As you know, last year’s event was a big success and we were thrilled to have received so much positive feedback. Thank you! Thanks to you we know that it’s worth changing Kraków and speaking loudly about the value of ideas.

We also know that we raised the bar and next time we want to raise it even higher. Even though we still have some time to catch our breath and recharge our batteries, this doesn’t mean that in 2014 nothing’s going to be going on – quite the contrary!

We’ve just had the first TEDxKrakówLive of 2014 where over 300 of you gathered to watch the livestream of TED from Vancouver. During the discussion in the breaks, you (and we) learned about some of the amazing people and initiatives that are taking place in Kraków. As a result, our nominations of Cracovians to the TED Prize have already been submitted. Keep your fingers crossed.

We also recently changed the way we run TEDxKrakówCinema. For this year, the guest curator of each event will be a different member of our team – they’ll choose a subject that they love, select the TED Talks they want to show, and lead the discussion. We’ve been doing this since January and we’re finding it a great way for us to get to know you (and, we hope, vice versa).

We also want to let you know that we have some openings in our team and we’re looking for new members.

We already know that the next TEDxKraków conference is going to be bigger and brighter. We want to involve more of the amazing people who are up to something in Kraków and for this, we need your help in creating the event!

We are currently looking for experienced people to join our team. We’ll be looking for more hands to join us nearer the time, but for now if you have experience in any of these areas, get in touch:

• Communication (media relations, copywriting, social media) – if you can write, or know how to get people to look at and understand what someone else has written, recorded or drawn – we need you!

• Creative direction – we want to showcase great design from Krakow. If you know exactly where you would start with this, get in touch.

• Sponsorship – if you know how to find the sponsors right for TEDxKraków and how to make the relationship work for both the sponsor and our nonprofit organisation – we need you!

• Production – most of the heavy work is done by our fantastic events contractor, but we need a small team of practical and detail-oriented people who can figure out where the gaps are (and fill them automatically). If you’re a natural born organiser and fixer, we need you!

• Programme team – if your address book is full of people who are up to something great who really should be better known, or if you have a passion and talent for getting people (particularly Polish people and women ) to express themselves, come and talk to us.

So, if any of this sounds like you, send us an email telling us about yourself: why you want to get involved, what you do on an everyday basis and what role you see for yourself. For extra points, tell us what you’d change about TEDxKraków and how you would go about doing this.

You can email us at useme@tedxkrakow.com by May 10.