Napa Students Competing To Speak At TEDxNapaValley

News from TEDxNapaValley:

Students from seven local high schools will compete for the opportunity to speak at this year’s TEDxNapaValley event in a regional speak-off competition on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Napa High School Little Theater.

Napa High School, St. Helena High School, Valley Oak High School, Calistoga Junior-Senior High School, Vintage High School, Justin-Siena High School, and Sonoma Valley High School will select up to two of their best students to compete.

Each student will present a three to six-minute multi-media talk centered on this year’s theme “Redefining Success” to the TEDxNapaValley organizing team, who will select the final winner. The event is open to the community.

“We’re excited to have so many local schools participate in this year’s student speak off! We are well on our way to establishing a strong TED culture within our school communities,” said TEDxNapaValley Education Outreach Director Barbara Sabbadini. “This year also marks the beginning of the first TED-Ed Club at Napa High School and we would love to see that initial spark create flames of interest in TED-Ed Clubs at other schools.”

As part of TEDxNapaValley’s commitment to the community, the organization is offering a selection of reduced-price tickets to this year’s conference to eligible organizations.

A limited number of free tickets will be available to high school students on a first come, first served basis and a limited number of $50 tickets are being offered to non-profits and community organizations. Those qualifying must submit an application online at www.tedxnapavalley.org by Friday, February 6. Eligible high school students, non-profits and community organizations that apply will be notified by February 20th regarding their ticket allocation.

All other tickets for the April 12th Live Conference Event at the Lincoln Theater are on sale now on at www.tedxnapavalley.org General Admission tickets remain at $100 per person.

For those wishing for an entire weekend long experience, a limited number of Weekend Sponsor Packages are still available for $250 per person.

The package includes one ticket to the Saturday, April 11th Speaker Dinner, one ticket to the Sunday, April 12th Live Conference Event, early admission seating, autographed TEDxNapaValley 2015 Program and a TEDxNapaValley T-shirt.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection.

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

The annual TEDGlobal conference will be held this October in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/TED.