Theme: Way. Shape. Form.

This year's event will be featuring ideas centering around the theme "Way. Shape. Form."

Through our theme TEDxTwinFalls will be a journey into the unknown, looking for answers and discovering new questions. We will go further until the last frontier, just to come back with new and fresh perspectives. And once again we will create a platform a magical and to learn, share and produce life changing experiences for all our attendees. By using a trans-disciplinary lens, a variety of systems and subjects will be explored.

Why do we do this? Founded in 2015, TEDxTwinFalls is the city of Twin Falls' official TEDx experience. We aim to put the extended Twin Falls community onto a new type of global activity map that is being watched, shared, and talked about by the world's top thought leaders. With many of our talks published on YouTube, and other websites, TEDxTwinFalls triggers innovation in all corners of the globe beyond our conference date.

Orpheum Theatre
146 Main Ave N
Twin Falls, Idaho, 83301
United States

Cindy Sue Bezas

Coach

Cindy Sue Bezas believes everyone deserves a chance at joy, that each individual is unique and needed in our society. Her passion is grounded in “You Matter” and “Each One Reach One”. Cindy is the founder of Self Design Academy, where clients self-actualize their dreams. She studied low self-efficacy and the power of transformation at the University of Idaho, graduating with her Master’s in 2013. She graduated from BYU with a degree in Communication, emphasizing organizational learning and leadership. With a passion for coaching clients to transformation, she has spent the past twenty years bringing individuals and groups to better ways of viewing themselves. Published in books, magazines, and online, she also has performed on television, in Europe, and in the United States. Her piano CD has been used for therapeutic settings and relaxation. She invites you today to analyze your life and realize you are fantastic.

Jake Schumacher

Filmmaker

Jake Schumacher cut his teeth making skate videos and short films in the rural Pacific northwest before moving to LA to direct for esteemed companies like Sandwich Video. Recently, in addition to commercial projects Jake has moved into producing and directing feature documentaries focused on human dignity. This September, he and his family moved to Eagle, Idaho to be closer to family. You can see a portfolio of his work and contact him for hire at previalingcity.com or drop by his office in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Boise. His next film, Thriving Beyond Restraint will begin production later this year. The film focuses on a promising new way forward in the care of special needs students—it is currently legal to restrain and seclude special needs students in every state in the US resulting in hundreds of thousands of incidents and over 20 deaths a year.

Kylie Hansen

Student

Kylie Hansen is a senior at Twin Falls High School planning to attend MIT this coming Fall with a major in Physics. She loves to write and to conduct research in astrophysics. Her most recent work in gravitational microlensing won her a place among the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars. Kylie’s scientific endeavors have also taken her to National Science Bowl and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, as well as the Research Science Institute, which is one of the most prestigious summer science programs for high school students interested in STEM. To her friends and family, Kylie is passionate, eccentric, and endlessly optimistic. To her peers, she is confident, yet always willing to share her knowledge and advice. At the end of the day, Kylie enjoys nothing more than to stretch out in her backyard, plug into electronic music, and stargaze, as she finds endless inspiration in the universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere.

Mark Titus

Filmmaker

Mark Titus is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of August Island Pictures in Seattle. Since 2004, Mark Titus has written and directed brand films for clients like: Amazon, Microsoft, The Nature Conservancy, T-Mobile and the United Nations Development Programme. As a filmmaker, Mark Titus has directed and produced short films since 2003. In 2014 Mark Titus helmed The Breach – an award-winning feature documentary about wild salmon. The Breach screened at 25+ international film festivals and in 2015 completed a 20-city national theatrical tour across The United States. The Breach is now available worldwide on VOD and disc. Through his storytelling, Mark carries the message that humanity has an inherent need for wildness - and to fulfill that need we have a calling to protect wild places and wild things. Mark Titus is currently directing The Wild – a new feature documentary examining the fate of Bristol Bay, Alaska and its storied wild salmon runs. The Wild is set for release in 2018.

Patrick Farnsworth

Podcast Designer

Patrick Farnsworth produces weekly-released episodes for the podcast Last Born In The Wilderness, a project that covers a wide array of subjects, including but not limited to: psychedelic research, radical political ideas, philosophy of consciousness, geopolitics, climate change, and reflections on the unique and perilous times we all find ourselves in. Speaking with a wide array of individuals, from experts in their fields to close friends, in order to provide context and understanding not only for myself, but for those that choose to listen to my work. I’m a human living in a time of converging crises, and I wish to open a discussion in our local as well as global community about what is currently taking place on this planet we all share. He wants to explore subjects that open people up to new ideas and ways of looking at the precarious moment we all find ourselves in.

Spencer Mallett

Farmer

Spencer Mallett is a 19-year old farmer and business owner, who was born and raised in the agricultural hotspot of Southern Idaho. With roots in farming and food, Spencer explored all the different avenues of raising animals and growing greens. Settling on a more efficient, localized approach to get food to fork, Spencer founded Neighborhood Nourishment, an online farmer’s market fused with local delivery within the Magic Valley, in the spring of 2018. With a passion for stewardship and connecting people with all things local and delicious, Spencer is here to help.

Terry Sidford

Beacon

As a dual-certified life coach by Coaches Training Institute and the International Coaching Federation. Terry’s life’s purpose is to clear away the darkness that prevents individuals from seeing their own unique paths to achieving their dreams. For the past eighteen years she has helped people reach their highest potential so that they may live their lives to the fullest. Terry has spent over half her life acquiring the knowledge and experience that qualify her to guide others. The acquisition of those experiences is the basis for her book One Hundred Hearts: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them, a collection of stories of female courage in the face of adversity. A sought-after speaker, Terry is also a certified Passion Test facilitator, accredited Pilates instructor, and author of a popular newsletter that showcases her personal experiences and insights. The mother of two grown sons, Terry lives with her husband in Park City, Utah.