PHOTOS: TEDxWaldenPond Delights Crowd at Concord’s Emerson Umbrella
A community-based version of the popular TED talks hit the Emerson Umbrella Saturday, Oct. 13 with a focus on “urban inspiration.”
Despite the intentionally restricted attendance during its test phase, dozens of quizzical locals dropped $100 to attend the TEDxWaldenPond2.0 on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts. It was a TEDx Talk, a localized version of the popular TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Talks, planned in four weeks with collaboration from TED as part of the City 2.0 campaign. Local organizer Marie “Twinkle” Manning was able to bring more than a dozen local speakers to talk about what the event’s marketing director, Cynthia Ellis, described as, “envisioning the future of the community … a day of urban inspiration” exploring the question of, “What does a community need to move into the future?” The Talk – Part 1 A total…
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