Leadership
Which team is the largest?
Curation/Operation
What does x stand for?
Independently organized TED event
How long can TED talks be?
18 minutes
What's last year's theme?
Boxes
Can TEDx have political or religious agenda?
No
Which lead is the license holder for our events?
Michael (Chen)
What's our official name? (with correct capitalization)
TEDxBrownU
What does TED stand for?
Technology, Entertainment, Design
What's the 2018 theme?
The Butterfly Effect
How long is each TEDx license valid for?
1 year
Name all individuals in the leadership who are in charge of Curation.
Tierra, Nikki (Adi, and Tiffany)
When did TEDx start? (year)
2011
Who delivered the most-watched TED talk of all time?
Ken Robinson
Can we host panels or Q&A sessions at TEDx conferences?
No.
Which team is led by not one, but two pre-med students.
What must be on every single TEDx stage?
Letters of the TEDx event and the red carpet.
Where is the biggest annual TED conference? (city and country)
Vancouver, Canada
Who delivered the most-watched talk of TEDx at Brown? (hint: he teaches one of the most popular classes at Brown)
Kenneth Miller
Where will TEDx video recordings be released?
YouTube and the TED website.
Name four team leads who are international students.
6. Michael, Ingrid, Tiffany, Jenny, Houston
What does the red circle (carpet) symbolize?
A campfire
Name three TED programs/communities (not including TEDx).
TED fellow, TED translators, TED books, TED prize, TED-Ed, TED Circle, TED Podcast, etc.
Name 4 speakers (or topics they talked about) from past TEDxBrownU conferences.
Examples from 2019: Kaitlan (vulnerability), Yunni (design), Jessica (socialism), Bella (art to reduce mental stigma), Prof. Capraro (heroes for opioid overdose), Prof. Crawford (respect through horses), Roberta Powell (health literacy), Madeline (Computer Science)
Name two sponsor regulations.
- No sponsors on stage
- No sponsor dictating TEDx content
- No sponsor logo on stage during the conference (only in a brief thank-you slide at the end)
- sponsors can be displayed in online videos at the beginning and the end of each talk
- No crowdfuding