<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">A message from the hosts of TEDxHuntsville:</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">TEDxHuntsville, themed "Perspectives on Innovation," takes place on Sunday, Nov. 7th at The Jackson Center on the campus of HudsonAlpha Institure for Biotechnology. TEDxHuntsville is a derivative of the parent brand, <a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">TED</a> - Technology, Entertainment, Design - "ideas worth spreading." TED is basically an organization of world changers who get together in Long Beach each year to spread and grow ideas. They've opened up the brand (hence the TEDx), and vois la, TEDx events are popping up around the globe. Dubai, London, New York, LA, Syndey, Beijing...Huntsville Alabama. Check out <a href="http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com/member_news/092910_tedx_hsv.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">this article</a> about the event that went out in The Chamber of Commerce newsletter, and <a href="http://mobile.al.com/advhunts/pm_29185/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=7BCF5CD5C554E3D3BABECE96511291AE?contentguid=HW89LD5y" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">this article</a> from the front page of the The Huntsville Times Business Section. </span></div>
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</span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div>You will find a complete list of presenters <a href="http://tedxhuntsville.com/speakers.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">here</a>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Presentation taglines: </div><div><br></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">UAH Faculty Jazz Band: The evolution of Jazz</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Sean Gourley: A market for insurgency<div>
Dan Satterfield: Transforming atmospheric science</div><div>Sterling Wharton: Innovation as a business model</div><div>Alex macdonald: the history and future of private space exploration</div><div>Tim Pickens: Re-energizing space through innovation</div>
<div>Victoria Grady: Understanding change</div><div>Douglass Coutts: Education for a healthier tomorrow</div><div>Charles Murray: Humanity's pursuit of excellence</div><div>The Layman Group: Technology, Entertainment, Design (performance)</div>
<div>Christian Hamerick (artist): Art is everything</div></span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<div>You can find TEDxHuntsville on the web at <a href="http://www.tedxhuntsville.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.tedxhuntsville.com,</a> on <a href="http://twitter.com/tedxhuntsville" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Twitter</a> @tedxhuntsville, and on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/TEDxHuntsville/301569840091" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Facebook</a>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Our partners are The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce, The Convention and Visitor's Bureau, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, ERC, and The Jackson Center. Also, special thanks to the hosts of TEDxAtlanta, TEDxDubai, and TEDxLondon.</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>At the end of this email, find links to several exemplary TEDtalks. Collectively, TEDtalks have been viewed over 700 million times worldwide.</div></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">We are delighted to invite you to join us at TEDxHuntsville | Perspectives on Innovation. <a href="http://huntsvillemadisonalcoc.weblinkconnect.com/CWT/External/WCPages/WCEvents/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=725" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click here to attend</a>. For additional information, contact Amy Robinson at <a href="mailto:amy@tedxhuntsville.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">amy@tedxhuntsville.com</a>or (256)457-6677. It is our greatest hope that attendees leave inspired, with a sense that each one of us has the capacity to change the world.</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Cheers,</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Amy Robinson and Everett Alexander</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">hosts, TEDxHuntsville</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><a href="mailto:amy@tedxhuntsville.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">amy@tedxhuntsville.com</a></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.tedxhuntsville.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.tedxhuntsville.com</a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Daniel Kahneman (founder of behavioral economics) on the riddle of experience v memory</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Chris Anderson (curator of <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">TED</span>) on crowd accelerated innovation</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Sir Ken Robinson on schools and creativity<br clear="all"><br></a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">-</a>-</div><div>c. 256.457.6677<br><a href="mailto:amy@cedarsinc.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">amy@cedarsinc.org</a><br>
International Development Director<br>CEDARS (Center for Economic Development and Resource Stewardship)</div></span></div></div></div></span>