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Nearly a decade ago I had a conversation with Clive King about setting up a TedX event in Aberystwyth. We’d both been mulling over the idea independently, and decided to pool our resources. With input from Mike Parker we pulled a programme together and navigated the various admin hurdles associated with using the TedX brand (there are a lot of guidelines to do with image and brand management, and rules about how the event should be managed, etc. etc.). Event number one was a success; we had a great lineup and the talks all made their way online eventually. After the first one I steppedRead More →

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Sometime before xmas I was working from home and there was a bang on the door (around school drop-off time). I opened it to find Clive, the curator of TEDxAberystwyth, wanting to discuss lineup, promotion and so on. I’d been heavily involved in the first one as an organiser, on the small team that pulled it together. So I am familiar with the rules of TEDx and have even negotiated the whole “building a TEDx-compatible website” and “booking a room and making it look a bit like a TEDx event” things. The knock on the door turned out to be my “Would you like toRead More →