{"id":1362,"date":"2013-06-20T16:58:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2013-06-20T16:58:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:58:01","slug":"adam-burk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/adam-burk\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 66: Executive Director and Curator at TEDxDirigo Adam Burk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show:<\/strong>\u00a066
\nAir date:<\/strong> Saturday,\u00a0June 15
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Burk
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould (Sharky)
\nAssistant Producer:<\/strong> Shannon Maguire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Adam Burk is originally from Sparta, New Jersey, but\u00a0after summering here\u00a0with his grandfather, knew\u00a0Maine was where he wanted to be.\u00a0 Burk\u00a0is part of the group of individuals that started TEDxDirigo<\/a> in 2010.\u00a0The company\u2019s inaugural kick-off was 10\/10\/10.\u00a0 The self-coined term \u201ccultural architect\u201d, has been used to describe Burk in his expertise and passion for turning ideas into reality.<\/p>\n

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TideSmart Talk with Stevoe host Steve Woods (left) welcomed Executive Director and Curator at TEDxDirigo Adam Burk (right)\u00a0into the studio.<\/p><\/div>\n

His involvement in co-founding TEDxDirigo was to tell Maine\u2019s story to the world.\u00a0 Burk\u2019s dedication to living well in our places and with each other, fuels his passion. He initiated the first sustainability initiatives for social service agencies in Maine, developed a restorative justice program for homeless youth, and guided the formation of Farm to School programs at a dozen schools in Southern Maine, and leads wilderness trips as a registered Maine Guide. He is an avid learner and holds formal degrees in education, psychology, and history.<\/p>\n

Burk is the co-founder of Treehouse Institute<\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to social innovation. Treehouse is the producer of TEDxDirigo, celebrating Maine ideas worth spreading. The organization is at the forefront of connecting young people across Maine to TEDxYouth. In May 2013, Treehouse produced \u201cDesign Thinking is for Everyone\u201d in partnership with Yona Belfort. Treehouse is currently designing other programming and spaces that bring people from diverse backgrounds together to solve meaningful problems.<\/p>\n

Burk is also the Interim Chief Operations Officer of Baxter Academy for Technology and Science<\/a>, Portland’s first charter school. He oversees the renovation of a historic building into a cutting edge school, including team development and project management across all operational fronts of the school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve Woods, host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, recently sat down with Executive Director and Curator at TEDxDirigo Adam Burk. The two spoke about how TED is the biggest global thinktank and how Burk sought about starting the Maine chapter. Burk also discussed his involement with new projects like TEDxYouth, the Treehouse Institute and Baxter Academy for Technology and Science (Portland’s first charter school). Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}