TEDxManhattan Open Speaker Call

We're excited to announce an open speaker call for TEDxManhattan 2012 "Changing the Way We Eat" on January 21, 2012, at the Times Center in New York City.  If you are interested, please fill out a form at http://tedxmanhattan.wufoo.com/forms/speaker-application/

TEDxTalks are known for their impact and high quality - because of that, all speakers need to agree to the following guidelines.  (The talks only look easy to do!)

Speakers will be required to:

¨       Develop their talk by December 15, 2011 (1 month before the event).

¨       Work with a TEDxManhattan speaker prep representative to develop their talk and slides.

¨       Be available for speaker rehearsal on Friday, January 20th.

¨       Submit all completed slides to TEDxManhattan at least 2 weeks in advance of the event.

¨       Attend the entire TEDxManhattan event.  Any exceptions must be approved in advance. At a minimum, speakers must be available to the audience the break after their talk.

¨       Speakers understand that travel and lodging costs will be the responsibility of the speaker, unless otherwise agreed to in advance.

Our three session themes are Issues, Impact and Innovation.  We are especially interested in new, innovative ways to look at and help change the food system.  Talks will be either 3, 6, 9 or 12 minutes. 

http://tedxmanhattan.wufoo.com/forms/speaker-application/

Please note that applying does not guarantee a speaker slot - we will be in touch with you in the early fall to let you know if we have space for you to join us.  Good luck! 

TEDxManhattan Challenge

And don't forget about the TEDxManhattan Challenge.  We challenge you to work with a group of people in your community anywhere in the United States on a project related to sustainable food and farming.

Let us know what you're doing to change the way you eat in your community - the project deemed the most impactful will win the opportunity to speak live on the 2012 TEDxManhattan stage.

You can find more information at http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/challenge.  

Thanks for your support and interest in TEDxManhattan. 

I must start off with an apology - we've had some difficulties with our email system, so, if for any reason, you've received this newsletter in error or do not wish to receive updates from TEDxManhattan, please click on the unsubscribe button at the bottom and you will not receive any further emails from us. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Sign up for the TEDxManhattan Challenge!

For the rest of you, we're excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the TEDxManhattan Challenge!  Watch an online video from the 2011 TEDxManhattan event when we first announced the program.

On February 12th, we challenged our viewing parties and people watching online to work together with their community on a project over the year.  It can be any project - the main rule is that it be a community effort to work on something that relates to changing the food system to local (or regional) sustainable. We are looking for impact, creativity and replicability more than size, so you can work on planting a food garden at a senior center or you can develop a food policy council in your city. It is also okay if you've already started work on the project - what we're hoping is to find some amazing work being done around the country that we can help promote nationwide.

The guidelines and application can be found on the TEDxManhattan Challenge page on the website. Join with us today. The person with the project deemed most impactful will get to speak live from stage at TEDxManhattan 2012.

TEDxManhattan Online Talks

We're still putting up the talks from TEDxManhattan 2011. You can view the first 12 that have gone online on the TEDx YouTube Channel. Watch them today!

TEDxManhattan DVD

Once all the talks are edited and online, we'll be creating a DVD that you can show at your local events. There will be no cost for the DVD, though there might be a small charge for postage. If you're interested in receiving a copy, please send a request to TEDxManhattan@gmail.com. The DVDs should be completed by early summer.

TEDxManhattan 2012

TEDxManhattan will be held on January 21, 2012. Speaker applications will go online in the next couple of months - we'll give details in our next newsletter. And applications for TEDxManhattan 2012 will go online late summer - again, stay tuned here for information on applying.  (Everyone, regardless of attending the 2011 event or not, has to re-apply.)

Thanks for being part of the TEDxManhattan family - together, we are changing the food system.

Happy Spring!

Diane and everyone at TEDxManhattan 

Volunteer at Glynwood 

Your Time and Talents Can Make a Difference

You or your group can make a difference in the community and for the future of farming in the Hudson Valley and beyond by donating your time and talents to Glynwood. Lend us a hand, have fun, and learn about our environmentally sustainable farm and other programs as you work side by side with out staff.

There are lots of ways to pitch in from office work to helping out on the farm.  Families, schools, and other groups are welcome. 

Learn more about volunteering at Glynwood or let us know how you would like to help by calling 845-265-3338 or e-mailing us at volunteer@glynwood.org.

For those of you who were not able to join us at the event on February 12^th, we hope you were able to join a viewing party or to watch us online.

This email includes information on:

If you want to learn more about the day, please read some of our excellent media coverage, including Time (2 excellent articles!), Psychology Today, Grist and Civil Eats.  A sampling of press can be found on the TEDxManhattan Media Page.  More will be added shortly. http://tedxmanhattan.org/media/

A huge thank you to all our viewing parties and viewing party organizers - there was an amazing response from around the country and even world.  Besides the U.S., we had visitors from Canada, Brazil, Germany, UK, France, Spain, Netherlands and India!

Photos can be found online at the TEDxManhattan Flickr page.  Feel free to download and save your favorite shots from the day.  More will be uploaded shortly.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedxmanhattan

2.  TEDxManhattan Online Talks

We are currently editing all the talks from the day, and are happy to announce that our first two are currently online -

Laurie David - Dinner Makes a Difference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzB0BDstCI0&p=CE159C603C7ED781

Ken Cook - Turning the Farm Bill into the Food Bill      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6T37m4r3yo&p=CE159C603C7ED781

Brian Halweil's talk "From New York to Africa, Why Food is Saving the World" will be online tonight or tomorrow.  You can see all the videos on the TEDxManhattan Video Playlist page on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=CE159C603C7ED781. We'll be adding one or two a week until we have all the speakers online. 

Coming shortly are Michel Nischan, Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney.

We will also be creating a DVD that will be offered to nonprofits, educators and other interested individuals. We're hoping to offer it for free, but might have to charge a small amount for postage and for making the DVD. Details will be posted on the tedxmanhattan.org website, and we'll keep you updated in future newsletters.

During the day on February 12th, we challenged all our viewing parties and people watching online to work together with their community on a project over the year. It can be any project related to sustainable food - the main rules are that it be a community effort to work on something that relates to changing the food system to local (or regional) sustainable.  We're looking for impact more than size, so you can work on planting a food garden at a senior center or you can develop a food policy council in your city.  

It's also okay if you've already started work on the project - we're hoping to find some amazing work being done around the country that we can help promote to a wider audience. We will have guidelines up on the website by the end of the month.  For now, talk to people in your area and start something in your local community. 

The project deemed the most impactful will be given 3-5 minutes onstage at TEDxManhattan 2012!

A brief update on a couple of our Fellows:

This is an update from Stefani... "

M2A™:The Fantastic Voyage is an installation built around the first ever clinical study to use the M2A™ Capsule and SmartPill wireless gastroenterology devices to look at how the human body responds to processed versus whole foods.  The M2A™ Capsule records video and the SmartPill collects time, pressure and pH from within the GI tract.  This installation will include projection of the visual data from the M2A, sound design of the informational data from the Smart Pill and the testing of artificial food scents simulating the meals used in the clinical study.

I have been working with Dr. Braden Kuo a gastroenterologist from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital.  We are in the process of finalizing the protocol for Harvard's Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval.  An IRB is a committee that has been formally designated by the host institution to approve, monitor, and review biomedical research involving humans with the aim to protect the rights and welfare of the research subjects.  The protocol documents the objectives, context, rationale, procedures, research and hypothesis of the study.  We recently brought in Professor of Nutrition and Food Studies, Lisa Sasson, from NYU, to nail down the final parameters of the meals we are using in the protocol. We are resubmitting the protocol on Friday in light of some recommended changes requested by the IRB at Harvard. If approved, we will be able to move forward with this Pilot Study and the culminating data will become the source material and content for the installation."

Stacey says, "The Backyard Farming Apprenticeship Program (at BKFarmyards) is a 7-month program using Foxtrot Farmyard, CLF Farmyard, and Papa Farmyard as training grounds, starting next week! The apprentices will spend 2 hours each week with me learning the business of backyard farming: reviewing client contracts, business planning without land ownership, marketing, creating crop plans, understanding CSA distribution logistics, and of course discovering how to grow bio-intensively in small spaces. They will spend an additional 2-4 hours each week on their own in the backyard farms increasing their self-confidence and also throw dinner parties as fundraisers for the program.

My Go Green! class is also interesting:  They just finished a marking period on Food Justice issues and sent letters to their council members to help support the Youth Farm as well as letters to Taco Bell to urge them to support the 1 penny more campaign for Immakolee tomato farmers in Florida. They are rediscovering the farm in spring this marking period and will spend the rest of the year outside on the farm for half the week and inside cooking the other half of the week."

You can find out information about the TEDxManhattan Fellows at www.tedxmanhattan.org/fellows. 

Our license has been renewed for TEDxManhattan 2012, and we have already started planning for the event. It will be bigger and better next year - with more connected viewing parties, a larger venue, and much more energy and excitement around the event. 

Stay posted for information on the live event and speaker nominations - next year there will be an open call for speakers.  We will have an online form on our site in a couple months so anyone can apply to be onstage at the 2012 event. 

Stay tuned for more information!