Ashvegas commenter: TEDx Asheville embodied TED ideals and Asheville’s unique spirit

Reaction rolls in to my TEDx Asheville critique. Comment from loyal reader Trey:

As someone who got to watch the organizers behind the scenes, I am way past impressed at the people behind TEDxAsheville. It seems they truly embody not only the TED ideals, but also the unique spirit and passion that IS Asheville.

They used collaborative tools to the max, shared ideas, debated them, called and discarded unworkable ideas (though they even thought those through before dumping), encouraged one another, diligently attempted to anticipate, and basically, just totally poured their heart and souls into the project.

Your critique, Jason, is precisely the kind of dialog catalyst we need in social media and in these times—someone willing to both see the people behind the project, acknowledge the expected crowdhugging, and push the the rose-frost off the glasses to get an honest look.

And to the “organizers”: thank you for giving me an unusual insider’s look at you and your processes. Yep, I wanted to be a part of your event but I completely let you down. You all did the incredible thing of letting me be in-the-loop without doing the guilt-trip thing.

I am simply in awe of you. http://twitter.com/treypennington http://twitter.com/smcgreenville