[TOS] Speaker for Open Source + Education in Philadelphia area?

[Luke Burns]

Hey Mel,

I am considering doing maybe one speaker remotely — though, the power in TEDx events are the mingling and the conversations that take place between the audience and speakers between sessions.  Though, a Google Plus conversation would be really interesting — particularly in the inherent message it carries.  I think there are some creative opportunities there.  I'll have to be very thoughtful though.  I'm not sure open source would be the right conversation in that medium, but I'm open to ideas!

Matt Jadud also mentioned Greg Hislop, so I'll try to get in touch with him.

Thanks for the enthusiasm!

Luke

On Feb 26, 2012, at 8:40 PM, Mel Chua wrote:

>> I'm curious if there are any dynamic speakers in the Philadelphia
>> area that is passionate about this and has something meaningful to
>> share with students. If you guys have any ideas, please email me!
>> You can nominate a speaker at http://tedxsoudertonhs.com/.
> 
> Hey, Luke!
> 
> First of all, I think it's excellent you're getting this together -- please do keep doing these sorts of things, because they're the kinds of events where little discussions happen that eventually turn into, and join with, maelstroms that change the world.
> 
> A lot of us here are outside the Philly area -- if you've got an option for handling remote speakers (Skype or Google Plus, a projector, some good speakers, and a webcam + good mic where audience members can step up to ask questions) I'm pretty sure you'd immediately have some takers. It might actually be nifty to have one talk that's actually a conversation between, say, 4 people in a G+ Hangout, with the audience watching that; the medium also becomes the message, in that case. Thoughts on that idea?
> 
> In terms of in-person speakers, I grasp at straws a little more here,
> but... Asheesh, you moved up to Boston from... Pittsburgh, or Philly? On
> the off chance it's the latter, see above. (And even if it's the former,
> do you know any folks in Philly who are of a TOS bent and can speak well? Also, Greg Hislop is a professor at Drexel and may know some folks around the area.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> --Mel