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November 16, 2024

News & Updates

Announcing TEDxOshkosh 2023!

TEDxOshkosh Returns for a 7th Year Sat., Nov. 4, 2023

Mark your calendar! Tell friends!

We've just received our 2023 license from TED (did you know that every TEDx event worldwide must apply for a license each year?), and we're excited to return to the historic stage at The Grand Oshkosh with another diverse collection of speakers and their Ideas Worth Spreading.

If you've attended before, you know what it'll be like. If you've not yet attended, we encourage you to watch some (or all!) of the 84 talks of the previous years' speakers. Either way, we're confident you'll want to join us for another great day for your brain to play.

Photos from TEDxOshkosh 2022 Now Online

Doorway to Possible

We're happy to share that photos of all 2022 speakers and other activities at November 19th's TEDxOshkosh are now online. Take a moment to remember the day, or learn about it if you couldn't be there.

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Prior Years' Photos

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Another Batch of Speaker Announcements for 2022

Here are Three More to Whet Your Appetite

Tom McInnis - Between-the-Lines: Parking, Parking Lots, and Human Behavior

Using and designing parking lots is not nearly as straight-forward as we might think, yet it’s something most of us take for granted nearly every day. This talk, by a multi-decade observer of the parking lot dance, will delve into human behavior expressed through parking an automobile, and examine the subtleties that go into the design of parking lots to accommodate not only vehicles, but the interesting ways people use them. Learn more...

Benjamin Weston - Guns, Drugs, and Strokes: Equity in the Ambulance

This talk, by an emergency physician who is the Chief Health Policy Advisor for Milwaukee County, explores how a focus on equity is measurably improving community health. Learn more...

Andrew Campbell - Navigating Toxic Organizational Environments: Healing Through Forgiveness

This talk introduces forgiveness and reconciliation as a key strength in working with others; a shift in how to navigate difficult organizational environments. Learn more...

There's more to come! Keep your eye here, or on our social media (we're TEDxOshkosh everywhere).

More 2022 Speaker Announcements

Three More Speakers Announced

Here's another batch of great people and interesting content.

TJ Hobbs - Community Fridges: An Accessible and Scalable Form of Mutual Aid

This talk explores the nature of mutual aid in a community, manifested via the concept of "community fridges" - working outside of governmental systems to provide both food and hygiene supplies without limitation or paperwork.

Scott Sopata - Support-and-Comfort: A New Form of K9 Policing

What do we think about when contemplating working police dogs? A drug or bomb sniffing K9 officer? A dog trained to apprehend dangerous suspects? Newly-added to those well-known canine policing specialties, is the K9 officer who is a therapy dog

Monica Anderson - What Dentistry Teaches us About Curbing Racism

The speaker, a licensed dentist of 33 years and a Black female, has experienced many forms of discrimination and diagnosed thousands of diseased teeth. Tooth decay is a disease that is preventable through early education before bad habits develop Likewise, racism should be seen not as an attitude, but as a disease that can, and should be addressed at an early age.