Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month the ECM wil be hosting TED Talk Community Night a new program centered around community building and idea sharing. A potluck meal will be shared at 7pm and a preselected TED talk will be presented following the meal. A discussion over the topic of the TED will follow. The discussion will go until 9pm on these nights. Please label your dishes for the potluck as vegan, vegetarian, or meaty.

Join us in exploring the role of creativity in our culture. We will begin and end the series commentary on how our education system vales creativity. We will hear from authors, architects and academics all sharing ideas worth spreading.

"TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader"

"We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other." (from www.ted.com)

January 26: Ken Robinson on "How Schools Kill Creativity"

February 9: ECM event NO TED talk tonight

February 23: Barry Schwartz on "Loss of Wisdom"

March 9: Larry Lessing on "Laws that Choke Creativity"

March 23: Elizabeth Gilbert on "Nurturing Creativity"

April 13: Carmon Sinclair on "Open-Source Architecture"

April 27: Dave Eggers on his "Once Upon a School" TED wish

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