TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Ecofying Cities, speakers reveal ideas about sustainable development (and redevelopment) that aren't all about setting limits, going without or preparing for the worst...

Written by the educators who created Mapping and Manipulating the Brain, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. Here is this mass of jelly, three-pound mass of jelly you can hold in the palm of your hand, and it can ...

About this ad: Do you know what your marketing is doing? Are you sure? This hilarious spot from Adobe shows us what can go wrong when we're not paying attention to analytics. Adobe Systems Inc. is a multinational computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California. Adobe has historically focused upon the creation of multimedia and c...

TEDxChange is a yearly event hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that addresses themes of health and development. Twelve TEDx events from around the world work together to curate their own TEDxChange sessions at their events. The topics are vast - ranging from vaccines, polio, malaria, HIV/AIDS to maternal/newborn child health, educa...

TED@UPS is a multi-year collaboration, with touch points across the TED ecosystem. The partnership with UPS includes an exchange of expertise at TED conferences, organizational professional development in leadership and public speaking, video content to amplify UPS's untapped ideas and features a TED-curated banner event with diverse group of sp...

After watching the collection of talks on Mapping and Manipulating the Brain, read a thoughtful recap of the major points in this TED Study, and learn where experts believe things are headed. Towards a holistic, scientific understanding of brain function and human consciousness A recurring theme throughout the TEDTalks in Mapping and Manipulatin...

Africa: The Next Chapter Arusha, Tanzania June 4–7, 2007 Over the past few years, a growing number of people in the TED community have become passionate about Africa, a continent that appears to be at an important tipping point. Its problems and challenges are well known. Less well known is that across the continent, change is afoot. Instead of ...

Written by the educators who created Ecofying Cities, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. Right now, our economy operates as Paul Hawken said, "by stealing the future, selling it in the present and calling it GDP....

After watching the collection of talks on The Deep Ocean, read a thoughtful recap of the major points in this TED Study, and learn where experts believe things are headed. Where next? TED speaker Robert Ballard and many other scientists and ocean explorers find it remarkable that we're expending so much effort to explore outer space when we have...

About this talk: Transactions have always involved middlemen. They establish trust—but also bring extra cost, complexity, and potential for error. Blockchain provides a secure, fast, transparent, and error-free digital record of the history of transactions, and so has the potential to replace many intermediaries. Will it? About this partnership...

TEDxChange 2013 took place on April 3, 2013 at The Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The event, themed “Positive Disruption,” invited speakers to discuss and explore fresh perspectives on global health, development and education. TED.com provided a free livestream of the event in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish...

Part of the partnership between TEDx and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is focused on facilitating more meaningful conversations on global health and development issues within TEDx communities year-round. How to engage with TEDxChange If you are a TEDx organizer, we encourage you to play a TEDxChange talk at your standard TEDx event. B...

About this ad: Meet Michael. He's the best at what he does - when top charities need an African child star for their ads, they call Michael. This sarcastic piece reminds us of how ridiculous stereotypes can be, and why we need to throw them out. SAIH is the solidarity organization of students and academics in Norway, focusing on education in de...

TED@IBM is a multi-year collaboration, with touch points across the TED ecosystem. The partnership with IBM includes master classes and workshops to exchange expertise at TED conferences, organizational professional development in leadership and public speaking, video content to amplify IBM's untapped ideas and features a TED-curated banner even...

About this video: What is fog exactly? How does a plane land in zero visibility? UPS Meteorologist Jeff Peters steers us through the facts and clever solutions. About this event TED@UPS was a TED-curated event featuring a diverse group of speakers from across the UPS community. Jointly produced by TED and UPS, the event put a spotlight on ideas...

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Climate Change, speakers give talks that boldly illuminate the nature and scale of current-day climate science, policy and ethics. They explore the economics and psych...

TED Salons welcome an intimate audience for an afternoon or evening of highly-curated TED Talks revolving around a globally relevant theme. A condensed version of a TED flagship conference, they are distinct in their brevity, opportunities for conversation, and heightened interaction between the speaker and audience. Learn more about TED Salons....

About this video: What do gender equality in Morocco and anti-corruption watchdogs in Poland have in common? They are direct contributors to the Sustainable Economic Development Assessment, or SEDA. This index goes beyond measuring the monetary quantifiables of GDP and looks at how governments use their money. The outcomes, which measure success...

After watching the collection of talks on Climate Change, read a thoughtful recap of the major points in this TED Study, and learn where experts believe things are headed. For the last quarter century, citizens have turned to climate scientists and policymakers as expert 'claims makers' to make sense of 'what is' and 'what to do about' climate c...

I wish to create a community that actively embraces open-source design to generate innovative and sustainable living standards for all. The plan Create an online network dedicated to enhancing living conditions through sustainable design. The open-source platform will allow designers to share architectural plans and blueprints on the web, and al...

About this video: A new partner increased Richard's productivity at work — and led to a a cherished friendship. Follow a day in the life of Richard and Adam. About this event TED@UPS was a TED-curated event featuring a diverse group of speakers from across the UPS community. Jointly produced by TED and UPS, the event put a spotlight on ideas, p...

About this video: How do you move a steam engine without using train tracks? Or ship 10,000 terracotta warriors? Take a peek into the crazy array of items UPS has transported safely around the world. About this event TED@UPS was a TED-curated event featuring a diverse group of speakers from across the UPS community. Jointly produced by TED and ...

Deepen your understanding of Climate Change with these carefully crafted educational exercises that let you get the most out of this TED Studies subject. Activity 1 Al Gore, James Balog, Lee Hotz, James Hansen and Naomi Klein are all working in various ways to increase the general public's knowledge of and engagement with climate change issues. ...

We know that innovative ideas, cutting-edge research and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary organizations around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share these insights. What is the TED Institute? Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideat...

About this video: For nearly a century, scientists have been studying the human genome to better understand what makes us, us. They began by identifying the genes, or the “letters” of our genetic language. Then they collected the first volume, the human genome. Now with the development of gene-editing techniques like CRISPR, scientists are explo...

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Mapping and Manipulating the Brain, explore the human brain's 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections among them, and learn how neuroscientists are using an a...

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Adam Grant: Hey WorkLifers, it’s Adam Grant. Welcome back to Taken for Granted, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective. I’m an organizational psychologist, and this series is about rethinking assumptions we often take for granted about how we work, lead, and live. Today’s guest is Esther Duflo, the MIT economist who ...

On September 29, 2018, the TEDx community will join forces for the second inaugural TEDxGlobalDay. Together with their teams, and virtually with teams all over the globe, TEDx organizers will spend the day focusing on the problems most urgent to their community—first by discussing potential solutions and then by participating in local action. TE...

Rolex invested in technology with TED to help viewers easily discover new ideas, connecting the brand with a global and socially conscious audience. TED and Rolex’s collaboration to develop “Surprise Me,” the hugely popular iOS app, reflected Rolex’s commitment to investing in technology to better the world - and cleverly plays off of the notion...

TED offers speakers a platform to provide information directly to millions of people around the world. It’s a responsibility we take seriously. First and foremost, that information has to be accurate at the time of publication. Accuracy and transparency At TED, we strive to present information in a way that is both compelling and 100% credible. ...