Outlaw
Partners’ inspiring event returns for 2020
By Michael Somerby EBS STAFF
BIG
SKY – Outlaw Partners, the Big Sky-based media, marketing and events company
and publisher of this newspaper, captured hearts and minds this past summer
with a slew of heart-pounding summer events.
The
lineup included the ninth annual Big Sky PBR, which was awarded the PBR Event
of the Year earlier this month, and the inaugural Peak to Sky Festival, boasting
performances from the likes of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Mike McCready and
Chad Smith along with recent three-time Grammy winner Brandi Carlile, among
others.
The company is proud to announce its fourth annual winter event changeup pitch: TEDxBigSky, an intellectual and inspiring series of presentations boasting 11 speakers in January 2020. TEDxBigSky, an independent, TED-sanctioned curation of presentations will be guided by the theme “Connection.”
“We’re
connected digitally, personally and with nature, but I think what inspired us
about the theme of ‘connection’ bring Outlaw Partners mission full circle,”
said Ersin Ozer, media and events director at Outlaw. “… The mission of our
company is to create connections in order to inspire others to act through our
media, marketing and events.”
The
event will be hosted at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, a world-class
facility for performance and theater in Big Sky, and will launch on Saturday,
Jan. 25.
This
year’s lineup includes speakers from varied disciplines and backgrounds,
including Olympic skier and new Big Sky resident Bode Miller, Seattle rockers
Molly Sides and Whitney Petty of the popular band Thunderpussy, and
groundbreaking documentary duo of Michael Peterson and Steven Hawley.
Peterson
and Hawley’s film, “Damned to Extinction,” an award-winning documentary
chronicling the trials and tribulations of a Pacific Ocean orca pod whose
existence is threatened by a dwindling Chinook salmon population as a result of
damming the Snake River, will screen at Lone Peak Cinema on Friday, Jan. 24.
The
special presentation is also brought to the Big Sky community by Outlaw
Partners under the umbrella of a larger Big Sky Ideas Festival, of which
TEDxBigSky is the cornerstone.
TEDxBigSky
is made possible by title sponsor Big Sky Real Estate Co., as well as sponsors
The Wilson Hotel, Yellowstone Club, CLB Architects, Fay Ranches, Oxygen Plus,
Jereco Studios, Natalie’s Estate Winery, BuzzBallz and Snake River Brewing.
Additionally,
speaker coaches Lori Addicks, Kari Gras, Tallie Lancey and Kate Ketschek will
help prepare each presentation.
“A
big thanks is owed to our coaches, Lori, Kari, Tallie and Kate Ketschek, and a
big thanks to our sponsors,” Ozer said.
Visit tedxbigsky.com for tickets, available starting Dec. 16.
