TEDx: Orange Coast 2013 - Segerstrom Center for the Arts is this Septemeber 20 & 21, 2013

TEDX Beautiful Minds is coming to Southern California. You must come and hear first hand how to create a beautiful mind. I can't wait to see and learn about how the mind works. READ ON.....

Events Details

Start Date: September 20, 2013
End Date: September 21, 2013
Location: Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Address: 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA

Segerstrom Center for the Arts on September 20 & 21, 2013

What is TEDx? The words stand for Technology, Entertainment Design. For me TEDx is a conference that opens your mind and brightens it. Short speeches given by thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives. Each presenter makes you feel like this world is beautiful and adventurous. Every speaker is so different then the last that you forget about time. Last year I attended the conference and found out that I totally love it. One of the speeches I heard was of Nigel Nisbet , he opened my mind to think of math in a different way. He made me see a chocolate bar as a math tool. I found so much value in his speech and from all the others who are changing our world through their work. Beautiful Minds will be this years theme at the TEDx Orange Coast conference. I am looking forward to learning so much from Technology, Entertainment and Design. I hope all of you get a chance to attend at least once a TEDx conference. I leave you with a video from last year to inspire you.

The tickets for this great event are on sale now at the Segerstrom Center.

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. I will be attending one day as a guest. All thoughts and opinions are all my own. Posting video with permission.

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