The right idea at the right time can bring people together to change the world — but only if minds are open and ready to keep learning. For the final session of TEDNext 2024, an extraordinary group of speakers and performers showed us how to get ready to reach new heights. The event: Talks from […]Read more
Play immerses us in the joy of being alive — and Session 5 of TEDNext 2024 explored how we can all enjoy it way more often. From creativity through movement and the role of play in childhood development to how interactive gaming sparks innovation and emotional growth, speakers explored how play shapes who we are, […]
Session 4 of TEDNext 2024 explored the full spectrum of love, from romantic love and lost love to self-love and the love we feel for dogs. After all, isn’t this what life’s all about? The event: Talks from Session 4 of TEDNext 2024, hosted by TED’s Ikey Ajavon When and where: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, […]
Session 3 of TEDNext 2024 is all about work, featuring innovators who challenge us to think about work in new and compelling ways. They provide practical tools to navigate an ever-evolving career landscape as well as insights into avoiding burnout, working through crisis and re-evaluating the role that work plays in our lives. The event: […]
Dedicated to unlocking the possibilities within everyday struggles, Session 2 of TEDNext 2024 covered everything from recycling glass bottles to battling perfectionism. Speakers presented in a format new to the TED stage, speaking for exactly five minutes with prepared slides auto-advancing behind them every 15 seconds. This format, developed and perfected by Ignite Talks over […]
TEDNext 2024 — the very first iteration of TED’s newest flagship event — features not one but two stages where attendees are immersed in new ideas and perspectives in a journey of discovery. The “Next Stage” breaks our traditional style of speakers on the red circle delivering their ideas to the audience in favor of […]
For the inaugural session of the very first TEDNext conference, a poet, a comic, an astrophysicist, one of the world’s most popular authors and other trailblazing speakers explored a theme that keeps the world spinning: wonder, and how it can transform our thinking. What exactly is TEDNext? A vibrant, three-day exploration of what’s next, propelling […]
We’ve been cooking up something new that we’re thrilled to finally be able to share with you. The TED Fellows Film Series is a brand new kind of content from TED. These short films are a mix of TED Talks and short-form documentaries about TED Fellows. Who are these TED Fellows, you ask? TED Fellows […]
The Audacious Project supports big ideas to foster change around the world’s most urgent challenges. Today, this innovative funding initiative, housed at TED, is announcing its new cohort of projects for 2024, which are as bold as ever — from an idea to repurpose generic drugs en masse to reach the 300 million people globally […]
TED-Ed, TED’s education and youth initiative, is passionate about sharing diverse and meaningful student ideas with the world. Since 2014, thousands of educators across the globe have used our free TED-Ed Student Talks resources to support their students in identifying, developing and sharing their ideas with each other and across the globe. As the TED-Ed […]
We can discover new ideas to design the world we want — if we dare to push through boundaries. In a day of talks and performances, 15 speakers explored precisely how we can break through entrenched obstacles in order to invent and innovate a bold future. The event: TED@BCG: Dare to Discover, the fifteenth event […]
At TED, we’re after big ideas and systemic change. To create the generational impact that we want to support in our communities, we cannot go at it alone. For the past 15 years, the TED Fellows program has been committed to finding and supporting the next generation of emerging talent pushing the boundaries in their […]
We’ve been working on a secret project for the past year, and we couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you. Games and puzzles have long been a part of TED’s identity in an unofficial way. We’ve presented thought leadership through TED Talks about games, built an award-winning TED-themed escape room in Marriott […]