We are really excited to announce that our 4th speaker at TEDxOrenda is a former partner at Buttered Side Down – a historic risk management consultancy focusing on systemic risks like state failure and economic collapse, Vinay Gupta (@leashless).   A rivetting and authoritative speaker, Vinay deals with many topics that most people ignore, as [...]

The third of our speakers at TEDxOrenda is playfulologist (don’t worry, that’s a word we’ve made up) Alex Fleetwood.   playmakers video 01 : alex fleetwood and the sandpit from thinkpublic on Vimeo. Alex Fleetwood is Director of Hide&Seek, he also produces film and games. He founded Hide&Seek with Gideon Reeling in 2007 after attending [...]

The second of our speakers at TEDxOrenda is cartoonist & animator Sydney Padua. Melina Sydney Padua is the creator of the 2DGoggles blog which featuring her animated account of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage – which imagines what it would have been like had the world’s first computer programmer and the man who [...]

In keeping with the festive spirit prevalent at this time of year, and by way of creating excitement for the forthcoming TEDxOrenda, we’ve decided to unveil our speakers 1 at a time on each of the next ’12 days of TEDxMas’. So without further ado, its my honour to announce that our FIRST speaker will [...]

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 [...]