Seattle Talks & Lectures

Along with many other Seattle-ites, I love to attend talks, lectures, speeches, and presentations of all kinds. Here are some of Seattle’s many ongoing speaking and presentation events. I also announce current talks on my Seattle community events page.

Talks and Lectures

• Seattle Arts & Lectures
• Town Hall Seattle
• National Geographic Seattle Speaker Series
• University of Washington Public Lectures
• SAM Talks
• The Film School Speaker Series
• Richard Hugo House Literary Series
• Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas
• Bloom! Seattle
• Creative Mornings
• The Goodship Higher Education Series (pot-centric talks)

Bookstore Readings

• Elliott Bay Books
• Third Place Books
• University Bookstore

Quick-Format Talks

• Ignite Seattle (my standing-desk Ignite talk)
• Pecha Kucha
• Seattle Times Education Lab Ignite Talks

Salons/Conversations

• John Boylan’s Conversations

TEDx Events

• TEDxSeattle (formerly TEDxRainier)
• TEDxUW
• TEDxSouthLakeUnionWomen
• TEDxPugetSound
• TEDxYouthSeattle
• TEDxOverlake

Storytelling Events

• Seattle Storytellers Guild
• Fresh Ground Stories
• The Moth StorySLAM
• FuckUp Nights Seattle

Publishing Tech Conference

• WordCamp Seattle

Unconferences

• MindCamp
• InfoCamp
• BarCamp has gone idle, but I’ll update here if/when it’s revived

Other Seattle Event Lists

• Seattle P-I
• The Stranger

Resources

• Toastmasters
• Seattle-area Public Speaking MeetUp Groups
• Power Presentations
• Warren Ethredge Class: LISTEN UP! The Art of the Interview… and Everyday Conversation

Online Talks from Around the World

• TED Talks
• The Lost Lectures
• Pecha Kucha