Apply to attend TEDxYerevan!

Apply to attend TEDxYerevan!

The attendee application is now open for 3 days! Apply before  September 12, 2012, 11:30pm!

Note that TEDxYerevan is an invitation only event. To be considered as a participant you need to register! Find more information about this procedure below, as well as links to make your own profile and indicate your interest.

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TEDxYerevan 2012: What to Expect?

TEDxYerevan 2012: What to Expect?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, on September 29, 2012 TEDxYerevan will bring 300 people together for a day to share a TED-like experience at TUMO Center for Creative Technologies. Just like for the past two years, the event, licensed by TED, is self-organized by volunteers, who believe in the power of sharing ideas, hoping that TEDxYerevan 2012 becomes a local forum for ideas within community that inspires people to change their lives, their futures and ultimately their world.

The theme for this year’s event is Embracing Change, and while we’re on the topic, here are few changes to expect from TEDxYerevan in 2012.

  • No affiliated organization

Unlike in 2010 and 2011, when we had an affiliated organization to the TEDxYerevan licensee, this year’s event is completely independent and not affiliated with any organization. In other words, TEDxYerevan 2012 is organized solely by the hard work and passion

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TED commandments for speakers!

These 10 tips are given to all TED Conference speakers as they prepare their TED talks. They help TEDx speakers craft talks that will have a profound impact on their audience.

  1. Dream big. Strive to create the best talk you have ever given. Reveal something never seen before. Do something the audience will remember forever. Share an idea that could change the world.
  2. Show us the real you. Share your passions, your dreams … and also your fears. Be vulnerable. Speak of failure as well as success.
  3. Make the complex plain. Don’t try to dazzle intellectually. Don’t speak in abstractions. Explain! Give examples. Tell stories. Be specific.
  4. Connect with people’s emotions. Make us laugh! Make us cry!
  5. Don’t flaunt your ego. Don’t boast. It’s the surest way to switch everyone off.
  6. No selling from the stage! Unless we have specifically asked you to, do not
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