Through his William J. Clinton Foundation, former US President Bill Clinton has become a vital and innovative force for world change. He works in four critical areas: health, economic empowerment, citizen service, and reconciliation.
I wish you to help create a better future for Rwanda by assisting my foundation, in partnership with the Rwandan Government, to build a sustainable, high quality rural health system for the whole country.
Develop programs to construct health care facilities and encourage economic growth throughout rural Rwanda. Lower the cost of medical treatmen...
The best-selling author of "Nonzero," "The Moral Animal" and "The Evolution of God," Robert Wright draws on his wide-ranging knowledge of science, religion, psychology, history and politics to figure out what makes humanity tick -- and what makes us moral.
Kathleen "Katie" McGinty is vice president and chief sustainability and external relations officer for Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings technology. Johnson Controls signed The Climate Pledge in 2021, joining hundreds of leading global companies with a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040.
Foreign Policy magazine has picked its annual list of the 100 Top Global Thinkers and, nestled among their ranks, are many a TED Speaker. Below, watch the talks from those who appear on the 2012 list, as well as what number on the list they occupy.
3. Bill Clinton talks “rebuilding Rwanda” and Hillary Clinton makes a surprise appearance a...
About this event: That time we watched great video from TED and discissed them. For the first time we chose presentation on TED of GREAT people:
1. Bill Clinton on rebuilding Rwanda
2. Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system
3. Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!
4. Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Everest swim
5. Richard Branson's life at 30,000 ...
Artist R. Luke DuBois explains the vision behind his presidential project -- and then lets you test your Oval Office know-how.
Although he only delivered three of them, President John F. Kennedy’s annual State of the Union addresses contained more than their share of stirring lines, like: “We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by w...
The description of last night’s episode of The Colbert Report reads: “At the Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting, President Bill Clinton discusses foreign aid, poverty, TED Talks, Twitter and the Colbert Galactic Initiative.”
So how did TED enter the conversation? Colbert suggested that Clinton, who accepted the TED Prize in 2007 with ...
You want work that makes you feel happy, challenged -- and appreciated. These talks might help you find that elusive combination, as you define your working life on your own terms.
About this event: O que queremos para o futuro? O TED surgiu em 1984 como uma conferência anual na Califórnia e já teve entre seus palestrantes Bill Clinton, Paul Simon, Bill Gates, Bono Vox, Al Gore, Michelle Obama e Philippe Starck. Apesar dos mil lugares na platéia, as inscrições esgotam-se um ano antes. Cerca de 500 das palestras estão disponíveis no site do ...
Event details: Goiania, Goiás, Brazil · August 20, 2011
About this event: O TED surgiu em 1984 como uma conferência anual na Califórnia e já teve entre seus palestrantes Bill Clinton, Paul Simon, Bill Gates, Bono Vox, Al Gore, Michelle Obama e Philippe Starck.
Com essas 4 ações, TED Conference, TED Talks, TED Prize e TEDx, a organização pretende transformar seu mote “ideias que merecem ser espalhadas” cada vez mais ...
Event details: Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil · October 26, 2022
Great design doesn’t just look good -- it has the potential to make lives easier and to enhance the public good. Public Interest Design, the website dedicated to examining how, has created a list of 100 makers, educators, connectors, policymakers and visualizers in the U.S. who are doing incredible work at the intersection of design and serv...
You know how to write a resume and ask for a promotion. These talks go beyond the basics, offering insightful advice on how to think about our work lives.
Melinda Briana Epler has 25 years of experience elevating brands and developing business innovation strategies for startups, Fortune 500 companies and global NGOs.
Boyd Varty’s talk brings together many fascinating moments: a tribute to Nelson Mandela (who passed away just hours before Varty took the stage at TEDWomen 2013 last week), incredible footage of animals shot on the Londolozi Game Reserve (which Varty’s family transformed from a hunting ground to a game reserve in 1973, and where Varty curren...
About this event: Inspirar, sonhar, motivar e apaixonar são alguns dos objetivos primordiais do TEDxFeira, um evento realizado sob licença da TED, uma associação sem fins lucrativos, nascida nos Estados Unidos da América em 1984.
Anualmente, a TED organiza um grande evento onde se partilham ideias e se revelam experiências ao longo de uma semana, através de talk...
Event details: Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Portugal · September 21, 2013
A few numbers to keep in mind: 3, 31, and 1 million. That’s because nominations for the 2016 TED Prize are being accepted through the end of the day on March 31, 2015. You have until then to nominate a mentor, a co-worker or a visionary leader whose work you admire from afar for this prestigious prize, which brings with it $1 million for a w...
Washington -- and America -- seem mired in division and dysfunction, but bipartisanship and compromise could exist again in the near future. Journalist Michael Tomasky points out three tiny rays of hope.
I’ve been covering politics for 25 years, and lately, wherever I go in the US, the first question that people ask is “Why can’t politicians in...
About this event: TEDxLive is an extension of the TEDx program, launched by TED in 2010. TEDxLive events are TEDx events built around the live webcast of TED Conferences. TEDxLive events enable TED enthusiasts all over the world to experience live sessions of the TED Conference; events can be simple viewing events, and may also host live speakers.
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Event details: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic · February 29, 2012
In 1985, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, you could see Back to the Future in the theater for less than three bucks, and a 30-year-old Steve Jobs was being forced out of Apple. Doug Menuez was a 28-year-old photographer who had become obsessed with Jobs' story. So he asked a somewhat ridiculous question and got an equally ridicu...
By Courtney E. Martin and John Cary
Editor's note: designer John Cary and journalist Courtney E. Martin are the curatorial brains behind the show, “Public Interest Design: Places, Products, & Processes,” which opened at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco last October. The entire exhibit has been reinstalled at TED in Long Beach, an...
Over the past week, we’ve noticed a lot of fascinating TED-related news items. Here, some highlights.
Yesterday, U.S. attorney general Eric Holder announced a major relaxing of mandatory minimum sentencing for drug possession. He asked prosecutors to use their discretion when charging nonviolent, low-level offenders and opt not to list the ...
Confused about the process? Join the rest of us. Read this explainer, adapted from a TED-Ed lesson, and get up to speed on "articles of impeachment," "supermajorities" and "managers" in a flash.
For almost every job in the world, it's understood that a person can be fired -- whether for crime, incompetence or poor performance. But what if your ...
African American writer Rich Benjamin spent two years living in -- and writing about -- America's whitest neighborhoods. The response to his book (and TED Talk) was honest, raw -- and sometimes misunderstood his purpose. Here, he responds to the response.
In 2007, I embarked on a two-year, 27,000-mile trip. My destination? The fastest-growing a...
Can you guess someone's political party based on their name? Can you guess how well someone fights just by looking at his face? In my book, Psy-Q, I explore these and other questions through quizzes, puzzles and experiments that are designed to improve your understanding of both your own psychology and psychology in general. Try these three ques...
Born and raised in Seoul, Suki Kim posed as an English teacher at an all-male university in Pyongyang run by evangelical Christians; she spent six months teaching the 19-year-old sons of North Korea’s ruling class. In this excerpt from her investigative memoir, she describes the experience.
"Essay" was a much-dreaded word among my students. It ...
Aspen Baker explains why the key to dealing with sensitive issues like abortion is to allow those with direct experience to feel heard.
Great social movements often have one thing in common: they are created by people with the courage to talk openly about their lives and experiences. Women have sparked movements to end street harassment, genera...