Our mission
We believe powerful stories should do more than inspire. They should build understanding, open doors, connect people to resources, and create measurable community impact.
MODEx Studio Foundation
MODEx Studio Foundation uses storytelling, media production, and community engagement to make important experiences visible, bring communities into the conversation, and create meaningful opportunities for voices too often overlooked.
Through education, real-world practice and access to professional stages,
we help people move from potential to opportunity.
Since 2022, the MODEx ecosystem has delivered more than 400 productions, including work for Cox Communications, Gilead Sciences, Intuit Mailchimp, Mastercard, Instacart, Amazon Music, GitLab, Truist Bank, BMI and more.
That experience powers our commitment to storytelling that makes important experiences visible, engages communities, and creates measurable opportunities. These production relationships are part of the broader MODEx portfolio, not Foundation sponsorships.
Since 2022, the MODEx ecosystem has delivered more than 400 productions, including work for Cox Communications, Gilead Sciences, Intuit Mailchimp, Mastercard, Instacart, Amazon Music, and BMI.
That production experience supports the Foundation's commitment to storytelling that makes important experiences visible, engages communities, and creates measurable opportunities. Production clients are not represented as Foundation sponsors.
Why we exist
A young person can have something important to say without having the opportunity to develop their voice.
A founder can build a promising business without knowing how to sell it, pitch it or get it in front of the right people.
An important story can exist without having the platform to reach the people who need to hear it.
MODEx Studio Foundation exists to help close those gaps.
We believe powerful stories should do more than inspire. They should build understanding, open doors, connect people to resources, and create measurable community impact.
A future where talent can thrive.
Your support can help people gain the preparation, mentorship, and practical tools to take their next step: a young person presenting an original idea, a founder explaining the value of a business, or a community partner bringing an important story to the people it can help.
Partners help connect learning with real-world opportunities: youth showcases, founder pitches, and storytelling productions with an intentional audience and distribution plan. Support a program or the shared mission, with clear goals for who it serves, what it delivers, and how progress will be measured.
Three programs. One belief. Development should lead to opportunity.
Speaker Studio Youth includes three planned summer cohorts developing communication, storytelling, and stage presence, culminating in a professional Youth Voices Showcase. Our broader Speaker Studio program also supports TEDxBuckheadAveYouth, TEDxBuckheadAve, and TEDxBuckheadAveWomen, creating opportunities to
share their ideas.
Three to four annual cohorts of 20 founders, combining business development, mentorship, and pitch preparation. Planned Founder Showcases connect participants with industry leaders and business development opportunities.
Documentary and community storytelling projects developed with mission-aligned organizations. Through professional production and meaningful partnerships, we amplify important voices, raise awareness, and spark conversations that connect communities and inspire action.
MODEx Studio Foundation ·2027 initiatives
Speaker Studio Youth: $150,000 supports our summer youth program, with three planned cohorts of 15 young people each: 45 participant places. Students develop communication, storytelling, and leadership skills through coaching, real-world practice, and a professionally produced Youth Voices Showcase.
TEDxBuckheadAveYouth: $50,000 supports 10 youth speakers through December–January training and the February 27, 2027 presentation, including training production, food and beverages for 100 attendees, marketing, and window signage. TEDxBuckheadAve and TEDxBuckheadAveWomen each receive a proposed $50,000 for full program delivery. Coaching, rehearsals, 4K six-camera production, sound, editing, marketing, and hospitality support speakers from idea development through a professionally recorded talk. TEDx recordings are submitted through the TED Media Uploader for potential publication on the official TEDx YouTube channel, subject to TED’s requirements. Published talks can be shared by link or embed, making ideas accessible beyond the room.
Discuss support for Speaker StudioThree to four planned annual cohorts of 20 founders each: 60–80 participant places. Training, mentorship, sales readiness, and pitch development help founders communicate their value and prepare for business opportunities.
Each cohort is planned to conclude with a Founder Showcase connecting participants with industry leaders and business development opportunities. Partners can discuss support for cohorts, mentors, and showcase experiences.
Discuss support for Founder developmentOur proposed 2027 project is one original series with four episodes at $50,000 per episode, for a total of $200,000. Developed with community partners, the series brings original ideas and lived experiences to audiences locally and around the world. The budget includes production and a closing showcase and wrap party to share the completed work.
Partners help define the community need, intended audience, and change the story aims to support. Together, we plan production, distribution, community engagement, and how audience response will be evaluated.
Discuss support for Impact storytellingA proposed $50,000 supports youth speaker training, coaching, idea development, and rehearsals leading to the February 27, 2027 TEDxBuckheadAveYouth event.
Support includes ongoing production for training classes, event production, food and beverages for 100 attendees, marketing, and window signage.
Discuss support for TEDxBuckheadAveYouthMODEx Studio Foundation is connected to a working Atlanta event,
production and broadcast studio that has supported 400+ productions.
That gives our programs something different — a place to put the work
into practice.
MODEx Studio Foundation exists to help close those gaps.
We measure our work by what participants are better prepared to do next.
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Developing communication, storytelling, stage and camera skills.
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Strengthening business readiness, sales capabilities, messaging and pitches.
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Helping mission-driven stories and conversations reach larger audiences.
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Creating stages, showcases and connections where development can be put into practice.
2027 PROJECTED IMPACT
Speaker Studio Youth participants
Three summer cohorts of 15. Separate TEDx target: 30 speakers—10 each for TEDxBuckheadAveYouth, TEDxBuckheadAve, and TEDxBuckheadAveWomen.
Founder participant places
Three to four cohorts of 20 founders, strengthening business readiness and preparing their pitches.
Episodes. One original series.
One community-partnered series, told across four episodes, designed to build understanding and reach audiences locally and around the world.
Proposed 2027 targets: 45 Speaker Studio Youth participants across three summer cohorts of 15, plus 30 TEDx speakers—10 each across the youth, standard, and women’s initiatives—for 75 combined participant places. Six presentations include three summer youth showcases and three TEDx presentations. Founders Studio participation and the four-episode original series are separate projections. Proposed measures include preparation completed, talks submitted and published, audience engagement, and speaker-reported follow-up opportunities. Targets depend on funding and capacity; TEDx selection and publication follow TED’s editorial requirements. Participant places represent enrollment, not verified unique individuals.
Our $700,000 goal supports three 2027 programs: Speaker Studio, Founders Studio, and Impact Storytelling. Speaker Studio includes youth development and our youth, adult, and women’s TEDx initiatives.
$150,000 for Speaker Studio Youth; $50,000 for TEDxBuckheadAveYouth; $50,000 for TEDxBuckheadAve; and $50,000 for TEDxBuckheadAveWomen. Funding supports development and full program delivery: coaching, rehearsals, production, marketing, and food and beverages. The youth TEDx allocation also includes window signage and serves 10 youth speakers, with food and beverages for 100 attendees.
Supporting three to four founder cohorts, mentorship, pitch preparation, Founder Showcases, and business development awards.
Fund one original series with four episodes at $50,000 per episode. The proposed $200,000 includes story development, production, editing, distribution, and a closing showcase and wrap party to share the completed series with its community.
Partners can support a specific initiative or invest in the Foundation's broader mission.
Companies, foundations and community organizations can help MODEx Studio Foundation expand access to programs, training and real-world opportunities.
MODEx Studio Foundation creates access to the development, resources and platforms that help voices, founders and important stories move forward.
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MODEx Studio Foundation
Executive Director
Built on experience. Driven by purpose. Since 2022, the MODEx ecosystem has delivered more than 400 productions, building the production expertise and relationships that inform the Foundation's mission.
The broader MODEx Studio production portfolio includes work for Cox Communications, Gilead Sciences, Intuit Mailchimp, Mastercard, Instacart, Amazon Music, and BMI. These client productions demonstrate the experience behind our storytelling capabilities; they are not presented as Foundation-funded projects.
Our vision is a future where storytelling expands access, strengthens community understanding, and opens meaningful pathways to opportunity. Through Impact Storytelling, Speaker Studio Youth, and Founders Studio, we turn creative capacity into measurable community benefit.
I want a young person to carry stronger communication skills into school and work. I want a founder to be better equipped to build relationships and pursue business opportunities. I want an original idea or lived experience to reach someone it can inform, encourage, or help. That is the opportunity I’m inviting our partners to help create.
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