TEDxIB@YorkSchool 2012 – "Taking on the World"

Dear Students, Teachers and IB Diploma Coordinators,

On November 14, 2012 The York School will host its third annual TEDxIB@YorkSchool and we want you to join us at this exceptional event!

This year’s theme is “Taking on the World.” Speakers will explore this theme from many different angles and we encourage you and your students to come and engage with their ideas, passions and stories throughout the day.

By registering you are signing up for an exceptional day of hearing fascinating speakers from all different fields give the greatest speeches of their lives. You will have the opportunity to talk with those speakers and with other audience members about their far-reaching ideas. And if you are an IB student you will have the opportunity to give a talk yourself!!!

TEDx attendees who are visitors to Toronto are also invited to continue the international experience with The York School the day after the event, November 15th.

This second day, called “Taking on Toronto”, will be a structured exploration of Toronto through video, photography, and audio. Groups of students will travel throughout the city, capturing perspectives of Toronto through their medium of choice, seeking to discover the diversity of our city.

There are seven ways to be involved:

1.    Bring up to 12 Diploma students to attend.

2.    Invite students to submit a 10-minute video of their own TED talk based on this year’s theme “Taking on the World.” If chosen, they will take the stage on November 14th.

3.    Apply to have a musical or other artistic group from your school perform during the day.

4.    Send us photos of your Diploma students’ artwork to put on display.

5.    NEW for 2012: Have students apply to take part in our “Art Battle” where students’ will have the opportunity to reflect on the day’s theme on canvas!

6.    Live stream the TEDxIB@YorkSchool conference for your entire school on November 14.

7.    Post the attached poster around your school. See attached PDF.

The most distinct part of this event is that we have invited IB Diploma students from all over the world to come take part. In past years, students have attended TEDxIB@YorkSchool from as far away as Shanghai, Slovakia, and Florida. Come embrace the ‘international’ in the International Baccalaureate, as students share ideas and experiences from diverse areas of the globe.

Registration is now open! http://tedxibyork.com/

For more information please contact TEDxIB@yorkschool.com

See you in November!

The TEDxIB @ YorkSchool Team

Click here to download a high rez version of our event poster 

TEDxIB@YorkSchool 2012 theme: Taking on the World

This year’s TEDxIB@YorkSchool is all about facing challenges, taking risks, overcoming obstacles and standing for what you believe in. Looking for a mountain to climb? Consider attending on November 14th and perhaps even giving your own TEDTalk. You will hear over 20 fascinating speakers – accomplished adults and articulate IB Diploma students – share how they have taken on their own part of the world. Combine this with amazing art and musical performances and you have the makings of an unforgettable day.

And after you have taken on a world of ideas, we invite you to join other IB Diploma students from around the world on the following day, November 15th, as we take on Toronto. In a unique race around the city, groups of students will challenge one another to discover and capture unique perspectives of this exciting city to share with the world.

What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxIB@YorkSchool, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxIB@YorkSchool event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. In past years, we have heard from explorers, inventors, political activists, movie makers, artists, scientists, and, yes, IB Diploma students. Take a look at our website: www.TEDxIB@YorkSchool.com.

The most distinct part of this event is that we have invited IB Diploma students from all over the world to come take part. In past years, students have attended TEDxIB@YorkSchool from as far away as Shanghai, Slovakia, and all over the U.S. Come embrace the ‘international’ in the International Baccalaureate, as students share ideas and experiences from diverse areas of the globe.

IB Students and Teachers,

On November 14th, The York School will hold its third annual TEDxIB@YorkSchool.  The good news is that you’re all invited!

Imagine a day of hearing some of the most fascinating speakers from all different fields give the greatest speeches of their lives. Imagine an opportunity to talk with those speakers and with other audience members about far-reaching ideas. And imagine giving a talk yourself!

TED began in Monterey, California in 1984 as a way of bringing together amazing speakers with amazing ideas. Millions of people throughout the world get to experience TED through TEDTalks, videos of the best original speeches given at the event archived on their website. But TED came up with another way of spreading ideas: TEDx.

What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxIB@YorkSchool, where x = independently organized TED event. At our event, TED Talks and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. In past years, we have heard from explorers, inventors, political activists, movie makers, artists, scientists, and, yes, IB Diploma students!! Take a look at our website: www.tedxibyork.com and watch some the talks from last year.

The most distinct part of this event is that we have invited IB Diploma students from all over the world to come take part. Students have attended TEDxIB@YorkSchool from as far away as Shanghai, Slovakia, and Florida. The really exciting part of it is that over ten IB students will be selected give their own TED Talks. You could be one of them!

So make sure that you are a part of this incredible event by encouraging your IB school to register at www.TEDxIBYork.com.

It is an event you don’t want to miss!

We hope to see you on November 14th,2012 !

The TEDxIB Team

The TEDxIB@York conference this year included a digital display of art works created by international students.  The event itself, which is modeled after the world-renowned TED conference, was founded two years ago by The York School.  The Visual Arts component highlighted the works of IB Diploma students, who were invited from around the world, to contribute digital reproduction of their art works. Students selected their strongest works, which ultimately conveyed the importance and power of visual images to symbolize universal concepts and ideas.   The art works, which were looped and projected continually during the entire duration of the TEDx@IBYork event, offer a vision of how important messages, inspired by young imaginations, can be shared through the creativity of visual design.

Thank you to all of you who came out to TEDxIB@York and made it another fantastic day of ideas worth sharing. By all accounts it was another successful TEDx. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did putting it on.

Great news! DJ Mattice will be spinning the tracks at our TEDxIBYork after party!

Check out his myspace page!

Check out today’s article in the Toronto Star about the new ban on the sale and consumption of shark fin. This is big news for Rob Stewart, one of our TEDxIBYork speakers this year! Photo take from Colin McConnell/TORONTO STAR