{"id":13657,"date":"2014-09-23T01:24:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T06:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=13657"},"modified":"2015-11-12T08:01:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:01:36","slug":"uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"UWM<\/a>
UWM students involved in the effort to host Milwaukee\u2019s second TEDx conference, \u201cGeneration Y Not?\u201d include (back to front) Aaron Davis, Allen Harris, Cody Winkler, Mike Sportiello, Lindsey Jo Henneberry and Jon Edquist. (Photo by Troye Fox<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What do Millennials want? They\u2019re looking for different models of success. They are crowd-resourceful. And, in the case of a group of students at UWM, they gain inspiration from watching TED talks.<\/span><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our home. This is our school. We can see that UWM has done wonders for our own development. This is a way for us to share that talent,\u201d says Aaron Davis, a junior in finance who joined the organizing group after his fellow Lubar School of Business student Jon Edquist was granted a license to hold an event.<\/p>\n

\"Group<\/a>
Group members brainstormed their theme and defined what they were looking for in speakers for the TEDx-UWM event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TEDx conferences are locally produced gatherings of speakers designed to share ideas in a community forum. Though distinct from Internet-based TED talks, organizers must obtain a license that allows them to put on a single event. Last year, the very first TEDx conference in the city was held in the Harambee neighborhood to discuss integrating science, technology and engineering with art and music (STEAM) as an approach to social, economic and environmental challenges.<\/p>\n

Edquist, a senior in marketing, realized after obtaining the license what a huge undertaking hosting a TEDx would be. So he turned to like-minded friends, such as Davis and Mike Sportiello, self-starters who met at the Student Leadership Retreat through the campus Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership and Research.<\/p>\n

Sportiello, a sophomore chemistry and philosophy major, had planned to pursue a license himself when he found that Edquist had beaten him to it. So he joined the group that now includes Cody Winkler (marketing and advertising), Allen Harris (marketing), Lindsey Jo Henneberry (communications), Ian Guyette (film) and Jess Walther (non-student).<\/p>\n

Sportiello says his generation is feeling the pressure to find answers for global problems and TEDx is a popular method of public discussion. \u201cMany of the world\u2019s problems are still solvable, but not for long,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019ve been pegged as the video-game generation that is inactive. But in many ways that isn\u2019t true. It doesn\u2019t have to be true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\u201cThis is our home. This is our school. We can see that UWM has done wonders for our own development. This is a way for us to share that talent.\u201d <\/em><\/h5>\n

Aaron Davis, junior in finance\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Under the theme of \u201cGeneration Why Not?\u201d the group honed its focus to include ideas from those who have left convention behind to pursue their passions and those that propose new models for innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to convey what this generation means to us,\u201d says Davis, who has an interest in finding viable models for social entrepreneurship. \u201cOur theme has deep-seeded roots. We are going for creating something that doesn\u2019t exist yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always been a cause for previous generations to rally around. But not for ours,\u201d says Edquist. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing that unites us except for a desire for accomplishments on our own terms. TED is a good platform for finding our voice. This event is just as much about information as inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the theme was approved the group faced the daunting task of shearing 96 applications for speaking slots down to 19. Eight are UWM faculty, including:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Ann Basting \u2013 theater<\/li>\n
  • Adream Blair \u2013 art and design<\/li>\n
  • Patrick Brady \u2013 physics<\/li>\n
  • Jean Creighton\u2013 physics<\/li>\n
  • Paul Roebber \u2013 freshwater\/atmospheric science<\/li>\n
  • Alan Schwabacher \u2013 chemistry<\/li>\n
  • Nathaniel Stern \u2013 art and design<\/li>\n
  • Luc Vanier \u2013 dance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    So popular is the TEDx brand, the students discovered, that officials at Northwestern Mutual contacted them with an offer of sponsorship.<\/p>\n

    \u201cNorthwestern Mutual is proud to call Milwaukee home, and we\u2019re proud to help promote the city and region,\u201d says Karl Gouverneur, chief technology officer. \u201cTEDx is a wonderful event to showcase Milwaukee as a place to give voice to new perspectives and ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Edquists says that because this event sold out, he intends to renew his license in order to organize another event in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"section":[122,124],"display_categories":[],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-13657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","section-campus-community","section-students"],"yoast_head":"\nUWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UWM REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-23T06:24:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-11-12T14:01:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Otto\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Otto\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Otto\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565\"},\"headline\":\"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-23T06:24:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-12T14:01:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/\"},\"wordCount\":733,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/\",\"name\":\"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-23T06:24:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-12T14:01:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"It\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"UWM REPORT\",\"description\":\"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/UWMNews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565\",\"name\":\"Laura Otto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/author\/llhuntuwm-edu\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee","description":"It\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee","og_description":"It\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM.","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/","og_site_name":"UWM REPORT","article_published_time":"2014-09-23T06:24:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-11-12T14:01:36+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Laura Otto","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UWMNews","twitter_site":"@UWMNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Otto","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Otto","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565"},"headline":"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee","datePublished":"2014-09-23T06:24:18+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-12T14:01:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/"},"wordCount":733,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/","name":"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg","datePublished":"2014-09-23T06:24:18+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-12T14:01:36+00:00","description":"It\u2019s no surprise that three friends would act on their passions and decide to organize a Milwaukee TEDx conference at UWM.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/09\/TEDx_j-1elpkiq.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-drive-a-second-tedx-experience-for-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UWM students drive a second TEDx experience for Milwaukee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","name":"UWM REPORT","description":"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/UWMNews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565","name":"Laura Otto","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/author\/llhuntuwm-edu\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 07:53:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13657"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21801,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13657\/revisions\/21801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13657"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=13657"},{"taxonomy":"display_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display_categories?post=13657"},{"taxonomy":"related-coverage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-coverage?post=13657"},{"taxonomy":"uwmnews-feed","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uwmnews-feed?post=13657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}