Rashid Nuri isn’t your typical Harvard grad. Instead of bargaining business mergers or presiding over a courtroom, he spends his 9-5 with his hands in the soil on Old Wheat Street in Atlanta’s historic Old Fourth Ward. At TEDx Peachtree 2013, Rashid won over the crowd with his virtual tour of the future of urban […]

Chantelle Rytter founded the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade in 2010, along with the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons. Is this your first time speaking at a TEDx event? What are your thoughts on presenting on October 17? Yes, it is my first time! I think it is a terrific gift to speak at TEDx, and […]

To me, “Illuminating” through photography is about opening up viewers’ eyes to something they’ve maybe never seen before, or something they’ve seen a million times but never quite seen it the way I chose to portray it.  Remember the way everything looked as a child?  Huge skyscrapers, seemingly giant athletes, massive 747 airplanes; often the only […]

The second speaker for TEDxPeachtree 2014 we’ll be “illuminating” is Shannon Zirbel. Shannon has a background in engineering and mechanical solutions and believes that “design shows that inspiration can come from anywhere.” Is this your first time speaking at a TEDx event? What are your thoughts on presenting on October 17h? Yes, it’s my first […]