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TEDxShanghai - an independently organized event

About this event: We live in a great time of dualities: digital and handmade, science and art, artificial intelligence and humanism, rural and urban, haves and have-nots, basic and abstract, internal and external, east and west, past and future. Openness and mindfulness is needed now more than ever to bring both sides of the equation together rather than choosing...
Event details: Shanghai, Shanghai, China · May 7, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/17904

A non-cheesy guide to gratefulness: What to read and watch

Gratefulness isn't always something that comes easily. Below, some reading and watching to get you into a thankful headspace. Watch: "Want to be happy? Be thankful." This TED Talk from David Steindl-Rast is the perfect Thanksgiving appetizer. In it, the Benedictine monk and interfaith scholar talks about what, exactly, it means to be gratefu...
Posted November 27, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/27/a-non-cheesy-guide-to-gratefulness-what-to-read-and-watch

TEDxPowai: TEDxPowai 20220724 - an independently organized event

About this event: Duende – inspired by passion, our theme for this year aims at discovering creative thoughts which have led to a paradigm shift in the mindset of people, allowing them to explore their passion in the work they do, focusing on sustainable awareness in the community. This event shall comprise of ideas distinctly certain to inspire perseverance, m...
Event details: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · February 18, 2023
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/48171

Why aren't we asking the big questions? A Q&A with Ruby Wax

One in four people have some form of mental illness, and Ruby Wax wants to talk about it. Watch her TEDTalk, posted today and inspired by her show Losing It, to start the conversation. One project she didn't get to mention onstage at TEDGlobal: This winter, Wax started up the Black Dog Tribe, an online network for people with mental illness ...
Posted October 10, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/10/10/why-arent-we-asking-the-big-questions-a-qa-with-ruby-wax

New TED Book: Mind Amplifier

It’s a complaint we’ve all heard about the internet: all the cat videos and incessant celebrity gossip sites are making us, as a culture, stupider. However, digital community expert Howard Rheingold, doesn’t think that’s the case. In fact, he believes that both designing and using digital media can actually improve our intelligence. As Rheing...
Posted September 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/09/28/new-ted-book-mind-amplifier

Pattie Maes develops a plant-robot hybrid and other news from the TED community

As the year comes to a close, the TED community is busy as ever. Below, a few highlights. Plant-robot hybrids are here. At the MIT Media Lab, researchers Pattie Maes and Harpreet Sareen have developed a new kind of “cybernetic lifeform”: a cyborg plant called Elowan that marries organic and digital technologies. Elowan’s robotic half track...
Posted December 21, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/12/21/pattie-maes-develops-a-plant-robot-hybrid-and-other-news-from-the-ted-community

8 books to lift you out of darkness

When Shaka Senghor (Watch: Shaka Senghor: Why your worst deeds don’t define you) was nineteen, he shot and killed a man — and was sentenced to spend the second nineteen years of his life in jail. At first, Senghor sat in his cold cell and rationalized his worst deeds. “In the hood where I come from,” he says, “it’s better to be the shooter than ...
Posted September 8, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/8-books-to-lift-you-out-of-darkness

TEDxYantaiHuashengIntlSchool: TEDxYantaiHuashengIntlSchool 20230304 - an independently organized event

About this event: The theme for our event is “Breaking through.” This embodies thinking again about our lives' purposes outside the social norms and frames through which we see ourselves. What are social norms anyways? What are social standards? Can we ever break them? Should we? If so, how? Through meaningful talks, we wish to share with the audience the importa...
Event details: Yantai, Shandong, China · March 3, 2023
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/52481

TEDxClujWomen - an independently organized event

About this event: EDxWomen is an exciting opportunity to share some of the main stage TEDWomen talks. This year's theme of TEDWomen, "Bridges," speaks to the ways in which we build bridges, traverse them, and sometimes even burn them, for better or worse. On the 2nd of November we will host a stream with the most inspiring and captivating TEDWomen 2017 talks fro...
Event details: Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania · November 1, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/24647

What if the coolest thing about a 21st-century school wasn’t technology?

  Sometimes technology isn’t the answer to every problem. Even at the TED conference. At TED2016, TED partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to run a blue-sky workshop session on creating a new healthy school from scratch, imagining new solutions to problems that plague educators, students, schools, and the communities that ...
Posted June 16, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/06/16/what-if-the-coolest-thing-about-a-21st-century-school-wasnt-technology

"Alexa, open TED Talks"

Today, we're excited to bring the world of TED Talks further into your home with the new TED Talks skill for Amazon Alexa! Available on devices with Amazon Alexa including the Echo and Echo Dot, TED fans can now listen to the latest ideas from the world's greatest thinkers by voice command. For existing Alexa users, enable the skill by s...
Posted March 29, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/03/29/alexa-open-ted-talks

TEDxHanoi Youth: TEDxHanoi Youth 20230611 - an independently organized event

About this event: The YOUniverse theme refers to the idea that the universe we live in is not something external or separate from us, but rather a reflection of our inner selves. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of all things, and that the world we experience is a projection of our thoughts, beliefs, and actions. This theme encourages us to explore our own ...
Event details: Hanoi, Ha Noi, Vietnam · June 11, 2023
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/53599

TEDxUCSIUniversity - an independently organized event

About this event: “Get Your Life in Sync”. There are a lot of things in life that pull us in different directions, with our everyday life increasing in speed and complexity. We want to seek balance and synchronize our life, integrate the personal with the professional and find a pathway to growth. As we are growing everyday, the desire to synthesize the variou...
Event details: Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · July 22, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/22475

How to prepare for a good death

Wise words and solid advice from BJ Miller, who thinks deeply about the end of life as head of the Zen Hospice Project. Death is an uncomfortable topic. Although we’re well-acquainted with platitudes that remind us to seize the moment and live each day like it’s our last, few of us devote real time to envisioning the end of our lives -- or the ...
Posted October 22, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-good-death

TEDxCorkSalon - an independently organized event

About this event: Becoming You by TEDxCorkSalon is a place for young women to have a conversation to explore the path of becoming themselves focusing on authentic self and body image. We will have live speakers, a short Q&A session with the speakers led by young women and interactive workshops relevant to the theme.1:30pm @ Sample-Studios The salon will be...
Event details: Cork, Cork, Ireland · November 29, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21730

TEDxHofstraUniversity - an independently organized event

About this event: What does the future hold for humanity in the next 30-50 years? And how should we future-proof ourselves? Thinking about whats to come, we will cover emotional intelligence (self-care) and how its development can aid in being a good human being, have better life relationships, and be at peace with self with exercises such as practicing mindful...
Event details: Hempstead, New York, United States · December 1, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/23264

TEDxTeachersCollege: Be Here Now - an independently organized event

About this event: The TEDxTeachersCollege 2012-2013 special events and main conference will focus on the theme of “Be Here Now." The events will cover four subthemes: being a mindful individual, creating mindful workplaces, building mindful communities, and practicing mindful education. These subthemes will feature both students and practitioners as speakers and...
Event details: New York City, New York, United States · April 23, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7337

Ideas into action: Highlights from our year-end newsletter, in partnership with Brightline Initiative

As this calendar year draws to a close, many of us are making resolutions about personal growth and change. It's a great time, too, for making changes in our working lives. Most of us spend a good portion of our days doing some kind of work -- learning or teaching, making or planning, following or leading -- and it's worth thinking deeply on how...
Posted December 31, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/12/31/ideas-into-action-highlights-from-our-year-end-newsletter-in-partnership-with-brightline-initiative

TEDxYouth@KC - an independently organized event

About this event: Now in its 5th year, TEDxYouth@KC returns and is Making A Scene—our 2019 theme! At this all-ages event, we are excited to present youth-focused ideas, speakers and performers that foster creativity, mindfulness, entertainment, and more. Please join us for an afternoon highlighting both youth and youth leaders, how they are Making A Scene in the...
Event details: Kansas City, Missouri, United States · April 13, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30199

Here's a question to consider: What if there's nothing wrong with you?

While asking this question won't change your life, it can help pause your inner critic and create space for possibility, says therapist Susan Henkels. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from someone in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Susan Henke...
Posted April 4, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/heres-a-question-to-consider-what-if-theres-nothing-wrong-with-you

TEDxYouth@AISR - an independently organized event

About this event: This year's TEDxYouth@AIS-R talks highlight a variety of ideas that connect with our school-wide theme, Be Well & Flourish. Thirteen inspiring students from our elementary, middle and high school share their Big Ideas on topics like overcoming fears, the benefits of playing a musical instrument, why creativity matters, how everyone can make ...
Event details: Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia · March 26, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/33106

Quiet riot: A City 2.0 winner brings the “quiet revolution” to TEDGlobal 2013

In the noise of a city, peace and quiet can be hard to find. Australian composer and sound artist Jason Sweeney has a solution -- Stereopublic, a free smartphone app that lets users geo-locate and share their favorite tranquil city spaces. This week, in advance of TEDGlobal 2013, Stereopublic has launched a custom Edinburgh version of the ...
Posted June 7, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/07/quiet-riot-a-city-2-0-winner-brings-the-quiet-revolution-to-tedglobal-2013

TEDxBedford: Everyday Radicals - an independently organized event

About this event: Our theme was ‘Everday Radicals’ and we heard stories of adhocracy and everyday heroes; About revolutionary ideas both big and small; Of simple actions that provoked big change; Stories of empowerment and agency; Smart ideas from unlikely protagonists and everyday people; Ideas that have the power to transform; Stories with the power to turn our...
Event details: Bedford, United Kingdom · June 15, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8220

TEDxManaratAlFaroukSchool: TEDxManaratAlFaroukSchool 20210514 - an independently organized event

About this event: We may think our lives are dull and uneventful. We sometimes look to others' lives and wonder why ours isn't as exciting and interesting. It is as if we are living in the darkness behind the glowing lights we see. However, we must bring our own light to the darkness. You yourself may not be luminous, but you are the only conductor of light. B...
Event details: New Cairo, Al Qāhirah, Egypt · March 17, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/39640

Why grown-ups love coloring books too

Anyone who has appreciated a meditative mental drift while knitting or mowing a lawn knows that there is something calming about engaging in a familiar, low-impact activity that requires minimal thought and bestows a clear sense of progress. That goes at least some of the way toward explaining the immense appeal of adult coloring books, which no...
Posted March 9, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/why-grown-ups-love-coloring-books-too

Mind going a million miles a minute? Slow down with this breathing exercise

When you’re anxious, one of the best things you can do is slow down and focus on your breath. But what can you do when you’re so anxious or worried that this doesn’t work or simply feels impossible to do? Below, I'll share a simple but effective trick that brings in more of your senses and helps cut through the anxiety so you can access more ...
Posted May 26, 2020
https://ideas.ted.com/mind-going-a-million-miles-a-minute-slow-down-with-this-breathing-exercise

4 scientific studies on how meditation can affect your heart, brain and creativity

Many people have tried to sell me on the idea of meditating. Sometimes I try it, and have an incredible, refreshing experience. But usually, as I close my eyes and focus on my breathing, while I know that I’m supposed to be letting all thoughts go, more and more fly through my mind. Soon I have a laundry-list of “to-dos” in my head … and then my...
Posted January 11, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/01/11/4-scientific-studies-on-how-meditation-can-affect-your-heart-brain-and-creativity

TEDxPSUSalon: TEDxPSUSalon 20210327 - an independently organized event

About this event: We all lead stressful lives. In this day and age, we are pressured by the societal idea of perfection and over-saturated with finely curated examples of people who seem to have it all; simply existing is synonymous with feeling stress. This can easily become overwhelming and can negatively affect our mental health and overall well-being. However...
Event details: University Park, Pennsylvania, United States · March 27, 2021
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/44184

The Best Props at TED

TED2013, “The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered,” begins in just 20 days and we at the TED Blog are gearing up to bring you live reporting on each of the 70 speakers who’ll be ascending the stage, not to mention assorted news from the scene in Long Beach, California. One thing we hope to see more of at this amazing event: props. There’s some...
Posted February 4, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/04/the-best-props-at-ted

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