Ted Dintersmith
Executive Producer of Most Likely to Succeed & Advocate for Innovation in Education
Ted Dintersmith Speech Topics
What School Could Be
During the 2016 school year, Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented education road trip that spanned some 1,000 meetings, and covered all fifty states. He observed remarkable examples of learning at its best -- teachers in ordinary circumstances doing extraordinary things. In this talk,...
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What Every Businessperson Needs to Know About Education
Former venture capitalist and entrepreneur Ted Dintersmith knows innovation, and what skillsets and mindsets will be needed for the jobs of the future. In this talk, he connects the dots between workforce readiness and an education system that, in theory, prepares students for career but, in...
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What Every Parent Needs to Know About School
Parents face hard choices when it comes to school and their children. Do we push our kids to excel in the current system, or encourage them to find their own path forward? They are generally at odds, and the choices parents make have lifetime consequences for their child. Innovation expert (and...
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Transforming School
The Urgency and the Possibility Without profound change in traditional education, most of our current students will be at risk in a world defined by innovation. It doesn’t have to be this way. Dintersmith draws on his trip to all fifty states during the 2015/2016 school year to highlight...
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Why the letters STEM desperately need the letters A and CTE?
Many schools have been forced to eliminate art from the student experience; others still offer art, but as a stand-alone class. In this talk and workshop, Dintersmith shows the essential importance of Art and creativity in developing science and math proficiency, STEM skills in pursuing the arts,...
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The Art and Importance of Being Bold?
This talk, designed for student groups, will change the lives of any young adult who takes the talk seriously. Dintersmith provides compelling examples of what young adults can accomplish if they retain a sense of audacity and “bold” in pursuing their goals. Workshop Option: The speaker works...
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