After a two year hiatus, TEDxSFED has resurfaced as a salon series. Each salon will have one speaker who will address the need to support learners of all styles as well as an activity afterward to dive deeper into the idea that was just presented.

In a series of four salons over the next twelve months, TEDxSFED will focus on one theme – Validate All Learners.

This series is meant to explore the fact that the work being accomplished in many industries can translate into the world of education, and in turn ensure that all learners are validated and can thrive.

Our first salon, on February 21st, will feature Minnie Bredouw, who will explore the following – what it means to validate all learners

Speaker | Minnie Bredouw

Minnie is a Senior Designer at global design firm IDEO with a focus on ethnographic research, system design, and user experience (UX). Prior to IDEO, she worked at frog design, spending much of her time focusing on social innovation and education. Having gotten her career start designing interactive exhibitions and campaigns for a few smaller companies, she is always thinking about the experience of learning through good design and how to best facilitate user participation & engagement.

She has worked with a handful of organizations focused on the greater good such as The Girl Effect, UNICEF, Prototype Design Camps, and Youth in Focus, and her work has been recognized in Fast Company, Worldchanging, Microsoft Design Exposition, NPR and the Experience Music Project. Her most recent contribution was developing the Community Action Toolkit, an open source guide to Design Thinking. She believes every person has the power to be creative and is passionate about inspiring new ways of learning.

Schedule + Location

February 21, 2013
6-8pm @ A Temporary Offering (ATO)
1100 Market Street
San Francisco 94102
United States

6:00 – Doors Open
6:30 – Talk Begins
7:00 – Debrief Activity
8:00 – End of Event

Registration

Registration for the TEDxSFED salon will open at 9am on Thursday, January 31st. The cost of attendance will be $20 + Eventbrite fees. The fee covers attendance and light faire. In addition, there will be a cash bar. To register, please visit this link or pay below.

Happy New Year!

To lead up to the big TEDxSFED event in April, we are hosting 3 smaller events for local educators to network and share ideas about how education can be re-imagined in the Bay Area and beyond.

Our first one will be January 19th at Hub SoMa.  The goal of this event is to bring together like-minded educators  to network and share ideas, practices and successes in education.

We believe we are amid a real learning renaissance and there are many directions this could lead us. Indeed, it is a thrilling time for learning and education. We hope you’ll join us to explore some possibilities!

At the event we will officailly open up the application process for attending TEDxSFED.

In addtion, there will be a guest speaker and if you are interested in presenting at TEDxSFED on April 9th, we’ll also have time for a Q&A session to guide you through the application process.

First event: January 19^{th ::} Hub SoMa (SF) :: 6:30-8:00 pm

Snacks, wine and beer will be available. Space is limited. Tickets are $10 first come, first served.