PINC speakers: Don’t fear failure
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PINC speakers: Don’t fear failure

SARASOTA – Santa Claus walks up to a clerk and asks, “What wine goes best with venison?”

One police German shepherd confesses to another: “I’m starting to really like the smell of cocaine.”

An elderly diner declines more food at a restaurant. “No thanks,” she says, “I’m trying to drop a casket size.”

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The 5th PINC Experience was held Thursday December 6th, 2018 at the Sarasota Opera House. PINC, which stands for People, Ideas, Nature and Creativity, presented a myriad of speakers to the stage to share their perspective on connecting global thoughts with our local community

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Sarasota hosts annual PINC conference
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Sarasota hosts annual PINC conference

People, ideas, nature and creativity — they're the four themes that guide the annual PINC conference at Sarasota Opera House.

Conferencegoers heard from women's rights activists, chefs, teachers and even an everyday astronaut, all sharing their stories and reenforcing their shared experiences.

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Unique speakers provide spark at PINC conference
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Unique speakers provide spark at PINC conference

For the third straight year, an eclectic, quirky, unpredictable international lineup of speakers took turns offering pep talks on the human condition, ominous reality checks and glimpses of the future in 20-minute stanzas. For those who ponied up $425 a ticket, the nine-hour experience included three meals and, for the third straight year, according to host Anand Pallegar, the event sold out all 540 seats.

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A Sarasota version of TED talks inspires ideas
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A Sarasota version of TED talks inspires ideas

In 1999, the van Lindonks launched PINC — People, Ideas, Nature and Creativity — as an annual, daylong conference in Zeist, Holland, mimicking the TED format with a series of presentations by speakers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds. In late 2014, PINC made its American debut with a sold-out event at the Florida Studio Theatre in downtown Sarasota. At the third annual conference in December, PINC’s speaker lineup will include an “explanation designer,” “artographer” and professor of animal science.

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Creativity In The 'PINC' Coming To Sarasota
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Creativity In The 'PINC' Coming To Sarasota

Sarasota this week is hosting an out-of-the-ordinary symposium that has its roots in the Netherlands. This is the second year the city has hosted the American version of the PINC Conference, a symposium that's brought together creative types in the Netherlands the past 16 years. Think of it as a European version of TED Talks, with a twist.

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