Introduction
10:00AM
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.
The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED.
Our theme for this year is counterintuitive ideas. Our speakers are covering a host of seemingly unreasonable ideas to help challenge your thinking. Counterintuitiveness is a proposition that does not seem likely to be true when assessed using intuition, common sense, or gut feelings.Scientifically discovered, objective truths are often called counterintuitive when intuition, emotions, and other cognitive processes outside of deductive rationality interpret them to be wrong. TEDx Pershing Square will take place Saturday, September 9th at 10AM PT at Art Share in Downtown Los Angeles.
VOLUNTEER
Theme
SPEAKERS
Lisa Pegram
Negotiating Like a Woman
Patricia Grabarek Ph.D.
Are Millenials Ruining the Workplace?
Matthew E. May
Games our Brains Play
Jeffrey Chen M.D.
Cannabis: Panacea, Placebo, or Poison
Tara-Nicholle Nelson
The Practice of Personal Disruption
Tom Earl
Conflict is Good for You and Your Relationships
Stephanie Lampkin
Mediocrity of Excellence
Alexandra Barrie
Healing and Liberation: Five Lessons From Israeli Medical Clowns
Marianne Lefever
Will We Have the Courage to Innovate?
Earnest Sweat IV
TBD
Kiel Berry
Designing A Bridge To The Future
Reuben D'Silva
Why We Should Mix Religion and Government
HOW TO GET THERE?
By Train:
Gold Line to Little Tokyo
Take exit Little Tokyo / Arts District Station - 1st & Alameda Entrance
Head south on Alameda St toward E 1st St
Dash Downtown A
to 4th & Hewitt
Antelope Valley Line to Union Station
Walk .9 mile
By Car:
From the 101
Use the right lane to keep right at the fork, stay on US-101 S and follow signs for CA-60 E/Interstate 5 S, take exit 1B for 4th St
From the 5
Merge onto CA-2 S/Glendale Fwy, Use the right 2 lanes to take the I-5 exit toward Los Angeles, Keep left, follow signs for Los Angeles/Interstate 5 S and merge onto I-5 S, Take exit 135A for Fourth St
From 110
Head west on E Holly St toward Marengo Ave,
Turn left onto N Arroyo Pkwy, Continue onto CA-110, Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 26B to merge onto I-5 S toward Santa Ana,
Take exit 135A for Fourth St, turn right onto E 4th St
Free Parking Available in the lot across the street and Street Parking