TEDx Co-Founder & Exec. Producer
Ran TEDx for 7 years — through 6 events, first as TEDxPiscataquaRiver, then as TEDxPortsmouth. I attended the global TEDx training in Geneva, Switzerland in 2015, and three additional TED global event for TEDx organizers in New York City between 2016–2018.
Read about the full journey here: <a href="https://crystalparadis.com/passing-the-baton-of-tedxportsmouth-a-look-back-and-excitement-for-whats-to-come/">Passing the baton on TEDx: a look back and what's to come</a>
[caption id="attachment_2446" align="alignnone" width="639"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2446" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8717550792_eb809c6d65_z.jpg" alt="" width="639" height="427" /> Setting up for our first event in 2013[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2445" align="alignnone" width="640"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2445" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8716433231_b623e4d9ec_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" /> At 2013 event with Melanie Burger and Ericka[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2444" align="alignnone" width="639"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2444" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/42763331190_63cc0a86be_z.jpg" alt="" width="639" height="427" /> With 2018 co-organizer Anna Goldsmith[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2442" align="alignnone" width="640"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2442" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/43857560894_3dffcfa188_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" /> With our incredible 2018 team at the end of the day[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2441" align="alignnone" width="640"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2441" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/17812804706_f3f7614fd3_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" /> With 2015 co-organizer Halie Olszowy[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2440" align="alignnone" width="640"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2440" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/26986688961_9699524c9a_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" /> With 2016 hosts[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2439" align="alignnone" width="639"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2439" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/26606458180_d91b3fdc27_z.jpg" alt="" width="639" height="334" /> With 2017 team[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2438" align="alignnone" width="639"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2438" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/14011824488_a18afb341b_z.jpg" alt="" width="639" height="427" /> With 2014 co-organizers, Kate Martin, Lisa Butler and Nick Allen[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2437" align="alignnone" width="639"]<img class="size-full wp-image-2437" src="https://crystalparadis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8716434823_2db18b7663_z.jpg" alt="" width="639" height="427" /> iOS ensemble Giants in the Wood (Jon Briggs, Shawn Crapo, John Herman, Jeremy Murphy, Brian Sullivan) open TEDx PiscataquaRiver at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH on May 3, 2013[/caption]
