“Ideas worth sharing.” You probably recognize the famous tagline of TED, the phenomenal annual meeting of super bright presenters. Hopefully you’re already a regular consumer of the free video content offered through TED and, if you’re an iPhone user, hopefully you’ve already downloaded the TED app (yep, there IS an app for that).
Here’s a widely-known secret (it’s only a valuable secret to you if you’re willing to open your imagination and step away from conventional wisdom): here’s a hint—what kind of people would even CARE about hearing ideas worth sharing? Ready? While TED is certainly all about ideas worth sharing, it creates immense potential riches by gathering PEOPLE WORTH MEETING™! Unless you’re going to a Thunder Lizard training conference, you’ll probably get the most out of the conferences you attend by both listening to the presenters on stage AND the people you meet off-stage.
Here are some people worth meeting from the inaugural TEDxGreenville (there are hundreds more, too; the schedule was so full, these were the only interviews I could capture; wish I could have spoken with everyone there):
Maxim Williams of Bon Secour St. Francis Hospital System
Maxim Williams: LinkedIn | Web | Twitter
Steve Bailey of Merus Refreshments Services, Inc.
Steve Bailey: LinkedIn | Web | Facebook
Steve Bailey and Nigel Robertson enjoying freshly brewed coffee courtesy of Merus
Okay, this was just for fun. After watching Steve interact with folks, I just had to capture at least one conversation. He’s tireless and engaging (and the coffee really IS good, too).
Nigel Robertson: Twitter | Web
Russell Tripp of Infusion Web & Video
Russ Davis of Sandler Sales Training
Russ is a joy to be around. He’s humble, helpful, and in this clip, humorous—I put him on the spot about something totally unrelated to TEDx and he was a good sport about it all.
Russ Davis: LinkedIn | Twitter | Web | Phone 864-527-0497
Tim March of Thee Inner Cirkus
Walking on broken glass. That’s what Tim March did. He also gave everyone permission, just in case someone was waiting for permission, to be that crazy thing they dream of being.
Tim March: Twitter | Facebook | Web
TEDxGreenville was incredibly well organized, held in an exquisite setting, and brought together brilliant minds to present, to listen, to meet, to hear, to create something worth doing. A huge THANK YOU to Peter Waldschmidt and the incredible organizational team for bringing TEDx to Greenville.
Photos from TEDxGreenville on Phil Yanov‘s site.
TEDxGreenville video on GreenvilleHD.com
