Here's a bit of good news for those who missed out on tickets to this year's sold out
TEDxPhiladelphia event, which will be held at the
Temple Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 28: You can still experience the entire show, and without paying a dime.
A live video webcast of the event -- specifically the individual speaker talks -- will be "available to anyone with an internet connection," according to a blog post on the TEDxPhiladelphia website. (Full disclosure: Flying Kite publisher Michelle Freeman is involved with TEDx Philly's event production.) And while the live stream address hadn't officially been released at the time of writing (past TEDx live streams are archived
here), four separate webcast parties, all of them free,
have been announced.
Likeminded fans of "big ideas worth spreading," as the TED organization refers to its mission, will be gathering throughout the day to watch the event live.
Register here to reserve your space at one of the venues, which include
Impact Hub Philly and the
Philadelphia Center for Architecture.
According to co-organizer Emaleigh Doley, the development of additional programming beyond the annual conference is a major goal of the local TEDx team. Post-conference events expanding on the 2014 theme, "
The New Workshop of the World," will run March 26 through 30. Eventually, local TEDx organizers hope to offer programming year-round.
Referred to as "adventures," the post-conference events are intended to "unpack the larger conversation we hope to have at the conference," but in the form of talks, walks and tours for smaller groups. More information about the programs, which range in price from free to $10,
can be found here.
Writer: Dan Eldridge
Source: Emaleigh Doley, TEDxPhiladelphia