{"id":28007,"date":"2017-04-24T15:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=28007"},"modified":"2017-04-26T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:33:26","slug":"freshwater-fishing-hall-of-famer-headlines-third-annual-tad-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/24\/freshwater-fishing-hall-of-famer-headlines-third-annual-tad-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Headlines Third Annual TAD Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji State University&rsquo;s School of Technology, Art and Design features eight speakers and a keynote address from fishing legend Ted Takasaki for its third annual TAD Talks event, scheduled for April 27.<\/p>\n<p>TAD Talks begins at 5 p.m. in Bangsberg Hall 250 on the BSU campus. The event is open free to all.<\/p>\n<p>TAD Talks, modeled after the famous TED Talks series, is a multi-disciplinary event featuring 10-15 minute speeches from live presenters. Presentations are intended to promote understanding and seek meaning in issues involving technology, creativity, innovation and the entire process of life.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers for TAD Talks are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Northbird, Cass Lake, Minn.; unit director, Boys &amp; Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area, &ldquo;Song Origin&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Jackson, Fargo, N.D.; graphic designer and illustrator, Nicholas Jackson Illustration, &ldquo;Technology and Making Art&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>Nicole O&rsquo;Leary, Boston, Minn.; creative director, The Expo Group; &ldquo;Creative and Design is Taking Over! What Do You Need to be Prepared?&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>Shane Fjerstad, Roseau, Minn.; quality systems engineer, Polaris; &ldquo;Making Social Media Work For You&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>Dave Brown, St. Louis, Mo.; vice president of sales, Optima; &ldquo;3D Printing: Exploring its Impact on Exhibit Fabrication and Thought Process&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>Jeremiah Liend, St. Paul, Minn.; film producer, Tower Hill Productions; &ldquo;Gonzo Theater: A Savage Nightmare Journey into the Heart of the Great American Play&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>Kim Simonson, Grand Forks, N.D.; owner, Simonson Design Studios; &ldquo;Virtual Reality in the Building Industry&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>David Sherman, Chicago, Ill.; senior vice president, The Freeman Company; &ldquo;Guess What Your Real Major Is?&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Takasaki&rsquo;s keynote address is entitiled &ldquo;Pursue Your Passion.&rdquo; Takasaki, a member of the International Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, is past president of Lindy Fishing Tackle Co.<\/p>\n<p>Randall Acker, president at Exhibitor Meeting Group and an adjunct instructor at BSU, will emcee the event.<\/p>\n<h5><b>Contact<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/sjosefson\/\">Sachel Josefson<\/a>, assistant professor of technology, art &amp; design; (218) 755-2949, sjosefson@bemidjistate.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24884 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"175\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175-e1539967051802.jpg\"><\/a>Bemidji State University<\/b>, located in northern Minnesota&rsquo;s lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. A member of the colleges and universities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota State<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and 11 graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. Bemidji State has an enrollment of more than 5,100 students and a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: right\">2017-B-P-018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bemidji State University\u2019s School of Technology, Art and Design features eight speakers and a keynote address from fishing legend Ted Takasaki for its third annual TAD Talks event, scheduled for April 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,953,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-mybsu","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28042,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28007\/revisions\/28042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}