With TEDxMileHigh just around the corner, we’re getting more excited by the minute for inspiring women, game changing ideas, and engaging conversation about community impact and involved citizenship. We know it’s going to be a great experience for everyone involved! Want to feel even more connected? We’ve put together a list of Twitter handles, TED Talks, and articles about our speakers and team members and what they are about which will be sure to get you even more excited for the event.
For starters, be sure to use the hashtag #TEDxMileHigh and follow @TEDxMileHigh during the event to create a dialogue of conversation around the talks, exhibits, and the experience. If you use Twitter, use that tag!
Connect with our partners:
Car2Go: @car2go
The Denver Foundation: @TDFcommunity
Entropy Workshop: Website
Fast Lane Productions: Facebook
Gaetano’s: @LadyGaetano
Happy Llama Printing: Website
Luna Bar: @LUNAbar
Runa Tea: @DrinkRuna
Slice of Lime: @sliceoflime
Wynkoop Brewing Company: @Wynkoop
Connect with the speakers:
Esmé Patterson—Songwriter
- Twitter Handle: @EsmePatterson and @PaperBirdBand
- Organization: Paper Bird
- Suggested Reading: The 5280 Interview: Paper Bird’s Esme Patterson
- Relevant TED Talk: Abigail Washburn’s Building US-China Relations by Banjo
Sara Volz—Student Scientist
- Twitter Handle: @MIT and @MITBiology
- Organization: MIT
- Suggested Reading: Sara Volz, 17-Year-Old, Makes Groundbreaking Algae Biofuel Lab In Her Bedroom And Wins $100,000 Scholarship (VIDEO)
- Relevant TED Talk: Jonathan Trent’s Energy From Floating Algae Pods
Ashlynn Damers—Slam Poet
- Twitter Handle: @MD_Poetry
- Organization: Minor Disturbance
- Suggested Reading: Denver’s Minor Disturbance Youth Slam Poetry Team Takes the Nation Again at Brave New Voices
- Relevant TED Talk: Bobby LeFebre’s Social Worker
Katherine Giuffre—Creative Maven
- Twitter Handle: @ColoradoCollege
- Organization: Colorado College
- Suggested Reading: About Katherine Giuffre
- Relevant TED Talk: Sir Ken Robinson’s Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Julia Hutchins—Insurance Maverick
- Twitter Handle: @hutchins_julia and @COHealthOP
- Organization: Colorado HealthOP
- Suggested Reading: Hutchins New Colorado Health Insurance CO-OP CEO
- Relevant TED Talk: Eric Dishman’s Health Care Should Be a Team Sport
Pam Sandlian Smith—Disruptive Librarian
- Twitter Handle: @ilovemyanythink
- Organization: Anythink Libraries
- Suggested Reading: Architects of Dreams: Anythink’s Pam Sandlian Smith on the Power of Children’s Librarians
- Relevant TED Talk: Jay Walker’s My Library of Human Imagination
Teresa Taylor—Work/Life Integrator
- Twitter Handle: @taylorteres
- Organization: Blue Valley Advisors, LLC.
- Suggested Reading: About the Author
- Relevant TED Talk: Nigel Marsh’s How to Make Work-Life Balance Work
Bara’h Odeh—Impact Entrepreneur
- Twitter Handle: @Barahodeh
- Organization: Watson University
- Suggested Reading: About Bara’h Odeh
- Relevant TED Talk: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s Women Entrepreneurs, Example not Exception
Holly Wyatt—Obesity Physician
- Twitter Handle: @DrHollyWyatt, @StateofSlim, @AnschutzWell, and @CUAnschutz
- Organization: Anschutz Health and Wellness Center at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus
- Suggested Reading: About Dr. Holly Wyatt
- Relevant TED Talk: Peter Attia’s What if We’re Wrong About Diabetes?
Lynn Gangone—Emcee
- Twitter Handle: @LynnMGangone and @DUWomensCollege
- Organization: Colorado Women’s College at the University of Denver
- Suggested Reading: About Lynn Gangone
- Relevant TED Talk: Lynn Gangone’s Embodying Inclusive Action
The Watergirls—Music from Lyons
- Suggested Reading: Watergirls to Play TEDxMileHigh
- Relevant TED Talk: David Holt’s The Joyful Tradition of Mountain Music
Connect with the leadership team:
Chris Anthony–Video Production: LinkedIn
Jason Dilg–Producer: @jasdilg and LinkedIn
Jeremy Duhon–Founder + Curator: @JeremyDuhon and LinkedIn
Samuel Faktorow–Fellow: @thesamfaks and LinkedIn
Chrissy Greco–Adventures + Partnerships: @chrissygreco and LinkedIn
Nikki Martin–PR + Marketing: @NikkiMartinPR and LinkedIn
Brian Payer–Sustainability: LinkedIn
Katie Payer–Partnerships: @KatiePayer and LinkedIn
Brandon Rattiner–Adventures: @brattiner and LinkedIn
Nancy Schoemann–Logistics: LinkedIn
Ashley Tilman–Youth Programs: LinkedIn
Micah Williams–Marketing: @micahtwilliams and LinkedIn
Connect with the advisory board:
Rebecca Arno: @rarno and LinkedIn
Natalie Baumgartner: @ask_dr_nat and LinkedIn
Libby Birky: @samecafe
Lisa Gedgaudas: LinkedIn
Genia Larson: @genialarson and LinkedIn
Nikki Martin: @NikkiMartinPR and LinkedIn
Katie Payer: @KatiePayer and LinkedIn
