TEDxFaurotPark 2026

Join us for the 2026 TEDxFaurotPark!

Connections

TEDxFaurotPark 2026 is bringing six speakers with incredible ideas worth spreading to Encore Theatre in Lima, Ohio on Saturday, March 14, 2026

The theme of "Connections" invites us to explore the myriad relationships that shape our world, extending beyond human interactions to encompass the connections between people, nature, technology, and ideas.

Here are a few things our audience have said about past TEDxFaurotPark events:

“This event was and is exactly what Lima needs right now: hardworking, intelligent, caring folks sharing good ideas with each other and the broader community audience to enact positive change.”

”Was well organized and produced. Diversity of presenters and ideas. Each speaker was articulate and offered succinct thoughts and ideas. Each presentation wove into the theme, community.“

”The speakers were informative, thought provoking, entertaining“

We are outsourcing what makes us human, our attention, emotions, judgment, and habits, without noticing. This talk uses a cybersecurity lens to show how AI quietly compromises the human operating system through small, almost invisible increments, and offers a simple framework to take it back.

Read Eva's bio here

When Arts Speak, Communities Listen explores how creativity becomes a civic language—shaping identity, challenging misinformation, and giving voice to communities too often unheard. Through lived experience and cultural storytelling, LeJuane “El’Ja” Bowens reveals how art doesn’t just reflect society—it activates it.

Read El'Ja's bio here

After many years of unrecognized time and effort, Laneshia developed a philosophy to document less visible/invisible work. This talk will illustrate how to make work visible by changing how we measure productivity, and what considerations are needed to best capture and celebrate often unseen labor.  By using her own experiences and observations, Laneshia candidly talks through creating a professional impact statement, a tool that can be used to document labor and can be used as evidence for performance reviews.

Read Laneshia's Bio here

In her TEDxFaurotPark Talk, Tricia proposes an amendment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that affirms the right to personal agency in end-of-life decisions. She invites audiences to consider how honoring compassion, psychological integrity, and the freedom to choose can redefine what it means to live, and die, with dignity.

Read Tricia's bio here

Most of us think we understand what it means to get old, sick, and face death, until it happens to us. This talk reveals why our connections and courageous communication are the true keys to navigating this final chapter with dignity, honesty, and grace.

Read David's bio here

We asked for flying cars and we got computers trying to take our jobs instead. Depending who you listen to, AI is the messiah or the end of us all. The truth is smack dab in the middle. It's a useful tool that can be easily misused. This talk will help you transform AI-phobia into seeing AI as your sidekick and the easiest way to supercharge your creativity and problem-solving.

Read Charlie's bio here

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