CAMEO at TED2010: TEDxNY (that's you!)

yo! short video on TED mainstage about the TEDx program. the video that rattled through the many faces of TEDx events all around the world in 90 seconds. but i saw you!!! you, my friends were there... because you are there. here. at TEDxNY week after week we get together and watch and talk.

i gave a talk about running TEDxNY the day before TED started, in the pre-conference programs where we get nitty-gritty-- TEDsters talking to TEDsters before we sit and get quiet to watch the amazing 40 speakers on the main stage. in a way, that's kinda like what we do at TEDxNY. we listen but we talk too.

my talk was called "Curating the Conversation" and in 3 min i had to break down what it is we do every week. we watch a TEDtalk and then we listen to each other. i am so happy to share the job with Don of wrangling strangers together to bring your wisdom out of hiding in your brains and into the world. your ideas. worth spreading.

i got to end my talk with this very simple thought. every week i am lucky to be in the room with you all and encourage an environment of respectful sharing of ideas. i love it dearly. but if i am a curator, you, my friends are the art, you make the art.

take a moment to stand back and look at yourselves. i do. it's a beautiful view. and you are the idea worth spreading, TEDxNY is the best idea i could bring to TED2010.

grateful, humbled,

(sappy) chel