We encourage all TEDx hosts to create a website for their event. Your website need only offer basic information about your event (its date and location; background on its organizers; the speaker roster and session schedule) and information about the TEDx program and TED.
Domain acquisition
You aren't required to purchase a domain name, but we strongly encourage it. (A domain name will make your site more findable.) Whether you decide to buy web hosting from a paid service or opt for a free hosting account is up to you. However, we do not permit any TEDx site to run advertising, so be sure that your hosting service does not require you to do so.
Your site's URL: The URL of your website's homepage should be the name of your TEDx event, e.g. TEDxTokyo.com.
Ownership of your domain name: When you purchase your TEDx[name] domain name, you are entitled to keep the name as long as you are a TEDx licensee. If, for any reason, you decide not to renew your TEDx license after your TEDx event, or TED does not renew your license, you must transfer ownership of your TEDx domain name either back to your domain registrar (or web hosting service), or to another TEDx licensee. TED cannot be held liable for expenses incurred during the purchase, transfer or re-sale of TEDx-related domain names.
Content
Your site should include information about your live speakers, background on the theme you chose, a description of your venue, as well as the basics, such as the date and location of your event and information about TEDx and TED. Introduce your users to TED by embedding TEDTalks on your site.
You may not display any content associated with:
- Weapons manufacturers
- Ammunition companies
- Cigarette companies
- Online gambling organizations
- Sex-related businesses
- Other conferences or seminars
Homepage
Your site's homepage must include the following:
- Your TEDx logo. Every instance of your TEDx logo should link to http://www.ted.com/tedx
- A visible link, on your event's homepage, to the TEDx program (http://www.ted.com/tedx)
- Language that describes TEDx:
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDx[name], where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDx[name] event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. - Text in the footer that states "This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED."
About page
Your site must have an "About" page which includes the following language, in this order:
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK, and this November, the TEDIndia Conference will be held in Mysore, India. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where three exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
Follow TED on Twitter (twitter.com/TEDTalks), or on Facebook, (facebook.com/TED).
TED2010, “What the World Needs Now,” will be held Feb. 9–13, 2010, in Long Beach, California, with TEDActive, a simulcast conference of TED2010, in Palm Springs, California. TEDGlobal 2010, “And Now the Good News,” will be held July 13-16, 2010, in Oxford, UK.
Image use
You may not use the TED logo or TED conference images on your website, or any other promotional materials. You may only use TEDx logos and images. For promotional images -- such as shots of TEDx speakers on stage -- search Flickr for images from other TEDx events. Reach out to the organizers and obtain permission before you display their images.
Sponsors
Sponsor logos or names may not appear on your site's homepage (TED may make an exception in certain cases; email us). Instead, create a separate page dedicated to your sponsors, and link to the page from your site's global navigation bar.
Anywhere it appears, the sponsor's logo must be smaller than the TEDx logo.
