TEDxGeorgiaCollege to be hosted Friday, October 21, 2022
With a license from TED, Georgia College’s Leadership Programs are bringing TEDx to Georgia College and to Milledgeville. The inaugural TEDxGeorgiaCollege will be hosted Friday, October 21st, in the historic Campus Theatre in downtown Milledgeville.
TEDxGeorgiaCollege will feature eight to ten speakers and performers who will deliver talks on the latest ideas and research, all in the spirit of TED’s commitment to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” Each talk will be broadcast internationally and shared through TED’s global network, showcasing for the international TED community the unique voices, stories, and ideas that make Georgia College special.
TEDxGeorgiaCollege 2022: Power of the Public Square
This inaugural TEDx event will explore the theme “Power of the Public Square.”
“At Georgia College, we believe in the power of the public square,” says Dr. Harold Mock, director of leadership programs. “We know that sharing ideas with our neighbors awakens our curiosity and opens our eyes to the transformative power of new ideas. It's together that we can nourish our imagination and redefine the possible,” says Mock. “Our greatest ideas are born through dialogue, exchange, and collaboration. At Georgia College, we are a community of explorers, innovators, and doers—united in our goal to serve the public good.”
At Georgia College, we believe in the power of the public square
Harold Mock, director of leadership programs
Mock chairs the Board of Curators, who provide intellectual and editorial leadership for TEDxGeorgiaCollege and work to create a vibrant and event featuring a range of ideas and diversity of speakers. Ashley Copeland, assistant director of leadership programs, serves as vice-chair, and Dr. Genie Snyder Chamberlin, Alex Gregory Distinguished Fellow in Leadership, serves as executive producer. Additionally, on the board are Vivian Cassaniti, Mary Morgan Collier, and Jenesis Harris.
Potential speakers with an interest in taking an idea to the TEDxGeorgiaCollege stage, should submit their proposals online at tedxgeorgiacollege.com. All proposals should be submitted by Monday, August 1st.
Ticket sales for TEDxGeorgiaCollege open on Tuesday, September 6th. Tickets may be purchased online at tedxgeorgiacollege.com.
To learn more about TEDxGeorgiaCollege, please visit tedxgeorgiacollege.com.
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, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. 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, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED conferences, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of TED Talks are published to TED Talks Daily, available on all podcast platforms.
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; TEDx, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; The Audacious Project, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives; TED Translators, which crowdsources the subtitling of TED Talks so that big ideas can spread across languages and borders; and the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED also offers TED@Work, a program that reimagines TED Talks for workplace learning. TED also has a growing library of original podcasts, including The TED Interview with Chris Anderson, WorkLife with Adam Grant, Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala, and How to Be a Better Human.
Georgia College’s Office of Leadership Programs provides teaching, research, and public service related to leadership, citizenship, democracy, and public affairs. With the support of a distinguished faculty and practitioners, we educate the next generation of Georgia’s leaders for the public good. Our programs bring together scholars and students, as well as business leaders, non-profit executives, journalists, and public officials, and offer a trusted forum on citizen-leadership and pressing issues of the day. For more information, visit leadcreatively.org or contact leadership.programs@gcsu.edu or (478) 445-1227.
