We are thrilled you will be joining us on Tuesday night. The speakers have worked terribly hard to assure they have a great presentation. Here are a some helpful points and reminders to make your (and our) first TEDxColumbus experience a great one.
For those attending TEDxColumbus on Tuesday, October 20, here are specifics for the evening:
THE SCHEDULE: Opening reception starts at 5:30pm (see below for food/drink details). Doors to the theater open at 6:15pm and remember, seating is open. We will begin the program promptly at 6:45pm. An intermission reception will take place around 8:15pm (or so), and dare we say that we’d like to have you on the road home by 10:15pm, but don’t hold us to it.
DIRECTIONS: In case you haven’t been to the Wexner Center before, here’s the official Google map.
PARKING: If you would like to have your parking reimbursed, please park in an OSU garage. There’s one just north and another one just south of the Wexner Center off of High Street. We will give you a voucher to exit the garage.
THE BUS: If you ride COTA, we will give you a voucher for a day pass which will cover your trip home or your next trip on COTA.
TWO WHEELERS: There is ample bike parking on the plaza in front of the Wexner Center.
WILL CALL: If you don’t have your ticket yet, please plan to arrive a bit early to collect it from will call.
ATTIRE: Casual. It will be a long night, we want you to be comfortable!
HAND-SHAKING: Optional. The Red Cross would say forbidden.
BUFFET DINNER: It won’t be terribly fancy, but it will be delicious, healthy and filling (and it is included in your ticket price). And plenty of options for vegetarians. Food and drink are not allowed in the theater.
DRINKS: Soda, water and coffee are gratis; there will be a cash bar for beer and wine.
CELL PHONES: They won’t work in the theater, only in the cafe during reception times.
LAPTOPS: if you bring one, we’ll ask that you sit in a designated row as to not disrupt those who aren’t using one. The wi-fi is free but we also aren’t exactly sure what will happen if all 300 people login at once. There’s a first for everything, right? And lastly, there will not be any plugs available so please charge those batteries.
TWITTER: The hashtag is #tedxcbus. And remember, you can’t tweet from your phone while in the theater since you can’t get a cell signal (but you can in the cafe).
VIDEOS: The program will be videotaped so that we may post them online and for consideration for TED.com. Once a speaker starts we ask that you stay seated through that presentation as we’ll be taping from three different cameras. We will have summaries of each talk posted by Wednesday (October 21) morning. When will videos be posted? Well, it just depends on how well things go on Tuesday!
FEEDBACK: After the event, we will send attendees a link to a post-event survey administered by TED. We appreciate your honest feedback through this survey, through this web site or to our email address, tedxcolumbus@gmail.com.
If there is something that we missed, please let us know. We look forward to seeing you Tuesday!