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Gel 2010 initial speaker list
I'm happy to announce the initial speaker list for the Gel 2010 conference, to be held on Thursday-Friday, April 29-30 in New York.
Speaker list (so far)
Here's a partial list of the speakers who will present on-stage at Gel 2010:
• Will Shortz, editor, New York Times crossword
• Randy Garutti, Chief Operating Officer, Shake Shack
• Olivia Fox Cabane, expert in persuasion
• David Bornstein, author, "How to Change the World" (great book on social entrepreneurship)
• Rachel Sussman, photographer of the oldest living things in the world
• The Ebony Hillbillies, African-American string band
• James Carse, author, "Finite and Infinite Games", "Breakfast at the Victory", and "The Religious Case Against Belief"
• John McWhorter, linguist
• Matt Haughey, founder, Metafilter.com
• Ysaye Barnwell, vocalist, composer, and teacher; and member of Sweet Honey in the Rock
• The winner of our first Gel Challenge (TBD soon by a vote of all Gel 2010 attendees - more info coming soon on the Challenge page)
...and several other speakers, to be announced on the Gel 2010 page.
Day 1 experiences
Day 1 (Thursday, April 29) will start in the theater with a welcome session and a morning icebreaker for all attendees. Then during the afternoon, Gel attendees will have a choice of tours, workshops, and seminars offering experiences all over New York City.
As always, the thinking behind Day 1 is that the best way to learn good experience is to have good experience. So the purpose of the experiences below is not just to have a great tour or workshop, but to think about why it's a good experience, and how you can bring that back to your own work.
Thursday activities include...
• Brooklyn Brewery Tour with a Tasting of Artisanal Beers and Cheeses
• Central Park Sound Walk
• Generating Creative Energy with Noah Scalin
• Original Greenwich Village Food and Culture Walking Tour
• Interactive Improv Session
• Concrete Picture Safari
• Experience Retail Tour
• Juggling with the Flying Karamazovs
• Transportation Alternatives Bike tour
• Underground Tunnel Tour
• Trip to Dead Horse Bay
• Zentangle Workshop
• Subway Music Tour with Zina Saunders
• Speaking workshop with Erin McKean
• Werewolf with Charlie Todd
See more info on the Gel 2009 Day 1 list.
More info about Gel
For a quick intro to Gel, watch the montage from Gel 2009, below:
There are many other videos from past presenters at Gel Videos.
Hope you'll join us! Sign up for Gel 2010.
