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TAMMIE SCHRADER
The fastest demographic for video game use is middle-aged women, not middle schoolers!
This lifelong teacher from Cheney, Washington, loves spending time with her children and grandchildren. She has a traditional approach to having cream and sugar with her coffee and states pizza is one of her favorite foods.
Through her 30+ years of teaching and education experience, Tammie saw first-hand the power of games in the classroom. Yes, video games! Admittingly never having played a single hour of Call of Duty, Tammie will present the idea of educators leveraging games as a medium to connect with every child.
DAN NANAMKIM
Dan will take us back in time to hear the passages passed down from generations before. Stories of a land before that provided for its people and how the native people nurtured it.
Dan is an Indigenous Educator from Nespelem, Washington, on the Colville Indian Reservation. He takes pride in hearing more of the Indigenous Native American perspectives like Ted Talks with Mark Charles. When he’s not traveling and Pow Wow dancing, he is a public speaker and educator. Through his work, Dan hopes to encourage schools to offer “more accurate Native American culture into their curriculum.” Dan’s deep connection to his stories and performance will move us all to think about the native land we now call home.
TRACY SIMMONS
Have you heard of the cult next door?
Tracy is a Journalism Lecturer and Religion Reporter from Pullman, WA. She favors “Ted Radio Hour: NPR” because listening to other’s views opens her mind to new ideas. When she is not nurturing her houseplants, she is riding her road bike. In her time on the TEDx Spokane stage, Tracy wants to normalize the cult experience. She hopes to “shed the shame that comes from it (cults)”. Tracy shares her experience growing up in a cult, how her and her mother ended up there, and the shape of their relationship now.
MARK ODEGARD
Never look at a plastic water bottle the same way again.
Working as a consultant for a greener world, Mark is influenced by relevant and valuable topics that open his mind to new ideas. Seeing himself as an extreme introvert with social reservations, Marks favorite past times are spending time outdoors and sharing a beer from a local brewery. This first time TED speaker will inspire us all to stop buying reusable plastics and give us three ways we can all live a greener life, today!
REBECCA JENSEN
Want to know the secret to financial success?
Rebecca is a registered Investment Advisor in Spokane, WA. Her favorite Ted Talk is Tim Urban’s “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator.” She has a black belt in Taekwondo and loves a trip to local Long Lake with her family. She hopes to one day tour Europe with a caramel macchiato or London fog in hand. Rebecca will tell us the secrets she learned in over 20 years as a small business owner and certified public account. In her talk, Rebecca will encourage us all to accept responsibility for our own financial health. She might even give us some tools to make that first step toward change.
JULIE SUEN
Can we actually find peace before we die?
Julie is an Estate Planning Attorney from Honolulu, HI. She is a certified death doula, and hypnotherapist to conduct past-life regression/ future-life progression. In her spare time, she enjoys meditating and spending time with nature. Her favorite Ted Talk is Sir Ken Richardson’s “Do Schools kill Creativity?” Julie leans more towards Ted Talks with surprises and a build-up to an unexpected lesson. She hopes her presentation empowers the inevitable stage of life that is death.
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BE PART OF THE FUTURE OF TEDxSPOKANE.
Welcome to TEDxSpokane. We invite you to collaborate with us in creating a community of idea sharing and inspiration. This is how we change the world— one idea at a time. This high-energy daylong event will feature shared ideas and entertaining presentations citizens of the Inland Empire and beyond.
This October marks our sixth live event and it will originate from the historic Bing Crosby Theater in downtown Spokane. Our 2016 event was sold out, attended by 400 people and videos have been viewed by over a quarter of a million people online.
We believe that sharing ideas can change attitudes, lives and ultimately our world. TEDxSpokane is part of a growing phenomenon known as TED. TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to sharing ideas. It started in 1984 as a conference of people seeking to share their knowledge in the worlds of technology, entertainment and design. TED now conducts live conferences featuring some of the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers. Videos from those conferences are available online and more than a billion people have viewed and grown intellectually as a result.
Those of us in the Pacific Northwest and Spokane have great ideas as well. That’s why we created TEDxSpokane and all of the activities involved with the nonprofit organization. Each year our volunteer organizers seek to find and give a stage to people in our community and others with great ideas. And each year, we connect with the international TED community and host viewing events to give national and international ideas a chance to be seen and heard on our local stage. We invite you to be part of TEDxSpokane.
JAMIE TENDER
TEDxSpokane, Founder and Licensee
BE PART OF SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.
We’re reaching out to a select group of organizations that are committed to the power of ideas and asking them to partner to help make TEDxSpokane activities possible.
We aren’t interested in selling ad space, our goal is to create lasting partnerships with organizations that want to be part of and add depth to the TEDxSpokane experience. Our presenters address some of humanity’s toughest challenges offering answers through innovation, enterprise and optimism. We seek to highlight local and regional ideas that inspire people to change their lives, their communities, and their world. Your partnership will help make this great event possible.
Join our community of thinkers, and benefit from an individually tailored partnership.
Patrick Ream
TEDxSpokane, Business Development
Organizers
JAMIE TENDER
Jamie Tender is the Head of School for Saint George’s, in charge of school advancement, teaching and learning, faculty and administration. As the Founder of TEDxSpokane, Jamie oversees all operations for the annual event, which began in 2011. He also serves as a speaker coach for several speakers each year. Each independently organized TEDxSpokane is Saint George’s gift to the community, bringing together thought leaders from throughout the country, while highlighting Inland Northwest’s connection to TED. Jamie has been with Saint Georges School since 2003, elevating the non-sectarian, independent school to a K-12 leader in providing International Baccalaureate education to students from the Inland Northwest, Asia and Europe. He holds a BA in Economics from Denison University and an MA in Sports Administration from Georgia State University. Jamie and his wife Elizabeth have a son playing hoops for the University of Redlands, a daughter modeling for IMG and another daughter gracing the halls of Saint George’s.
GRACE LEAF
Grace Leaf’s affiliation with TEDxSpokane began in 2012, when she served as its Emcee and a speaker coach. This is her second and last year serving as Curator, responsible for selecting the speakers and producing the live program. Grace also licensed TEDxCCS in 2013, serving as Curator at the Community Colleges of Spokane (CCS), only the second community college in the country to do a TEDx event. Grace holds a BA in Communication from Washington State University and an MA in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. As the Director of Human Resources for CCS, she holds two globally recognized HR certifications–the SPHR and SHRM-SCP. Grace is the parent of a Saint Georges alum and a former Parent Association officer.
MIKE POUTIATINE
Mike Poutiatine is a university professor and educational consultant in Spokane. Mike has worked on every TEDx Spokane since we started doing them – Mike is a founding Board member of Northwest x Talks, the non-profit founded to support TEDx Spokane. In the photo – I am the one on the left.
CHARLIE WOLFF
Charlie Wolff works in business development for the City of Spokane, and a Saint George’s alum, organizes community engagement projects for TEDxSpokane. Charlie is committed to mobilizing the residents of Spokane and the region around ideas shared at TEDxSpokane events.
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.