Akshaya Kumar @ TEDxAmericanUniversity Pollinators

Pollinator: [noun] An agent of change who fosters the transfer of ideas in and between people leading to the cultivation of “ideas worth spreading”.

TEDxAmericanUniversity strives to curate a conversation about the spread of ideas by Pollinators. By promoting innovation and spearheading implementation, the seeding of an idea flourishes due to agents of pollination.  Are you a Pollinator?

TEDxAmericanUniversity April 17th:

• TEDxAmericanUniversity is a half-day event held on April 17th, beginning at 1 P.M. and ending at 6 P.M., with a reception following afterwards.
• The event will be held at The Greenberg Theatre at American University in Tenleytown, Washington, D.C.  
• The event will be capped at 280 attendees; however, the talks will be filmed and made available on TED’s website and YouTube pages.
• The theme of the event is “Pollinators,” and the event will feature a diverse group of speakers sharing talks shaped around ideas worth spreading.
• Between sessions, event attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the talks, with the hope that the different speakers will spark engaging debate and conversation that will continue long after the event itself concludes. 

Register to attend the conference.

ABOUT TED:

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast event in nearby Whistler. The annual TEDGlobal conference will be held this October in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

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