TEDxMiddlebury 2013: The Road Not Taken

This is a student-organized conference in the spirit of TED featuring 11 professional speakers and one student speaker. Each presenter will give an 18-minute talk centered around the theme of ‘The Road Not Taken.’ Join us for a day of sharing ideas and inspiring people.
Location: CFA Concert Hall. Date and Time: March 9th, 10am start time (4pm approx finish time) Other Info: Lunch provided. Sponsored by the PCI and MCAB Speakers.
Andy Nagy-Benson is the pastor of the Congregational Church in town (the pretty white one with the steeple).
Ai-Jen Poo is the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), the leading organization working to build power, respect, and fair labor standards for nannies, housekeepers and elderly caregivers in the U.S.
Natalie Randolph played and coaches tackle football. ESPN wrote about her. Jamie Laidlaw ’02 is a Midd grad and a lead guide for Ruby Mountain Heli Ski in northeastern Nevada.
Kate Clopeck is the executive director for Community Water Solutions who previously worked as an associate engineer at Aerojet, an aerospace firm located in Virginia.
Ryan Kim ’14 is a student at Midd who took a train across the country and wrote about it for Middlebury Magazine this summer. He won the TEDxMiddlebury student speaker contest.
Big Poppa E is a spoken word artist and three-time veteran of HBO’s Def Poetry.
Tony Wagner is the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard and author of the book Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World.
Polly Young-Eisendrath is a speaker, writer, Jungian analyst and mindfulness teacher and the author of The Self-Esteem Trap.
Derek Amato is a former postal worker who, after sustaining a severe head injury, could suddenly play the piano. Doctors say he has rare conditions called “Acquired Savant Syndrome” and “Synesthesia.”
Dean Karlan is a Professor of Economics at Yale University, president of Innovations for Poverty Action and the author of More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty.
Victoria Sweet is a prize-winning historian with a Ph.D. in history and social medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and the author of God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine.