A smart, snappy guide to romance… On-screen and on the page, Fry has a wry, chatty voice that illuminates age-old questions in brainy yet simple language.

An engrossing, thoughtful, helpful book.

This tender book reminds readers to be kind to others and themselves.

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TED Live brings the TED Conference experience to your home, school or office. Through the TED Live web stream, you are invited to watch the minute-by-minute excitement of the entire TED conference, including talks that are exclusively presented onsite and may not go online. Learn more about TED Live

We value our community for the deep participation that occurs within the comment section of each talk — a commenting culture that encourages robust, thoughtful observations, feelings and insights that bring a talk to life. At TED, we love maintaining this culture and take the discussion of ideas seriously. The guidelines below seek to protect th...

In the concise space of less than 100 pages, How We’ll Live on Mars delivers an elegant overview of the history, science, and technology relevant to Martian colonization. But more than a technical primer, Petranek’s new book is a manifesto.

About this ad: A journey through women's relationship with the camera - from self-conscious avoidance to pure joy in the spotlight. Dove made women reflect on the point when they became their own worst beauty critics and encourages them to be their own beautiful self.

Attendance at a TED conference is by application. If you'd like to come to TED, apply to attend. We read every application, and actively seek out leading thinkers and doers across a wide range of fields. Already registered for a conference?

Offering a webcast is a great way to amplify the reach (and impact) of your TEDx event.

I want to show you how lyrical and profound our most momentary connections can be, to broaden your understanding and deepen your perception of people who are strangers to you. I want you to see the invisible mechanics and meanings of street interactions. I want to give you a new way to be in love with the world.

Learn more about TED's original podcast initiatives. Subscribe to listen on Apple Podcasts, the TED Android app, or wherever you get your podcasts. Better yet, write us a review! We love hearing from our listeners.

Once your event is over, you’ll want to make sure your “ideas worth spreading” actually spread! You can help your TEDx community share these ideas with the world by promoting your talks on YouTube.

While TEDActive has ended its run, check out the TEDSummit conferences, the first of which happened June 2016. It was a week of amazing connections, conversations and bonding among communities of people who love TED -- from star speakers to our volunteer translators and TEDx organizers from around the world!

Experience TED on the big screen, or even from the comfort of your own home. Learn more about our live simulcasts, archival offerings, television specials and more.

Once your event is over, you’ll want to make sure your “ideas worth spreading” actually spread! You can help your TEDx community share these ideas with the world through promoting your talks uploaded to YouTube.

We would like to thank our major donors, the Bezos family, the Harnisch Foundation, and Sherpalo Ventures for their visionary support of the TED Fellows program. Learn more about the TED Fellows supporters

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx ev...

Deepen your comprehension of Understanding Happiness with these carefully crafted educational exercises that let you get the most out of this TED Studies subject.

I wish for us to discover the millions of unknown archaeological sites across the globe. By building an online citizen science platform and training a 21st century army of global explorers, we'll find and protect the world's hidden heritage, which contains clues to humankind's collective resilience and creativity.

While the actual show will “wow” your attendees, don’t forget all of the small things that make a TEDx experience great. The “TEDx experience” means that every detail of their day feels special. It’s your job to make that happen.

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant takes you inside the minds of some of the world’s most unusual professionals to explore the science of making work not suck. From learning how to love criticism to harnessing the power of frustration, one thing’s for sure: You’ll never see your job the same way again. As one of Apple Podcasts’ most downloa...

We're always looking for new voices and new ideas to add to the TED community. Through our TED Talks, Fellowship, TED-Ed lessons, and podcasts, we take those great ideas and help them grow — but they start with your suggestions. See all the ways to let us know about the most exciting, talented people in your network.

So you’re hosting a Internal TEDx event. Get ready! Internal TEDx events are engaging and innovative events organized by non-profits and government agencies. They improve organizational culture through cross-silo communication and collaboration.

Help us spark a global movement to record and preserve meaningful conversations with one another that results in an ever-growing digital archive of the collective wisdom of humanity.

Salon events are often small weekly or monthly events that keeps a TEDx community engaged between regular TEDx events. It’s a unique kind of gathering that TEDx organizers hold which allows the conversation to continue, in person.

The TED Residency program is an incubator for breakthrough ideas. It is free and open to all via a semiannual competitive application. Those chosen as TED Residents will spend fourteen weeks at TED headquarters in New York City, working on their ideas. Although some may produce an artwork, a manuscript, or an amazing theorem, each Resident will ...

So you’re hosting a TEDxYouth event… Get excited! TEDxYouth events are fun, imaginative, and smart TEDx events designed for, and often organized by, young people. They bring ideas worth spreading to all ages.

During the planning process, managing your team is one of the most important tasks you’ll have. Let’s make sure you have all the bases covered.

One of the big goals of a TEDx event is to spark conversation – and this shouldn’t be exclusive to your live event! Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are vibrant online forums for your guests and others to discuss the topics and ideas you’ll be sharing before, during, and after your event. Plus, it’s one of the most effective ways to ...