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A TEDxAthens presentation I gave at the Greek Alumni Club of the University of Bath in late February 2012.
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Dimitris G. Kalavros-Gousiou@kalavros on Twitter
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Class of ’09 Class of ’10
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things I do during my day
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- Founder and Curator of TEDxAthens - Founder and Biz Hacker at Away.gr
- Referrer for Greece and SE Europeat the German seed investment firm HackFwd Capital
- Contributing Editor of TechCrunch Europe- Starting a new web business on Social Media
Engagement
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tonight’s talk…
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3 things
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1. the road so far2. TEDxAthens 20113. Our Challenge
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Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx
program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the
opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level.
TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.
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TEDx Programstarted in April 2009
(TEDxAthens got its license in May 2009, one of the first
worldwide!)more than 2.300 TEDx events as
of December 2011184 TEDx events took place only
in Ocrober 2011
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we are members ofan amazing “family”
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1. the road so far
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is a 3rd Generation TEDx event1st gen: 22/10/20092nd gen: 26/11/20103rd gen: 3/12/2011
-4th gen: Late 2012
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progress
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TEDxAthens ’09: 5 ppl Team, 140 TEDxSters attending, 80 tweets
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TEDxAthens ’10: 17 ppl Team, 800 TEDxSters attending, +3.500 tweets
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TEDxAthens ’11: 39 ppl Team, 1.300 TEDxSters attending*, +9.000 tweets
*+ 3.500 ppl via livestream, 45 countries
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“what”
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“what” has no easy answer
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what = vision
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our vision
a point of reference for Innovation and Creativity in Greece and abroad
a platform of ideas worth spreading
a hub of doers
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2011Monday, 5 March 12
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world class speakers
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Joe Trippipolitical strategist
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Glenn D. LowryDirector of MoMA
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Rory SutherlandVice-Chairman, Ogilvy Group UK
TED Speaker
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Juliano TubinoWorldWide Director for Emerging
Business and Innovation at Microsoft
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George KourounisStorm Chaser and Adventurer
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the greek “gang”
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Nikolaos MavridisAss. Professor at New York University in
Abu Dhabi
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Alexandra Asimaki, Angeliki Gerolimou, Giouli Lara
Greek National Women Polo Team
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Konstantinos DaskalakisAss. Prof. of Electrical Engineering and
Com. Science at MIT
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Matina StevisFinancial Journalist with Dow Jones
Newswires and the Wall Street Journal
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Charis TsevisGraphic Designer
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3. Our Challenge
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*actions worth supporting*in education and life-long learning
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A new initiative by TEDxAthens
• We are moving from ideas to actions
• We are reaching out to the community
• Challenge is a means for dialogue and motivation
• We focused in all aspects of “Learning” in 2011
• 153 worthwhile projects were submitted
• 15 projects received distinctions and awards
• We continue to support these projects by mobilizing the TEDxAthens community
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1st Prize 3rd Prize2nd Prize
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Thank you!Questions (and ideas)?
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