Founding Partners Wanted
TEDxAmes is building its first sponsor and partner circle. Help bring the TEDx experience to Ames from the ground up.
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November 6, 2026 - Ames, Iowa - First Event
TEDxAmes starts here.
A new TEDx stage is coming to Ames. On November 6, 2026, 100 curious minds will gather for original talks, local connection, and ideas ready to travel beyond Iowa.
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A First Stage for Ames Ideas.
TEDxAmes 2026 is the community's first independently organized TEDx event.
It is built for the people shaping Ames: educators, entrepreneurs, students, makers, researchers, civic leaders, artists, and neighbors with ideas worth spreading.
Founding sponsors and partners will help create the platform, fund the production, welcome the audience, and make sure the talks live far beyond event day.
location_on Ames, Iowa
calendar_month November 6, 2026
confirmation_number Limited to 100 Attendees
A Founding Opportunity
Sponsors and partners needed.
As a first-year event, TEDxAmes needs mission-aligned organizations to help build the room, support speaker preparation, and bring a world-class idea platform to central Iowa.
View Sponsorship DeckWhy TEDxAmes?
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Local Signal
Ames is full of research, creativity, civic energy, and lived experience. TEDxAmes gives those ideas a focused stage.
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Global Reach
Every recorded TEDx talk can move from one room in Iowa to viewers around the world. Local ideas deserve that kind of life.
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Shared Investment
Sponsors, volunteers, speakers, and partners make the first event possible - and help establish a tradition Ames can build on.
What's Happening
Speaker Curation Coming Soon
The first TEDxAmes speaker slate will spotlight original ideas with local roots and global relevance.
Learn MoreFirst TEDxAmes Event
A one-day, 100-seat gathering for original talks, conversation, and community momentum in Ames, Iowa.
Event DetailsHelp Build the First Room.
Before the first speaker steps on stage, TEDxAmes needs partners who believe Ames has ideas worth spreading.