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Starting tomorrow, the largest technology convention ever to see Baltimore City will commence at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). With the help of over 100 volunteers, TEDx (acronym for technology, entertainment and design) MidAtlantic will attract over 500 Baltimoreans and 20 A-, B-, and C-list speakers from around Baltimore and the nation.
Baltimore’s budding technology, arts and entrepreneurial movers and shakers are forever opportunists, to say the least. Due to the industrious nature of these fine people, many similar conferences and networking events have been organized around the city to help unite the contemporary group. Events such as Ignite Baltimore and WordCamp Baltimore both offered platforms for Baltimore arts and technology folks to network and participate in group discussions to share ideas, though neither of these is near the magnitude of the TEDx MidAtlantic convention taking place tomorrow.
According to the TEDxMidatlantic website, TED conferences bring together the world’s leading thinkers and doers for a series of discussions, presentations and performances. The conference is meant to celebrate the convergence of Technology, Entertainment, and Design.
TEDxMidAtlantic has over 1,000 followers on Twitter accompanied by a hefty fan base on Facebook. The conference was advertised opulently on both social media websites, which is in large part why they had to turn away over 250 people from the event’s registration and are no longer accepting applications for more attendants.
While the event itself is history in the making for Baltimore’s techie/arts community, there is something to be said about the fact that so many of this “community’s” members were turned away. As Baltimore’s social media community alone grows bigger by the day, why would the coordinators of this event not prepare for the overflow of interest?
Social media is a powerful tool, reaching out to thousands, if not millions of people in seconds with one click of a button, but did TEDx bite off more than they could chew?
If you were one of the hundreds turned away to this techie shindig, you can tune into the live stream tomorrow starting at 8:30 a.m. sharp. It’s almost like seeing it in real life.
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