The New Era
The Talks
Congratulations to
Xander Keller
, whose talk has been chosen to be featured.
identified as one we’d like to share with our subscribers on YouTube, as it represents a valuable and timely idea for our global audience. We are currently developing a publishing strategy to maximize its impact on the TEDx channel and better reach our millions of subscribers.
TEDxCherryCreekHS 2025 features eleven original and innovative talks.
Dismantling Polarization with One Radical Leadership Practice
The Confidence Secret They Don’t Tell Teenagers
Why ‘Thank You’ Matters More Than ‘I Love You’ in Your Relationship
The New Way Teens Can Handle Overwhelm: Emotional Collaboration
The One Prompt That Will Change How You Use AI Forever
Emotional Collaboration: A New Way Teens Handle Overwhelm
Stop Comparing, Start Becoming
How to Overcome Accent Anxiety
Tearing off Professional Masks for More Profits
End Perfectionism—Enhance Performance
Our Performers
Woodshop Project
Woodshop Project is a three-piece original rock bank based in Denver, Colorado, featuring Jon Reitan (drums and voals), Chuck Bufmack (bass and vocals), and Rob Matuschek (guita and vocals). Each member has been performing music since high school. The trio began playing together with other musicians in 2005 under various names and at a variety of venues, ultimately solidifying as Woodshop Project in 2016.
Having established careers in the Denver area that support both creative and personal balance, the band brings a sound that is both energetic and thoughtful. Their lyrics reflect the full spectrum of human experience—falling in love, growing older, missed opportunities, enduring hope, and the promise of new beginnings. Life’s joys and struggles form the thematic backbone of their music, echoing timeless human dilemmas through a contemporary rock lens.
Over the past decade, the band has practiced in three different professional wood shops, spaces that have nurtured their creativity and spirit. Woodshop Project has recorded 24 original songs with Module Overload, released across three eight-track albums: One (red, 2021), Two (green, 2022), and Tree (blue, 2024). Their songwriting process is deeply collaborative, with each member contributing to both the music and lyrics.
Proud Sponsors
Thanks to our generous sponsors who make our TEDxCherryCreekHS possible. TEDx Cherry Creek High School is a youth-run nonprofit organization dedicated to ideas worth spreading. Your generous support is vital to getting original insights, creative ideas, and innovative solutions from within and without the community out through our TEDx platform.
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The Venue
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About TED
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