What’s happening in this picture above? Ask Mohammed Abu Zeinab, a TEDx speaker and member of the onsite documentary crew WTYSL: As I walked in, I saw a crowd had gathered, with Lara, our own TEDx Director, even standing on a coffee table to see the center of everyone’s attention, the real show. I knew […]Read more
Krisztina “Z” Holly was the first person to ever be called a TEDx organizer. Her event, TEDxUSC, took place on March 23, 2009, and had 1,200 attendees. Last year there were 6,000 applicants for those same 1,200 spots. We caught up with her at TEDxSummit. How did you get involved with TEDx (before it even […]
Have 10 minutes to spare? Want to spend them on something inspiring? How about something jaw-dropping? Our new “Surprise Me” feature delivers. Just tell us how much time you have (15 minutes? 40?) and what you’re in the mood to watch (Something funny? Fascinating? Persuasive?) and we’ll generate a custom playlist that matches the moment. […]
This year’s TED Prize is the first ever given to an idea: The City 2.0. And instead of giving the $100,000 prize to one big idea, it’s divided in 10 blocks of $10,000 each, to help seed 10 projects in cities around the world. Onstage right now at TEDxSummit, five TEDx organizers are sharing their […]
Our photographer Kris Krüg goes by KK — and outside the TEDxSummit amphitheatre last night, he couldn’t resist a chance to ask TEDTalks star Raghava KK: What does your KK stand for? Watch his charming answer … Video: Kris Krüg
TEDxSummit Opening Night marked the start of a week-long global gathering of 650 TEDx organizers from over 90 countries, to celebrate “The power of x”. “X began as a superscript”, TED curator Chris Anderson explained, “to denote an independently organized event, but now it has come to signify a multiplier”. The multiplier effect encompasses ideas, […]
It all starts with an idea — a seed that spawns astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, new ways to think, to create. Journey through the world of extraordinary ideas with TED Radio Hour, a new program from NPR and TED that inspires imagination about modern life and places bets on tomorrow, with today’s […]
While we write up our notes from TEDxSummit Opening Night, here are a few of many voices from Twitter (follow #TEDxSummit for more): [tweet https://twitter.com/allangipe/status/191974024757264384%5D [tweet https://twitter.com/kristinalford/status/191953889300455424%5D William Noel onstage at TEDxSummit Opening Night. Photo: James Duncan Davidson [tweet https://twitter.com/SnezanaSubotic/status/191947693524918273%5D [tweet https://twitter.com/junecohen/status/191961923489775616%5D [tweet https://twitter.com/TEDxKrakow/status/191960076263759874%5D
Teacher Diana Laufenberg is onstage right now, sharing her stories of failure and success. So she asked us to share this message with her students: Ms. Laufenberg reminds her students at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia: Be kind to the substitute teacher and make sure to read and reflect on the City on a Hill. […]
Dancers + camera + kaleidoscope = this infinitely gorgeous short video. (Watch in 1080p fullscreen if you can.) It’s made for TEDxSummit, an unprecedented gathering of TEDx organizers from around the world. The video celebrates “the power of x” to multiply great ideas. And if you’re wondering … yes, it’s a real kaleidoscope. No editing […]
Have you ever wanted to watch Hans Rosling premiere a brand-new talk live onstage? In just 4 hours, at 7:30 AST / 4:30pm GST / 12:30pm EDT, tune in to tedxsummit.ted.com or watch on AlJazeera.com to watch a free two-hour livestream from TEDxSummit Opening Night, a full session of TED with speakers, performers and TED […]
On the day before TEDxSummit began, our documentary crew, What Took You So Long, rode out to the desert to visit a herd of camels, including a 20-day-old camel baby and its mom, who generously gave the crew some camel milk. Along the way, they asked Kris Krüg, one of our photographers and a longtime […]
Lucy McRae (watch her TED Talk) is a “body architect” – an artist who straddles the worlds of fashion, technology and the body. Trained as a classical ballerina and architect, her work invents and builds structures on the skin that reshape the human silhouette, creating provocative and often grotesquely beautiful imagery. Tell us about your […]