Press Info

TEDxSantaCruz has a limited number of press passes available for events. Interested accredited journalists, photojournalists, photographers, and videographers should request a press pass. TEDxSantaCruz organizers and speakers are available for interviews. If you want more information about TEDx and our events or speakers, please don't hesitate to ask. Contact us in advance for scheduling of interviews or attendance at events.
For further information about TEDxSantaCruz events, to request a press pass, or to schedule interviews with organizers or speakers, please send an email to tedxscruz@gmail.com with ‘PRESS’ in the subject line. 
Please note that TEDx event organizers are not able to speak for the TED Conference. Any journalist seeking comment from TED should contact Melody Serafino at tedxpr@ted.com.
While we appreciate any coverage, we kindly ask that all journalists and/or bloggers be respectful of the difference between the TED and TEDx brands. The ‘x’ in ‘TEDx’ stands for “independently organized events.” Any headline or text which implies “TED” is coming to Santa Cruz is misleading. For more information on TEDx, visit http://www.ted.com/tedx.

Tech Initiatives – Bringing People and Ideas Together

Silicon Valley Business Journal, October 18, 2013: Santa Cruz is a thriving, entrepreneurial community of talented thought leaders and innovators. Here, a variety of unique, tech-oriented forums are creating opportunities for people and ideas to flourish.

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September 15 Conference is on Pace to Sell out, Featuring World-Class Presentations at Cabrillo College’s Crocker Theater

More than 25 speakers will take the stage on September 15, 2012 as part of TEDxSantaCruz, offering ideas and insight in talks addressing the theme: “Open.” Organizers have curated a day of talks featuring locally and nationally renowned speakers including John Perry Barlow, Donnie Fowler, Danny Keith, Martha Mendoza, Nina Simon and Whitney Smith.

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TEDxSantaCruz Announces Free Webcast of TED2012

On March 1, 2012, TEDxSantaCruz will share the TED 2012 Conference with a public webcast at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History from 10 am to 7 pm. Each year, the world’s leading thinkers and doers gather for the TED Conference, an event many describe as “the ultimate brain spa and a 4-day journey into the future, in the company of those creating it.” This year, the theme is “Full Spectrum.” Content will span the full spectrum of knowledge TED stands for, from dazzling technology and leading-edge science to the richest veins of human creativity and interconnection, offering the most important things that bring attendees back every year: Inspiration.

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TEDxSantaCruz Event: TEDxWomen Webcast

11:00 am – 7:00 pm
12/1/2011

Scotts Valley Public Library
251 Kings Village Road
Scotts Valley, CA 95066

TEDxSantaCruz Announces Free Live Stream of TEDxWomen

On December 1st, TEDxWomen takes place, focusing on how women and girls are shaping our shared future.

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Ideas Take the Stage at TEDxSantaCruz

More than 25 speakers are taking the stage on June 11, 2011 as part of the TEDxSantaCruz event, offering their insights and passionate views on a variety of subjects addressing the theme: “Engage!”

A varied program of speakers and performers is planned, ranging from programs about improving local life to theories of the universe. 

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Local TEDx Event Looking for Speakers

Potential speakers are being sought for the upcoming TedxSanta Cruz event on June 11.

Nominations are due by March 1.

TedXSanta Cruz will feature 15 to 25 extraordinary speakers who will share their passionate views on a variety of subjects — addressing the theme “Engage!” There will be four sessions with the broad headings Open–Think– Grow–and Act. 

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