Tuesday, December 7 · 4:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Unity in the Gold Country
180 Cambridge Court
Grass Valley, CA

Created by: TEDxGrassValley

See Jane Do and the Insight Directory will present TEDxGrassValley, a regional version of the popular TED conference, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at Unity in the Gold Country, 4:30-8:30pm. The independently produced event, operated under license from TED, is organized around the upcoming TEDWomen conference, on December 7 and 8, 2010 in Washington DC.

In an unprecedented partnership, TED and The Paley Center for Media will produce the first-ever TEDWomen: a gathering of global thought leaders and innovators in Washington, DC, connecting to thousands of online participants and self-organized events around the world. The cross-disciplinary, cross-generational program will focus on how women think and work, communicate and collaborate, learn and lead. The program will explore what this means and why it matters to all of us.

TEDxGrassValley will feature live streaming of the final session from the first day of TEDWomen. These talks include: The First Ladies of Africa – A moderated conversation with the First Ladies of Sierra Leone and Malawi, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who will address women’s leadership, Yang Lan who will talk about the future for China as being shaped by Chinese women, and a musical performance by Angelique Kidjo.

TEDxGrassValley will also feature a handful of the region’s leading women thinkers, innovators, artists, leaders and philosophers to address “how women and girls are shaping the future” in our community.

Guest speakers include:

Reinette Senum, Ginny Woods, Rainy Blue Cloud, Poet and essayist Molly Fisk, Chameli Ardagh, Elisa Parker, Suzie Daggett, and Jesse Locks.

About TEDxGrassValley

In the spirit of “ideas worth spreading,” TED has created TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxGrassValley where x = independently organized TED event. At TEDxGrassValley, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

TEDxGrassValley is produced with generous support from KVMR, NCTV, The FARM, Unity in the Gold Country, Kial James Design, Spiral Studios, and BriarPatch Co-op.

About TED

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences - the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer - TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize. The annual TED conferences, in Long Beach/Palm Springs and Oxford, bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

TEDxGrassValley

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Doors 4:30pm Conference 5-8:30pm,
Unity in the Gold Country
180 Cambridge Court, Grass Valley, CA 95945

This event is free, but attendees must pre-register at www.tedxgrassvalley.com

More information on TEDxGrassValley can be found at www.tedxgrassvalley.com
or you can follow us on Twitter at @tedxgrassvalley
or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tedxgrassvalley.

Or Contact:
Jesse Locks
TEDxGrassValley
(916) 548-7716
jesse@seejanedo.com
www.tedxgrassvalley.com

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