About this badge
This badge recognizes speakers who have delivered an inspiring talk at a TEDxLaval Salon event, sharing ideas worth spreading in an intimate setting. Recipients have demonstrated the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and engage audiences through the TED talk format.
Earning criteria
- Signed the TEDxLaval Salon speaker agreement.
- Completed coaching process within TED-like talk format.
- Complied with TED and TEDx talk rules and timelines.
- Gave a talk at TEDxLaval Salon while respecting the mission.
Skills demonstrated and acquired
To earn this badge, every holder had to demonstrate — and therefore acquired — the following skills:
- Prise de parole en public
- Communication orale
- Storytelling
- Présentation d'idées
- Engagement d'auditoire
- Pensée critique
- Vulgarisation
- Leadership intellectuel
- Confiance en soi
- Innovation conceptuelle
Proof that outlives everything
- Open standard Open Badges 3.0 / W3C Verifiable Credentials
- Ed25519 cryptographic signature — tamper-proof
- Public one-click verification, no account needed, forever
- Timestamps anchored on Bitcoin (OpenTimestamps) — independently verifiable
