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 […]
Yesterday, TED2012 speaker Sherry Turkle held a 1-hour Live Conversation around her new TEDTalk “Connected but alone?” She asked the TED.com community this question: “How has digital technology changed the kind of communications you have with your friends, family and coworkers?” Here are some highlights of the back-and-forth: Vanessa Borg : “Changes in digital technology has […]
On Monday, April 16, watch a session of TED streaming live to the world — at TEDxSummit Opening Night. Curated by TEDGlobal’s own Bruno Giussani, it’s a two-hour session with TEDTalks favorites (Hans Rosling, Raghava KK) and vital voices from the Middle East. Watch this irreverent promo for TEDxSummit Opening Night >> Get the full […]
Among many TED Conversations, below we are highlighting some of the TED.com community’s most-discussed ones: Technology doesn’t create loneliness, it reveals it — Join the conversation here >> Willis Phu: “When relationships become out of balance, would technology really fill the void or is it a vapid substitution? Like Dr. Turkle stated, the fantasies of […]
Next week, in Doha, Qatar, we’re launching a four-day-long workshop called TEDxSummit — where 700 TEDx organizers from around the world will meet to take classes and learn from one another how to make great local TEDx events. And to kick off the summit, we’re throwing a session of TED — and inviting the world […]
On Tuesday, the Webby Awards announced their 16th annual slate of nominees, and we’re thrilled that TED.com has earned five nominations across three categories. Check out the other nominees — what an honor to be in this company: WEBSITE: Radio/Podcasts, Best Use of Video or Moving Image, Education MOBILE & APPS: The TED iPad app, […]
Why would 80 designers, technologists and business strategists give up their holiday weekend to collaborate with strangers on a pro bono project? Mostly because of Bryan Stevenson’s inspirational TEDTalk. When longtime TEDsters Christopher Ireland, Mary Anne Masterson and Nathan Shedroff heard Bryan at TED2012 in Long Beach, they did more than applaud. They contacted the […]
All semester, TED Fellow Nina Tandon has been using TED Conversations as part of her class in bioelectricity at Cooper Union. Yesterday in the TED offices, she hosted a Live TED Conversation to answer questions about using TED Conversations in her class. Here are some highlights: Sarah Meyer: So your students asked questions of the […]
TEDxChange, happening now, is being livestreamed all over the world on TED.com and TEDxChange.org (which links to Facebook). The livestream airs at 5:30pm CEST (Berlin time), which translates to 12:30am Tokyo time, 9pm Mumbai time, 3:30pm in Dakar, 12:30pm in Brasilia, 11:30am Eastern and 8:30am Pacific time. Speakers include Melinda Gates, Jeff Chapin, Sven Giegold, […]
From April to June 2012, TED will be throwing 14 events around the world to search for unheard voices that need to be seen onstage at TED2013. Learn more about TED2013 Worldwide Talent Search >> Just announced: Applications are open now to appear at the event in São Paulo! If TED@SãoPaulo is the closest event […]
TEDxChange, happening on April 5, is being livestreamed all over the world on TED.com and TEDxChange.org (which links to Facebook). April 5 is a Thursday, which means that you’re probably at work or school with a bunch of meetings to attend. Lucky for you, the program is only 90 minutes, and it’s worth it — […]
Among the winners of the 71st annual Peabody Awards: TED.com! The judges wrote: An outgrowth of a 1984 conference that brought together leaders in technology, entertainment and design (TED), the site makes creative thinkers and their ideas available everywhere, anytime. We’re thrilled and honored to be among this company of Peabody award winners — the […]
At TED2012 and TEDActive 2012, we celebrated the reinvention of the art of spoken word, and nudged it a further step forward — through the rich use of multiple technologies, formats and approaches for the most powerful possible impact on an audience, both live and online. Watch the 4-minute highlight video to get a taste […]
Starting tonight, you can watch five hour-long blocks of TEDTalks on the Science Channel. Each hour in this five-part series shares some of the best science, tech, economic ideas and inventions from creative minds featured at TED. Within each hour, TED Curator Chris Anderson gives a brief intro, and then the talks play, uncut, in […]
From April to June 2012, TED will be throwing 14 events around the world to search for unheard voices that need to be seen onstage at TED2013. Learn more about TED2013 Worldwide Talent Search >> Just announced: Applications are open now to appear at the event in New York! If TED@NewYork is the closest event […]