
SELECTIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!
Here is an idea we want to share to enable everyone to embrace the spirit of Ideas worth spreading.
This year we will allow a couple of people the chance of becoming TEDxDubai speakers through an audience based selection process.
If you think you have what it takes to be a TEDxDubai speaker, then this might be your opportunity.
We invite you to come along and pitch your talk proposal/idea in TED style to our cameras; we will then upload your video on our Facebook Page and open votes for a few days.
The ideas that will get the highest likes will have the chance of appearing on stage on the 22nd of October together with the other TEDxDubai 2011 Speakers.
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HERE IS OUT IT WORKS
In order to self evaluate the appeal of your idea please review the following TED commandments
Dream big. Strive to create the best talk you have ever given. Reveal something never seen before. Do something the audience will remember forever. Share an idea that could change the world.
Show us the real you. Share your passions, your dreams … and also your fears. Be vulnerable. Speak of failure as well as success.
Make the complex plain. Don’t try to dazzle intellectually. Don’t speak in abstractions. Explain! Give examples. Tell stories. Be specific.
Connect with people’s emotions. Make us laugh! Make us cry!
Don’t flaunt your ego. Don’t boast. It’s the surest way to switch everyone off.
No selling from the stage! Unless we have specifically asked you to, do not talk about your company or organization. And don’t even think about pitching your products or services or asking for funding from stage.
Feel free to comment on other speakers, to praise or to criticize. Controversy energizes! Enthusiastic endorsement is powerful!
Don’t read your talk. Notes are not allowed.
You must end your talk on time. Doing otherwise is to steal time from the people that follow you. We won’t allow it.
Rehearse your talk in front of a trusted friend … for timing, for clarity, for impact.
Here are a couple of videos that can help you defining the scope and delivery of your TEDxDubai speaking proposals.
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SO, WHAT’S NEXT?
If you still think you have all the numbers to give it a go then you will need to organize your proposal keeping in mind the following:
- The proposal ( or pitch ) can’t be a short version of the talk but more an explanation of the content that you will like to share from the stage.
- You will not be able to use audiovisuals ( slides or videos ) so you will need to explain verbally how your Talk will look like both in terms of contents and collaterals.
- The pitch will need to be of maximum 60 seconds in duration. It can be less than 60 seconds but not more.
- Candidates will be sitting in front of our camera and will be given the opportunity of delivering their pitch for two times only.
- Candidates cannot read from notes but will have to look directly into the camera.
- The best of the two takes will be uploaded ( no editing of any sort )
- Candidates will need to sign a release form entitling TEDxDubai organizers to utilize the clip on the Facebook Page.
- Under age candidates will need to come accompanied by a family member.
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THE TALENT SEARCH DAY
The TEDxDubai Talent Search will take place on September 24th, from 4 p.m to 8 p.m. at the Pavilion Downtown Dubai.
The Pavilion is one of the strongest endorser of TEDxDubai and its Ideas Worth Spreading, and will host this year’s edition of the Talent Search.
The recording of the videos will take place in the Cinema space of the Pavilion, in front of our cameras.
Candidates will need to reserve their speaking slot by sending us an email at : pitch@tedxdubai.com
In the email please put your full name and the title of your proposed TEDxDubai talk.
Once we receive your email we will contact you back with the allocated time for your pitch.
Please notice that the 24th is the only day reserved to the Talent Search and that we will not repeat the event or allow speakers to send their own videos.
Please also notice that we re not covering any traveling or accommodation expenses for selected speakers that might not be Dubai residents.
See you at the Pavilion !