March 17, 2022

re.think at TedxBayonne with Co-Organizers Carissa Lintao and Maxim Sokolov

46 minutes

HIGHLIGHTS

Giving birth to TEDxBayonne
The Process of organizing TEDxBayonne
Why Launch a TEDx chapter in Bayonne
Surprising experiences in organizing TEDxBayonne
How “re.think” came to be
Impact of re.think at TEDxBayonne
What’s next for TEDxBayonne

QUOTES

Maxim: “Carissa was talking about how we're an agency, she was thinking of going to New York and Jersey City to have bigger clients because those markets are obviously bigger. And then she said, ``You know what, but I decided not to because I want to go. I want to give back to Bayonne, this is what I want to have this social mission.”

Maxim: “Bayonne is as close to New York as Brooklyn is as Brighton beaches. And it's not that's not far at all. It's very close to New York City. And New York City is the hub, the world hub for everything. So, but unfortunately, it only gets the scraps of that it gets the scraps of you know, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Georgia city, and to us by really TEDx beyond is the kind of movements bringing back to setting an example of what education can be, you know, as a movement that starts moving towards a more modern direction, because beyond a lot of people say this, and unfortunately, it's true. It is kind of stuck in the past.”

Maxim: “And you know, they say Oh, my God, you're embarking on your project, you're going to meet a lot of resistance, a lot of roadblocks. In my mind, there had been roadblocks, but we just were so connected to the idea of doing it like the option of not to do it to give up things like that. They were not even on our periphery, you know, yeah, giving up, what's that?”

Maxim: “TEDxBayonne is really to set an example of what education can be, set an example of what can be an inspiration for people and kind of bring a new perspective, a fresher perspective to the city because the city is sort of stuck in the past.”

Carissa: “All you need is you know, what TED is looking for? What we look for in all of our applications is the one idea worth sharing. You don't need to have 100 million followers on Instagram. You don't need to be a PhD from Harvard, as long as your idea is novel, unique, and impacts others People, you're more than qualified to give a TED talk. And that's really the real lasting impact that I want this event conference to have on baon is to show the community that, you know, if these people can do it, you can do it too.”

Carissa: “We really want people there who see this as, okay, this is a great networking opportunity to talk to, you know, like minded people forward thinking people, I want people there who are going to take takeaways from this event, I want people to learn from each and every single one of the speakers that we have on the stage. Because we chose each and every one of those people for a reason.”

Carissa: “My superpower, I always have this way of thinking is that everyone's greatest strength, this strength is oh my gosh, everyone's biggest strength is also their weakness. And everyone's biggest weakness is kind of their biggest strength. So I feel like mine is definitely introspection. So being able to forecast out and plan long term, but then that could also be, you know, a big weakness of mine, because I've yet very tied up and thinking, you know, is this the right decision? And it's, it almost becomes choice paralysis, you know, is this the right thing to do? Or is it not? So I would say my big thing is introspection.”

Maxim: “My superpower is, and I think Carissa has said best that you know superpowers are also weaknesses. You know, at the end of the day, it is like a double sided coin. But I think mine is that I bite more than I can chew. You know, with TEDx, I mean, I've organized some events before in the past. But TEDx is a whole new level. And I'm not, I mean, I'm a fan of TEDx, But until that point, I wasn't really familiar with the format as much and it was really an open seat for me. I haven't unexplored territory, I haven't been there before. And I've been in anyways, I was like, you know, what, whatever, we'll do it. And I'll figure out on the on the way”

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