Call for entries!
September 1–30, The City Library is accepting proposals for our TEDxMarmaladeLibrary series. We're looking for 10–15 minute Ted Talks based on the concepts of original ideas, challenges, passions, experiences, and inspirations.
Suggested themes include ”Love in the Digital Age", "The Big Reveal", or "Positive Disruption." Try to define one of these themes in your own terms, or feel free to come up with your own theme. Think of your idea, and how it has unleashed change and transformation to meet unmet needs. Think about how you make sense of change — what it means, how it affects policies and systems, and how it creates a better society. Try exploring new innovations and methods of understanding the human condition, the conscious and unconscious mind, or how to empower the marginalized, or simply improving yourself.
Instruction for Speaker
Your TED Talk should be 10–15 minutes in length. Long enough to say something significant, but short enough to hold everyone’s attention and to be easily watched as a recorded video. The TED format has proven that a carefully prepared talk of this length can have an astonishing impact.
TEDxMarmaladeLibrary will be following the TED speaker rules. For example, speakers are banned from “selling from the stage,” and there is strict enforcement of the clock. A benefit of speaking at TEDxMarmaladeLibrary is that your presentation will be made available online at the TEDxMarmaladeLibrary website, and possibly on TED.com, where some talks have attracted online audiences upwards of one million. TED Talks have been viewed more than 100 million times worldwide and this exposure has transformed the careers of many TED presenters and performers. TED has never paid speakers to appear but has always committed to creating an experience that’s tremendously fulfilling and beneficial on all sides. As a TEDx licensee, we plan to do the same. If you are unfamiliar with TED or the format of a TED Talk, we invite you to view some past TED and TEDx Talks at ted.com
Special Instructions:
If you would like to be part of TEDxMarmaladeLibrary, we ask you to send us the following to abasic@slcpl.org.
- A brief biography of yourself (no longer than one A4 page).
- Your updated CV.
- The main idea and a basic outline of your talk. This should be about a half-page in length.
- The expected time you think the talk will take (no more than 15 minutes).
- Links to any blogs, books, articles, videos, previous or current speaking engagements, or anything that will help the selection committee better understand who you are, your topic of interest and what you are all about.
Upon receipt of your proposal via email, we will shortlist candidates and the finalists will be informed by email and mobile. The shortlisted candidates will then be invited in for personal interviews with the speaker curation team. The speakers for TEDxMarmaladeLibrary will be announced publicly once finalized.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Please note that if your proposal is accepted as a TEDxMarmaladeLibrary speaker, you are expected to:
- Reply to emails in regards to your talk and other documentation as required within a reasonable time period.
- Attend rehearsals of your speech.
- Attend informal meetings with the curating team at confirmation and closer to the date of event.