Dr. José A. Fernández-Calvo

TED and TEDx

Seventeen years of ideas worth spreading.

I started translating TED talks in 2009. Since then I have organized sixteen TEDx events in Buenos Aires and Miami and coached the speakers who gave them. Together, the events I have organized have more than 16 million views on YouTube.

José A. Fernández-Calvo with a microphone on the TEDxMDC stage, speakers and team applauding beside him, a screen reading Thank you for being part of TEDxMDC
Closing TEDxMDC at Miami Dade College, December 2024.

Most recent · December 2024

TEDxMDC

Held at Miami Dade College. Organizing means the whole arc: choosing the theme and the speakers, months of coaching on each talk, and running the day itself.

Events organized

MiamiTEDxMDC (December 2024). TEDxCoconutGroveLive (April 2019).
San IsidroTEDxSanIsidro (January 2016, May 2016, September 2017, September 2019). TEDxSanIsidroWomen (October 2016). TEDxSanIsidroLive (April 2018).
Buenos AiresTEDxUADE (November 2013, November 2014, September 2015, September 2016). TEDxVillaUrquiza (June 2020, September 2021). TEDxUCESLive (June 2013). TEDxUCESWomen (May 2015).

Speaker coaching

Since 2013 I have coached TEDx speakers, from the first idea to the last rehearsal, and taken part in the TEDx Southern Cone organizers workshop. I have also taught public speaking seminars at the University of Miami.

Translation

Since 2009 I have translated, transcribed and reviewed TED and TEDx talks as a volunteer, so that a talk given in one language can be heard in another.

In the room

TED in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, TEDActive in 2012 and 2014, and TEDSummit in 2016.

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