TEDxCharlotte is a licensed TED event aimed to inspire, educate and bring together TED followers and other innovative thinkers in Charlotte and the surrounding area.

A native Charlottean who went to Duke (insert various boos and cheers from the crowd here), turned documentary filmmaker, took us through the process of making a film from her eyes. Her film, Peleada premiered at SXSW 2010 and was an Official Selection at IFF Boston, Full Frame, Sidewalk Moving Pictures, Heartland, Denver Starz, Newport [...]

Concord resident Dolph Ramseur, Founder of Ramseur Records
, cannot find a C-note on a piano nor does he know any guitar chords. He says “it all sounds good to me!” Having begun as a music fanatic, he’s taken that and somehow made a career out of it. He’s hoping someone in the crowd can learn [...]

  TEDxCharlotte 2011′s 3rd presenter is Scott Swimmer, Founder, drumSTRONG
, twitter.com/@drumstrong! Watch video here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V8k5MVQVZ8 From the website: DrumsForCures was created as a natural expression of our family’s desire to be a vibrant part of beating cancer. Since rhythm is universal we decided that an event centered around the art and fun of hands on drumming [...]

Our 2nd speaker on the TEDxCharlotte stage today is Max Wallace, who entered the stage with a complicated contraption to assist with his presentation. Robots! Max graduated high school in 1996 and was run over by a cheerleader’s car, and thus missed a speech by an important speech by a leader, urging students to major [...]

JD, Jackson and Buck are the first speakers up on the TEDxCharlotte stage today, using a bit of technological magic to present at TEDx from halfway across the world in India. They’re currently traveling the world at the pace of one country per month for an entire year, and we’re happy that thy could take [...]