PO Box 1852 Oshkosh WI 54903-1852

November 16, 2024

News & Updates

Live Online Auditions for 2021 Speakers Being Scheduled

Seeking Speakers

Arrows pointing to light bulbWe are scheduling live auditions for speaker candidates for TEDxOshksh 2021. We are making 25 4-minute audition slots available for people to make a live pitch of their idea. All auditions will be online via Zoom.

Note: Live auditions are limited to Wisconsin residents.

When: Thurs., Apr. 8
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: Online. Registrants will receive access information prior to audition.

Audition Candidates - Pre-Registration REQUIRED

Because we have only 25 audition slots, pre-registration is required. First-come-first-served. 

Unable to Make Our Live Audition "Pitch Night?"

You are welcome to submit your application to speak via our online talk proposal form.

TEDxOshkosh Returns in 2021!

After a hiatus necessarily imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the TEDxOshkosh team is thrilled to announce that TEDxOshkosh will return live to the historic stage of The Grand Oshkosh on Saturday, November 20, 2021.

After such a long hiatus of social gatherings, the TEDxOshkosh team thinks our re-emergence in late fall of 2021 will be one of the things that help our community to return to a sense of normalcy. Working jointly with the staff of our venue, The Grand Oshkosh, and with insight from local health officials, we will put on TEDxOshkosh following recommended safety practices suited to the time of the event in late November.

Mark your calendar to attend, and watch this Web site and our social media to keep up with the details of our post-pandemic return.

TEDxOshkosh 2020 Cancelled – Returning in the Fall of 2021

The TEDxOshkosh team has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the October 3, 2020 event, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Planning is already underway to return – for the fifth year – in the fall of 2021.

With the health and safety of the audience, speakers, facility employees, and TEDxOshkosh team always in the forefront, multiple options for putting on TEDxOshkosh 2020 were considered. Given the nature of the close indoor confines of the performing facility -- in both audience and speaker spaces -- the team determined that a live performance should not be held before an audience.

An online live-stream was also considered, but vetoed because it would eliminate one of the most important features of TEDxOshkosh – the opportunities, during the course of the event, for interactive group discussions about the talks, and the ideas those discussions generate. In the end, once the live or live-stream options were eliminated, no practical options remained, and the team made the decision to wait a year before coming back full-force, and with the pandemic behind us.

 Although disappointed at not being able to continue the event in 2020, the TEDxOshkosh team remains as committed as ever, and will return for another great year in 2021.

TED Videos Shown at TEDxOshkosh 2019

There have been a number of requests for titles and links to the TED.com videos shown at TEDxOshkosh 2019. Ask, and ye shall receive!