Ideas that change everything
Join us Sunday 27 October at the Tea Rooms at the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens for an art workshop with Julie Lovett, an Irish artist from Castlemaine in Kerry Country, Ireland, here in Australia for TEDxCastlemaine.
Recreating Home through drawing
The aim of the workshop is to bring people together to share ideas and observations through drawing. I hope to delve into conversations around how we navigate around shared rural communal spaces and what home feels and looks like. By providing images of my home village of Castlemaine in Ireland, I hope to engage in an exchange of recreations of the village through drawing. I hope for our time together of drawing to be a relaxed yet creative 90 minutes of conversation and possibility. Through drawing, I hope to explore ideas of traditional and nuanced art practice.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of discovering and spreading ideas, 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.
About TED
TED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to discovering, debating and spreading ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding and drive meaningful change. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world. Each year, thousands of independently run TEDx events bring people together to share ideas and bridge divides in communities on every continent. Through the Audacious Project, TED has helped catalyze more than $3 billion in funding for projects that seek to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and just. In 2020, TED launched Countdown, an initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and mobilize a movement for a net-zero future, and in 2023 TED launched TED Democracy to spark a new kind of conversation focused on realistic pathways towards a more vibrant and equitable future. View a full list of TED’s many programs and initiatives.
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TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR SPEAKERS
All speakers agree to the following terms and conditions:
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Speakers agree to abide by the rules of speaking at a TEDx event (click to read).
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There is no payment for TEDx event organisers or speakers, it is a not-for-profit event, and any income or support from sponsorship or tickets sales go directly towards all expenses for the event
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The broad theme of our TEDxCastlemaine event in October is "Ideas that change everything". The theme should inspire each talk but not be the focus of the talk. TEDx talks are about unique ideas for the world inspired by the theme.
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Each TEDx talk must be a minimum of 5 minutes and a maximum of 8 minutes (please time the talk and work within this timeframe).
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There is no panel or Q&A after each talk. Once speakers have finished, there will be a 2 minute change-over break and speakers are invited to sit and watch the other talks at the event.
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Each TEDx talk should communicate a clear, focused idea the local audience will be interested in; as well as a very specific idea, theory or proposition speakers believe will change our world for the better (each talk must include a call to action, something for the audience and viewers to do as a result of hearing and seeing each talk).
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All speakers undertake a selection process and are selected based on the potential interest of the talk to a local and global audience and the diversity of the final list of talks (we want a range of diverse topics).
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No sponsor or organiser of the event can also be a speaker; no talks can be ‘bad science’ (must be researched and fact-checked), nor promote a business, product, sponsor or organisation.
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No talks can be inflammatory with a political or religious agenda, nor polarizing (“us vs them” language).
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We seek to build consensus and provide outside-the-box thinking, not to revisit familiar, unresolvable disputes on these topics.
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If selected, you must arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the event commencing to ensure you are present, ready and available to participate
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TEDxCastlemaine is a licensed TED event and talks will be published on the TEDx YouTube Channel
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Speakers will not enter into any discussion regarding edits or publication of the talks to the TEDx platform.
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Any dispute regarding the finished, published talk will be determined through discussion and agreement with speakers before a final decision is made by the license holder in agreement with TEDx.