TEDxOrenda 2011 is nearly upon is. For all of you who have got a ticket, please print it out and bring it with you tomorrow. We look forward to seeing you! For those of you who cannot attend, but would like to watch proceedings, we have a live stream of the event which you can [...]

The 10th speaker at TEDxOrenda is ‘Youth Advocate and Leadership Junkie’ David McQueen (@DavidMcQueen). David is the Founder of All Things Magnificent – an organisation that covers all of the projects he is involved with: Magnificent Minds, a professional development company Magnificent Generation, a youth development social enterprise Magnificent Ventures, venture consultancy and advice An [...]

With over 25 years experience as technology jounralist for The Guardian newspaper, we know that the 9th speaker at TEDxOrenda, Jack Schofield (@jackschofield) will have many stories to share with the audience. In the 1970s Jack edited a wide range of photography magazines and then became editor of the influential computer magazine, Practical Computing. Although [...]

A remarkable young man called Rhys Morgan (@rhysmorgan) is the 8th speaker to be announced for TEDxOrenda. Having only just turned 16 Rhys has had to cope with the everyday prejudices he faces as a confident and articulate young person who interacts with people much older than himself via the Internet. This came to head [...]

We can hardly contain our excitement at the announcement that the 7th speaker to be announced for TEDxOrenda is, musician, producer and record label owner Simon Raymonde (@bellaunion). It seems only right that we announce Simon as speaker on the eve of the annual Chrismas party celebrating the diversity of immense talent on his Bella [...]

If there was a prize for London’s most flamboyant trouser-wearer, then TEDxOrenda‘s 6th speaker, Marc Lewis (@SCA2dean) would be undisputed winner. When he was 16 Marc was expelled from school, just a few weeks before he was due to sit his exams.  However, his life changed when he won a Guardian scholarship to the School [...]

We are particularly pleased to announce that the 5th speaker at TEDxOrenda is a truly inspirational woman Naomi Jane (@missnaomijane). Naomi has a very impressive CV in which she can boast that not only is she Director of the 4WD Foundation,she is also member of the Channel 4 Educational Advisory Board and Youth Trustee for [...]

Tickets for TEDxOrenda will be released in several batches in the period leading up to the event itself and will always be FREE. The second batch of tickets will be released on Sunday 19th December at 10am. Tickets for TEDxOrenda are available free of charge. For more information, and to obtain your free tickets, please visit [...]

The three teacher-led BETT Fringe events got a mention in The Guardian this week: Tomorrow, on the opening day, TEDx Orenda, a kind of counter-conference, will examine education in the widest possible terms. It is a spin-off from TED, the invitation-only conference series which features an elite roster of inspirational speakers such as Bill Clinton, [...]