The Stage at TED@Tokyo

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@Tokyo, held May 29, 2012, at Academyhills, and locally hosted by the team at TEDxTokyo.

To relive a fraction of the buzzing excitement around the event, check out the Facebook album from Tokyo improv comedy troupe Pirates of Tokyo Bay. Then head over to Google+ to view more photos from Andy McGovern’s TED@Tokyo album, and Hyo Yoshikawa’s album documenting the event.

View the gracious tweets from Tokyo attendees:

Thank U @toddjapan and @PatrickNewell for the fantastic @TED@Tokyo event. I was so honored & happy to be there. U 2 R amazing organizers!!!

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Judit Kawaguchi (@judittokyo) May 29, 2012

tonight's TED@Tokyo inspired me a lot! love the positive atmosphere and people. Thanks all speakers, participants and organizing team.

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Mika Ueno (@mikamika59) May 29, 2012

For a preview of some of the gadgets demo-ed in Tokyo, view this Twitvid of brain-wave-controlled cat ears by @TKM.

http://www.twitvid.com/embed.php?guid=KGWKB&autoplay=0

For more reading, check out this Lifehacking.jp blog post and CNET Japan article.

Although the auditions are over in Tokyo, the conversation has not stopped according to a tweet from TEDxTokyo:

We're live now on Google+ Hangouts On Air, discussing TED@Tokyo with @nobi @officeblack @mikamika59 & Diver Ai Futaki bit.ly/K9R0ND

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  (@TEDxTokyo) June 04, 2012

With four more cities to go, we are nearing the end of our experimental journey, but you can still participate by voting for your favorite presenters in July when the videos are posted to the TED.com website.

Photo: Pirates of Tokyo Bay Facebook album

A “fluid” presentation at the TED2013 auditions in Sydney, Australia.

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@Sydney, held May 27, 2012, at Carriageworks, and hosted locally by TEDxSydney organizers.

Start with this abundant photo set from Jean-Jacques Halans on Flickr to relive and relish some of the Australian talent search highlights.

Then check out this beautiful post from “Fe,” a self proclaimed “documentarian,” who shot three days’ worth of events, performances, and intimate moments during TEDxSydney 2012 and TED@Sydney.

Another great blog post from Jason Kemp gives a peek at the TEDTalks presented at the talent search.

End on a high note with these excited tweets from attendees:

Back for TED@Sydney Worldwide Talent Search w/ @trib, @misshdc & @adelsalison @ CarriageWorks instagr.am/p/LHaLSKjENR/

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Clare Conroy (@webbyclare) May 27, 2012

Today's TED@Sydney Talent Search was fantastic, and I made a bunch of brilliant new friends!! #tedtalentsearch

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Christopher Neff (@christopherneff) May 27, 2012

@bendiq streamed #tedxsydney yesterday. In the audience today for TED@Sydney for #tedtalentsearch. AWESOME weekend.

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Graham Robinson (@ggroogle) May 27, 2012

Wonderful #sydcitytalk #sydcitytalks night. 1st a fascinating talk by @TEDChris, then great panel discussion +LaserMan! http://t.co/J1U4Kd92

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lisa malouf (@lisamalouf) May 28, 2012

Photo: TED@Sydney Flickr Album by Jean-Jacques Halans

The Stage at TED@Seoul

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@Seoul, held May 23, 2012, at the Samsung Hall, and locally hosted by the TEDxSeoul team.

To start with, view 317 pictures from the TED@Seoul “TED Worldwide Talent Search” Facebook album.

Read more about this event from the production manager’s blog post, from Hassin Abid’s blog, and other posts here and here.

Photo: TED Worldwide Auditions @ Seoul Facebook Album

Speaker at TED

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@Bangalore, held May 20, 2012, in the Mount Carmel College auditorium, and locally hosted by TEDxBLR.

First, check out Shilo Shiv Suleman‘s tweet about designing the stage:

Designing the stage @TEDNews @ted_com WorldwideAuditions in Bangalore,Sunday! Attend and helpthem find newstorytellers. http://t.co/lKmAyx8f

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Shilo Shiv Suleman (@shilo1221) May 16, 2012

Then check out Suresh Babu‘s photos of the events on Google+, and Kiruba Shankar’s multiple Facebook albums documenting everything from the speakers to the stage.

Other tweets included excitement from  Dinesh Chowdary and gratefulness from Sandeep Gautum:

Mr.Dhanish Sheikh ! A man who can talk about #LGBT publicly ! Just a matter of ideology and thinking ! #TED #Bangalore! http://t.co/GkL6vW6M

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Dinesh Chowdary (@DineshChowz) May 20, 2012

Just back from #TED@bangalore auditions; I wasnt in the off. list of speakers, but @TEDchris was kind enuff to allow me 2 mins of stagetime

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Sandeep Gautam (@sandygautam) May 20, 2012

Read more about the event from citizen blogger Mukesh Rijhwani, Designwala.org contributor, Ria Rajan, and speaker Shivam Sai Gupta.

Research: Larissa D. Green
Photo: Kiruba Shankar

The Stage at TED@Tunis

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@Tunis, held May 8, 2012, at Cité des Sciences de Tunis, and locally hosted by Houssem Aoudi of the TEDxCarthage team.

Start with attendee Atef Zayati‘s Picasa album of the event, here or on his blog.

Event organizer Houssem Aoudi tweeted:

producing the TED talent search in tunisia in less then a week with @natemook @maroo_king and @walidhached ... Just after TEDxSummit :s

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Houssem Aoudi (@nayzek) April 27, 2012

Then, peel your eyes away (if you can) and read one TED photographer’s story of giving his first TEDTalk, at TED@Tunis, on his blog: DuncanDavidson.com.

Finally, check out the Break Point Blog wrapup video of the event below:

And don’t forget to check back on the TED Talent Search site in a few weeks for full versions of talks given at each salon.

Research: Larissa D. Green
Photo: Atef Zayati

The Stage

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@Johannesburg, held May 3, 2012, at MIAGI Centre for Music, and locally hosted by the team at TEDxSoweto.

Start with taking a look at the event through the TEDxSoweto Flickr collection here.

Then relive the excitement through tweets from attendees and talent:

"I only heard authentic South African stories" @TEDxSoweto organiser Jessica Tandy about #TEDTalentSearch

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Toby Shapshak (@shapshak) May 03, 2012

Jabavu, Soweto hosted by @TEDxSoweto RT @PriMenoe: Where? RT @Zamantungwa_K: The TED experience in SA. Gotta love it!!! lockerz.com/s/206088124

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Zamantungwa Khumalo (@Zamantungwa_K) May 03, 2012

Great finale to #TEDTalentSearch at @TEDxSoweto: @tedchris & amazing Melodi Music Project. post.ly/77pe3

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Toby Shapshak (@shapshak) May 03, 2012

Follow up the short and sweet tweets by reading citizen blogger Lesley Perkes’ post about the event here — and watch her audition video on YouTube.

News articles on the event can be found on the ExperienceIt blog post, and the Joburg.org.za blog post.

Photo: TEDxSoweto Flickr

“At the TED talent search 2012 London, where I spoke about building a house with no money.” – Lena Edlund

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@London, held April 22 at the British Library, 2012, and locally hosted by Julian Treasure of TEDxNewSt and Evan Grant of TEDxLondon.

Start with this personal story from Lena Edlund – in which she talks briefly about the inspiration for her TED talk.

An attendee shows her amazement at Eleanor Longden’s talk about befriending the voices in her head, in a tweet:

RT @IAMTols: A standing ovation for Eleanor Longden. What a testimony on hearing voices. Incredible woman. #Tedtalentsearch #tedxlondon

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TEDx London (@tedxlondon) April 22, 2012

Research: Larissa Green
Photo: LenaLund.wordpress.com