The† College of Woosterís Entrepreneurship Group is hosting a live stream of the TED2010† conference at the Center for Entrepreneurship until Feb. 13.
The live stream opportunity was presented to the E Group during one of their weekly ìpopcorn sessions” by Dr. John Jewell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at the College, who specializes in entrepreneurship.† TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference is an invite-only conference held in Palm Springs by the TED non-profit organization for ideas worth spreading.† The purpose of TED2010 is to gather the worldís brightest and most innovative thinkers and doers in technology, entertainment, and design to hopefully create connections, gain insight and inspiration to motivate people to change the world.
The E group had to pay $1000.00 for the rights to the live steam. ìItís a really big deal to have the live stream here,” said E groupís president and marketing director, Patryk Tenorio í11. ìThe reason its so exclusive is because the leaders of TED find the most influential people in the world to speak about how to make an impact on the world.”
Jewell handed over the advertisements and information to Tenorio and vice president and graphic designer, Liz Sakach í11 who came up with the idea of initial viral advertising.† ìWe put the advertisements everywhere that just said ëTED is comingí so people would ask questions and wonder who TED is, just to get the word out there” said Tenorio.† The actual details of the events were posted on Monday ó which resulted in a packed E Center for the kickoff on Wednesday.