“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” — Simon Sinek
ALI BARMAS Licensee & Marketing
RACHEL PRUZAN Curation & Speaker Care
JASMINE WY-MUN CHAY Treasurer & Partnerships
KELLY OATES (& REMY) Speaker Care
KATHERINE JAEGER-THOMAS Speaker Coach
DAEL OATES Speaker Coach
LUCAS CALHOUN Speaker Coach
MARCY THOMPSON Emcee & Program Review
JEREMY MOSS Art Hub Producer
CAT DELETT Art Hub Producer
REBECCA VEZZA Art Hub Advisor & School Liaison
JAC KIRBY Designer
ROB LIEBERMAN Production Lead
STIBENS JIMENEZ Stage Design
SHARON MICHAELS Stage Manager
MISSY WAHLERS Stage Manager
HELEN ROBERTS Speaker Care -Editor
ALEX BARMAS Drafting & Rendering
ABBY SHER Audience Care
NOOSHIN GOLSHANI Audience Care
SUSAN GREELEY TEDx Compliance
Team Normal’s Playlist
Check out the TED and TEDx talks that inspired our team
Ali’s Pick - Do schools kill creativity?
Rachel’s Pick - The Power of vulnerability
Jasmine’s Pick - Half a million secrets
Stiben’s Pick - The art of being yourself
Kelly’s Pick - A guerrilla gardener in South Central, LA
Rebecca’s Pick - Why we should all be reading aloud to children
Nooshin’s Pick - Food for thought: How your belly controls your brain
Susan’s Pick - How to tie your shoes
Sharon’s Pick - How photography saved my life
Alex’s Pick - Why humor is key to creativity
Dael’s Pick - It’s not fair having 12 pairs of legs
Missy’s Pick - This is what it’s really like to live with ADHD
Cat’s Pick - 4 lessons in creativity
Marcy’s Pick - How painting can transform communities
Abby’s Pick - Listening to shame
Helen’s Pick - The danger of a single story
Jeremy’s Pick - A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity