Mission
Giving voice to expansive ideas and disruptive concepts that enhance the way we see, connect, and evolve within our mountain community.
Values
Ideas
We believe that collective genius and expansive ideas can improve our community and, ultimately, the world.
Community
We are here to serve and support a local experience that is unique to our mountain communities, that is inclusive, connection-centered, and culturally beneficial.
Authenticity
We are committed in heart and mind to genuine, passionate, and authentic experiences and connections.
What is TEDxBreckenridge?
Bathed in the extraordinary beauty of the Rocky Mountains, TEDxBreckenridge is inspired by our environment. We live in an amazing hub for skiing, hiking, mountain biking and every other kind of outdoor activity you can imagine. So many of us are here to be as close as we can to nature and adventure. Nature feeds us, unites us, and pushes us outside our comfort zones. It tugs at our heartstrings and allows us to search and wonder.
TEDxBreckenridge is here to bring our community together through thoughtful conversation and exploration. Our goal is to highlight local voices and further expand knowledge and learning opportunities in the High Rockies.
Our conferences and events allow us to live in a space of wonder while connecting with our community in a different way than ever before.
We hope to ignite your curiosity and passion for our community and to create a space of awe — to pause and think.
Summit County, Colorado
Welcome to the place we call home
Summit County is a unique mountain community located 70 miles west of Denver. Breckenridge, Silverthorne, Dillon, and Frisco are the towns that unite our county. We are a community of athletes, business owners, families, students, employees, outdoor activists, intellectuals, and so much more.
Also, with 5 ski resorts within 25 miles, Summit County is home to Keystone Ski Resort, Breckenridge Ski Resort, Loveland Ski Area, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, and Copper Mountain. We thrive on tourism and locals alike and share our home with thousands of visitors each year.
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.
TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; TED Translators, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established The Audacious Project that takes a collaborative approach to funding ideas with the potential to create change at thrilling scale; 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.