Heather McLinden

I have never witnessed such an enthusiastic and long standing ovation at the end of any seminar! You have a remarkable ability to sincerely connect with your audience and you were able to do this with a large group – truly amazing! Heather McLinden, M.S. Associate Director, IIT Leadership Academy

Bruce M. Fisher

A highly engaging and interactive experience for learning about teamwork, problem solving, and creativity. Further, the BASIC model provided our students with a solid conceptual framework from which to develop creative solutions. Bruce M. Fisher, Ph.D. Director, Center for Research and Service Director, Leadership Academy, Illinois Institute of Technology

Hedria Lunken

Amy WOW the audience with her beauty, charm, serenity, and intelligence. I have never seen anything quite like Painting On Water™. This is a great creative program. It’s well organized and worked well with the blending of art and science. I learned to think outside the box. The experience was practical, involving and gave me […]

Steve Shama, M.D., MPH

Amy is one amazing and memorable speaker. She speaks with soft gentle tones, yet takes us to such great depths to explore our creative spirit. Her Painting On Water™ session had hundreds of us first amused, then mesmerized, and then playing like children, exploring like children, finding our creative center. How skillfully, how easily, how […]

Lisa Karlin

We highly recommend Amy Segami as a keynote speaker and workshop presenter based on the consistently excellent feedback we’ve received from our conference participants. Amy and her sessions make a wonderful addition to any event. Her programs are designed to engage and delight our participants and at the same time the details and logistics are thoroughly planned – a joy for […]

Kimberly Cutchall

President/CEO, Accendo International

She absolutely bought her expertise into making the event very unique. Amy connected the use of this ancient art into our actual business application. The connect was masterful. As our business leaders went forth and went into their break out groups, working on their individual goals, they connected to the experience they worked on with Amy […]

Watch List for TEDxIIT 2016 UnexpecTED

If you missed TEDxIIT on April 10, you could still watch the live stream online now, for a limited time. https://livestream.com/TEDx/IIT2016 20 speakers share UnexpecTED ideas worth spreading. A unique platform to spotlight Alumni, Students, Faculties and Community Leaders. Topics ranged from Nano Liquid Battery, Breakthrough in Kidney Dialysis Treatment to Computational Thinking. A must […]

UnexpecTED Speakers from a 5th Grader to a CERN Physicist

The 6th annual TEDxIIT is the longest running independently organized TED event in Chicago. The theme this year highlights the UnexpecTED factors in life: from Technology, Entertainment to Design. The event showcases the ideas worth spreading. The must watch is at the video marker at 6:48:05 when the 5th Grader Kate Cesario bought the house down with her […]

TEDxIIT 2016: UnexpecTED

2qvbigmAn unexpected idea which improves the lives of many people, results in significant positive changes or brings abundant joy and pleasure. The idea could have already been done in the past, the present, or soon to be in the future.

The x in the UnexpecTED Theme implies that the idea could be in any field such as technology, energy, humanity, arts, culture, or basic needs. Stretch your imagination.

Date: April 10, 2016
Time: 09:00-18:00
Event: TEDxIIT 2016: UnexpecTED
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