Do you have a Vision?

The TEDxDunLaoghaire 2019 event was held in The Studio at dlr LexIcon last Friday. As part of the organising team I truly enjoyed it all coming together so nicely and the talks were just amazing. Mindblowing. 

The speakers varied in age from 12 to “rater ancient”, as described by Fergus Finlay* himself. What they all had in common though was this one simple thing: They Care. About. Something.

The theme for this year was “Change. Beyond the Periphery.” A theme abstract enough to allow interpretation from people from all backgrounds. Hence, that ‘something’ the speakers care about and that they shared with us varied from the importance of reading or doing sport, to what it feels like to be transgender or being bullied. 

And our Curator, Janie Lazar, well, she cares more than most. About inclusion. TED stands for Technology, Education and Design. However, Janie’s interpretation of the word TED is Together Everyone Develops. 

One of the most inspiring talks on the night was by Joanne Chester. She is Deaf. But certainly not just Deaf. The wheels Janie set in motion in order to have members of the Deaf Community in our audience! All the talks were ISL interpreted thanks to the support she got from the Dun Laoghaire Local Enterprise Board. 

Now over to you. 

Do you have a vision? Do you care about something? Anything? Do you care so much that you would like your ten minutes of fame “on the red dot” next year? Or perhaps you’d like to get involved by way of offering services and/or sponsorship instead? 
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*): Fergus Finlay was one of the speakers on the night. His talk was Honest. Beautiful. A true Gift to us all. I will update this blog post as soon as all the talks are uploaded to YouTube. 

The visual I designed for this year’s event is hoping to communicate the theme: Change, beyond the periphery. An explosion of ideas, you never know where they are coming from, there’s no boundaries and it can take you anywhere. All the various posters, bottles, programmes etc. show different triangle shapes to visualise the Change Idea.