Thank You
There are many people that we should thank and give credit for helping make TEDxDelMar 2011 such a great success. I don’t think that we can say thank you enough but we will start here and now:
To All of our Incredible Speakers: Tom Karlo, Dr. Jeff Bluestone, Dr. Mathias Von Herrath, Dr. Richard Insel, Dr. Michael German, Dr. Steve Edelman, Dr. Athena Tsimikas, Dr. Nigel Calcutt, Dr. Bill Polonsky, Dr. Maike Sander, Dr. Peter Butler, Dr. Peter Stock, Dr. Daniel Anderson, Dr. Bernhard Hering, Dr. Pamela Itkin-Ansari, Dr. Bruce Buckingham, Dr. David Gough, Dr. Alberto Hayek – Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking time out of your very busy schedules to come share your knowledge and passion with us. You did so on your own dime, working tirelessly to make your presentations flawless. Without all of you, there is no TEDxDelMar. Thank you for making this event a huge success.
Stephanie Bergsma, Associate General Manager KPBS – Thank you for everything you did. from making sure that we had an amazing venue for TEDxDelMar, suggesting speakers, brain storming and talking me off the ledge many times, for being the voice of reason and always believing that this was going to be a great event! Helping fundraise, figuring out catering & being a great friend. One of the highlights of organizing this year’s event was getting to know and work with you. You are phenomenal and I don’t think I will ever be able to thank you enough.
KPBS: Mr. Tom Karlo, General Manager KPBS, Ena Newell, Patricia Andrews, Scott, Skot, Xavier, Bill, Roland, & David – Thank You for all of your hard work making the studio look exactly what we envisioned and running that control room like a bionic machine! We are forever your fans!
Dr. Alberto Hayek - Words cannot express how grateful we are to you for all of your hard work. Thanks to you, we had incredible speakers at TEDxDelMar. Thank You for all of your help coordinating all of the speakers! You asked many of your esteemed colleagues to speak at TEDxDelMar and because of your reputation, the respect that everyone has for you as a professional, as a human being, and the wonderful giving person and good friend that you are, every single one of them said yes! I am now one of the people that you can add to the list of people that will pretty much do anything you ask. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
Jenni Prisk – You are the best moderator in the universe! There is no one that could ever do a better job than you. Thank you for bringing your incredible talent and energy to TEDxDelMar.
Margery Perry – Thank you for convincing wonderful speakers to come to TEDxDelMar and share their knowledge with us and thank you for all of the support.
Dr. Steve Edelman – Thank you for suggesting Dr. Polonsky as a speaker and coming to the rescue with your laser pointer and giving an incredible talk! You are a super star Dr. Edelman!! We love you and we love TCOYD!
TCOYD – Thank you for helping us spread the word about TEDxDelMar! We had a full house!
David Winkler – Thanks for letting us use your boardroom for our meetings and all of the suggestions, brainstorming, inspiration and support and just being there for whatever and where ever you were needed. Thank You.
Sean McParland, Executive Director JDRF San Diego – Thank you for reaching out to all of your members and spreading the word about TEDxDelMar. You were missed! We hope your ride through Death Valley was amazing!
Charles Bisom -Rapp – Thank you for running the powerpoint presentations, never skipping a beat and recruiting volunteers! What would we have done with out you?! Thank you for dropping it all to help us out!
Jed Lomahan – You are the best graphic designer in the world! Thank your for incredibly awesome, super fast work! You are awesome!
Phillip Staiger – Thank you for the amazing animated intro and music and for coming to TEDxDelMar and help out in any way that was needed. Technical issues vanished thanks to you!
Jason McKenzie – Thank you for being the official photographer and backstage footage director. It was tons of work and you were amazing even though you’ve got your huge project of your own that you are working on. You even went as far as getting food and snack for the volunteers and crew. Thanks Jason!! We can’t wait to see what amazing things you do with your project “Type Me”
Scott Rebuhn – Thank you for everything. You are always there to help out and pick up where ever you are needed. Thank you for always being there for us!
Andrea Ross – Thanks for sharing your ideas and energy with us! Thanks for making copies and spreading the word about TEDxDelMar
Dr. Mary Mulvihill – Thank you for gathering a wonderful group of volunteers. All were so willing to do it all and to do it incredibly well.
Steve and Lisa Altman – Thank you for opening up your lovely home to host the pre TEDxDelMar reception and all of your support.
PDRC PR Committee - Thanks for coming to the meetings
Thank You! Your TEDxDelMar Organizers – Mike & Liz Eddy
People want to know what we did…Below is the short list. Let us know what your thoughts are and suggestions. We know there is always room for improvement! We will do our best for next year! Also, please let us know if you would like to get involved and help us plan next year! We would love to have you!
Mike Eddy- Live Stream, Tech, Social Media, KPBS studio tech liason, pre production, event production, post production editing, communications & pretty much everything else.
Liz Eddy – Website Design and Development and Updates, Press Release, Press Liason, Tech, KPBS studio tech liason, Speaker Presentation Coordination and Communications, volunteer recruitment, volunteer coordinator, program, script, pre production, event production, post production editing, communications & pretty much everything else
