TEDxOakParkWomen Announces Speakers

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TEDxOakParkWomen Announces Speakers for Annual Lecture Series October 27; Limited Event Partnerships Still Available
OAK PARK, IL. (August 5, 2016) – TEDxOakParkWomen, an annual lecture series that brings together forward-thinking and innovative people from the community to discuss important topics and new ideas worth spreading, will be held October 27, 2016, at the Nineteenth Century Club.  The featured speakers, who will give live TED Talks have just been revealed as Amy Faith Ho, Sitinee Sheffert and Margaret Combs, Alyssa Coughlin, Ruben Ocampo, Elizabeth Fisher, and Joanna Horsnail.
“When I heard about TedxOakParkWomen, I was very interested in such an exciting platform to exchange ideas in our community, and I couldn't stop thinking about it,” says Speaker Joanna Horsnail, a River Forest resident. “I had just experienced a life-changing event with my son and it clicked that I would love to share my story in this forum. I am looking forward to sharing and learning from the other dynamic local speakers and attendees.”
This year’s competitive submissions doubled last year’s entry total, and included Talk ideas from scientists, doctors, students, writers, community activists, social workers, lawyers and journalists. After careful review, the TEDxOakParkWomen organizing team selected Talks that reflect the national TEDWomen theme, It’s About Time, a highly requested and relevant topic to people everywhere.
“It was an amazing and arduous process to select this year’s Speakers,” says Tania Haigh, TEDxOakParkWomen’s Official Organizer and Curator. “We were thrilled by the volume and quality of the Talk ideas that were submitted. “Our event continues to validate just how many highly talented and qualified men and women there are in Chicagoland. As such, we were strategic in our Talk selections to ensure there will be a range of topics delivered by a diverse set of speakers.”
Now the organizing team is focused on continuing with its fundraising efforts for the independently organized event. As a grassroots, not-for-profit event with no funding provided from TED, the TEDxOakParkWomen team is connecting with the community to cover the costs of the event production. Though many commitments have already been made, there’s still opportunity for you to be involved as a corporate or individual Partner. Tickets go on sale September 1, 2016. For more information about TEDxOakParkWomen, visit TEDxOakParkWomen.com. You can also join the conversation on Twitter by following @TEDxOakParkWom or at facebook.com/tedxoakparkwomen.
 
About TEDxOakParkWomen
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. TEDxWomen events are organized around the official TEDWomen conference each year. TEDWomen is a three-day conference about the power of women and girls to be creators and change-makers. The program of speakers, workshops, events — and daring discussions — has sparked some of TED's most iconic moments yet. At the TEDx Oak Park Women event, live local speakers and streaming TED Talks from TEDWomen will combine to spark discussion. Learn more by visiting TEDxOakParkWomen.com.
 
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less) delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available free on 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.
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; and of course, TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world.
See more at TED.com and follow TED on Twitter at @TEDTalks, on Facebook at facebook.com/TED and Instagram at @TED.
 
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