[Wikimedia-boston] Fwd: Invite to TEDxCambridge

Hey, how great!  I'd love to.  Will let you know for certain.  Only 90 min for all of cambridge's glory? :-)   --S. On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Jennifer Brea <tedxcambridge(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi SJ, > Hope you can make it!  (If you can, RSVP!) > Jen > > > > > My name is Jennifer Brea and I am a Ph.D student in the Government > Department at Harvard.  I had the fantastic good fortune to attend TED in > Arusha in 2007 and in Long Beach earlier this year as a TED Fellow.  I'm > inviting you to help create a unique community here in Cambridge. > > TEDxCambridge (Beta) > >  A community-building event for > > the Cambridge TED community > > Friday, May 1st, 7:30-9pm > > Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South > > 1730 Cambridge Street > > Harvard University > > To be followed by drinks at the home of TEDster, Omar Wasow > > Please > RSVP: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cGFqWHh3SC1MQWxtV…c6MA.. > > About: > > TEDx is a new program being launched by TED (currently in beta) which > licenses groups around the world to hold their own TED-style events.  These > events range from small, informal viewings of TED video to full-on, day-long > conferences with original speakers. > > A fundamental part of TED is the idea that all knowledge is connected.  One > of the remarkable aspects of attending a TED conference is that not only can > you, in the course of a day, attend lectures, readings, and performances by > a poet, a pastor, an architect, an engineer, a jazz legend, and an > astrophysicist, you can then go and sit around a table with them at dinner. >  There is an enormous wealth of talent and passion in Cambridge, but too few > opportunities to connect across disciplines, especially in an informal > setting. > > Imagine a community of inspired individuals who gather, throughout the year, > to watch TED talks, give their own talks in TED style, and share their ideas > and inspiration with each other, and the world. > > The shape that community takes depends on you. > > We'd love to hear from you! > > Please take a few minutes to share your ideas on how to bring TED to > Cambridge: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGFqWHh3SC1MQWxuZkdpak52Um4… > > Stay connected: > > Join the Google Group > (http://groups.google.com/group/tedxcambridge?msg=new&lnk=gcis) or the > Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56331806563) to > receive announcements about future events.