Indiana Public Media: What Goes ‘Round

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Posted April 23, 2014

“What Goes ‘Round”: TEDxBloomington at Buskirk-Chumley
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Fans of weekend radio on WFIU are likely familiar with TED talks: WFIU has been airing the “TED Radio Hour” Sunday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. for the past year. The TED conference began over 20 years ago in Silicon Valley, featuring speakers sharing their “Ideas Worth Spreading” in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design. It has since grown into an annual event covering a much broader array of 4- to 18-minute lectures on medicine, music, sustainability, art, and everything in between.

Over the past five years, TEDx events have been cropping up around the country. These “x” events are independent, locally-organized, and non-profit events that continue the spirit of the national TED conferences, with a distinctively local flavor.

The 2014 TEDxBloomington event, titled “What Goes ‘Round,” takes place this Saturday, April 26th at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. This marks the third such Bloomington-based TEDx event—following 2013’s “Jump In”and 2011’s “The Wisdom of Play”—which began as a way for a group of IU alums and TED enthusiasts to give back to their community.

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