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At the annual TED conference, the audience is as packed with big ideas as our speaker program. TED University is a chance for audience members to give short talks about both big ideas and personal experiences. Recaps of the talks at TED University, in chronological order. Travel points are currency. Brian Kelly is known for his site Th...

TED curator Chris Anderson discusses the transformative power of speaking to an audience from the heart. You’re nervous, right? Stepping out onto a public stage and having hundreds of pairs of eyes turned your way is terrifying. You dread having to stand up in a company meeting and present your project. What if you get nervous and stumble ov...

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About this event: "The future depends on what you do today." - Mahatma Gandhi. How can we expect a different future without doing something today to change it? Our life will be the same 1 second later and 10 years later if we continue doing the same ordinary things. The inevitable solution to shaping a better future is to make a difference in every aspect of ou...

Most of us will, at some point, face a life crisis -- divorce, job loss, illness, eviction. In the United States, 95% of social safety nets are provided by charity organizations and NGOs, so finding help in a crisis situation can be confusing and distressing. Erine Gray is the founder of Aunt Bertha, a free-to-use online platform that makes ...

The greatest ideas of our time will be sparked by a simple question: "What if?" What if we had truly inclusive workplaces? What if we removed the inefficiencies that stand in the way of eliminating world hunger? What if we could deliver quality health care in the home? What if we took back our privacy online? At this year’s TED@UPS -- held on...

From artists to scientists, mothers, mathematicians and business visionaries, people in every corner of the world are dreaming up solutions to our most pressing problems. Whether tackling war and peace or the principles of machine learning, ingenuity starts with one thing: a spark. And regardless of where the spark takes hold, inspiration...

About this event: The theme was Ideas on the Edge of... The schedule... 0830: Sign In 0900: Welcome by Dr. David W. Powers and TEDx Introduction Video 0910: Brian Carter- Poets, Actors and Comedians: The Edge of Social Media Marketing Synopsis- In social media you have to do three things: grab attention, create rapport, and inspire desire. These three things...

About this event: Our TEDx Archivorum January Edition was both incredibly successful and inspiring; we would like to thank all of our guests, speakers and other participants for their precious contributions! Now, we are very excited to announce the February Edition of TEDx Archivorum, the fifth event in our virtual series of talks, where international guests wil...

Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison‘s inclusive, audacious journey to improving life here on earth and beyond is paving the way for human interstellar travel.

Employment innovator

Epidemiologist Chikwe Ihekweazu was in the inaugural TED Fellows class of TEDGlobal 2007 in Tanzania. Living in the UK at the time, writing articles on public health issues in his native Nigeria, Chikwe was profoundly affected by his TED experience. Now running an influential Nigerian public health blog, an alumni program for his alma mater,...

Greg Gage, onstage at TED Fellows Talks. Photo: Ryan Lash On the afternoon before TED2012 mainstage sessions begin, the Center Theater was packed to the rafters for two sessions of TED Fellows talks. Here's what happened ... Christine Marie, shadow artist With a clap of thunder and a flash of light, the TED2012 Fellows talks open with...

In 1831, Michael Faraday stood in a lecture hall and demoed an idea that changed everything: electromagnetic induction. This work paved the way for widespread use of electricity. On September 29, 2015, in the same lecture hall, attendees gathered for TEDGlobal>London to hear more ideas with the potential to shift reality. Sixteen TED speak...

Health care innovator

About this event: The idea of freedom of press and speech and access to knowledge for all social classes was presented publicly for the first time in 1848 in the Revival Stateroom of the National Hall in Zagreb. The idea resulted in the abolition of the feudal society, which marked the beginning of the revolution. At the same place, 166 years, 1 month and 30 d...

Ted Halstead breathed new life into US and global climate policy by mobilizing conservative leaders and CEOs around a breakthrough carbon dividends solution.

Alexis Charpentier (aka Lexis from Music Is My Sanctuary) believes record collectors, music curators and DJs serve a crucial role as cultural preservationists and alternative voices to mainstream music platforms.

Amber McReynolds's vision is to create election systems that put voters first and improve the voting experience for all.

Genevieve von Petzinger’s database of prehistoric geometric shapes in cave art reveals some startling insights. More than mere doodles, the signs used across geological boundaries suggest there may have been a common iconography before people first moved out of Africa. When did people begin graphic communication, and what was its purpose? Gene...

We live in contentious times. Yet behind the dismaying headlines and social-media-fueled quarrels, people around the world -- millions of them -- are working unrelentingly to solve problems big and small, dreaming up new ways to expand the possible and build a better world. At "We the Future," a day of talks at the TED World Theater prese...

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