Ideas in Action Virtual Conversations in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab & MacArthur Foundation
February 12, 11 AM-12 noon

- We want to experiment this year with a number of different ways to advance ideas, i.e. to put Ideas in Action
- We have the opportunity to try an interesting new format - virtual conversations using a kind of Google Hangout
- We are inviting 10 of our speakers to be hosts of virtual discussion rooms on Feb 12 in which a group of up to 10 people in each room will view a TEDxBeaconStreet talk and discuss it with the speaker and audience members
- On the day of the event, attendees will log in to the platform using their gmail account (note:  you must have a gmail account).  There will be a general welcome for a few minutes and then people will proceed to the session they are interested in (limit of 10 people per session).
- In the individual discussion room, participants will hear from a speaker, view a talk and discuss it
- We hope this catalyzes interest, ideas, and the potential for follow-up to help advance the idea!
- If you are interested in helping facilitate or document the conversation (with a blog post we will share on TEDxBeaconStreet.com), please let us know.
- This is an experiment and afterwards we will seek your feedback about whether we should continue to host more Virtual Conversations.