Planning and designing any event is a challenge, but TEDx organizers have at their disposal a number of resources that facilitate the process of creating an event that captures the TED spirit.
TED's resources
The pages below offer best practices from TED's 25 years of experience hosting conferences and sharing ideas -- recommended for both new and veteran TEDx organizers. At every stage of event planning, they should be your first stop.
Designing your event
Under "Designing your event," find advice on selecting a venue, guidelines on designing your stage, a checklist for preparing your live speakers to give a great talk ... Go »
- Creating your TEDx event's logo
- Selecting a venue
- Creating a program
- Inviting guests
- Playing TEDTalks
- Playing TEDTalks with subtitles
- Inviting + preparing speakers
- Great presentation design
- Managing multimedia
- Recording talks
- Great stage design
- The job of the onstage host
- Greening your event
Promoting your event
Under "Promoting your event," learn best practices on creating effective promotions, including issuing a press release, designing a website and offering a webcast. Go »
- Your event profile on TED.com
- Using social media
- Creating your website
- PR + press releases
- Webcasting your event
Sponsoring your event
Under "Sponsoring your event," get recommendations for covering your overhead expenses with sponsorships that share in the mission of spreading ideas that might change the world. Go »
The TEDx community
The pages listed below are your entry point into all the resources the TEDx community has to offer. Best viewed after you've mastered the TEDx event planning basics (at left).
Facebook
On the official TEDx Facebook page, read the latest about TEDx events happening around the world. Go »
Twitter
On @TEDx, the TED team will post updates about the TEDx program, new TED initiatives and noteworthy TEDx events. Go »
YouTube
All original content recorded at TEDx events is uploaded to the TEDx channel on YouTube. (Videos from the same event are organized into playlists.) Go »
Tudou
Tudou is an alternate to YouTube for TEDx organizers who live in regions where YouTube is unavailable. Go »
The TEDx Wiki (Licensees only)
Organizers can view, post, comment on and share files related to organizing TEDx events, from web design templates to documents on best practices. Go »
Google Groups (Licensees only)
A place for organizers to ask and answer questions about organizing TEDx events. Go »