Amazing starts now. Welcome to this journey of greatness, where amazing
ideas are shared that is guaranteed to change the dynamic s of our evolving
community.
It all started after TEDxBodija was licensed in May 2013. Some ordinary guys, well,
with extraordinary, inflammable ideas were drafted to plan a highly anticipated
event, anticipated to cause significant shift in paradigm.
The theme for the event came from the organizer, Olufemi Babalogbon. He dwelt on the significance of time and the
spaces in and around us, which are amazingly a colossal source of inspiration,
profiting; a place of refuge, solace and comfort; a place of local or global
relevance in endeavors etcetera. People can draw from this. Think space; think
it as what it may mean to you. When you are done, imagine the distance in space
your mind has travelled, and the time it took.
Curators in TED parlance are the individuals who do the crafting of TED
talk topics which captures variation of the event theme, and select (out of
myriad nominations) the best candidate to adequately deliver on this demand. This
role is important to the success of every TEDx event and impact on its community
based audience. On this note, Adeshola Ademola- a deep thinking, Brand
strategist - was drafted to collaborate with Olufemi Babalogbon- a seasoned
Business strategist- as TEDxBodija’s Curators.
Other members of the organising team are Tolu Lawson; who is a creative
Brand designer handling all expression of TEDxBodija on various touch-points
and brand merchandises. Hezekiah
Omotsuebe is a Web developer
and Multimedia expert; he is handled the web development ( www.tedxbodija.com ), also ensuring a
hitch-free online streaming in collaboration with a technical partner.
Shina Anifowoshe is in charge of our social media ( www.twitter.com/tedxbodija ) - a
key platform where people get first hand info about the program by following
@Tedxbodija. Funmilayo Adesina is a legal practitioner, and advises
the team on issues bordering on release forms for speakers, partnership and
sponsorship. The publicity and awareness campaigns are coordinated by publicity
guru- Oladipo Abimbola, he is also responsible for securing relevant
partnerships. Damilola Oladehin is the PR and registration coordinator,
ensuring the surge in attendance by engaging and interacting with people on
where and how registration is done especially on eventbrite (http://goo.gl/I4l3fB) and also via mobile.
After various tough brain
storming sessions, they (curators) were able to crack the nut (Theme), crafting
various topics:
Beyond the Space in Your Shoe highlights
the entrepreneurial space waiting for people to occupy and latent
innovativeness be-clouded by perception of economic imbalance. Idagu David fits this mould. He describes
himself as idea evangelist, business consultant and entrepreneur. He will be sharing
on his recent business project; “Intelligent
Shoes”; shoes that matches temperaments.
The
Mystery of Time dwells on various
dimensions and dynamism of time. For example, When time delivers value greater
than its duration, time is said to be elastic. When the value generated is
lesser than the length of time used, then, there is high tendency that time has
been wasted. All this and more will Francis
Adeshina touch on. He is the founder of EightTwentyTwo Networks; a
Multisensory Branding, integrated multi-channel marketing, promotions, and
advertising firm. He is an Author-to-be, working on his forthcoming book called
Conquering Time.
The
Shrinking Space of Love is an expose on the remarkable power of Love.
It is simply supernatural how Love diminishes the distances between two people;
exceptionally breaking barriers of ethno religious diversities. Atinuke H. Odjenima, the founder of The
Hindsight Nigeria – a leadership development organization, will tell her story
of Love through Leadership, Love through ethnic and religious barrier.
The
Future of Our Political Space: this is aimed to project Hope in the
face of despairing scenes of political game, played in recklessness, and
selfishly. Gbemisola Osadua is a
projection of hope in our failing political plane. She is the Vice President,
International Law Student Association (ILSA), University of Ibadan; a Guest
Speaker at 3rd Annual Women Conference GHANA National Union of Polytechnic
Students Accra, in May, 2013. Gbemisola will share her experience and thoughts
on the political future.
MarketSpace
Versus MarketPlace: Because the
world has changed and concept of globalization which is a means to international integration, with the exchange
of world views, products, ideas, culture etcetera has virtually permeated the entire place, hence, the necessity for
knowledge and maximization of space rather than place. John Armah who is the
CEO of Ghana Centre for Entrepreneurship, Employment and Innovation, GCEEI,
Accra, an Award-winning Entrepreneur ranked as the 27th Most Influential
Ghanaian by ETV Ghana, Chairman Africa Youth Economic Forum, and Member of
World Economic Forum will be sharing his thoughts on this topic at TEDxBodija
Time and Chance Happen to Them All: Time is rarely
unknown to be a common denominator in the expression of individual talents, calling,
profession or carrier. However, what is done in Time when Chance arrives mark
the difference. Pastor Francis E. Madojemu will beam on Time and Chance that
happens to everyone. He is CEO of
NuSTREAMS Concepts and Coordinator of The Bridge Network.
Transformational Development: The Yoruba philosophical
orientation of Agbajo Owo (collaboration) comes in handy as the underpinning
concept behind this topic. This orientation prescribes an unrelenting pursuance
of collaborative and cooperative engagements, which would optimise the
collective synergy and economies of scale of the integrating States for meeting
the challenge of developing the communities for the benefit of its people. Toyin
Awesu, the Head of Communication for Dawn Commission will be sharing insights
on this topic.
Indeed, Amazing starts now;
Paradigms are adjusted, the spaces between are diminished, push for
entrepreneurial reasoning is up and so much more differences and values created.
You do not want to miss this event which holds on Saturday, November 30, 2013
at Heritage Mall, Ibadan. Check for more details via www.tedxbodija.com and www.ted.com/tedx/events/tedxbodija.com
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This piece was written by Ademola Adeshola, a curator and
admin officer of TEDxBodija.
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