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How to convince your boss to send you to TEDWomen

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How to convince your boss to send you to TEDWomen

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TEDWomen is the ultimate platform dedicated to accelerating groundbreaking ideas that build a better, more equitable future for all. It’s a captivating journey of self-discovery and professional enrichment and an opportunity to form life-altering relationships with some of the brightest minds on the planet. But first, the true challenge: getting the time and expense approved. []

The TED Theater at TED2023, in photos

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The TED Theater at TED2023, in photos

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For one special week each year, a cavernous wing of the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada is transformed into the TED Theater: a custom-made, hand-built, 1,200-seat theater that plays host to mind-boggling, world-changing ideas meant to spark conversation, connection and wonder. Below, just a sampling of the incredible photography from this year’s event, []

TED and Culture3 to launch inaugural TED Tech event in London, England

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TED and Culture3 to launch inaugural TED Tech event in London, England

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TED and the UK-based company Culture3 have announced a collaboration to launch the first TED Tech conference, to be held September 18-19 in London, England. Together, TED Tech and Culture3 hope to build optimism and accountability around the impact of AI, blockchain and extended reality. TED’s first all-tech conference The inaugural TED Tech will kick []

More than $1B catalyzed for 2023 Audacious Projects

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More than $1B catalyzed for 2023 Audacious Projects

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Today, The Audacious Project, a collaborative funding initiative housed at TED, announced that more than one billion dollars has been committed to its newest cohort of projects. This is a significant funding milestone in the initiative’s five-year history and comes at a critical time on key issues such as climate change, migrant rights and criminal []

Experience TED2023 live from anywhere — with TED Live

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Experience TED2023 live from anywhere — with TED Live

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TED Live brings the excitement of our flagship conference, TED2023: Possibility, to you — wherever you choose to watch.  Access a can’t-miss lineup of diverse thinkers, creators, scholars and changemakers unlocking new possibilities and creating a brighter future. Explore radical shifts in technology, art and culture through this global convening of builders and doers — []

Announcing the speaker lineup for TED2023: Possibility

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Announcing the speaker lineup for TED2023: Possibility

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TED has unveiled an exceptional speaker lineup for this year’s flagship conference, themed “Possibility.” TED2023 is all about possibilities. It’s a space to explore, together, a strange and beautiful space called the adjacent possible. We’ll be guided there by dreamers, inventors and creatives. Innovators, entrepreneurs and builders. Explorers and change-makers. Visionary thinkers and doers from []

Meet the speakers of the 2023 TEDinArabic Summit

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Meet the speakers of the 2023 TEDinArabic Summit

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In collaboration with Qatar Foundation, TED is hosting a two-day TEDinArabic summit centered around the theme “The Butterfly Effect” in Doha, Qatar, on March 18-19, 2023. The summit will feature 17 speakers from across the Middle East and North Africa sharing their ideas with a global audience — all in Arabic. Launched in partnership with []

Announcing the most popular TED Talks of 2022

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Announcing the most popular TED Talks of 2022

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What ideas intrigued and inspired the world in 2022? Our end-of-year lists feature a wide-ranging, classically TED selection of speakers and topics, with groundbreaking science, future-altering tech innovations, profound shifts in how we think about work, life and ourselves — and much more. Check out the most popular and newsworthy TED Talks of the year, []

TED Idea Search: Southeast Asia 2022 winners selected

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TED Idea Search: Southeast Asia 2022 winners selected

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From July through September, the TED Idea Search: Southeast Asia 2022 applications were open to anyone living in or descended from Southeast Asia. Applicants were required to create a two-minute video as a part of their submission. After sorting through hundreds of applications, the TED team selected nine finalists to participate in two virtual TED []

Dare to discover: TEDinArabic hosts third regional event in Ben Guerir, Morocco

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Dare to discover: TEDinArabic hosts third regional event in Ben Guerir, Morocco

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TEDinArabic brought together some of the world’s brightest minds to share ideas on the importance of outside-the-box thinking to change minds, embrace our shared humanity and shape the future. The event: TEDinArabic, hosted by Al Jazeera correspondent Mohamed Errammach, included four talks centered on the theme “Dare to Discover,” a series of interactive workshops curated []

How you can join the TEDWomen community

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How you can join the TEDWomen community

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What is TEDWomen? In 2009, Pat Mitchell was wrestling with a problem — she believed not enough was being done to get women on stages around the world, and that more women deserved to share their ideas on the TED stage. Women have always been a catalyst for change in the TED community, but at []

How to watch TED Talks on Plex

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How to watch TED Talks on Plex

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Unsure what to stream or where to start on Plex? Join us at a new home to watch TED Talks, Originals and TED-Ed Lessons – for free! Cozy up on the couch and join us through your favorite ways to watch! Alongside Plex, you can find the TED channel on Samsung TV Plus, Xumo and []