Lara's Message for TEDx in Korea
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So, Lara. Is it going on? Ok.
So, can you first introduce yourself a little bit, about you and your TEDx team.
Sure, Im' Lara Stein, I run the TEDx program at TED, and you'll be meeting some of my team later.
So, I think it would be really cool if you can
personally introduce what TEDx is all about for Korean audience, what TEDx is all about..(yeah)
The vision of TEDx is that you can hold your own little mini TED-like event
But, what's really important is that you tap in to local voices within your community
that are doing interesting things with your community
and you amplify and highlight those voices
so you train people to speak..mainly
so you can train people to speak whose ideas may not never have been heard before
and you can amplify them by putting them on our TEDx channel
and eventually, hopefully on TED.com
TEDx phenomenon in Korea is pretty big now
and I think, you probably have a lot of expectation
what TEDx in Korea should look like or go towards
TEDx in Korea has grown incredibly quickly
it's very exciting for me and the rest of the team
I think, there are over 62 events that have happened in Korea
and what's really interesting to me is a lot of them are happening in university campuses
so it is still a very young, very dynamic, very enthusiastic audience
and I love the idea of that passion and enthusiasm carrying over to the the whole TEDx movement
and so when I think about TEDx in Korea,
I do really think about a lot of young people really
being able to express their ideas
and their ideas for both now and our future
and so I really would hope that you would use this platform
to look at your local communities and find those great ideas within your communities and help them to bubble up.
Obviously, a lot of the events need to be of smaller events
because in order to hold an event with more than a hundred people,
you do need have attended an official TED conference like Han
so, a lot of the event was smaller one
I never acquaint size with quality
there can be amazing quality event that's a much smaller event
and I'm really focused on this idea
of putting this small quality event that just highlights the best voices in your community
and really allowing the ideas in your community to bubble up
add a quality experience for
and the people are very important part
of the initiative going forward this year this year
is the idea of regional collaboration
so, finding ways to meet the people who have been to TED
and have regional workshops where you can learn how things are done at a TED conference
and what the underlying philosophy is
and the fabric of TED
what is important when you organize a TEDx event
and I think, the learning
the things that Victor and Han and some of the other TEDx organizers
that they have picked up over the last few days
if they can find a way to pass it on to you
I think we'll make the structure and the foundation of TEDx in Korea
into a very very important way.
So, any encouragement to Korean organizers?Final views, comments.
The community in Korea is a phenomenal community
I think out of anywhere in the world,
there is more energy in this community than I've seen anywhere else
and it's really a community that wants to realize the TED vision in the right kind of way.
So, as you move forward
please keep in mind
we here at TED, we're supporting you
we're willing to give you any feedback, if you have any questions
if you have any confusions about the rules and guidelines
my whole team is here to support you
and, we're thrilled that certain TEDx organizers had been able to be here with us at TED
it's been very exciting
and, they're gonna be mentors and ambassadors in your region
and they're trying to find a way to collaborate and do this together
and as importantly, for myself, the TED team, the regional community, the global community
do understand and share and learn from you
it's very important, you write stories about your event and find little interesting things
that have worked in your event, and little things that haven't worked at your event and share that with the global community.
and then, just tell general stories about what happened
great stories, inspirational stories about what happened at your TEDx event
I'm really looking forward to this year
and to see what you have achieved
Because it has been an amazing 2010
and I am sure 2011 is going to be equally amazing
so, let's try to find a way to really build it in the right way.
Thank you, Lara.