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The top 15 TEDWomen talks so far

The only way to get things done—set your eyes on the goal, tilt forward, start running, and build momentum. That is the wisdom behind the theme for TEDWomen 2015: Momentum. TEDWomen 2015 will be held May 27-29, 2015, in Monterey, California, and will bring together a community of thinkers, doers and dreamers from around the world to hear tal...
Posted December 11, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/11/the-top-15-tedwomen-talks

Gallery: Watercolor sketchnotes from TEDSalon Berlin

The animal you see in this watercolor-washed illustration is not a camel. This is, technically, a dromedary. Anja Kantowsky, a communications consultant who lives in Germany, created this image at the TEDSalon Berlin in June as she watched a talk from nine-time TED speaker Hans Rosling and his son Ola Rosling that used the differences betwee...
Posted August 11, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/08/11/gallery-watercolor-sketchnotes-from-tedsalon-berlin

Tonight on Science Channel: TEDTalks on TV

Starting tonight, you can watch five hour-long blocks of TEDTalks on the Science Channel. Each hour in this five-part series shares some of the best science, tech, economic ideas and inventions from creative minds featured at TED. Within each hour, TED Curator Chris Anderson gives a brief intro, and then the talks play, uncut, in their entir...
Posted March 30, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/03/30/tonight-on-science-channel-tedtalks-on-tv

A Taste of TED in 2010

In this reel, TED recaps an amazing year of talks from three conferences, a bunch of smaller TED events -- and a powerful year of TEDx. Dive in, and then follow up with talks that intrigue you ... You'll see, in order of appearance: The LXD, Chris Anderson and Julian Assange, Bill Gates, Chip Conley, Naomi Klein, John Underkoffler...
Posted February 22, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/02/22/a-taste-of-ted-in-2010

How small lies turn into big lies, what everyday objects tell us about inequality, and robots that lend a helping hand during disasters

Just a few of the intriguing headlines involving members of the TED community this week: The cascading effect of small lies. Tali Sharot is the senior author on a paper published in Nature Neuroscience that sheds light on the possible slippery-slope effect of telling small, self-serving lies. Using an fMRI scanning device to monitor the a...
Posted November 4, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/11/04/how-small-lies-turn-into-big-lies-what-everyday-objects-tell-us-about-inequality-and-robots-that-lend-a-helping-hand-during-disasters

Playlist: High energy! Four speakers who bounce around the stage

(TED is on its annual two-week vacation. During the break, we’re posting playlists from the TEDTalks archive. We’ll be back with new talks on August 29th.) To propel us into the week: four speakers whose infectious high energy animates what they have to say. 1) Clifford Stoll captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of an...
Posted August 22, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/08/22/playlist-high-energy

Celebrate the Royal Baby's birth with 7 TED Talks

Welcome to the world, Prince(ss) XX! As per tradition, the birth announcement was posted on an easel in front of Buckingham Palace, listing the baby's weight and time of birth — XX lbs at XX:XX o'clock. As the world celebrates the momentous nativity of the third in line to the British throne, take some time to make sense of this baby's birth wit...
Posted July 19, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/19/celebrate-the-royal-babys-birth-with-7-ted-talks

Who else is watching TEDTalks? A visual map

Every day, 450,000 people log on to TED.com. But where are they located? And what are they watching—our newest offerings or our classic talks? In the spirit of visual data artists like Hans Rosling and David McCandless, TED web engineer Alex Dean created a map of the United States which shows when and where TEDTalks were viewed on September 1...
Posted September 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/09/28/who-else-is-watching-tedtalks-a-visual-map

Watching Hans play

What's happening in this picture above? Ask Mohammed Abu Zeinab, a TEDx speaker and member of the onsite documentary crew WTYSL: As I walked in, I saw a crowd had gathered, with Lara, our own TEDx Director, even standing on a coffee table to see the center of everyone's attention, the real show. I knew what it was. It was Hans. I swerv...
Posted April 17, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/04/17/watching-hans-play

TEDxTheHague - an independently organized event

About this event: You are cordially invited to the next TEDxTheHague salon! Our March edition — themed Face the Facts — is curated by TEDxTheHague: "Spin. Noise. Cynicism. We tumble around inside a washing machine full of confusing rhetoric. Who can you trust in a world that continues to change so fast? So let's cut to the chase. This evening, we look back, we...
Event details: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands · March 10, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/22749

The 10 weirdest things that have happened in TED Talks

Many unusual things have happened on the TED stage over the years. Our incredible speakers have done everything from perform magic tricks to attempt to set themselves on fire, all in the name of spreading their ideas. Although far from a complete list, here are some of the weirdest TED moments that we still haven’t stopped puzzling over. To many...
Posted December 15, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/15/the-10-weirdest-things-that-have-happened-in-ted-talks

Daryl Hannah, Philippe Starck and Alexis Ohanian pick their favorite TED Talks

In celebration of our billionth video view, TED reached out to some of our favorite players in the worlds of technology, entertainment and design, asking which TED Talks they find themselves going back to again and again. To see the famous faces who’ve told us so far -- from Bill Gates to Barbra Streisand -- head to our guest-curated playlis...
Posted November 20, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/11/20/daryl-hannah-philippe-starck-and-alexis-ohanian-pick-their-favorite-ted-talks

Playlist: Talks for when you want to start a business (10 talks)

Ever dreamed of starting your own business? These talks can help get your idea off the ground.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_when_you_want_to_sta

TEDxKrakówCinema: The People's Choice - an independently organized event

About this event: ENGLISH VERSION BELOW Ostatni, przedwakacyjny TEDxKrakówCinema należał do publiczności. Po raz kolejny pojawiła się formuła losowania TEDTalk’ów nadesłanych przez uczestników spotkania. Pierwszy wylosowany TEDTalk w dość zabawny i ironiczny sposób mówił o tym, jak reklama zmienia nasze postrzeganie produktu, a nie sam produkt. Rory Suther...
Event details: Kraków, Poland · July 2, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8654

TED News in Brief: A timelapse of 6,000 portraits, and a novel about botany

Over the past week, we’ve noticed a lot of TED-related news items in the ether. Here, some highlights: TED Prize winner JR (watch his talk) has shared this stunning timelapse video of 6,000 people stopping by his Inside Out photo truck in New York City, and pasting their photos on the sidewalk in Times Square. Elizabeth Gilbert (watch h...
Posted November 6, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/06/ted-news-in-brief-a-time-lapse-of-6000-portraits-and-a-novel-about-botany

The 20 most-watched TED Talks to date

TED is dedicated to ideas worth spreading. And that leaves many wondering exactly which ideas have been spread the most widely in the six years that TEDTalks videos have been available online. Here, a list of the 20 most-watched talks on all the platforms we track: TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed and download, Hulu and more, as of November 2...
Posted August 21, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/08/21/the-20-most-watched-ted-talks-to-date

TEDxFrescati: The Return of Asia - an independently organized event

About this event: A popular discussion as of late has been to speak of the "Rise of Asia" due to the rapid economic growth we have recently experienced in China, India and Southeast Asia. However, this is evidence of terrible historical research since "The East" has been in the center of international affairs for several millennia with the exception of period of ...
Event details: Stockholm, Sweden · February 23, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2273

TEDx Skype station: Connecting TEDWomen with Africa

Tuesday afternoon at the TEDx Africa Skype station, host Kelo Kubu chatted with TEDx events in South Africa, Ghana and Ethiopia. It was on the verge of midnight in Johannesburg when Bongi Mkhabela of TEDxSoweto talked with TEDWomen attendees about the importance of listening to different perspectives -- a strong theme in Session 1. Halla Tom...
Posted December 8, 2010
https://blog.ted.com/2010/12/08/tedx-skype-station-connecting-tedwomen-with-africa

In short: Looking for love during chemo, Kierkegaard's love letter to a pen

Here, some staff picks of smart, funny, bizarre and cool stuff on the interwebs this week, with a light Valentine's Day theme: Suleika Jaouad, who writes about being young with cancer, talks about the embarrassing but very real prospect of being a sexually active cancer patient. [The NYTimes Well Blog] For other unconventional responses to...
Posted February 14, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/14/in-short-looking-for-love-during-chemo-kierkegaards-love-letter-to-a-pen

What TEDTalk would you play to open the school year? We counted your (almost 1,000) responses ...

Over the weekend, we asked the TED community on Facebook this question: "If you wanted to show a TEDTalk to open the school year, which one would you choose?" It's inspired by a question tweeted from the #jed21 conference. On Facebook, almost 1,000 responses flowed in. The job of tallying the results -- given in freeform comments -- fell to our...
Posted August 9, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/08/09/what-tedtalk-would-you-play-to-open-the-school-year-your-responses

TEDxManhattanBeach: Globalization - an independently organized event

About this event: The TEDxManhattanBeach Organizer is just back from TEDxSummit in Doha, Qatar and his mind is focused on the impact of Globalization on our world. Here are some interesting quotes about globalization. “You’ve got to have a healthy sense of patriotism; that’s absolutely important, but … this world has changed fundamentally, and the problems tha...
Event details: El Segundo, California, United States · June 22, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/5979

The 20 most popular TED Talks, as of December 2013

UPDATED: To see all these talks at one click, check out our updated Playlist: The 20 Most Popular Talks of All Time. As 2013 draws to a close, TED is deeply humbled to have posted 1600+ talks, each representing an idea worth spreading. So which ideas have had the most widespread impact? Below, a look at the 20 most-watched talks as of Dec...
Posted December 16, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/12/16/the-most-popular-20-ted-talks-2013

Joel Selanikio’s system for collecting big data on global health: A tale of two playlists

It may be the age of big data, but it’s still very hard to know how many children were born in Bolivia or Botswana last year, or to know something as simple as which clinics in the developing world have medicine and which don’t. Until recently, there was only one way to find answers to questions like these -- to send a group of workers out i...
Posted July 2, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/02/joel-selanikios-system-for-collecting-big-data-on-global-health-a-tale-of-two-playlists

TEDxDHFaststream: Department of Health Fast Stream - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxDHFastStream, a corporate TEDx event organised by the UK Department of Health gathered together around 40 members of the Department's graduate talent management scheme. Noone in the audience had previously attended a TED or TEDx event so it proved to be a real learning experience, as well as a huge change from any other corporate events they...
Event details: London, London, City of, United Kingdom · June 22, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6175

TEDWomen lineup announced!

With three weeks to go before the event, we're proud to present the TEDWomen speaker lineup for the event happening Dec. 7-8, 2010, in Washington, DC. Our theme is "Reshaping the Future" -- and the program highlights women as powerful innovators and architects of change. Along with TED's curatorial partner The Paley Center for Media, we...
Posted November 17, 2010
https://blog.ted.com/2010/11/17/tedwomen-lineup-announced

New on Japanese TV: "Super Presentation," featuring TED

A collaboration between TED and Japanese public broadcaster NHK is bringing TEDTalks to TV for the first time in Japan -- for Super Presentation! It's a series that harnesses TED speakers' persuasive ideas to teach English, empower a new generation of independent thinkers, and build hope one year after the Japanese tsunami. Friday night a...
Posted March 30, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/03/30/new-on-japanese-tv-super-presentation-featuring-ted

JK Rowling | TED Speaker

JK Rowling penned the bestselling Harry Potter page-turners -- a spellbinding, seven-installment fantasy of wizards, warlocks and decidedly British texture that brought her from rags to riches.
Author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jk_rowling

Meet the translator: Els De Keyser, who brings you talks in Dutch

TED Talks are available in 97 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our translators. So far, more than 8,800 volunteers have created the upwards of 34,000 translated talks. To celebrate this huge accomplishment, every week the TED Blog will be bringing you a Q&A with one of our most prolific translators. Toda...
Posted March 12, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/03/12/meet-the-translator-els-de-keyser-who-brings-you-talks-in-dutch

Announcing TED Conversations!

We're thrilled to announce today the launch of TED Conversations, a new social platform on TED.com that connects people for conversation, collaboration and debate. TED Conversations was designed and built from the ground up to foster meaningful conversation among the global community who watch, share and discuss TEDTalks. Anyone who part...
Posted February 16, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/02/16/announcing-ted-conversations

Meet the translator: Laszlo Kereszturi, who brings you TED Talks in Hungarian and Romanian

TED Talks are available in 94 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our translators. So far, more than 8,500 volunteers have created the upwards of 33,500 translated talks. To celebrate this accomplishment, every week the TED Blog is bringing you a Q&A with one of our most prolific translators. Today, mee...
Posted January 29, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/01/29/meet-the-translator-laszlo-kereszturi-who-brings-you-ted-talks-in-hungarian-and-romanian
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