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TEDx Omaha: Videos 2022
Filmed November 19th, now posted on YouTube:
Michael Ackerbauer – What Rock Balancing Has Taught Me About Teamwork
Dr. Pat Friman – Compassion: Release the Better Angel of Our Nature
David Galant – The Silent Baton: A Conductor’s Paintbrush
Ralph Kellogg – ACT Now
Justin Kemerling – The Intentional Impact of Images
Dana Murray – Back In My Day (Inspired Education)
Ruth Murray – Movement and the Mind
Justin Romano – Smartphones: It’s Time to Confront Our Global Addiction
Lee Running – ‘The Verge’
It really is all about timing
Years back, I got really into TED Talks. And I certainly thought I could maybe do one at some point. Especially when the TEDx events started up. I had friends suggest I apply. But when I thought about it for just a little bit, it never seemed quite right. The talk would have to be about my view of graphic design, in some way, and I never felt any kind of certainty about how to go about doing it. I never applied.
The work I did didn’t warrant this kind of talk. I didn’t do anything all that noteworthy for this kind of talk. This kind of talk was well above me. Time went on. I stopped being really into TED Talks.
But this summer I got a text that led to a meeting with the TEDx Omaha executive producer. We had a chat over coffee. I heard all about this year’s theme Currents & Collisions. I also said my piece about how I don’t think graphic design talks mesh well with TED.
I thought more about my view of design. It did sort of seem to go well with the theme. And I do like being sought out. So it was settled. I submitted my application, had some additional interviews, and was selected.
The statement for my talk:
Graphic design to collide with this current American moment.
My Talk for TEDx Omaha
The Intentional Impact of Images
Every day we are bombarded with images and graphics — advertising, marketing, promoting, branding, selling, demanding, informing. Some images we are intensely aware of, most we don’t even notice, as they crowd past us on screens and billboards, moving or static. Every image tells us something, every image wants us to do something. The decision is ours to make. The question is, what will we choose to do?
The Blackest Book Club
Project launch for Campaign Zero and Reconstruction:
Campaign Zero has partnered with Reconstruction and Pod Save the People to uplift Black voices and experiences through the power of literature. Pod Save the People is hosting a month-long podcast series in February lifting up books from the list that changed the way the hosts see the world, and inspire and transform the inner and external work they do today.
No Complaints
People say they like it, but also, no one has complained about it. Which is HUGE.
– Feedback from another happy client
Just change the fonts again
I was going to spend a bunch of time designing a new portfolio website. But instead, I opted to change the fonts again. Another solid business decision.
