Lead with integrity — Larissa Pak, TEDxAlmaty

Jay and Larissa, organizer of TEDxAlmaty, sit down to discuss fundamental elements of curation. Larissa takes us on a journey from the start of TEDxAlmaty, all the way through to where the event stands today - and the values her team has used as a compass since day one. Listen in Larissa and Jay dive into how the team curates, and how each part of the process culminates in a spectacular experience for the audience. Here are some highlights: 1:33 - Background on TEDxAlmaty and the uniqueness of the local community 4:47 - An insight about the impact of audience size on curation 10:37 - The approach TEDx Almaty uses to select speakers 13:55 - A perspective on how to measure integrity 19:44 - A strategy for giving the speaker a sense of ownership over their talk 21:04 - The challenge of reinventing a long-standing event 27:03 - Questions that the curation team asks to prompt speakers to dig deeper into their talk Music credit: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703 the Morning by Vidian (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Vidian/58453 Ft: Ciggiburns, Aussens@iter, vo1k1