TEDxDetroit Returns November 10

Mark your calendar! TEDxDetroit returns to Detroit, Michigan with a day of inspiration, creativity, and innovation on November 10, 2021.

Presented by United Wholesale Mortgage, TEDxDetroit is a full day event where local designers, educators, scientists, entrepreneurs, makers, artists, thinkers, and technology fans gather together to engage in ideas and connect with each other.

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TEDxDetroit 2019 Returns November 6: Call for Speakers, Early Bird Tickets Available

David Zinn uses his colored chalk to create sidewalk art

Save the date! TEDxDetroit returns to the Motor City with a day of inspiration, ideas, and innovation on November 6, 2019.

This year’s event returns to the historic Masonic Temple in downtown Detroit.

The one-day conference brings together entrepreneurs, creators, designers, makers, doers, artists, and geeks talking about and sharing positive ideas for the world from Detroit. Continue reading TEDxDetroit 2019 Returns November 6: Call for Speakers, Early Bird Tickets Available

TEDxUofM 2014: What Makes a Word “Real”?

Professor Anne Curzan speaking on stage at TEDxUofM 2014

At this year’s TEDxUofM event, University of Michigan Professor Anne Curzan finished out the day with her talk, What Makes a Word “Real”?

Curzan had me (and the audience) laughing and gasping with her discussion of dictionaries, word usage, and how words have changed meaning over time. Continue reading TEDxUofM 2014: What Makes a Word “Real”?