2014 TEDxNavesink presenters with Asbury ties
May 10 conference will explore the concept of 'play' as a positive force
At this year’s local TEDx event, five of the presenters scheduled to give “the talk of their lives” have connections to Asbury Park.
One is an 11-year-old lifelong resident who volunteers at Asbury’s community bike shop, Second Life Bikes, three have taken on a project to bring the historical aspects of Asbury Park back to life in the virtual realm, and one is the dean of students at Asbury Park’s Hope Academy Charter School.
The theme for the 2014 TEDxNavesink conference is “Play.” It explores the ways in which the concept of play is a positive force in life.
TED conferences bring people with innovative ideas, or “ideas worth spreading” together around the globe to give talks on ideas about technology, entertainment, or design that last 20 minutes or less. TEDx events are locally an independently organized conferences supported by the larger TED organization.
The event takes place May 10 at the Two River Theatre in Red Bank. Tickets to the event are sold out.
AMERICA RICE
America Rice is a beautiful, intelligent, funny and enthusiastic young lady. She has lived all of her 11 years in Asbury Park, where she attends middle school. She is a youth volunteer at Second Life Bikes and has been a spokesperson for the organizarion on NBC’s Today Show, CBS Evening news and in Family Circle magazine, according to the 2014 TEDx Navesink website.
At the 2013 TEDxNavesink conference, Second Life Bikes’ proprietor Kerri Martin gave a talk, “How to Build a Community, Told with Chalk.” In the talk, Martin told the story of building and marketing a community bike shop on Main Street in Asbury Park, through the use of a local landmark chalkboard sign hooked up to a bike outside the shop.
AUGMENTED ASBURY PARK
Augmented Asbury Park is a free mobile experience involving the reconstructions of key historic landmarks on the Asbury Park boardwalk in augmented reality. It invites people to interact with the historic structures in a fresh, playful way through their own mobile devices in Asbury Park, New Jersey and off-site, according to the website.
This project is a collaboration of Monmouth University professors Mike Richison and Marina Vujnovic and Kean University professor Ed Johnston [shown at left]. Mike teaches motion graphics and typography in the Department of Art and Design. Marina teaches courses in the Department of Communication, and Ed teaches 3D and web technologies in the Robert Busch School of Design, the website states.
DENNIS DANIELS
Dennis Daniels is the former Director of the Count Basie Learning Center (currently the Boys and Girls Club) in Red Bank and is currently the Dean of Students at Hope Academy Charter School in Asbury Park, NJ. Mr. D, as he is known by his students at Hope Academy, is also a self taught Djembe Drummer as well as a Professional Ventriloquist, according to the website.
Daniels, a Red Bank native, and graduated from Red Bank Regional High School in the class of 1978 and became part of the school’s distinguished alumni in 2009. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Montclair State University and a Masters in educational leadership, management and policy from Seton Hall University, the website states.
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