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Saturday, December 7, 2013 CINMA IMPRIAL

All day Centre Sandra et Leo Kolbert | Salle Lucie et Andr Chagnon



TABLE OF CONTENTS

About Us_______________________1

TEDxMontrealWomen_____________2

Partnering with
TEDxMontrealWomen_____________4

 Social Impact____________________6



About Us
About TED
TED is a global foundation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading which brings
together some of the worlds leading thinkers and doers to share what they
are most passionate about. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing
together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design
three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. Since
then, its scope has become ever broader, showcasing ideas that matter in
any discipline science, arts, global issues, media, architecture, music and
much more. Attendees have called it the ultimate brain spa and a journey into the future. The
diverse audience CEOs, scientists, Philanthropists - is almost as extraordinary as the speakers,
including Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, etc.

About TEDX
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDX is a program of local,
self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like
experience. There have been over 3000 TEDX events to date. These
local, self-organized events are branded TEDX, where x =
independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides
general guidance for the TEDX program, but individual TEDX events
are selforganized. TEDX events are fully planned and coordinated
independently, on a community-by-community basis with the purpose of inspiring innovation,
thought leadership and visionary insight.

About TEDWomen
A truly global event, TEDWomen 2013 will be held in San Francisco,
and connect to more than 150 self-organized events across the globe
as part of the TEDx program. These gatherings will connect thousands
of people from every continent, creating a global dialogue over the
course of the event, which will continue online as the talks are released
to the world. In San Francisco for the first time, TEDWomen 2013 will
channel the bootstrap spirit of Silicon Valley to celebrate invention in all
its forms. Not just technology and things, but also solutions to poverty;
approaches to peacemaking; expressions of art, and, at times, our own
lives.
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About TED MontrealWomen
As part of the TEDWomen conference, local TEDx events around the world will be celebrating
innovative people in our own communities. The TEDxMontrealWomen event challenges each and
everyone of us, as members of society, to question and define our values and beliefs in an effort
to create an awareness and understanding of why we behave as we do, what motivates our
behaviors and what drives our decisions to conduct our lives as we do. With this increased
consciousness, we discover that we are more empowered than we previously thought to make
positive, disruptive and impactful changes in whichever spheres of influence we choose.

TEDXMontrealWomen is an independently
organized local group comprised of passionate
volunteers who are dedicated to ideas worth
spreading.

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TED MontrealWomen
Who Will Attend?
TEDxMontrealWomen will bring together a
veritable collection of open-minded, creative
and forward-thinking individuals that are as
fascinating and accomplished as the
speakers themselves. They will include
women and men representing all facets of
Theme
The theme Positive Disruption challenges
us to question the old assumptions,
stimulates us to explore new possibilities,
and encourages us to make positive and
impactful decisions that affect our lives and
the future of our communities. It is the path
to true progress.
The word disruption is often used in a
pejorative manner and associated with
conflict, chaos and potential danger. We
often discourage disruptive behaviour in our
homes and societies and, in its place, favour
of passivity and compliance.
Montreal life including business people,
educators, artists, homemakers, activists,
doctors, lawyers, students, futurists, and
every person that is interested in broadening
his/her mind by participating in this event
dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading.
Disruption, however, can be positive and is
often a vital catalyst for change. Disruption
literally uproots and changes how we think,
behave, learn and go about our day-to-day
lives by looking at difficult issues with new
lenses and giving a fresh urgency to the
challenges of our times.
The speakers at TEDxMontrealWomen are
leaders that will challenge preconceived
ideas, trigger discussions, and offer new
perspectives to spark our imaginations.
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A few of our speakers

How can we together create and Are claustrophobic gender roles

Empathy is the most positively
sustain happy and well-functioning limiting our human potential? Through
disruptive force on the planet but
relationships, families and societies? tackling our own unconscious biases
only when it leads to Empathic Action.
By examining the example of and setting about on a clear path of
In this talk, we will explore how
Sweden, the most gender equal positive disruption, we can
empathy can be leveraged for the
country in the world, we can better exponentially increase our collective
ultimate win-win: personal well-being
understand how both men and potential using gender and gender
and social good
women can be at their best, as flexibility to our personal, societal and
individuals, and together, and the organizational advantages
positive impact of this.

Why its hard(er) for women to pursue

Drawing musical inspiration from her High heels: the modern foot binding
public office, and why we need to do
Afro-Canadian roots and a very practice?
it anyway.
migratory upbringing, singer- A medical and social point of view.
songwriter Kimberly Sunstrum
emberged in the music scene with a
unique drive and perspective.

Women leaders have evolved Me Pascale Pageau is president,

Are women funny? Thats like asking
tremendously since the 1980s. What founder and joint shareholder of
if people are funny. Being a stage
have we learned from the interactions Delegatus. For seven years, she
performer, its practically impossible
with women leaders then and now, worked in the civil and commercial
to separate what you do from who
and how can men can integrate these litigation groups of two large Montreal
you are doing it. One can shy away
new findings into how they lead law firms before founding Delegatus
from this or embrace it. Im Robby
today? in 2005.
Hoffman, and Im a comedian who
just so happens to be a woman- let
me tell you how Ive embraced this.

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Partnering with
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TED MontrealWomen
TEDxMontrealWomen would be proud to partner with forward thinking organizations that
embrace new ideas are conscious about improving the quality of life in our communities.
Furthermore, we are in search for sponsors who believe in TEDXMontrealWomens mission of
inspiring ideas worth spreading.

Visonary

T
>$10,000

Pioneer

E
$5,000-$9,999

Advocate

X
$1,000-$4,999

Friend
D
Up to $1,000

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Benefits of Partnership

Visionary Pioneer Advocate Friend

>$10,000 $5,000-$9,999 $1,000-$4,999 Up to $1,000

Complimentary tickets 10 6 4 2

Mention as title sponsor on

any news releases and 9
media

Explicit mention by host and

acknowledgement of 9 9
partnership

On-stage recognition 9 9 9
3 sec promo slide at
beginning and end of every 9 9 9 9
speaker

Recognition on website 9 9 9 9
Recognition on printed
badges 9 9 9 9

Contact

Paid and in-kind sponsorship available.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Grace Yang at mcgyang@yahoo.com

or Zo Yujnovich at zoe.yujnovich@riotinto.com

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Social Impact
A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to
acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and
steer it.
Andrew Stanton

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TEDX History
Entering 5th year
Total of 6417 past events

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TEDX World Reach

Held past events in 72 countries &
251 cities

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TEDX Popularity
Over 100,000,000 views of TED X

talks on YouTube
Over 25,800 TED X
talks on YouTube