TEDxSpringfield

Take a moment to watch the amazing speeches from our amazing speakers! :)

Watch Debbie's talk!

Debbie Wright - TEDx Springfield Debbie Wright is a TV Personality, Lifestyle Reporter, Speaker, Co-Author and Fashion Stylist, owning her own styling agency for over 20 years. She can be seen …

Watch Joshua's talk!

Joshua N. Weiss - TEDx Springfield Dr. Joshua N. Weiss is the co-founder, with William Ury, of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow at the Harvard …

Watch Brian's talk!

Brian Thomas - TEDx Springfield Brian Thomas is a writer with extensive knowledge of renewable energy, the capital markets, and climate change. He has been working as a sustainability consultant …

Watch Samantha's talk!

Samantha Roy - TEDx Springfield Samantha Roy is a junior at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and an alum of Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, where she was awarded …

Watch Julian's talk!

Julian Nixon - TEDx Springfield Born in Atlanta, teenaged on a Carolina farm, educated by Tigers and ‘talking’ the world by storm, Julian is a motivational, passionate and creative speaking …

Watch Elena's talk!

Elena Madison - TEDx Springfield Elena Madison is an urban planner with rich experience in the planning and design of parks, plazas, campuses, and the outdoor spaces of civic and …

Watch Ruby's talk!

Ruby Maddox - TEDx Springfield Ruby Maddox is the Chief Purpose Director, at Direct Your Purpose, an educational consultancy aimed at developing self-directed leaders. She currently works our Mount Holyoke …

Watch Waleska's talk!

Waleska Lugo De Jesus - TEDx Springfield Waleska Lugo-DeJesús is the CEO of Inclusive Strategies and the Director of the Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley, widely recognized for her advocacy for …

Watch Cedric's talk!

Cedric Douglas - TEDx Springfield Cedric “VISE1” Douglas is an accomplished artist and community activist engaging communities through art and projects that draw upon creativity in all of us.  As …

Watch Chinaly's talk!

Chinaly Chanvong - TEDx Springfield As an intern, Chinaly Chanvong quickly learned how to lead large bodies of students in a small amount of time. So when the national gun epidemic started …

Watch Kristen's talk!

Kristen Brennan - TEDx Springfield Kristin Brennan is a homesteader, farmer, beekeeper, and midwife who lives in Springfield, MA. She and her husband Daniel run a small farm with a CSA …