TEDx UVA

Club Description

Hey TedHeads, thank you for your interest in TEDx at UVA! 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. These events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. TEDx at UVA put on its first event in April 2012 and has hosted a conference every year since. Our conference includes students, professors, and outside professionals as speakers. Members of TEDx do not speak at our events, we are in different teams that work towards organizing our conference. Below are descriptions of each committee:Speakers: Members of the Speakers Committee recruit, organize, and oversee all speakers of our TEDx conferences. In the Fall, the Speakers Committee will mentor student speakers; this involves editing TED talks (strong writing skills necessary), writing and responding to emails efficiently, and providing advice to student speakers in a one-on-one mentoring setting. In the spring, members of Speakers are responsible for recruiting TEDx speakers and mentoring them in writing their TED talks. Members of the committee must be comfortable communicating in a professional and prompt manner and will be working in a very small group setting.Sponsorship: The Sponsorship Committee handles the sourcing and using of the organization's funds. As a member of the Sponsorship Team, you will be involved in developing and managing the club's budget, applying for grants and managing relationships with corporate partners, and creating ways to find and use funds strategically. The role is perfect for someone with an interest in finance and gives you a very unique view of the club's operation and management.Outreach: The job of this committee would broadly be to engage with the University community in ways other than Student Speaker Conference and the Main Conference. This would entail the continued publication of a newsletter for the TEDx community as well as collaborations with other groups on grounds to promote ideas worth spreading. The exciting thing about this committee is that it acts nearly independently and requires creativity, allowing the members to have a huge amount of latitude in the direction of the committee.Graphics and Marketing:The role of the Graphics committee is to facilitate communication between the organization and the University community. Members of this committee will be responsible for managing social media accounts, our website, and our on-Ground presence through flyering, chalking, and creating outreach videos. In addition, committee members will be creating graphics through various software programs, developing ideas, and producing various marketing campaigns to be implemented on-Grounds for TEDx sponsored events.Logistics: The logistics committee is concerned with the behind the scenes of the two conferences. Being on this committee involves creating the decorations, designing the stage, and organizing venues. Logistics members need to have a strong sense of design, communication, and organizational skills in order to make the conferences run smoothly. Please visit our website to learn more about TEDxUVA and to glimpse our past events and speakers: https://www.tedxuva.org/