TEDxCSU features 10 thought-provoking talks on March 5

FORT COLLINS – TEDxCSU presents 10 talks on a variety of topics from 10 different speakers from the Colorado State University community March 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event takes place in the Lory Student Center Theater on the CSU campus.

Talk topics range from parental alienation to the importance of studying sharks. New and innovative creations will be on display for attendees to look at and interact with during intermissions, and food will be available throughout the event. TEDxCSU is organized by Colorado State University students, specifically, premier student programming organization RamEvents.

TEDxCSU is open to the entire Fort Collins campus and community. Tickets are $5 for CSU students with ID and $30 for general public, available online at csutix.com or the Lory Student Center box office on the main floor. The theater is located on the main level of the Lory Student Center near the Curfman gallery, on the side of the library parking lot.

More information regarding parking, event registration, in-depth speaker biographies and other TEDxCSU-related information can be found at the website at tedxcsu.wordpress.com.

For further information, contact 970-491-2727.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today’s leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED’s annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

TED’s open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED or Instagram at https://instagram.com/ted.

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