Can concepts be the saving grace in a pandemic?

As we collectively try to recuperate from 2020, TEDxSonomaCounty could be a balm for some, presenting inspiration from area speakers, business owners, performers and thinkers.

The ninth once-a-year occasion will be virtual, bringing a string of speakers and entertainers to viewers’ residences. To acquire tickets, pay a visit to TEDxSonomaCounty.com tickets are $50 for each residence.

Executive Producer Marilyn Nagel explained this year’s concept is “crossroads.”

“We picked our topic immediately after dealing with an additional yr of wildfires and being aware of that our group activities the rockiness of transform to an unparalleled diploma,” she stated.

“As the impacts of the pandemic unfolded, we also wished a topic that acknowledges that a lot of men and women have been going through fear, anxiety and frequently a feeling of loss — a reduction of belonging and a decline of their common way of everyday living,” she included. “How we deal with these losses is a crossroads moment in our lives, and TEDxSonomaCounty assists encourage us to see the gentle in darkish situations and help us weigh the pros and drawbacks of our conclusions when we technique these crossroads.”

An uplifting afternoon of speakers and entertainers will give thought-provoking strategies to help people today reframe what is doable, Nagel explained.

Eleven speakers were being culled from 60 submissions. Among them are the world’s “first robotic psychiatrist,” Joanne Pransky, who is concentrated on how we get ready ourselves to stay and do the job with robots. Other folks incorporate previous U.S. diplomat Wilford Welch, who has written about weather alter Barbara Waxman, a private coach and advocate for thriving in center age and later everyday living Sheila Robinson, CEO of Range Women of all ages Media, a system to advance diversity and inclusion, and Ozzy Jimenez, CEO of Noble People Ice Cream, vice mayor of Healdsburg and the 1st Latino council member for the city in almost 30 many years.

As for the entertainers, they involve blues musician Johnny Sansone and the San Francisco Homosexual Men’s Refrain.

An interactive structure will invite link, pleasing to viewers with concert events and even a group extend.

Organizers expect the viewers to be predominantly multigenerational people in Sonoma County, with extended household and friends tuning in from across the nation.

TEDxSonomaCounty is a area organization that is an offshoot of TED, the international foundation regarded for its TED Talks devoted to “ideas worthy of spreading.” TED was conceived in 1984 as a convention to convey together the three worlds of technology, enjoyment and design and style. The area organization operates with a totally free license from TED, and neither corporation gains from the activities they keep.

TEDxSonomaCounty was to begin with made as portion of Sonoma Place Working day School’s mission to serve a community objective and to share its Jackson Theater with the greater local community. But the volunteer committee now extends further than the people affiliated with the school.

“We believe that this is a time when we can offer an afternoon of inspiration, leisure and significant thoughts that can be discussed prolonged just after the plan,” Nagel reported. “We can provide new and revolutionary techniques for dealing with the problems we all deal with at crossroads moments that can be integrated into our lives.”

Wine author Peg Melnik can be attained at [email protected] and 707-521-5310.