No TEDx For Me

Alas, there shall be no TEDx audition for me. I was cut at the “fill out this form with your idea” stage.

Honestly, I did think I’d at least get an audition. The topic and the credentials I offered–the creative control and opportunities offered by self-publishing–seemed to fit perfectly with their theme of “Make + Believe,” and I’ve over two decades of public speaking and teaching experience. But I must have failed to make it compelling enough at the “query” stage, or perhaps mistook the oddi...