2012

Famously Hot Ideas Worth Spreading!

Thanks to everyone who made the first ever TEDxColumbiaSC event such a smashing success—sponsors, attendees, speakers and performers, event staff and more! You each played a pivotal role, and we appreciate your enthusiastic support! So what can you do now to keep the momentum going?

Show Some Sponsor Love

Click here to learn more about our 2012 sponsors and the good things they do every day to support our community. Interested in becoming a sponsor for 2013? Contact us today!

Share Your Favorite Ideas Worth Spreading

Videos from our 2012 event will be posted soon. In the meantime, click here to learn more about our speakers and presenters, and be sure to share their great ideas with others!

Show and Tell

Did you attend TEDxColumbiaSC? Tag photos on Flickr with the tag TEDxCAE so we can see them, or chime in on Facebook (search for TEDxColumbiaSC) or Twitter.

Here’s what folks said about our inaugural event on January 16, 2012:

On Twitter:

“#TEDxCAE is like the best school assembly you can remember: it’s educational, interesting and entertaining.”

“WOOT!! #TEDxCAE reminds me that living in a small city doesn’t mean that theres’s not a lot of big things happening.”

“Never think the help you can provide is too small. It may change someone’s life! #TEDxCAE”

“You never know where you will go unless you say yes. Fears are so much better viewed in the rearview mirror. – Speaker Christine Johnson #TEDxCAE”

“What an inspiring day, from start to finish. Can’t wait for next year! #TEDxCAE”

On Facebook:

“Awesome! Incredible! Entertaining day filled with great talent and many great people! Thank you for bringing TED to Columbia, SC! It was a privilege to be part of this extraordinary event!” – Speaker Anna Bigham, Hidden Wounds

“I had an awesome experience! Here’s a famously hot high five for everyone who made it a success. I’m ready to roll up my sleeves to help spread today’s ideas and breathe life into my own ideas that are worth spreading. TEDxColumbiaSC, you made our star on the map shine brighter!”

“Absolutely amazing day! Can’t wait for what tomorrow holds!”

On WanderingAwards.org, web home of the Reusable Certificates of Excellence placed in attendee folders:

“I received this certificate at TEDxColumbiaSC where I was inspired by ordinary, everyday people doing extraordinary things, right here in the Famously Hot city that I am proud to call home!”

“TEDxCAE has changed my life. I’ve never felt so connected to my community. I never knew there were so many people who had the same goals and desires as I do.”

Elsewhere online:

A Beautiful Day: Recap by 2012 speaker Teresa Coles

What’s Your Dream? Recap by 2012 attendee Heather Price