Young Canberrans are gearing up to take part in a mind-expanding youth event in August. Photo: TedX Canberra.
Have you ever had an idea about society or the world around you that you couldn’t quite articulate? Maybe you have been working towards changing the way people see the world, even in a small way.
Perhaps you have come across something that changed the way you think about things and you want to share it with the people around you.
TEDxCanberra offers the chance to take these ideas and turn them into a message that resonates with the youth of Canberra.
TEDxCanberra speaker coach Bradley Roche has helped the latest additions to the TEDx community elaborate on their ideas and improve their storytelling skills since 2016.
“I love helping people learn about how to share their ideas,” he says.
Getting involved in the upcoming youth event in any capacity might open your eyes in more ways than one. Photo: TEDxCanberra.
After sharing her ideas trough an article in Vogue, ANU student Kayleigh Sleath was approached by TEDx to teach her how to develop her own work into a TED talk so she could teach people about what she knows best: technology and agriculture.
Despite being only 21, Kayleigh has developed an app called Ohna, designed to help people connect with local farmers. She is now working with a team of students supported by the Innovation Connect Grant to continue building software that will make it easier for smaller players to enter the online grocery space.
“I think assuming there is always going to be what we need to purchase at the grocery shops is something that we really take for granted, especially in metropolitan areas, but at the end of the day it’s not always going to be a guarantee,” Kayleigh says.
“We believe it’s important to democratise access to tech that makes it possible for organisations to have their slice of the online grocery pie.
“As consumers, we want the convenience of online grocery shopping. But without the resources of large supermarkets, there’s a significant barrier to entry to efficiently selling groceries online. Research shows that as online grocery shopping increases, spending at farm shops, markets and local stores decreases. We want to help these smaller players adapt to this new market rather than being locked out of it.”
Kayleigh says working alongside TEDx has helped clarify her thinking around mission and vision.
“The team has almost acted like my emotional support because I’m so passionate about what I’m doing that it’s easy to get lost in the details. They have really helped me get my thoughts in order and encouraged me to get my message across in a much clearer way.”
Kayleigh is just one of eight young entrepreneurs who, along with the assistance of the team at TEDxCanberra, will be sharing their ideas and thoughts at the upcoming TEDxCanberra Youth 2024 ‘Stars’ event.
Bradley says the theme was selected to emphasise what the ideas of young people can do to shape our society, even when it comes to the topics less talked about.
“We were interested in shining a light on the places in society that are hidden and hard to see,” he says.
The group will also include a young human rights advocate, a youth political activist, and plenty more young minds eager to share their ideas with attendees in the workshop.
All speakers are aged in their early to mid-20s, offering a youthful outlook on topics most relevant to young people across the Canberra region.
The event will be taking place at Canberra Girls Grammar School on 4 August from 10 am. Tickets from Humanitix.
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