View source for Resource talk:How to organize a TEDx event on your campus

As an avid listener to TEDTalks podcasts, I am amazed that a student-led initiative brought a TEDx event to the university setting. Spoken word is very powerful, and to add to the author's point there is benefit to having shorter talks that leave the audience contemplating the mental stimulation they experienced instead of dosing off during a longer deliberation. I would be interested to see how the format of a TEDx Talk on campus would change amidst a global pandemic.

== Very Interesting Read ==

When I read this, I imagined what it would be like for our campus to host a TEDx talk and how that would look. This is such a fantastic way to bring people out of the community to talk about ideas worth spreading.

== Inspiring and Encouraging ==

Really enjoyable and inspiring topic to read. Personally, after reading this text it showed me not to scared to start new events .

==Interesting and Exciting ==

I always wondered how different colleges were able to host TEDx talks on their campus, my school hosted one last year. I think this is a great way to hear really interesting stories from people on campus and give people a chance to discuss new ideas and perfect their public speaking.

== TEDx in the time of COVID-19 ==

I found this topic very interesting and exciting! The idea of bringing TEDx to a college campus through student effort is very impressive. The topic made me look up whether my school had a TEDx and made me start thinking about how TEDx could occur in a virtual setting and how it could help bring people together. Definitely made me think, which I really appreciate!

== Inspiring meeting at our uni? ==

As a big fan of TED talks myself I love to hear about so many inspirational ideas. So I thought how special it would be to organize such a TEDx event on our campus and hear about ideas from people from our university. Additionally it would be fun to organize and you would meet many students, faculty members,... with inspiring ideas. Good to know is that it took about 3/4 year to organize and that it might take time and frustration until you get the TEDx event license.

== Catching and enlightening ==

I really didn't know one is able to organise TEDx talks themselves. Thanks for the insight and bringing the attention this. It is a really awesome idea to plan our own one, even if it takes so long! This could also be ONE way to honour outstanding achievements at university.

== Informational and Interesting ==

This is a great read and a fantastic guide for people wanting to host a TEDx event. The steps were precise and straightforward as to how to make the event possible and interesting for everyone involved in the process.

== Came to know the unknown ==

I admire TEDx a lot and used to think how nicely people share their life journey over there but came to know the unknown story of how people approach to speak in the TEDx dice. And came to know how people get trained to speak confidently in the TEDX.
I felt great to read this topic on TEDx. So I too want to see myself as a story teller in TEDx and will try to set it in my school.

== Motivating and learning ==

I recently came to know about TEDx talks. These are pretty amazing and inspiring knowing the back stories of successful people. We can learn a lot from their life stories. I actually think it is good for students to know the inspiring stories from these inspiring people from TEDx talks.

== Super Cool! ==

Last semester, I saw that my school had a tedX event, but I wasn't able to go. I was curious about how they were able to do that, and this article definitely gave some insight on that. It's super cool to see students creating events that they're passionate about!

== It would be great to organize a TEDx event  ==

Organizing a TEDx event at my own institution is another dream of mine. The fact that one of us can plan such an event is incredibly inspiring. TEDx conferences are my favorite because the guests are always very motivational.

== Collaboration Towards Innovation on Campus ==

I have found a collective group of individuals that are looking to bring a Ted Talk to our campus, and I have started to share this information as a result of their own initiatives. 

How can we create a centralized support system from UIF to other Change Agents across our campus to implement and generate movement rather than being bogged down in the bureaucracy of higher education? This has been a question I have been asking for the past two years, and is a question that I am still attempting to figure out.