A TEDxAthens presentation I gave at the Greek Alumni Club of the University of Bath in late February 2012.

1. Dimitris G. Kalavros-Gousiou
@kalavros on Twitter
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2. Class of ’09 Class of ’10
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3. things I do during my day
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4. - Founder and Curator of TEDxAthens
- Founder and Biz Hacker at Away.gr
- Referrer for Greece and SE Europeat the
German seed investment firm HackFwd Capital
- Contributing Editor of TechCrunch Europe
- Starting a new web business on Social Media
Engagement
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6. tonight’s talk…
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7. 3 things
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8. 1. the road so far
2. TEDxAthens 2011
3. Our Challenge
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10. Created in the spirit of TED’s mission,
“ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx
program is designed to give communities,
organizations and individuals the
opportunity to stimulate dialogue through
TED-like experiences at the local level.
TEDx events are fully planned and
coordinated independently, on a
community-by-community basis.
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11. TEDx Program
started in April 2009
(TEDxAthens got its license in
May 2009, one of the first
worldwide!)
more than 2.300 TEDx events as
of December 2011
184 TEDx events took place only
in Ocrober 2011
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12. we are members of
an amazing “family”
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18. 1. the road so far
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19. is a 3rd Generation TEDx event
1st gen: 22/10/2009
2nd gen: 26/11/2010
3rd gen: 3/12/2011
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4th gen: Late 2012
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20. progress
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21. TEDxAthens ’09: 5 ppl Team, 140
TEDxSters attending, 80 tweets
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22. TEDxAthens ’10: 17 ppl Team, 800
TEDxSters attending, +3.500 tweets
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23. TEDxAthens ’11: 39 ppl Team, 1.300
TEDxSters attending*, +9.000 tweets
*+ 3.500 ppl via livestream, 45 countries
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24. “what”
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25. “what” has no easy answer
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26. what = vision
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27. our vision
a platform of ideas worth spreading
a hub of doers
a point of reference for Innovation and
Creativity in Greece and abroad
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28. 2011
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31. world class speakers
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32. Joe Trippi
political strategist
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33. Glenn D. Lowry
Director of MoMA
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34. Rory Sutherland
Vice-Chairman, Ogilvy Group UK
TED Speaker
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35. Juliano Tubino
WorldWide Director for Emerging
Business and Innovation at Microsoft
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36. George Kourounis
Storm Chaser and Adventurer
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37. the greek “gang”
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38. Nikolaos Mavridis
Ass. Professor at New York University in
Abu Dhabi
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39. Alexandra Asimaki, Angeliki
Gerolimou, Giouli Lara
Greek National Women Polo Team
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40. Konstantinos Daskalakis
Ass. Prof. of Electrical Engineering and
Com. Science at MIT
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41. Matina Stevis
Financial Journalist with Dow Jones
Newswires and the Wall Street Journal
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42. Charis Tsevis
Graphic Designer
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43. 3. Our Challenge
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45. *actions worth supporting
*in education and life-long learning
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46. A new initiative by TEDxAthens
• We are moving from ideas to actions
• We are reaching out to the community
• Challenge is a means for dialogue and motivation
• We focused in all aspects of “Learning” in 2011
• 153 worthwhile projects were submitted
• 15 projects received distinctions and awards
• We continue to support these projects by mobilizing the
TEDxAthens community
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47. 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize
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48. Thank you!
Questions (and ideas)?
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