A TEDxWomen Event is a TEDx event featuring the webcast of TEDxWomen, a one-day TEDx event, hosted by Pat Mitchell, which will continue the conversation held around TEDWomen. Licensees are currently available to host a TEDx event in collaboration with TEDxWomen. Please be sure to read the rules below carefully before applying.
TEDxWomen -- hosted by Pat Mitchell -- is a one-day bi-coastal event taking place on December 1, 2011 at the Paley Center in New York and Los Angeles.
TEDxWomen will live stream from the Paley Centers in New York and Los Angeles to the global TEDx community. Organizers of TEDxWomen events will watch the livestream of TEDxWomen, and have the opportunity to host local speakers on women's issues.
TEDxWomen will continue the conversation and strengthen the 100+ communities that TEDWomen brought together, working alongside the TEDx team to re-connect these communities of TEDx events around the world.
Please note: applications to host a TEDxWomen event are now closed.
Rules
All of the standard TEDx rules apply, as well as the additional rules listed below:
NEW! Visit the TEDxWomen website for more information about the event
Next steps to organize a TEDx event in collaboration with TEDxWomen:
- Review the standard rules and guidelines around TEDx events
- For first-time TEDx Organizers, think of a location-based name for your event, followed by the qualifier "Women". Please review our list of TEDx events to make sure your location-based name is available.
- Apply to organize an event. Choose "TEDxWomen" as your event type.
Email us if you have any questions.
- License: A TEDxWomen type event must occur on December 1st -- or within 24 hours -- and must incorporate at least one session of the TEDxWomen livestream into its program. We encourage you to curate at least one session of local speakers as part of your TEDx event. A TEDxWomen-type license expires immediately after the event happens, and can only occur around the main TEDxWomen event.
- Spirit/purpose: Your TEDx event in collaboration with TEDxWomen must maintain the spirit of TED itself: cross-disciplinary, focused on the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. We recommend choosing a host who can seamlessly take your audience through your local program, and the main TEDxWomen program.
- Naming: If you are a first-time TEDx licensee, the official name of your event is TEDx(LocationName)Women. The qualifier "Women" must be a part of your name. All web properties and collateral must mirror this name exactly.
Existing TEDx licensees have the option to use the "Women" qualifier, or their standard TEDx event name when organizing their TEDxWomen type event. ie: if you are an existing licensee your have the option of using TEDxAmsterdam or TEDxAmsterdamWomen. - Logo: The logo of your TEDx event should reflect whichever name applies to your event. Eg. "TEDxAmsterdam" or "TEDxAmsterdamWomen". TEDxWomen type event logos follow the standard TEDx logo guidelines.
- Website: Existing TEDx licensees should organize your TEDxWomen type event on a page on your existing website, and use existing web properties to promote the event. For licenses where this is their only event, create dedicated web properties -- Facebook, website, Twitter -- that reflect the proper name of your event, eg "TEDxStPetersburgWomen".
- Promotion: In all communications to potential attendees and sponsors, it must be made clear that your event is independently organized around the live webcast of TEDxWomen. Make it clear that and that your TEDx event is in collaboration with TEDxWomen, and is not TEDxWomen.
- Positioning: We have created buttons and banners that show your event is in collaboration with TEDxWomen, which you should add to your site. These buttons and banners cannot be modified in any way. Never use the official "TEDxWomen" logo, except in the context of these banners. At all times use your full TEDx event name.
Besides the standard "About TED/About TEDx" text, include the following copy wherever there is information on your TEDxWomen type event: - Programming: TEDx events held in collaboration with TEDxWomen must show all or a portion of the livestream of TEDxWomen.
Depending on your time zone, you'll have various ways to program your event around the live stream, as well as an option to program your own sessions before, during or after the program.
When working with time zone differences, be creative -- if your time zone doesn't align with the TEDxWomen live stream, embrace the time difference by creating blocks of programming for segments when the live stream goes dark. Think of it as a way to accent, and build on, the experience. Consider these suggestions:
- Host a pre-program early session
- Host an afternoon session following the morning live-stream
- Build a programming around the archived webcast from the previous day
- Host an all-night party
- Admission: You can charge admission to TEDxWomen type events. All ticket prices must be submitted to TED for approval.
- Sponsorship: You may seek out sponsorship for your TEDx event, but the TEDx sponsorship rules apply.
- Closing out your event: After your TEDx Women type event, besides completing the standard rules around closing out your event, you'll need to do the following:
- Fill out the TEDx Women Event feedback form
- Send the TEDx Women Event Feedback form to your attendees.
- Upload photos to Flickr tagged "TEDxWomen"
- Include the tag "Women" in any videos that are uploaded to YouTube.