Kate Davis Hideshi Hamaguchi TED.com Talk David Terry
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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.
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Show us the real you. Share your passions, your dreams . . . and also your fears. Be vulnerable. Speak of failure as well as success.
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Make the complex plain. Don’t try to dazzle intellectually. Don’t speak in abstractions. Explain! Give examples. Tell stories. Be specific.
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Connect with people’s emotions. Make us laugh! Make us cry!
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Don’t flaunt your ego. Don’t boast. It’s the surest way to switch everyone off.
No selling from the stage! Unless we have specifically asked you to, do not talk about your company or organization. And don’t even think about pitching your products or services or asking for funding from the stage.
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Feel free to comment on other speakers’ talks, to praise or to criticize. Controversy energizes! Enthusiastic endorsement is powerful!
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Don’t read your talk. Notes are fine. But if the choice is between reading or rambling, then read!
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End your talk on time. Doing otherwise is to steal time from the people who follow you. We won’t allow it.
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Rehearse your talk in front of a trusted friend. For timing, for clarity, for impact.
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lco M e to Portl A n D
Portland is a city located in the northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, Portland had an estimated population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous in the country.
Portland is Oregon’s most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada. Approximately 2.2 million people currently live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Portland was incorporated in 1851 and is the county seat of Multnomah County.
The city extends slightly into Washington County to the west and Clackamas County to the south. It is governed by a commissionbased government headed by a mayor and four other commissioners.
Portland has been referred to as one of
the most environmentally friendly or green cities in the world. The city and region are noted for strong land-use planning and investment in light rail, supported by Metro, a distinctive regional government planning organization. Portland is known for its large number of microbreweries and microdistilleries, as well as for its coffee enthusiasm.
It is also the home of the Trail Blazers NBA team and the Timbers MLS team. Portland lies in the Marine West Coast climate region, marked by warm, dry summers and rainy but mild winters. This climate is ideal for growing roses, and for more than a century, Portland has been known as “The City of Roses” with many rose gardens—most prominently the International Rose Test Garden.
Portland lies at the northern end of Oregon’s most populated region, the Willamette Valley. However, as the metropolitan area is
culturally and politically distinct from the rest of the valley, local usage often excludes Portland from the valley proper. Although almost all of Portland lies within Multnomah County, small portions of the city lie within Clackamas and Washington counties with mid-2005 populations estimated at 785 and 1,455, respectively.
The Willamette River runs north through the city center, separating the east and west sections of the city before veering northwest to join with the Columbia River (which separates the state of Washington from the state of Oregon) a short distance north of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 145.4 square miles (376.5 km²), 134.3 square miles (347.9 km²) of land and 11.1 square miles (28.6 km²), or 7.6%, of water.
Portland lies on top of an extinct Plio-Pleistocene volcanic field known as the Boring Lava
Field, which includes at least 32 cinder cones such as Mount Tabor, and its center lies in Southeast Portland. The dormant but potentially active volcano Mount Hood, to the east of Portland, is easily visible from much of the city during clear weather.
The active volcano Mount Saint Helens to the north in Washington is visible in the distance from high-elevation locations in the city, and is close enough to have dusted the city with volcanic ash after an eruption on May 18, 1980. Mount Adams, another prominent volcano in Washington State, to the northeast of Portland, is also visible from parts of the city.
Constructed during the spring and summer of 1891, and formally dedicated in September of that year, the Annex initially provided local units of the Oregon National Guard—quartered in the three-year-old main Armory located on the south half of the same block—with more space for drill maneuvers, as well as an underground firing range for all-season target practice. The fortress-like Annex—with its thick walls, reinforced wooden doors, loopholes, turrets and crenellated parapets—played no less significant role in the city.
Given the era’s ongoing worries about mob violence and fears of class warfare, and given the numerous anti-Chinese riots that had recently taken place up and down the Pacific coast, most Portland residents would have welcomed the building as both a symbol of power, strength and security, and as a constant reminder of military authority during unsettled times.
Although the Annex was designed to meet the needs of the National Guard, by the mid1890s, it had definitely taken on the character of a public hall. One of the main reasons for this was the fact that the building could handle extremely large crowds. The roof’s innovative truss system meant that there were no pillars to get in the way, and so more people could move freely inside the space.
Additionally, whenever an event was scheduled, as many as 5,000 people could be seated on temporary wooden bleachers on the main floor, while another 700 to 1,000 could easily fit in a second-floor gallery. What sorts of events would have taken place in the Annex? Prior to World War I, the offerings there were many and varied. In 1897, for example, audiences watched a display of “living pictures and animated scenes by the latest and greatest of all the so-called moving picture
machines—the wonderful electrograph.”
The Oregon Pioneer Association staged two of its annual reunions in the building in 1898 and 1899, and in March 1900, it was the site of a moving tribute to the state’s war dead. During the first 15 years of the new century, various local and national organizations, including the Portland Rose Society, the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, the Shriners and the Elks, used the Annex as a meeting and convention space, and a number of very well-attended trade shows and exhibitions were held there as well.
At the same time, local music lovers could hear vocal recitals by, among others, Mary Garden (who, in 1902 created the title female role in Claude Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Mélisande, and who may, or may not, have been the composer’s mistress), Dame
Nellie Melba (in a program that, according to the newspaper’s account, transformed the “grim old Armory . . . into a veritable place of enchantment”), and the young Irish tenor John McCormack as well as concerts by the Chicago and New York Symphony Orchestras. John Philip Sousa, a regular visitor to Portland, showcased his famous ensemble in a series of three Annex programs. TheOregonian’s review of the first of these reported that “3,000 people applauded when [Sousa] raised his baton at the Armory . . . and led his players into a revel of melody which continued for two hours and a half…The concluding number was the magnificent ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ from Die Walküre, . . . and it rounded out most beautifully what was one of, if not in fact the very finest, evenings Portland has ever spent with a band of music.”
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Gene’s design philosophy is simple and inspiring: do more with less, protect our natural resources, elevate craft, enrich the human experience and create delight. He is a partner at ZGF Architects, where he puts his philosophy to work developing award-winning design. Gene was honored as a top “40 under 40” business leader by Oregon Business magazine, and was recently named one of Portland’s most influential people by Portland Monthly magazine.
Ki M berly h ow A r D
An accomplished actress and former managing director of Portland’s Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Kimberly was appointed in 2009 to oversee the Oregon Cultural Trust, whose mission is “to develop and sustain our arts, heritage and humanities in the state.”
Jeb c orli SS
Since he could walk, Jeb wanted to fly. And fly he has. He is a world-renowned BASE jumper and an accomplished wing suit flyer with over a decade of experience in each discipline and thousands of jumps and flights under his belt. It may be fair to say he’s flown more out of a plane than most folks have flown in one. In January 2012 Jeb suffered an accident while BASE jumping with a wing suit off Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. Sharks and the exhilarating power of fear fascinate him.
gA vin D A vi S on
Eleven-year-old Gavin started SevenSeven Skateboards three years ago after designing deck art on his dad’s iPad. He loves skateboarding, design and celebrating the positive aspects of the sport. His real passion revolves around building and sustaining futuristic skate parks for youth, and what that means for local skate athletes. An avid Trail Blazers and Timbers fan, Gavin lives in Portland, Oregon, with his parents and older brother, Cameron. He dreams of a world with no math homework.
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As the head of strategy at Ziba design, Hideshi uses visual models and frameworks to generate concepts and strategies, and is considered to be a leading mind in creative concept development, strategy building and decision management on both sides of the Pacific. In 1994 he created the first corporate intranet in Japan. In 2000 he led the core concept development for the world’s first USB flash drive. The process of innovation inspires him.
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Bassima is a Lebanese American, with roots in West Africa and Canada, who attended Queen’s University and received an MBA from Babson College. Experience in the pharmaceutical, agriculture and automotive industries led her to Nike, Inc. in Beaverton, Oregon. Bassima’s passion is supporting nonprofit organizations that focus on the intersection of business innovation and social change. She is living testament of The Girl Effect, a beacon of hope and promise.
Ward is best known for helping invent wiki technology. Now, as the Nike Open Data Fellow, he has set out to change the world by doing for numbers what he’s done for words: use technology to give them depth and meaning that ordinary people can depend on every day.
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Jessica—aka “Thumper Biscuit” in roller derby circles—is a professor at both the University of Oregon and the Santa Fe Institute. She’s a TED Fellow whose current goal is to help people visualize the invisible world of microorganisms to foster a world full of buildings that limit infectious disease and maximize energy.
D A vi D t erry
Director of S tr A tegic P l A nning A t w +K
David was born in Texas. He tells his three kids that he made a lot of bad decisions but that coming to Oregon, moving the family from Brooklyn and working for Wieden+Kennedy as the director of strategic planning kind of makes up for all the years of being a dumbass.
SAM ADAMS
Portland’s mayor since 2008, Sam has embraced collaboration and innovation as core tools to fuel economic development. He’s been the commissioner in charge of the city’s transportation, planning and sustainability, and police bureaus, as well as liaison to the Regional Arts & Culture Council. It will be uncharted territory for Sam when he leaves office in 2012 after over two decades of public service.
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A first-generation American, Aithan is a cubist artist who believes today’s act of “looking” involves simultaneously seeing and knowing all we are not seeing, because in looking we are able to be inside and outside, in history and the present. He believes it is important to understand why something is being made—specifically, what the urgency and necessity for its making are. Internationally recognized, exhibited and collected worldwide, Aithan challenges contemporaries across disciplines with the responsibility to engage—not to simply aim for making the interesting or the new but to be interested—as the essence of creativity and progress.
John wA ller & b en cA n A le S
No project is too daunting for John and Ben, also known as Uncage the Soul Productions, an innovative video production studio that explores the art of storytelling across photography, adventure films and documentaries. Their most recent work took them across the state of Oregon, traveling over 1,600 miles and packing 700-plus pounds of camera gear, to remote locations. The result, Finding Oregon, comprising over six months of time-lapse photography, has received critical acclaim. TEDxPortland has inspired an encore production.
As Mercy Corps’ global gender advisor, Sahar seeks ideas that can break down gender barriers around the world. She is a development professional and gender specialist with years of experience supporting programs in conflict and post-conflict settings.
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Bill was most recently the creative director at Simple, a financial start-up company aiming to reboot personal banking through design, technology and service. Previously he directed interaction design for products ranging from patient monitors to satellite radios to air conditioners. He loves tackling problems that seem mundane but are actually rich with complexity and can help people in their everyday lives.
Most Fridays and Saturdays downtown, the nationally recognized, uniquely Portland institution known as the “bucket drummer” performs at the corner of Southwest Fourth and Morrison. At the age of five, Thomas was inspired by the music of his grandfather’s church to begin a journey to redefine music using rhythm and five-gallon buckets.
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Philh A r M onic [P y P]
Founded in 1924, the Portland Youth Philharmonic is America’s oldest youth orchestra. Led by Conductor and Music Director David Hattner, and chosen by audition, PYP musicians range in age from 7 to 22 and represent 100 different schools. Members must commit to an intensive, professional orchestra grade level of rehearsals and performances. PYP programs serve 30,000 people annually.
Rose City Trombones is a group of passionate musicians dedicated to showcasing the majestic trombone. Our goal is to provide both concerts and educational outreach to unravel the mysteries of this shiny machine. Our members’ musical pedigrees include well-established music organizations across the Northwest, and music schools around the country. We are thrilled to partner with TEDxPortland to help add a little flare.
K A te D A vi S
Raised in West Linn, Oregon, and currently living in New York City, this gifted bassist and vocalist performs in a variety of styles and has produced three CDs in the last five years. Nationally recognized for her selection to the GRAMMY Jazz Ensemble, and by the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts, DownBeat Magazine and the Brubeck Jazz Colony, this trailblazing talent is on a mission to preserve the last century’s great American songs.
c h AP Art Show
In the TED spirit of ideas worth spreading and our 2012 Uncharted Territory theme, 21 artists were commissioned to create symbolic pieces of art to be auctioned off in the name of charity benefiting the Children’s Healing Art Project (CHAP). The exhibit debuted on March 20 at the 2012 TEDxPortland Launch Party at the University of Oregon’s White Stag Block and then was moved to the new One Grand Gallery* for a month before being here today. Every piece is up for sale today, to the highest bidder! Every penny from the auction will be matched by the NIKE Foundation to benefit CHAP. Let’s make it count!could easily fit in a second-floor gallery.
About c h AP
The Children’s Healing Art Project (CHAP) brings the healing power of art to children in crisis and their families through a mobile team of teaching artists working in partnership with hospitals, schools, community organizations and local businesses, creating programs through which children are known for their creativity and ingenuity and not by their disease, diagnosis or disability. CHAP has created art classes tailored to the needs of the children and families we serve in our partner facilities: Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center, Knight Cancer Institute and Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Arti S t S
The following artists/designers donated their time, treasure and talent:
Adam R Garcia
Jason Sturgill
Berto H Legendary
Joel Colley
Klutch
Upendo Taylor
Brad Simon
Eugene Serebrennikov
Christopher DeGaetano
Colin Strandberg
Ryan Bubnis
Tom O’Toole
Todd Lown
Mike Hyp
Jesse Brown
Aithan Shapira
Dan Gluibizzi
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Robb Harskamp
Gavin Davison
Ryan Caruthers
Sincere thanks to the curator of this experience, Nathan Tabor. His tireless effort brought this all together.
*Nathan Tabor and Jordan Chan-Mendez just opened up their new exhibit space called One Grand Gallery at the corner of 1000 E. Burnside. Have a look!
Forty-eight people volunteered to make this event happen.
Thank you.
Here’s to ideas worth spreading and to celebrating the Rose City and all its beauty.
Want to get involved? Sponsor?
Can you help improve the event for next year? Contact: volunteers@TEDxPortland.com
unch A rte D territory
In 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery across the continent, arriving in what is now Astoria, Oregon, in December 1805. Their remarkable journey into the unknown evokes the pioneering spirit of all Oregonians and is the inspirational platform for us to spread ideas in search of the new frontier.
“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Established in 2009, in the spirit of ”ideas worth spreading,” TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED.com videos, live speakers and performers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. Over 1,400 TEDx events occur annually around the world.
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TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a fourday conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED. com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, England. TED’s media initiatives include TED. com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
