We are excited to announce that our 8-year licensee, Timothy Totten, has completed a succession plan approved by TEDx headquarters and has passed the leadership of the group over to new licensee Todd Mazenko!
Todd was a 2025 speaker whose talk about estate planning at any age has been selected at a TEDx Editors Pick and will debut on YouTube with extra fanfare in the coming weeks.
Todd is an accomplished attorney and dedicated member of the North Lake County Community. He is looking forward to leading the TEDxEustis team and extended family into the future.
This "passing of the baton" is the culmination of a yearlong process to identify a worthy successor, secure the official approval from the main TEDx headquarters in NYC, and to hand over the relevant systems to the new licensee.
Totten and his co-organizer, Byron Faudie, along with Operations Manager Robin Richter, will continue to be available to Todd and the team and will pitch in where needed as continuing members of the TEDxEustis family.
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The period for speaker submissions and coaching applications will be open from June 15th - August 1st.
The planned date for the 9th Annual TEDxEustis Conference is February 14th, 2026.
We have closed the submission form for 2026.
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We are currently looking for volunteers to be Concierge on rehearsal day and/or the day of the event (February 13th and/or 14th, 2026). You may email us if you are interested in helping. TEDxEustis@gmail.com
Throughout history, every generation has faced change—sometimes gradual, sometimes sudden. The word “evolve” captures both the patience of growth and the urgency of transformation. It honors the past while acknowledging that progress requires adaptation.
For our 2026 conference, TEDxEustis invites speakers and attendees alike to reflect on how we are shaped by where we’ve been and how we must adapt to meet the challenges ahead.
TEDxEustis 2020 Speaker, Johnny Crowder:
"1 MILLION VIEWS ON MY TED TALK!! WE DID IT, FAMILY!!
You might know by now that giving a TED Talk has been on my bucket list for, well, my entire life - even before Cope Notes existed.
What you DON'T know is that I spent 6 months writing and refining this talk, adding sections, rearranging points, and gutting everything down to a mere 18 minutes (when most of my keynotes usually last an hour).
This work was time-consuming, tedious, and unpaid.
But at the same time, it was fascinating and rewarding.
To take the TED stage is a privilege in itself. But to reach over a million people with a real message of hope and change (not a great big lie about how easy it is to heal) is a dream within a dream.
This is TEDception for me, y'all.
Thank you to every single person who has watched, shared, commented, or given this lil ditty a thumbs-up. You'll never know how many people you've helped by telling that tricky YouTube algorithm "Hey, listen here, this is important and other folks need to hear it."
And most of all, thank you to TED, TEDx, and TEDxEustis for taking a chance on me and blessing me with the opportunity of a lifetime. I'll never forget this as long as I live.
And no, I’m not in a rush to do my second one… that was so much work!"
Cope Notes is Johnny's company.
1,207,911 views.
TEDx videos are seen world-wide on YouTube.
Johnny also spoke at TEDxWestshore in February 2022!
Katie McCleary, speaking about The Benefits of Writing By Hand.
1,409,319 views.
She spoke at our January 2023 talks and her talk was published on March 16, 2023.
Leave the Someday Isle and Start Before You’re Ready
Leslie spoke at our 2024 event.
1,349,046 views
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