James Proud (@jamesproud) James is an 18-year old entrepreneur and founder of recent web startup – GigLocator.com.  An assured and confident speaker beyond his years, James has won competitions for young entrepreneurs and is very highly thought of amongst those ‘in the know’.

Lee Cox – @jackcabnory

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First three talks: Drew Buddie Howard Rheingold Pat Kane Pat Kane (@playethic) Pat is a musician (with Hue And Cry), a writer (here’s some stuff from the Guardian, and The Play Ethic, book and blog), a consultant, a theorist and an activist. Pat’s magnificent book ‘The Play Ethic – a manifesto for a different way [...]

Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life’s most valuable lesson: “I can.” Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.

We’re pleased to be able to announce another speaker to our growing list of excellent speakers at tomorrow nights TEDxOrenda unconference, the television personality Gail Porter. Gail is a television presenter, having worked on shows such as Top of the Pops, The Big Breakfast and The Gadget Show. In 2005 she began to suffer from [...]

With just over a week to go until TEDxOrenda, we’re excited to be able to confirm several more speakers for the event. Speakers added to our list include: Caroline Bosher (@carolinebosher) A Special Agent on a mission to transform businesses through exceptional branding and connections.  Caroline has a passion for infiltrating high calibre networks, uncovering [...]

As the term ‘Orenda’ came from the book ‘They have a word for it’ written by Howard Rheingold, Howard can be safely described as the inspriration for this event, albeit unwittingly so. We are proud to announce that Howard has agreed to be the Honorary Inspirator & Instigator for TEDxOrenda, and in support of this [...]

We are pleased to be able to announce the following speakers at TEDxOrenda. More details can be found on our Speakers page. Compere: Bill Thompson – BBC technology writer Speakers: Pat Kane – musician and writer Mamading Ceesay – social entrepreneur Alfie Dennen – creative technologist James Proud – entrepreneur John Carnell – CEO of [...]