
Forward >>> Thinking
Friday, May 12, 2023 at The Music Hall
One of the biggest TEDx events in the country, TEDxPortsmouth is an immersive, full-day event showcasing a diverse lineup of inspiring speakers, rousing artistic performances, local food and more. This 100% volunteer-run annual event is where the Seacoast comes together to connect and explore big ideas — science, the arts, the environment, humanity, entrepreneurship — in a shared experience emphasizing community, conversation, and inspiration. TEDxPortsmouth garners not only a huge local following, but a global reach with speaker videos generating more than a million views (and counting!).
From our Blog
Where are our TEDxPortsmouth speakers now: Catching up with Kartik Sakthivel
Sakthivel’s 2019 talk (“The Technology Age – Thriving Through Disruption”) focused on the profusion of technology, its never-ending and ever-quickening development, and the need to adopt a “learning mindset” to thrive in this environment, if not just to keep pace. It turned out to be a timely theme – within six months of Sakthivel’s talk, the Covid pandemic upended everything we knew.
Sponsor Spotlight: With Kennebunk Savings’ Community Relations & Social Responsibility Manager, Liz Torrance
At Kennebunk Savings, being ‘purpose driven’ isn’t a mere marketing tagline — it’s a business philosophy that has the bank deeply rooted as an active member of the southern Maine...
Important Update on TEDxPortsmouth
TEDxPortsmouth is pressing pause on its 2020 event, originally planned for September 25 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Last year, as a true community-driven event,...
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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 TEDxPortsmouth, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxPortsmouth event, TED Talks 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.