​The Future of Solar Science | Caroline Kittle | TEDxTemecula

Caroline Kittle is a senior at Great Oak High School in Temecula, California. She's had the opportunity to study at Stanford this summer and thinks she may major in a medical science field when she goes to college. Active in many clubs and organizations, including the Great Oak Varsity Speech and Debate team, Caroline also serves as 3rd District Commissioner and Vice-Chair of the Youth Commission on the Riverside County Youth Advisory Council. Caroline is fascinated by science and won the Temecula Valley Science fair last year for her experimentation with dye-sensitized solar cells.

High school student Caroline Kittle talks about her work with solar science. She encoutrages other students to study science and explore ways to shape our world.

​Why the world needs you to celebrate your rhythm | Dionne Thomas | TEDxTemecula

When you allow yourself to move through the world courageously unguarded, in the full expression of who you truly are, the world responds positively. Dionne Thomas knows that dancing in public is an easy way to fast-track your way to that self-acceptance. She shares why rediscovering how to move in your own rhythm is not just good for you, but good for society.

Dionne Thomas turned her lifelong love of dance into a career after a sleepless night in 2008 lead her to a Zumba® infomercial. Having previously used exercise as medicine, she immediately fell in love with the program and wanted to share it. Now, as an avid dance fitness instructor of various formats, her passion is to guide people to love themselves and move confidently through the world. 

After leading thousands of people in dance, Thomas realized dance is our natural instinct. Through public dance experiences, we give ourselves permission and freedom to be who we truly are. She encourages us to awaken our inner dancer and discover how our lives and communities can be transformed. ​

​How to demonstrate college and career readiness | Guy Romero | TEDxTemecula

Guy Romero is the current Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for the Murrieta Valley Unified School District where he as served since 1981. During his time, he was responsible for building the educational program and transforming a small K-8 School District of 350 students into a well respected high performing Preschool -- Adult Education School District serving over 23,000 students. Schools in the Murrieta Unified School District rank among the top 5% in the nation as reported by the U.S News and World Report (2012) and all District schools K-12 score over 800 on the Academic Performance index.  Guy has been a school principal for grades K-8, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Director of Assessment and Academic Projects and previous to his 23 years in District administration he taught in grades 5-9 in mathematics, science, and physical education. Guy also taught kindergarten for one year. Guy has coached High School football, wrestling, and track and field at through the high school level. He was selected as the Riverside County Administrator of the year in 2009, has taught as an adjunct instructor at the college and university level and is a licensed Franklin Covey Leadership Facilitator.  

Conversations in education are focused on college/career readiness and the metrics to measure readiness. What is the real proof you are college/career ready?

​Light Pollution | John Garrett | TEDxTemecula

John Garrett uses his skills as a graphic artist and photographer and his wry sense of humor to teach local schoolchildren and community groups about astronomy. As vice president of the Temecula Valley Astronomers, he gives presentations in Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, and Menifee. His topics range from atmospheric optics to light pollution, climate, common observing, archeoastronomy, and exoplanets. A regular presenter at the Julian Starfest, John appreciates the Temecula Valley's proximity to the Palomar Observatory and works with the International Dark-Sky Association to help keep our traditionally rural skies dark enough for star gazing.

If you can have the nighttime lighting you need for safety and security, and can still see the stars, would you take both? We can have a dark sky and a well lit ground by fixing design flaws that make many lights a nuisance, a glare hazard, and a waste of energy.

​The greatest risk of all is not taking one | Cecilia Abadie | TEDxTemecula

Cecilia Abadie is a Google Glass Explorer and Pioneer and a passionate evangelizer about everything digital. She spreads the word about wearable devices and the many ways they can change our world. As the founder and CTO of Byte an Atom, she is part of a global development team that researches and develops wearable and mobile applications to deliver experiences that innovate and disrupt the personal and the enterprise realms. 

Cecilia was born in Argentina and raised in Uruguay, which is where she got her Master Degree on Information Systems and where she began her career as an international software consultant and developer. Being scared has been a surviving strategy for millions of years, but everything is changing very rapidly as we become hyper connected and we develop a whole new layer of our brains: our new digital brain. Cecilia Abadie takes us in a journey through her latest adventure taking risks in social media as she shared her experience of getting a ticket for driving with Google Glass. 

What’s next in service for the hospitality industry, a culture of care | Jan Smith | TEDxTemecula

Jan M. Smith, Founder and President of Inland Management Group, provides organizations and individual clients with invaluable outsourced Human  Resource professional advice in the areas of Human Resource Management, Hospitality Operations, Training & Development, Employee Relations, and Recruitment.  Jan is an energetic facilitator, speaker, and trainer for national and international corporate and non-profit organizations and has shared her passion for service excellence through her support of the Tourism/Hospitality/Service industries in Temecula, California for the past 15 years.  She is on the Board of Directors for the Temecula Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. Her non-profit initiative, Begin Again Career Transition Services (BACTS) program, has provided outplacement/career transition services to hundreds of local unemployed residents of the Inland Empire. 

Did you ever wonder why some service workers over or under perform? Jan Smith shares the relevancy of how a Culture of Care can positively affect both the employee and the customer in the service and hospitality environment

The next stage in sales, marketing & communication | Wes Schaeffer | TEDxTemecula

Wes Schaeffer is an author, speaker, consultant, and owner of The Sales Whisperer, a sales training and marketing firm. A graduate of both the United States Air Force Academy and Texas A&M, Wes says he is bi-lingual in "Geek" and "Bubba," but hailing from the South, he prefers Bubba. A resident of the Temecula Valley since 2004, Wes personifies his motto of "Life's too short for follow-up calls" by mastering the delicate ​

Changing culture, making history | Jonathon Mills | TEDxTemeculaWhat is the Internet of Things? And why should you care? | Benson Hougland | TEDxTemecula

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. There’s a new buzz phrase in tech circles these days: The Internet of Things. And it’s promising to be bigger than the Internet and the World Wide Web ever was. But what is it? And how will it impact our everyday lives? Will it help me? Should I be worried?