In the fifth year of TEDxFultonStreet, we had 16 speakers explore the question of why people say “Yes” or “No” to things. Presentations were from a phishing expert, a VC investor, an angel investor, the leader of #BLM New York, the CEO of an experiential marketing company, the CEO of a diversity consulting company, the curator of a quack medical devices collection, a VR/XR artist, an accessibility expert, the inventor of the hologram printing process on every card in your wallet, and more!
![Aaron Sylvan preparing for TEDxFultonStreet 2018](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Aaron-Sylvan-preparing-for-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-from-2018-06-01-image-001-Edit-3-768x432.jpg)
Aaron Sylvan preparing for TEDxFultonStreet 2018
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Presenter Posters at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Alicia Syrett at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#001](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Alicia-Syrett-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image001-654x980.jpg)
Alicia Syrett at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Alicia Syrett at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (iPhoneX pic by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#004](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Audience-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-iPhoneX-pic-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image004-768x576.jpg)
Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018
![Chris Hadnagy at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 16-45-27 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Chris-Hadnagy-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-16-45-27-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Chris Hadnagy at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Christopher Hadnagy at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#003](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Christopher-Hadnagy-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image003-768x513.jpg)
Christopher Hadnagy at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![CREW - Aaron Sylvan with Tech Team (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Eriq Ortiz) 2018-06-02 image #003](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CREW-Aaron-Sylvan-with-Tech-Team-TEDxFultonStreet-photo-by-Eriq-Ortiz-2018-06-02-image-003-768x512.jpg)
CREW – Aaron Sylvan with Tech Team (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Eriq Ortiz)
![Dennis Kneale at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Dennis-Kneale-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-768x513.jpg)
Dennis Kneale at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Dennis Kneale at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018
![Denny Daniel at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 16-56-43 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Denny-Daniel-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-16-56-43-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Denny Daniel at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Museum of Interesting Things at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Museum-of-Interesting-Things-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-654x980.jpg)
Museum of Interesting Things at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Museum of Interesting Things exhibit (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Milda de Voe)
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Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Galinsky and Morgan Weidinger at sound check (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Eriq Ortiz) 2018-06-02 image #002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Galinsky-and-Morgan-Weidinger-at-sound-check-TEDxFultonStreet-photo-by-Eriq-Ortiz-2018-06-02-image-002-768x512.jpg)
Galinsky and Morgan Weidinger at sound check (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Eriq Ortiz)
![Galinsky and Morgan Weidinger at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (iPhoneX pic by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#019](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Galinsky-and-Morgan-Weidinger-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-iPhoneX-pic-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image019-768x576.jpg)
Galinsky and Morgan Weidinger at TEDxFultonStreet 2018
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Galinsky and Morgan Weidinger at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Galinsky and Morgan Weidinger at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 17-16-29 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Galinsky-and-Morgan-Weidinger-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-17-16-29-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Galinsky and Morgan Weidinger at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![CREW - Audio Tech at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CREW-Audio-Tech-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-768x513.jpg)
CREW – Audio Tech at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Gene Dolgoff at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gene-Dolgoff-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-768x513.jpg)
Gene Dolgoff at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Gene Dolgoff at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 15-07-43 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gene-Dolgoff-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-15-07-43-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Gene Dolgoff at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Hawk Newsome at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Hawk-Newsome-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-768x513.jpg)
Hawk Newsome at TEDxFultonStreet 2018
![Kobi Wu at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 14-12-59 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Kobi-Wu-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-14-12-59-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Kobi Wu at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
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Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Lance Pendleton at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#003](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lance-Pendleton-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image003-768x513.jpg)
Lance Pendleton at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Lance Pendleton at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Layne Braunstein at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 16-11-04 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Layne-Braunstein-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-16-11-04-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Layne Braunstein at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Morgan Weidinger at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 17-15-05 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Morgan-Weidinger-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-17-15-05-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Morgan Weidinger at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Paolo Gaudiano at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Paolo-Gaudiano-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-768x513.jpg)
Paolo Gaudiano at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 15-10-41 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Audience-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-15-10-41-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Peter Jorgensen at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 13-41-28 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Peter-Jorgensen-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-13-41-28-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Peter Jorgensen at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Aaron Sylvan at Speakers+Sponsors Lunch (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Eriq Ortiz) 2018-06-02 image #001](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Aaron-Sylvan-at-SpeakersSponsors-Lunch-TEDxFultonStreet-photo-by-Eriq-Ortiz-2018-06-02-image-001-768x513.jpg)
Aaron Sylvan at Speakers+Sponsors Lunch (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Eriq Ortiz)
![Rogue Fong at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#003](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Rogue-Fong-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image003-654x980.jpg)
Rogue Fong at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Rogue Fong at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 17-14-41 on 2018-06-02](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Audience-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Janet-Esquirol-Sylvan-taken-at-17-14-41-on-2018-06-02-768x512.jpg)
Audience at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan)
![Svetlana Kouznetsova at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#001](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Svetlana-Kouznetsova-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image001-768x513.jpg)
Svetlana Kouznetsova at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Svetlana Kouznetsova at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Svetlana-Kouznetsova-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-768x513.jpg)
Svetlana Kouznetsova at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Amy Meckler interpreting ASL at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#001](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Amy-Meckler-interpreting-ASL-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image001-768x513.jpg)
Amy Meckler interpreting ASL at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Taliesin Thomas at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#002](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Taliesin-Thomas-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image002-768x513.jpg)
Taliesin Thomas at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Taliesin Thomas at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Janet Esquirol Sylvan) taken at 16-05-56 on 2018-06-02
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Final Thank-You (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Milda de Voe)
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Final Thank-You at TEDxFultonStreet 2018
![Aaron Sylvan and Lance Pendleton at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#001](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Aaron-Sylvan-and-Lance-Pendleton-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image001-768x513.jpg)
Aaron Sylvan and Lance Pendleton at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
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Audience meeting presenter Gene Dolgoff (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Patri La Torre)
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Aaron Sylvan with Hawk Newsome of #BLM (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Eriq Ortiz)
![Hawk Newsome and Chris Hadnagy at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2018-06-02 image#001](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Hawk-Newsome-and-Chris-Hadnagy-at-TEDxFultonStreet-2018-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2018-06-02-image001-768x513.jpg)
Hawk Newsome and Chris Hadnagy at TEDxFultonStreet 2018 (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Aaron Sylvan, Executive Producer, with analog memory (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Patri La Torre) 2018-06-02 image #001](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Aaron-Sylvan-Executive-Producer-with-analog-memory-TEDxFultonStreet-photo-by-Patri-La-Torre-2018-06-02-image-001-653x980.jpg)
Aaron Sylvan, Executive Producer, with analog memory (TEDxFultonStreet photo by Patri La Torre)
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T-Shirt Backs (photo by Patri LaTorre) taken at 15-40-18 on 2018-06-02
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WRAP – TEDx Production Team (photo by Lauri McCarthy)