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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 []

How to watch TED Talks on Xumo

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How to watch TED Talks on Xumo

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Unsure what to stream or where to start on Xumo? 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 Xumo, you can find the TED channel on Samsung TV Plus, Plex and []

How to watch TED Talks on Samsung TV Plus

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How to watch TED Talks on Samsung TV Plus

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Unsure what to stream or where to start on your Samsung device? 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 Samsung TV Plus, you can find the TED channel on Xumo, []

TED Idea Search: Africa 2022 winners selected

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TED Idea Search: Africa 2022 winners selected

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From April through June 2022, the TED Idea Search: Africa 2022 applications were open to anyone living in or descended from the African continent. 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 ten finalists to participate in two virtual []

“ReThinking with Adam Grant”: New podcast challenges listeners to let go of old ideas and gain new perspective

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“ReThinking with Adam Grant”: New podcast challenges listeners to let go of old ideas and gain new perspective

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In response to the overwhelming popularity of Adam Grant’s interviews on the WorkLife podcast, TED Audio Collective has launched a new podcast, ReThinking with Adam Grant, to explore the science of what makes us tick. TED speaker and organizational psychologist Adam Grant will interview today’s most fascinating creators, achievers and leaders to figure out how []

Why TED Countdown is staging climate “Dilemma” discussions

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Why TED Countdown is staging climate “Dilemma” discussions

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In June 2022, TED’s climate initiative, Countdown, convened in New York for its first Dilemma Series event, titled “Is there a role for carbon credits in accelerating a fair, net-zero world?” Carbon credits are a very controversial topic, one that elicits decidedly contrasting reactions. One hundred people gathered over 36 hours of deep conversations and []

An update on allegations about a TED speaker

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An update on allegations about a TED speaker

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Update, August 2022: Adam Foss was charged by the Manhattan district attorney with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse. In response, TED has suspended the publication of his talks. Foss pleaded not guilty to the charges. [Details at The New York Times] Update, April 2021: Suffolk County update Original post, November 2020: It has come to TED’s []