TEDxRedondoBeach - Shift Happens: Exploring Shifting Paradigms

Join TEDxRedondoBeach for a thought-provoking evening with Live speakers and TEDTalks covering the theme of Shifting Paradigms.

Our speakers and TEDTalks will cover some interesting topics including:
• Changing the World through Parenting: Daring to question the way we raise children
• Acknowledging the Power of Positive Stress
• The Power of Listening: An ancient practice for our future
• The Awareness of Transgender Health Needs
• The Relationship Between Artists and Fans
• Nourishment, empowerment, education via one urban garden at a time

Afterwards, join us at BALEENkitchen for cocktails, food and lively discussion about the evenings TEDTalks with all night Happy Hour prices for TEDxRedondoBeach attendees only. BALEENkitchen is located less than a mile away from the Auditorium at 260 Portofino Way Redondo Beach , CA 90277 with FREE parking on site.

Thomas Kuhn, who defined and popularized the concept of a Paradigm Shift, stated that "awareness is prerequisite to all acceptable changes of theory."  It all begins in the mind of the person. What we perceive, whether normal or metanormal, conscious or unconscious, are subject to the limitations and distortions produced by our inherited and socially conditional nature. However, we are not restricted by this for we can change.

A Paradigm Shift is a change from one way of thinking to another. It's a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It doesn't just happen... it is driven by agents of change. As we shift from a mechanistic, manufacturing, industrial society to an organic, service based, information centered society, technology, social justice and connectivity will be at the forefront.

Speakers include:

Ruth Beaglehole – Echo Parenting & Education, Echo Park, CA

Alex Charfen – Charfen Institute, Austin TX

Maddie Deutsch, MD – UC-San Francisco Center of Excellence for Transgender Health

Leon Berg – Ojai Foundation, Ojai, CA

For Speaker Bios - please visit our TEDxRedondoBeach website event page

What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxRedondoBeach, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxRedondoBeach event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.