TEDx Nashville 2011 Main Event

The TEDx Nashville main event for 2011 will be held in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s (TPAC’s) Polk Theater. The event will be on April 9, 2011. Stay tuned as we ramp up the buzz, release the names of captivating speakers, and promote our awesome sponsors. We can’t wait to show you what we have in store for the best TEDx Nashville event yet. See you soon – and don’t forget to check us out on Facebook or Twitter.

TEDxChange Nashville

In partnership with TEDx and the Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation, Healthways is pleased to sponsor TEDxChange Nashville, a TEDx Nashville event, focusing on well-being. This invitation-only event will be on September 22 at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame.

TEDxChange Nashville will feature celebrated experts and an exclusive screening of a new Global TEDxChange program—The Future We Make. This program reviews what has been done and what still needs to be done, and offers a forward look to potential developments in health and well-being around the world.

We have a great line-up of speakers and performers, including:

• Dr. Nicholas Christakis, a social scientist and Harvard professor recently named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, and an expert in social network analytics;
• Dr. Jeannette Ickovics, a nationally recognized Yale University researcher and professor whose work centers upon improving the well-being of people who fall through the cracks of our health care system;
• Janice Weinman, President of KIDS (Kids in Distressed Situations), whose organization changes the lives of impoverished families around the globe;
• Brian Williams, executive director of Hands on Nashville, whose organization plays a key role in Nashville’s recovery from 2010’s devastating flood;
• Trapper Markelz from Healthways, who will discuss how the online gaming industry can be a catalyst for encouraging people to think differently about their own well-being;
• Radney Foster, a critically acclaimed artist, musician, and songwriter.

For more information on  Heathways, vistit these sites:
www.Healthways.com
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