Organiser and licencee Kirsty James has once again been successful in securing a coveted licence from TED to run TEDxWarrington. An event theme and suggested talk sub-themes were submitted in her proposal and the cogs of the organising wheel have now begun to turn once again.
Volunteer team members and associates across the Warrington area are being brought together; a new website, produced by Beech Web Services, has been launched; and a newsletter now keeps TEDx fans updated.
TEDxWarrington 2023 will run on the evening of Thursday 16 November 2023 and the team is delighted to be working closely with Ombudsman Services who will be hosting the event in their new conference facility on the Daresbury Park business complex, Warrington.
The event theme will be ‘Tackling Adversity, Embracing Change’. Whether the challenge or change be physical, economic, environmental, technological or social, speakers can submit a talk suggestion based on their own interpretation of this theme.
The presence of a brand such as TEDx - one of the most famous speaker conference formats globally - will inevitably generate both curiosity and expectation in the town, especially after the 2022 event received such high praise in the press and from TED feedback reports.
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. It is also an event of two components: There is a live event, which for Warrington is limited by licence to 100 lucky ticket-holders. And then there is the production of the official TEDx talks; speakers are filmed at the live event and the talks submitted to TED to approve for the official TEDx channel which reaches a global audience.
The speaker application window is open until noon, 6 June. The website provides details about the video application process for anyone aspiring to become a TEDx speaker. The official website, newsletter and social channels will share updates as the team announces further event details, partner and sponsorship opportunities, and speaker news along the way.
Meanwhile, the organising team, who operate non-commercially, invite readers to spread word amongst friends, family and colleagues to assist the call out for event partners and above all a new cohort of amazing speakers with ‘ideas worth spreading’.
For information about TEDxWarrington plans or to apply to speak, visit www.tedxwarrington.com
To enquire about partnership or sponsorship, email organisingteam@tedxwarrington.co.uk
