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How do we capture the collective wisdom and engage the global TEDx communities?
There have been over 1400 TEDx events globally. Each of these TEDx events are nurturing incredible local communities. These communities value education and the power of ideas to change the world. How do we connect these communities and share their collective wisdom?
How do we help these communities take action, both locally and globally?
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Gabriella Gómez-Mont 500+
This could help different TEDx organizers identify common passions and interests, plus further collaborations; it could help individuals better understand the internal makeup of the TEDx's of their region, and also visually identify patterns and world-wide movements... are TEDxers suddenly more into certain themes globally, or regionally? Are their communities growing? What is the average age of their attendees? Are there collaborations across borders? What are the most popular TEDxtalks, and are they coming from specific corners? etc etc. The architecture and programming would be the complex component, but once designed, the system could feed itself through tags, and data that the TEDx organizers are already collecting naturally.
Quite a few TED speakers have made fascinating points about the potential of visualization, and it could be great to get their input on how to benefit; because not only could this data be useful for understanding the bigger picture of the TEDx movement, but also be fun to navigate and become another level of engagement for both the organizers and the general public.
(The creation of a visual thermometer in other words.)
Robert Diehl 500+
For instance - a cloud of word bubbles - the word being a keyword self-generated by the TEDx Organizer, bubble size being the sum of incidents of the word. Clicking a bubble gives you the list of TEDx events that used it. Perhaps a second-level cloud showing frequency of cross-TEDx Origanizer communications flowing from the initial worb bubble.