BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The BoZone - ECPv5.12.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The BoZone X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bozone.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The BoZone BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261104T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261104T190000 DTSTAMP:20261022T153438 CREATED:20261021T184205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T184205Z UID:331073-1793818800-1793818800@bozone.com SUMMARY:TEDx Montana State University DESCRIPTION:The Associated Students of Montana State University will host its sixth annual TEDxMontanaStateUniversity event on Wednesday\, Nov. 4.\nThe event will be held in Norm Asbjornson Hall’s Inspiration Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. A reception will follow. Tickets are available for purchase online and cost $5 for students or $15 for the general public.\nTEDxMontanaStateUniversity is a spin-off of the nationally acclaimed TED Talks program\, where influential speakers share educational and innovative ideas with an audience in short talks often under 15 minutes. Notable people who have delivered TED Talks include Bill Gates\, Al Gore and Temple Grandin\, among many others.\nAt MSU\, this year’s event theme is “Cultivating Connections.” Below is a list of the five planned speakers\, who include a current student\, an alumnus and hockey coach\, and a mentor in residence\, each affiliated with the university.\nLinda Elkins: Elkins is an engineer\, former professional athlete\, corporate leader\, entrepreneur and mentor whose career has often placed her at the intersection of people\, ideas and opportunity. She is a mom of three\, active athlete\, board member and startup adviser working across universities\, healthcare and private companies. Elkins’ TEDx talk will share how relationships built out of curiosity can create unexpected opportunities long before we know where they may lead.\nPete Kamman: Kamman is a recent MSU alum\, associate head coach of the Bobcats hockey club and the founder of Elevated Hockey\, which develops players\, coaches and hockey programs. He also serves as a USA Hockey district director\, the first from Montana to hold the role. At MSU\, he studied why adult athletes stay engaged in sports. He brings more than two decades of coaching experience\, from youth hockey to the college game\, across six continents. Combining his research with a coach’s perspective\, Kamman will share insights from communities built around the world through hockey\, showing how connection shapes the way we lead\, coach and grow.\nOtto Pohl: Pohl is a communication strategist for deep tech startups\, former New York Times photojournalist and entrepreneur. He has taught at University of Southern California Annenberg and is a mentor in residence at MSU. Pohl’s talk will explore the power of specificity to help people establish true connection with customers\, colleagues and companions.\nMandi Swanson: Swanson is a neurology nurse practitioner\, author\, podcaster and speaker whose life was turned upside down in an instant when a car accident turned her from provider into patient. Her recovery required multiple therapies and specialists\, all of which are now considerations for the treatment plans she prescribes to her patients. On the TEDx stage\, Swanson will discuss the importance of these connections for herself\, her patients and beyond.\nKaylee Wolfensberger: Wolfensberger is an MSU marketing student\, former Miss Montana\, and advocate for the power of music\, creativity and meaningful connection. She has experience in leadership\, public speaking\, community service and event marketing\, and she aspires to build a career in sports marketing and entertainment. Her TEDx presentation will explore how music can help people process trauma\, express emotions when words fall short and create connection through shared experiences.\nTo learn more about the event and purchase tickets\, visit the event website: https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/69463 URL:https://bozone.com/event/tedx-montana-state-university/ LOCATION:Norm Asbjornson Hall – MSU\, Montana State University\, Bozeman\, MT\, 59715\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures,Miscellanea GEO:45.6651792;-111.0467 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Norm Asbjornson Hall – MSU Montana State University Bozeman MT 59715 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Montana State University:geo:-111.0467,45.6651792 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR