Theme: TEDxManitouSprings: Women

TEDxManitouSprings was founded in the spirit of collaboration, connection, and community.

TEDxManitouSprings: Women will extend those values by sharing powerful stories of inspiring women - both local and internationally known.

This event will feature three live speakers sharing their incredible stories, as well as several of the TED Women 2021 talks.

TEDxManitouSprings: Movement
41 Crystal Park Rd
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80904
United States

Kristen Christy

Kristen Christy, known as America’s Resilience Speaker, was named the 2018 AFI Air Force Spouse of the Year, a 2019 Top 30 Women Military Influencer, a 2020 Remarkable Woman finalist, and a 2021 Force for Change awardee. She is an international speaker and a subject matter expert on suicide prevention and resilience. Kristen is a co-sponsor of the new 9*8*8 Suicide Prevention Lifeline; creator of National Resilience Day – March 4th & Conquer your disappointments, insecurities, and adversities; a President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS) Ambassador with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs; and an advisor to the Dept. of the Air Force on Resilience. She continues the search for her missing son.

MelindaJoy Mingo

MelindaJoy Mingo has a powerful and inspiring life transformative story that spans from her living in the streets as a homeless person to traveling the world as a widely sought out speaker both nationally and internationally. More incredible than her story of overcoming life challenges such as being kidnapped at gunpoint, or almost losing her sight as a teen, is her incredible joy and passion for life! She speaks openly and genuinely about her personal `identity reset’ journey of learning to value and love herself beyond her accomplishments. MelindaJoy has a Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Education, is the founder of Significant Life Change Transitions Coaching, is an equity and inclusion specialist, a professor, and is the author of `The Colors of Culture – The Beauty of Diverse Friendships’. She has a mission of helping others to understand their value, worth, and dignity.

Meredith Masse

Meredith Masse spent the first 15+ years of her professional life chasing jobs that her resume said she could do but that, she had an inkling, didn't really... fit. After two dozen years she finally figured out why and now has to help other professional women accelerate toward a work life they'll love. Since then, Meredith has coached professionals -- especially women -- seeking to transform their work lives into powerful experiences that allow them to do what they do best, serving something that's meaningful to them, in places that need to them to be 100% authentic. She is passionate about filling our workplaces with employees, managers, and leaders who are on fire -- who model and demonstrate the kind of world they demand to live in.