TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark

TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark Ohlone College is proud to host its first TEDx event on March 10, 2018. Prepare yourselves to embrace the unknown.

We're delighted to have filmmaker, Denise Soler Cox, join us as our tenth speaker of TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark. Here's a l...
03/10/2018

We're delighted to have filmmaker, Denise Soler Cox, join us as our tenth speaker of TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark. Here's a little bit about the Latina cultural storyteller:

Denise Soler Cox is dedicated to helping individuals, organizations and companies transform how we experience culture, identity, and belonging. She’s built a reputation for being a speaker who has the rare ability to shine a light on a sensitive and often ignored topic with extraordinary clarity, honesty, and humor. Her approach not only inspires and provokes new ways of thinking but most importantly leaves audiences inspired to take action and incorporate positive change into their lives.

She is a distinguished member of the 4th Cohort of the Stanford Latino Leaders Entrepreneur Program and is a National Association of Latino Independent Producers 2017 Fellow. Denise was also the 2017 recipient of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Bridge Builder Education Award. She has been the featured speaker in places like UN Empower Women Summit, 1vyG Conference, TEDx, LinkedIn, The Smithsonian Latino Center, Wellesley College, and VaynerMedia.

Anna David is the New York Times-bestselling author of two novels and four non-fiction books about addiction, recovery a...
03/10/2018

Anna David is the New York Times-bestselling author of two novels and four non-fiction books about addiction, recovery and relationships. She’s been published in The New York Times, Time, The LA Times, Vanity Fair, Pl***oy, Vice and Women’s Health, among many others, written about in numerous publications including Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, Entrepreneur, Allure and Women’s Health and has appeared repeatedly on The Today Show, Hannity, Attack of the Show, Dr. Drew, Red Eye, The Talk and numerous other programs on Fox News, NBC, CBS, MTV, VH1 and E.

She created and hosts both the Recover Girl podcast and the recovery storytelling show Hammer(ed) Time. Through her company, Light Hustler, she helps creatives share their dark to find their light—through coaching, writing, workshops and more.

For over a decade, Clint Pardoe was a popular Speech Communication Instructor at community, state, and private colleges ...
03/08/2018

For over a decade, Clint Pardoe was a popular Speech Communication Instructor at community, state, and private colleges in Northern California. This, combined with being a highly-trained Life Coach, led him to write The 4 Secrets to College Life Success: How to thrive in your life during and after college. Based upon his book, Clint has spoken at local, regional, and national college events in order to support college students in living more successful academic, personal, and professional lives.

In addition, Clint is also an accomplished Business Coach who has spoken at major corporations, such as Apple, and made a significant impact coaching people in the real estate industry. More recently, Clint serves as Lead Coach for Youth Speaker University, an organization that trains people to make an income and impact in the youth industry.

In his latest presentation, The 5th Secret to College Life Success: Awaken Your Potential, Clint shares his personal experience with “The Big Unknown” in hopes of bringing forth conversations about spiritual awakening amongst college students.

John D. Perez is a Bay Area native, raised in Belmont, California & a resident of Las Vegas. He is a professor of Commun...
03/08/2018

John D. Perez is a Bay Area native, raised in Belmont, California & a resident of Las Vegas. He is a professor of Communication Studies at Ohlone College with a unique background in healthcare administration, forensics & animal husbandry.

As a student he was a competitor on the Solano College Speech & Debate team and in 2000 was the top Parliamentary debate speaker in the State of California. He has held roles from volunteer speech coach to Director of Forensics and it is this unique blend and passion for communication and motivation that provides his students with a dynamic learning experience.

Mr. Perez holds a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California & from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He is also an instructor of Argumentation & Debate, Business & Professional Communication, Interpersonal & Interpretation of Literature. Mr. Perez also volunteers to mentor students through the Umoja program at several Bay Area colleges.

Born in Jalisco, Mexico in 1965, Alberto Ledesma was brought to Oakland, California at eight years old as an undocumente...
03/08/2018

Born in Jalisco, Mexico in 1965, Alberto Ledesma was brought to Oakland, California at eight years old as an undocumented immigrant. Since then, Alberto has graduated UC Berkeley three times over and has held faculty positions at Cal State University, Monterey Bay and UC Berkeley. His dissertation, “The Dialectics of Silence and Subterfuge,” is one of the earliest critical works written in the United States on the representation of undocumented immigrants in fiction.

Over the years, Alberto has published poems, essays, and short stories in a variety of venues. He is a past winner of UC Irvine’s Chicano/Latino Literary Prize and was a featured writer in Gary Soto’s Chicano Chapbook series. His essays have appeared in various edited collections, including David R. Maciel’s Culture Across Borders and Arturo J. Aldama and Naomi Quiñonez’s Decolonial Voices. His current work in progress is Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Vignettes from an Undocumented Life.

Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua is a Professor of Engineering at Ohlone College, with over 10 years of experience in Higher Edu...
03/08/2018

Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua is a Professor of Engineering at Ohlone College, with over 10 years of experience in Higher Education. Before moving to the US, she was the Chair of the Engineering Department and Senior Lecturer at the University of West London, London, UK. She holds a B.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria, an MSc. in Mobile and Satellite Communication from the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and pursed her Doctorate in Cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK.

She is the 2017 Outstanding Teaching Award recipient from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) PSW section. Prof. Itua also received the 2017 Faculty of the Year Award from Ohlone College. She has been recognized by UNESCO, BBC, and the IEEE for her contributions towards bridging gender and race divides in STEM education and careers.

We are elated to have Professor Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua and other influential speakers share their thoughts and discoveries of the unknowns of our world this Saturday March 10th.

Good afternoon, everyone! Today we present to you Ohlone College student, Sam Campbell.Sam is known to challenge the sta...
03/06/2018

Good afternoon, everyone! Today we present to you Ohlone College student, Sam Campbell.

Sam is known to challenge the status quo. They hold three National Phi Rho Pi speaking awards and use their platform to raise awareness in the community about race, gender, and sexuality. As an indigenous student, Sam dedicates their time to advocating for indigenous rights and the removal of indigenous imagery from logos. Sam has an associates degree in Communication studies and a certificate in intercultural communication.

Good evening and happy Sunday! We're officially less than a week away from TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark. To get you excited f...
03/05/2018

Good evening and happy Sunday! We're officially less than a week away from TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark. To get you excited for the big night, we'll be introducing the rest of our speakers throughout the week!

Next up, we have Nick J. Saud, a Theater and Performing Arts student at Ohlone College.

Nick is currently pursuing his AA Transfer Degree for Theater/Performing Arts. He began his journey in this field as an actor at a very young age, and has since gained experience as an actor, director, and playwright under the mentorship of Michael Navarra Smith at Ohlone College’s Fremont Campus. He has composed and wrote lyrics for five years, and intends to pursue this passion further.

While tickets for TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark have officially sold out, we look forward to spending the night with you all as we delve into revelations and insights of the vast unknown.

Happy Monday, everyone! For today's speaker introduction, we bring to you collective artist, Vu Dinh.Vu Dinh, a Bay Area...
02/12/2018

Happy Monday, everyone! For today's speaker introduction, we bring to you collective artist, Vu Dinh.

Vu Dinh, a Bay Area native from Hayward, CA, is a student currently studying interpersonal communication and group behavior. After completing international service projects in Mexico and Vietnam, he has transitioned his focus of work onto his own community. He now works on projects creating platforms for others to share experiences, advice, and insight on various topics. These topics range from unhealthy relationships to people’s connections to particular songs. In his current project, Can We Speak, Vu interviews people on infatuation, love, and heartbreak.

With TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark being less than a month away, it's important that you buy your tickets as soon as possible to secure your spot! Don't miss your opportunity to engage in important, thought-provoking conversations with our 9 brilliant speakers, such as Vu Dinh.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://tix6.centerstageticketing.com/sites/ohlone6/event-details.php?e=414

We're exactly one month away from the big day! In these next few weeks leading up to TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark, we'll be g...
02/11/2018

We're exactly one month away from the big day! In these next few weeks leading up to TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark, we'll be giving you a taste of what to expect from each of our 9 speakers.

Meet Isabelle Lam, American High School's Interact Club President.

Through Interact Club, a service organization, Isabelle, her fellow officers, and club members are dedicated to fostering leadership and promoting understanding of international issues. This past Fall, she has successfully led a three-month donation drive, “Right to Thrive,” collecting food, clothes, and educational supplies to donate to various non-profit organizations across the Bay Area. For her outstanding leadership skills and passion for service, she was awarded with a full scholarship to Rotary’s 2017 annual Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a weeklong leadership camp. In the future, she plans to pursue a B.S. in biomedical technology, while continuing to positively influence her community.

Join us on March 10, 2018 to hear Isabelle and our other speakers discuss their revelations and insights on the vast unknowns of the world.

02/03/2018

Happy Saturday! We're a little over a month away from TEDxOhloneCollegeNewark, and tickets are going fast. Tickets are limited, so be sure to purchase your tickets for the event as soon as possible. Tickets can be purchased here: https://tix6.centerstageticketing.com/sites/ohlone6/

Pricing is as follows:
$20 for students (student I.D. required)
$25 for general admission.

Get your tickets, tell your friends, and mark your calendars for Saturday March 10th. Get excited, Ohlone!

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