Suzan Brandt, technology coordinator for Mountain Brook Junior High School, has been selected to attend a TEDx pre-conference workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, in December. She is one of 400 applicants who were chosen and will attend the workshop as well as the TEDGlobal>Geneva event. Previous guest speakers at the Global event include Bill Gates, Brene Brown and Al Gore. Attending these events will allow her to hold a 100+ TEDx event in Mountain Brook.
According to school officials, Brandt is looking forward to meeting other organizers from around the world who share a common vision of making an impact on their communities.
Previously, Brandt served on the organizational team for TEDxRedMountain and helped facilitate Birmingham’s first independently organized TEDx event in 2011. She has served as a TEDxBirmingham Educator Fellow and is active in the organization’s professional learning community. Last year, she teamed up with teachers Andrew Cotton, Mariya Breauz and Sharon Flowers to organize the MBJH TED-Ed club, a club that teaches students how to present big ideas in the form of TED Talks. Students who participate in the club have the opportunity to collaborate and connect with students globally to share their big ideas, get feedback and practice their presentation skills.
Last May, the MBJH TED-Ed Club asked Brandt to apply for a TEDx license in order to publicly present student’s ideas at official TED talks that are professionally photographed, recorded and live streamed. This license capped the number of attendees to 100 people.
