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The 16 speakers for TEDxAuckland have been announced this week. Here they are with twitter links where I could find them – feel free to adapt and share with friends. The event is on Sunday 26th of September.

1. Cindy Gallop – The world is coming to TEDxAuckland with Cindy Gallop @cindygallop1 founder & CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld.com, a radically simple web platform designed to help change the world
2. Tim Gregory@gregorytim making a difference at TEDxAuckland tim gregory create a self-sustaining movement for community based programs, social and environmental initiatives in Waitakere…
3. Stephen Knightly: we are pleased to have a real game changer speaking at TEDxAuckland @sknightly will talk about gaming
4. Dr Divya Dhar @divyadhar will share her ideas at TEDxAuckland @P3Foundation
5. Ken Ring: Can we predict what Ken Ring will talk about at TEDxAuckland? @kenringweather
6. Julie Bartlett A true star is joining us at TEDxAuckland this year @starjam Standing Ovations Disabled Kids Changing Lives www.starjam.org
7. Renee Liang – 3 Minute You will need to be prepared for Renee at TEDxAuckland poet, playwright and fiction writer.
8. Richard Loseby author – has found his way to TEDxAuckland and has a fascinating story to share Looking for the Afghan http://ow.ly/2Ah56 (Note: Loseby book not as good as Shantaram but pretty close.)
9. Dr Privahini Bradoo With great thanks to Air New Zealand we are so pleased to welcome Dr Privahini Bradoo in helping us bridge the gap. Spark and Chiasma, building links between academics & the local biotech industry.
10. Jonathan Milne of Learning ConnexionNZ’ biggest tertiary art school
11. Richard Webb We have a feeling that TEDxAuckland is going to be disrupted by Richard Webb @richardalexwebb
12. Plum Jungle  @PlumJungle Award winning film makers rock on up to TEDxAuckland.
13. Kate Smith  Hooray! We will be eating big fish at TEDxAuckland. @katesmithnz see also @eatbigfish
14. Team One Beep Can you imagine our excitement of having One Beep come to TEDxAuckland. They wono 3rd place Image Cup from 325,000 students from over 100 countries entered the competition http://ow.ly/2AiUL
15. Justin Scott @justINvitallink – 3 Minutes It is real treat, a gift even, to have Justin join us at TEDxAuckland
16. Richard Hollingum – 3 Minute The Director of Doing does the doing at TEDxChange

This clip below is Richard Hollingnum speaking with Glenn Williams of @radiowammo a couple of days ago about the background to the event and speakers.

I’m very pleased that we featured Richard Hollingnum at the recent WordCampNZ event in Auckland.

We also spotted Justin Scott of Vital Link and very pleased to see him with a spot onstage after he shared the Vital Link project at WordCampNZ. An awesome event. Will I see you there ? Tickets link is here.

One of the best parts of my work is getting up close on some really cool projects like TEDXAuckland.

Anyone who has met me has probably been offered 30 or 40 TED videos on a DVD I just happen to have with me.

(Sorry but those videos are better than 90% of the MBA’s around.)  At TEDxSydney one of the highlights was a series of drawings called graphic notes by Gavin Blake.

As I am a big fan of mindmaps these are the absolute business so persoanlly looking forward to this part of the programme.

“Here’s a treat. You may have noticed an illustrator set up with a white board in the foyer at CarriageWorks. His name was Gavin Blake aka Fever Picture and we retained him for the TEDxSydney 2010 Forum as someone to visually document each speaker presentation. Here’s what he came up with … each done in real time during the talk”

Best news is that Gavin will doing his wonderful drawings at TEDxAuckland on Sept 26th.

Gavin Blake is a Visual Communicator.

“At TEDxAuckland he is operating as a Graphic Recorder. He has recently partnered with TEDx in Sydney in May and will be at TEDx Canberra in October. In 2011 he has his sights on every major city TEDx in Australia and New Zealand.

Dubbed Graphic Notes, his drawings enable participants to remember the whole experience as a series of images. His drawings will be available for viewing during breaks on the day. He is delighted to be back in New Zealand doing what he loves. Watch it unfold on the day. This is really cool work.”

At last years TEDxAkl event one of the best presentations was by Scott Gilmour of “ihaveadream”

I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out with Scott before and so when the programme opened at Wesley I took my daughter along for a look. She goes to a decile 10 school not that far away from Wesley but a world away in terms of opportunity and outcomes.

That is – unless some of us help out to change the odds. I have a dream aims to inspire the whole school and related community by helping a whole class.

“Each local “I Have a Dream”® project adopts one entire year level from the founding Primary School. They work with this group of children (“the Dreamers”) and their families year-round from their primary school years through university. Each project has its own unique Project Sponsor(s), its own full time Project Co-ordinator, and its own group of dedicated and committed volunteers.”

“In 2003, the first “I Have a Dream”® project outside of the USA started up at Wesley Primary School in Mt Roskill, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.”

Scott presented at #tedxakl ’09 last year – here is the video of that presentation.

I’m helping out on TEDxAkl “ideas worth spreading” 2010 this year. You can get your TEDxAkl tickets over here. No essay required this year.