EEC 407: Reaching the Red Dot, with Timothy Totten

A parallel entrepreneur, Timothy Totten, runs his legacy family business in the funeral product manufacturing industry, and creates escape games and other team-building activities with his FunVenture partner.

• Why did you get involved with TEDx?
• What are the biggest mistakes you've seen hopeful TEDx speakers make?
• How has landing a TEDx talk changed over the years, and how should people approach the stage today?
• Besides memorizing a talk, what are the most important steps to having a successful TEDx experience?
• How do you help those aspiring to the world's most influential stage, and can you guarantee they will get onto that red dot?

Timothy Totten

A parallel entrepreneur, Timothy Totten runs his legacy family business in the funeral product manufacturing industry, creates escape games and other team-building activities with his FunVenture partner, shares his expert knowledge of famed American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright in storytelling sessions across the country, and volunteers as a curator and coach for TEDxEustis, the event which he created and led from 2018-2025.

Today, Totten shares his storytelling expertise and behind-the-scenes TEDx knowledge with hopeful speakers through social media videos and his newsletter, along with both group and one-on-one coaching.

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