TEDxCherryCreekWomen 2018 Brings Global TEDWomen Celebration to Denver November 30

CHERRY CREEK, Colo. – Aug. 23, 2018 – Once a year, the TED community comes together to celebrate women through TEDWomen, a three-day global conference featuring 300 TEDx sites around the world. Denver-area women can once again be part of the celebration at TEDxCherryCreekWomen 2018 on Friday, Nov. 30, from noon to 8:30 p.m. at the Infinity Park Event Center in Glendale. This year’s event features a powerful lineup of 12 presenters and 8 entertainers, all of whom will share ideas and performances based on this year’s global theme, “Showing Up.” Early bird tickets are on sale now through Sept. 30 for $75 at tedxcherrycreek.com/tedxccw18.

“Women in the workplace are often voices that are overlooked. It was important to us to put together a slate of presenters whose voices have historically been unheard,” said Dafna Michaelson Jenet, founder of TEDxCherryCreekWomen. “After culling through more than a hundred applications, our final selection came down to packaging a powerful event that will elevate, empower, and engage women under our globally shared theme, ‘Showing Up.’”

This year’s slate of presenters include:
• Kïrsten Blake, creator and founder of Chapter BE – “Reframe your narrative: first BE, then do”
• Chelley Canales, entrepreneur, writer, and performing artist – “What is the cost of waiting for approval before creating your life’s work?”
• Kelly Dore, human rights advocate, business woman, former legislator, and executive director of the National Human Trafficking Survivor Coalition – “Moving past trauma through the lens of a human trafficking survivor”
• Dr. Jean F. East, social worker and retired professor from the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work – “Leadership for empowerment: engaging head, heart, and soul”
• Dr. Savita Ginde, former vice president and chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) – “Building bridges instead of digging trenches around women’s reproductive and health rights”
• Emily Harvey, one of only a few female amputees to achieve Iron(wo)man status and co-founder of LIM359 – “Accepting help when overcoming the impossible”
• Pat Jacques, entrepreneur, coach, author, keynote speaker, and founder of ADVWoman – “From self hate to self love”
• Phylecia Jones, Budgetologist, speaker, financial advocate, and creator of Keep Up with Mrs. Jones – “Girls are great at math!”
• Lisa Lee, 31-year teaching veteran and international motivational speaker – “Transforming the social norms of aging”
• Shahira Qudrat, business leader, author, and founder of Multi-American Moxie – “Navigating ethnic identities to overcome cultural societal roadblocks”
• Teri D. Smith, director of development for the Stout Street Foundation – “Overcoming fear of judgement to live our purpose”
• Johanna Walker, keynote speaker, coach, and founder of Women Who Speak and Girls Who Speak – “Breaking the bonds of societal expectations of our bodies”

TEDxCherryCreekWomen 2018 will also feature a stellar lineup of entertainers, including:
• Jennifer Burnett, artistic director and lead soloist at Mile Hi Church, vocal artist, songwriter, and musician
• Emily Geeves aka Em Possible, singer, songwriter, and musician
• Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein, comediennes and creators of the hit comedy show Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women
• Karyn Ruth White, comedienne and owner of Laugh and Learn Productions, LLC
• Pam VanNostern, comedienne
• Voices Rock, entertainers
• Jazz, spoken word artist

By purchasing a ticket to TEDxCherryCreekWomen 2018, attendees gain access to a uniquely intimate experience with the opportunity to hear and meet each speaker. Attendees will enjoy the full lineup of presenters and entertainers in Infinity Park’s state-of-the-art event center featuring wraparound video screens and our High Definition Production Crew. They will participate in the Human Board Game during program intermissions, enjoy snacks throughout the afternoon and a can’t-miss dinner by Denver’s premiere “From Scratch” caterer and lifestyle expert David Bondarchuck of Scratch Catering Services. For more information or tickets, visit http://tedxcherrycreek.com/tedxccw18/.

About TEDxCherryCreek
In 2009, Dafna Michaelson Jenet had an idea to bring more voices of women from the Rocky Mountain region and around the country to the TEDx stage. Dafna applied for a TEDx license and TEDxCrestmoorPark was born. Since that time, the TEDxCrestmoorPark audience has grown to encompass a larger geographic footprint and now carries the name TEDxCherryCreek. Cherry Creek is a top travel destination in Colorado, a premier community where people live, work, and shop, and home to many thriving women-owned businesses. TEDxCherryCreek is honored to align with a community that gives so much to Denver and feature presenters with ideas worth spreading.

In 2011, the organization received the first Colorado license for a TEDWomen event and has since curated a TEDxWomen event almost each year since. TEDxCherryCreek is proud to continue being the Colorado home and joining each year’s Global TEDWomen event. For more information visit http://tedxcherrycreek.com/.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED.

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In 2009, Dafna Michaelson Jenet had an idea to bring more voices of women from the Rocky Mountain region and around the country to the TEDx stage. Dafna applied for a TEDx license and TEDxCrestmoorPark was born. Since that time, the TEDxCrestmoorPark audience has grown to encompass a larger geographic footprint and now carries the name TEDxCherryCreek. Cherry Creek is a top travel destination in Colorado, a premier community where people live, work, and shop, and home to many thriving women-owned businesses. TEDxCherryCreek is honored to align with a community that gives so much to Denver and feature presenters with ideas worth spreading.

In 2011, the organization received the first Colorado license for a TEDWomen event and has since curated a TEDxWomen event almost each year since. TEDxCherryCreek is proud to continue being the Colorado home and joining each year’s Global TEDWomen event. For more information visit http://tedxcherrycreek.com/.

Stacey Sepp
Philosophy Communication
209 Kalamath Street Unit 2, Denver, Colorado
720-299-5891

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