Jimmy Tan

Activist, Brainstormer, Concerned citizen, Connector, Event planner, Filmmaker, Global soul, Marketer, Producer, Writer/Editor

I was born and raised in the city of Guiyang, south-west of China. Where we eat a lot of spicy food. I grew a special interest in journalism when I was in high school, although I never became a journalist, this passion never left my mind. Later I had a better grasp of why the love for journalism. Living in China, getting information can sometimes be challenging. Especially for people who don't have the means. A good society depends on well-informed citizenship. So providing the ideas and information that people deserve has been the drive for me. I have been producing videos, commercials and documentaries, organizing TEDx events, coach speakers with ideas that are worthwhile, and also podcasting.

Journalism, Education, Music, Film, good stories and bring more options to people.

A way to change the world is to make information and ideas easily accessible for all. I believe people will always make good decisions based on the information and ideas they receive.

Audio, Documentary, Marketing, Photography, Storytelling, Video

The first time I watched a TED Talk was in an intensive English class during high school. Everyone was laughing except me because I didn't understand a word. A few years later, after watching many TED Talks, I learnt that you can organize something called TEDx - and I jumped on it. I joined this cult called TEDx in 2011, and have been loving it ever since. In 2014 I took out a new licence (and my current license) TEDxXiguan, located in Guangzhou, China. Now it's really hard to describe what TED and TEDx are to me, but for sure inseparable.

Playing the drums