Brainstorm Speaker Series: Temple Grandin

**SOLD OUT** Brainstorm Speaker Series: Temple Grandin
Great Minds are Not All Alike
Teton County Library, The Jackson Hole News&Guide, and The Center
with funding from the Teton County Library Foundation & Friends
The Center Theater
September 7 | 7:00 PM

This event will be livestreamed for free from this page.

**Due to unforeseen circumstances, Spanish Translation is no longer available**

Join the Teton County Library, Jackson Hole News&Guide and The Center for the inaugural Brainstorm speaker series. Brainstorm speaker series intends to ignite conversation and curiosity!

Temple Grandin will discuss three different types of thinking that are discussed in her new book, Visual Thinking. The different types of thinking are object visualization, visual spatial mathematical minds, and verbal word thinking. To solve problems, the three types of thinkers need to work together because they have complementary skills.

Temple Grandin is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed for handling livestock are used by many companies around the world. She has also been instrumental in implementing animal welfare auditing programs that are used by McDonalds, Wendy’s, Whole Foods, and other corporations. Temple has appeared on numerous TV shows such as 20/20 and Prime Time. Her books include: Thinking in Pictures, Livestock Handling and Transport and The Autistic Brain. Her books Animals in Translation and Visual Thinking have been on the New York Times Bestseller List. Temple was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in September 2017 and in 2022 was named a Colorado State University Distinguished Professor.

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Únase a la Biblioteca del Condado de Teton, Jackson Hole News&Guide y The Center for the Arts para la serie inaugural de oradores Brainstorm. ¡La serie de oradores Brainstorm tiene la intención de encender la conversación y la curiosidad!

Temple Grandin discutira tres tipos diferentes de pensamiento que se analizan en su nuevo libro, Visual Thinking. Los diferentes tipos de pensamiento son la visualización de objetos, la mente matematica espacial visual y el pensamiento de palabras verbales. Para resolver problemas, los tres tipos de pensadores necesitan trabajar juntos porque tienen habilidades complementarias.

Temple Grandin es profesor de ciencia animal en la Universidad Estatal de Colorado. Muchas empresas de todo el mundo utilizan las instalaciones que ha diseñado para el manejo del ganado. También ha sido fundamental en la implementación de programas de auditoría de bienestar animal que utilizan McDonalds, Wendy’s, Whole Foods y otras corporaciones. Temple ha aparecido en numerosos programas de televisión como 20/20 y Prime Time. Sus libros incluyen: Thinking in Pictures, Manejo y transporte de ganado y El cerebro autista. Sus libros Animals in Translation y Visual Thinking han estado en la lista de los mas vendidos del New York Times. Temple fue incluida en el Salón Nacional de la Fama de la Mujer en septiembre de 2017 y en 2022 fue nombrada Profesora Distinguida de la Universidad Estatal de Colorado.