You can’t be a TEDxer in Egypt without coming the famous question: “what is that you do exactly?” This is usually met with the even more famous TED slogan “Ideas worth spreading”. What a lot of people unfortunately don’t know about TEDx is that it’s completely and solely devoted to the sharing of new perspectives and rising theories. Not only are there many new ideas emerging, but there is even a variety of them, all thanks to the staggering number of 37 TEDx entity in Egypt.

This number would come as a surprise to many. Actually, all signs – including the questions – imply that most Egyptians are oblivious of the presence of TEDx in Egypt in the first place. Ironically, TEDx in Egypt promoted spreading ideas but could not spread their own brand. Addressing this needed cooperation from all TEDx in Egypt. So, how can you bring so many TEDxes under one roof? Well, you can ask TEDxAASTMT!

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The Arab Academy based TEDx was able to host 24 different TEDx brand with well over 250 participants in the “TEDxAASTMT Regional workshop”. This was a two day event in the Arab Academy Campus in Aboqir organized by TEDxAASTMT with collaboration of other Alexandrian TEDx entities. With efforts bring TEDxMinia, TEDxAlarish and everyone in between to share the knowledge and have the ultimate TEDx Experience, they tried to leave no TEDx behind.

There were talks and panel discussions lead by speakers from TEDxCairoWomen, TEDxKafrelsheikh, TEDxGUC, and the TEDx Ambassador as well as video conference with Rachel Saunders – Applications Coordinator at TEDGlobal. TEDxers were able to gain a lot of experience, tips and ideas to help them improve or even kick-start their event.

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The workshop has also promoted collaboration initiatives in which all TEDxes in Egypt can work together and share resources. Through this TEdx will be able to spread the ideas worth spreading on a larger scale and at a higher standard.

So basically the future looks bright for #TEDxEgypt! The workshop had many benefits from the technical perspective, but what really astonished us was the amount of perseverance and desire to improve the TEDxEgypt brand, and that is what makes TEDxers in Egypt truly #All_in.

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