Fwd: TEDxRutgers Presentation Breakdown

[Cathy Guo]

Dear All,

 

Good news - I got Rebecca Kantar's interest and attention for our 2013 TEDxRutgers conferene. She is a great public speaker! I have her as a panelist in this year's UN Youth Assembly at the United Nations Headquarter in NYC. I will follow her up with a conference call this afternoon or tomorrow morning. If anyone is interested in joining our discussion and conversation, please shoot me an email at guoq...@gmail.com.

 

Additionally, please allow me to introduce myself to the team. My name is Cathy Guo and I just graduated from Rutgers with a double major in Communication and Economics. I am currently working full time at an economic research firm named Stone & McCarthy Research Associates in Princeton. I have always been passionate about TED talks and organizing Rutgers events throughout my college years. I am very glad to be of help to the team this year. I normally get off work at 4:30pm, so I can always help with the interview process after 7:00pm starting from next Monday.

 

I am also working on bringing Commissioner Jeanne Fox, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, and other 3 outstanding speakers to the event. I will keep you guys updated on those matters.

 

It's a pleasure working with everyone of you and thank you all for the leading efforts to TEDxRutegrs! Let's work together on bringing the best speakers to this year's conference.

Sincerely,
Cathy

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Qi (Cathy) Guo | LinkedIn

Rutgers University - Jan/13
Communication & Economics

C: +1 (830) 931-7088

E: guoq...@gmail.com

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From: Rebecca Kantar <Rebecca...@gobrightco.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: TEDxRutgers Presentation Breakdown
To: Cathy Guo <guoq...@gmail.com>

Hello Cathy,

I would be glad to speak at TEDxRutgers. Please let me know if you'd like to have a call to discuss the content of my talk.  I have spoken at TEDx events before.

Thanks,

Rebecca

Rebecca Kantar

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BrightCo

c: 617.584.1305

Rebecca...@gobrightco.com

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On Mar 21, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Cathy Guo <guoq...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Ms. Rebecca Kantar,

We would be delighted to discuss with you the possibility of having you join our speaker lineup for our fourth annual TEDxRutgers conference. TEDxRutgers will be held at Rutgers University’s Cook Campus Center on April 14^th, 2013, running from 11:00am to 4:00pm. The theme of our TEDx event is “Road to Action”. Our audience will consist of more than 400 members of the Rutgers community, including students, faculty, and professionals.

Your TEDx presentation should last just 18 minutes: long enough to say something of significance, but short enough to hold everyone's attention and to be easily watched over the Internet. While 18 minutes may be shorter than you're used to, this TED format has proven a carefully prepared talk of this length can have astonishing impact.

An additional benefit of speaking at TEDx is that your presentation will be made available online following the conference at www.tedxrutgers.com website, and possibly on www.ted.com, where some talks have been attracting audiences in the hundreds of thousands or even millions. All talks will be recorded at TV production quality. If you're unfamiliar with TED, here are a few talks worth checking out:

 

Tony Robbins asks Why we do what we do (2006)

Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action (2010)

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen (2006)

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing your creative genius (2009)

The list proves one of the compelling ideas behind TEDTalks: that an unknown speaker with a powerful idea can reach —and move — a global audience. This exposure has transformed the careers of many TED presenters and performers, either by introducing them to larger audiences or recasting them in a new and thoughtful light. As a TED offshoot, TEDx events will be following many of the TED speaker rules. Speakers are banned from "selling from the stage," and there is strict enforcement of the clock. If you accept our invitation, we will offer further suggestions on how to tailor the perfect talk for our audience.

TED is owned by a not-for-profit foundation whose mission is simply to spread good ideas to the world. TED has never paid speakers to appear, but has always committed to creating an experience that's tremendously fulfilling and beneficial on all sides, and as a TEDx event we plan to do the same.

We very much hope you will consider speaking and being part of 2013 TEDxRutgers.

Sincerely yours,

Cathy Guo

Event Organizer

TEDxRutgers 2013

Appendix - FAQ:

1. Purpose of TEDxRutgers - Central mission, Goals, etc

TED's mission: "ideas worth spreading”. The goal of TEDx is to inspire a passion for spreading ideas in local communities from within. TEDxRutgers has been quite successful in shedding light on various aspects of life, ranging from technology, design, and entertainment to education and social issues.

2. What is the goal of this particular TEDxRutgers 2013?

This year, our mission is to focus on "Road to Action" meaning what paths/processes speakers took to get to where they are. In other words, they walk us through their experience and end their talk with the success they've accomplished or changes they brought to the world. Although TEDxRutgers has a theme, we will have speakers cover broad varieties of disciplines, specialties and branches of knowledge.

3. What memorable speakers/topics have you had at TEDxRutgers?

Speakers:

Edward Tenner (Author, Spoke at Original TED Conference)

Chris Kazi (Hip Hop Artist)

Jullien Gordon (The Motivational Speaking Guru)

Topics:

Connecting the Unconnected

Beyond What We Are

Igniting a Global Enlightenment

4. What is the average turnout for a TedXRutgers event?

Last year, we had close to 350 -400 people.

We are on track to have 400-450 people this year.

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Qi (Cathy) Guo | LinkedIn
Rutgers University - Jan/2013

BA. Communication & Economics

C: +1 (830) 931-7088

E: guoq...@gmail.com

[Taha Najam]

Excellent! Let's talk tonight.

[Sohaib Iqbal]

Thanks Cathy! Great news. 

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