TEDxKings Park Youth: 30 Second Ideas for Change

TEDxKings Park, in partnership with Curtin University, is looking for West Australians between the ages of 14 – 21 years old to share their big ideas for change.

Ideas come in all shapes and sizes. Your idea could be small and handy, or big and world-changing. But whatever it is, we’re looking for ideas that will create change – to people, to the environment, maybe to the world. There’s no limit!

If you’re one of the five selected finalists, you’ll get the chance to share your idea on the main stage of the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia at TEDxKings Park Youth on Saturday 23 November 2024 – Australia’s largest TEDx event for young people.

The winning idea will also be turned into a six minute TEDx talk, and be published on the official TEDx YouTube channel!

Watch Ebony Thompson, the 2022 Winner of 30 Second Ideas with her talk How fixing teaching for kids with ADHD is a win for everyone

 

The Competition has now closed. We are now shortlisting entrants – who will be a Finalist? There’s only one way to find out: be part of the amazing audience of TEDxKings Park Youth. You’ll get to vote on who you want to be the winner!

Eligibility:

  • The 30 Second Ideas competition is open to all residents of Western Australia aged 21 years of age or younger on 23 November 2024. 
  • Entrants under the age of 18 years of age at time of entry must have parental/guardian approval to enter.
  • Entrants must be an individual. For ideas owned by multiple individuals, those individuals must agree in writing with each other that the entrant may enter on behalf of them all. 
  • The competition is open to entries between 24 March and 13 October 2024. Entries received after this date will not be accepted. 
  • Entries must be from an individual and not from multiple people.
  • Entries must not include props, images or graphics. Captions are only allowed if the entrant signs in Auslan.

To Enter:

  • To enter the competition entrants must upload their 30 second video at tedxkingspark.org/30secondideas and provide required personal details. Entrants under 18 years of age at time of entering must provide details of a parent or guardian.
  • Entrants may make multiple entries to the competition.
  • Ideas must conform to TED’s Content Guidelines, including: no commercial agendas; no political agendas or inflammatory rhetoric; no religious agendas; no bad or pseudo-science science.
  • Ideas must be, to the entrants best knowledge, their own. Ideas that infringe on existing Intellectual Property Rights are ineligible.
  • Submission videos and entry details will be stored by TEDxKings Park for 3 months after the competition is complete, unless entrants indicate otherwise in their entry.
  • Submission videos and entry details will be shared with Curtin University in order to manage the competition. Entrant videos and details will only be retained by Curtin University if the entrant agrees to this when entering the competition.

Finalists:

  • In the event of an entrant being a Finalist, they must be available to attend TEDxKings Park Youth on 23 November 2024 at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia.
  • Should TEDxKings Park Youth be rescheduled to a later date, Finalists agree to make reasonable efforts to be available to participate on the rescheduled date.
  • Finalists agree to not unreasonably withhold their cooperation in promotional activity organised by TEDxKings Park and by Curtin University both before and after 23 November 2024.
  • Finalists receive two complimentary tickets to attend TEDxKings Park Youth. Finalists are responsible for any other costs associated with participating in the competition and claiming the prize.
  • Finalists agree to cooperate fully with TEDxKings Park and Curtin University in the preparation of their idea for presentation at TEDxKings Park Youth. Failure to satisfactorily cooperate can, at TEDxKings Park’s or Curtin University’s discretion, lead to disqualification without consultation or arbitration.

The Winner:

  • The winner agrees to cooperate fully with TEDxKings Park in the curation of their idea into a TEDxKings Park talk for submission to TED. Failure to satisfactorily cooperate can, at TEDxKings Park’s or Curtin University’s discretion, lead to their idea not becoming a talk submitted to TED.
  • The title of the winner’s talk is entirely at the discretion of TEDxKings Park.
  • TED’s decision to publish the winner’s talk video is entirely independent of TEDxKings Park.

The Prize:

  • The winner will be awarded a trophy at TEDKings Park Youth.
  • The winner will collaborate with TEDxKings Park to convert their idea into a TEDxKings Park talk for submission to TED.
  • The winner will be invited to join the TEDxKings Park Youth Panel.