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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

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