful idea to share with you about communication and the act of writing letters🌷

Are you a business owner in Austin? 🕑
Consider being a sponsor for
To reach us, visit our contact page at the TEDxSouthCongress site available in our bio.

It’s time to introduce another amazing speaker 🕑 MEET Siobhan Alexis!
Siobhan is a DYNAMIC internationally recognized award- winning professional tap dancer, an aspiring motivational, inspirational speaker, and mentor. She has an important idea to share with you about modern-day awareness and action against s*x trafficking. We can’t wait to have her take the stage in 2020.

Happy Holidays from the team! Here’s a view of the Austin Skyline🌇
We look forward to confirming and sharing the rest of our speakers over the next week! Watch out for those emails because you can expect to hear from us soon🕑
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TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT 🕑
Extended deadline for speaker applications ends today at 11:59 PM!

REMINDER! Tomorrow night 🕑 is the Extended Deadline for speakers.
Get yours in before it’s too late!

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It’s about time... we announced our second speaker! 🕑

Meet Dr. Jarrod Lewis-Peacock!
Dr. Lewis-Peacock is a Cognitive Neuroscientist currently appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has done several studies on interactions between memory, attention, and learning, and he has a mind-blowing idea he wants to share with you. Trust us, you won’t want to miss it.

Still want to be a speaker?
Regular deadline is 11:59 PM TONIGHT🕑
Extended Deadline is 11:59 PM WEDNESDAY, November 27th🕑
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TICKET SALES ARE ROCKETING🕑
Thank you to all who have already shown your support. And for those who still want to attend, reserve your tickets now at TEDxSouthCongress.com

Did you know: More than 3,500 TEDx events were held last year. Will you be part of the experience in 2020?

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It’s about time 🕑 to give back to your community. Volunteer for our TEDxSouthCongress event in Austin!
Details on our site! See bio for the link.

MEET THE TEAM 🕑

Dennis Kelly is one of our producers at . He loves to play golf! Read more at tedxsouthcongress.com

MEET THE TEAM 🕑

Beverly Chukwu is one of our producers at . She loves her cat Luna! Read more at tedxsouthcongress.com

MEET THE TEAM 🕑

Taylor Montgomery is our Lead Organizer at . He loves corn dogs. Read more at tedxsouthcongress.com

TICKETS ARE OUT NOW 🕑

Have you ever wanted to attend a TEDx event? Experience the first ever TEDxSouthCongress event coming to Austin in January 2020. Ticket info available at the site linked in our bio.


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We're excited to announce our first speaker, Robin Barrett from !

Robin has spent the last year documenting her journey as a digital nomad, travelling across the country after experiencing a catalyst in her life. She has a radically interesting idea to share with you.
You won't want to miss it.
Do you have an idea to share? Speaker applications close November 25 at midnight!

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TEDxSouthCongress is officially coming to on JANUARY 18th!

Still have an idea you want to share? Visit our site (link in bio) for details. Get your applications in while submissions are open!

Have an idea to share with the world? TEDx is back in Austin. Speaker applications open now.
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