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But one other thing that intrigued me after Active was TEDx. Until I got my head and finances together, a few of the events I could've attended went by, so I've started searching for an event that I could attend while I'm traveling. I was planning one "big" trip until the end of the year, and wanted to include a TEDx in the itinerary. My initial plan was to go to Frankfurt, and as far as I could see, there was no events in the area. So I decided to postpone my plan of visiting a TEDx and started planning to visit my friend in Frankfurt. But the friend that I wanted to stay with notifies me in the last minute, as I was booking my trip, that he cannot accommodate me. So, I was disappointed, you can imagine. But everything happens for a reason, as you'll see later on.  
 
But one other thing that intrigued me after Active was TEDx. Until I got my head and finances together, a few of the events I could've attended went by, so I've started searching for an event that I could attend while I'm traveling. I was planning one "big" trip until the end of the year, and wanted to include a TEDx in the itinerary. My initial plan was to go to Frankfurt, and as far as I could see, there was no events in the area. So I decided to postpone my plan of visiting a TEDx and started planning to visit my friend in Frankfurt. But the friend that I wanted to stay with notifies me in the last minute, as I was booking my trip, that he cannot accommodate me. So, I was disappointed, you can imagine. But everything happens for a reason, as you'll see later on.  
 
I browsed around and I landed on a low cost airlines site that flies from my town to London. They had a discount, and for a super cheap price I buy myself a ticket to London, and I plan the trip for the week of my birthday.  
 
I browsed around and I landed on a low cost airlines site that flies from my town to London. They had a discount, and for a super cheap price I buy myself a ticket to London, and I plan the trip for the week of my birthday.  
While checking out stuff to do, things to see, I realize that I actually did not check for a TEDx event in the area. I go to the TEDx site. without much hope, and I see that on October 11th a certain TEDxBrixton is planned. And October 11th is actually the day of my birthday. I start grinning broadly, clicking around to get a ticket, and then I see "Volunteer".  
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While checking out stuff to do, things to see, I realize that I actually did not look for a TEDx event in the area. I go to the TEDx site. without much hope, and I see that on October 11th a certain TEDxBrixton is planned. And October 11th is actually the day of my birthday. I start grinning broadly, clicking around to get a ticket, and then I see "Volunteer".  
 
And without thinking twice I click on it.
 
And without thinking twice I click on it.
 
Weeks went by with no answer from the TEDx team, and it was quite a while to the event, but I wanted confirmation. I dig out an e-mail, I send a Facebook message and after a while I receive info that I'm on the list of volunteers, and I'll get more details later.
 
Weeks went by with no answer from the TEDx team, and it was quite a while to the event, but I wanted confirmation. I dig out an e-mail, I send a Facebook message and after a while I receive info that I'm on the list of volunteers, and I'll get more details later.
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So the months flew by and I landed London. It was late Monday, the event was planned for Saturday, and a final meeting will be held on Friday, when the speaker dinner will be too.
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I've spent the next few days exploring London and getting blisters on my feet. And then Friday came. I had some stuff planned before I go to Brixton, see the venue and meet the team in person. I was really excited, and had no idea how the venue will look like, apart from the fact that it's a school. I came about half an hour early, after a walk through the neighborhood. A neighborhood that had a really bad rep back in the day, but was booming with positive and outgoing people when I was walking around. And then I walked up to the Evelyn Grace Academy. A monumental building, that was designed by a really famous architect. I entered through a guarded front gate and wandered around, confused. Knowing that probably no one is there yet.
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But the receptionist told me that some guys are delivering stuff for the event, I should check if anybody from TEDx was there. There was no body, but there was a whole bunch of equipment that needed to be carried in. So I jumped in and lend a hand

Revision as of 17:51, 22 October 2014

Hey everybody! I'm here with a new story. A story of the aftermath of events that occurred @Whistler, March this year. To see what I'm talking about, if you do not know about them yet, here's the link: http://translations.ted.org/wiki/TEDxKitchen_@TEDActive2014

So, not to talk too much about it, Whistler and Active left me wanting to do more. Travel more, learn more, participate more. Since then I've become an LC, the Croatian OTP community managed to go over 1000 translations, and I reviewed, approved and translated a whole lot. I traveled to some cool places, went to a few amazing festivals and met a lot of exciting and new people. I've started learning a lot of new stuff, and I really enjoy the drive and motivation I get from everything I experience. But one other thing that intrigued me after Active was TEDx. Until I got my head and finances together, a few of the events I could've attended went by, so I've started searching for an event that I could attend while I'm traveling. I was planning one "big" trip until the end of the year, and wanted to include a TEDx in the itinerary. My initial plan was to go to Frankfurt, and as far as I could see, there was no events in the area. So I decided to postpone my plan of visiting a TEDx and started planning to visit my friend in Frankfurt. But the friend that I wanted to stay with notifies me in the last minute, as I was booking my trip, that he cannot accommodate me. So, I was disappointed, you can imagine. But everything happens for a reason, as you'll see later on. I browsed around and I landed on a low cost airlines site that flies from my town to London. They had a discount, and for a super cheap price I buy myself a ticket to London, and I plan the trip for the week of my birthday. While checking out stuff to do, things to see, I realize that I actually did not look for a TEDx event in the area. I go to the TEDx site. without much hope, and I see that on October 11th a certain TEDxBrixton is planned. And October 11th is actually the day of my birthday. I start grinning broadly, clicking around to get a ticket, and then I see "Volunteer". And without thinking twice I click on it. Weeks went by with no answer from the TEDx team, and it was quite a while to the event, but I wanted confirmation. I dig out an e-mail, I send a Facebook message and after a while I receive info that I'm on the list of volunteers, and I'll get more details later. So the months flew by and I landed London. It was late Monday, the event was planned for Saturday, and a final meeting will be held on Friday, when the speaker dinner will be too. I've spent the next few days exploring London and getting blisters on my feet. And then Friday came. I had some stuff planned before I go to Brixton, see the venue and meet the team in person. I was really excited, and had no idea how the venue will look like, apart from the fact that it's a school. I came about half an hour early, after a walk through the neighborhood. A neighborhood that had a really bad rep back in the day, but was booming with positive and outgoing people when I was walking around. And then I walked up to the Evelyn Grace Academy. A monumental building, that was designed by a really famous architect. I entered through a guarded front gate and wandered around, confused. Knowing that probably no one is there yet. But the receptionist told me that some guys are delivering stuff for the event, I should check if anybody from TEDx was there. There was no body, but there was a whole bunch of equipment that needed to be carried in. So I jumped in and lend a hand