What would Immanuel Kant say about a fender bender? In a surprisingly funny trip through the teachings of some of history's great philosophers, TV writer and producer Michael Schur (from hit shows like "The Office" and "The Good Place") talks through how to confront life's moral dilemmas -- and shows how understanding ethical theories can help y...

About this event: Join us as we screen three prerecorded TED Talks and have a discussion afterwards. Refreshments will be served. Video presenters included: - Child prodigy Adora Svitak, "What Adults can Learn from Kids" - Blogger and fashion icon Tavi Gevinson, "A Teen Just Trying to Figure It Out" - Teen activist McKenna Pope, "Want to Be an Activist? Start w...

About this event: On the 20th October 2012 in the Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerp, 200 kids will be inspired and entertained with talks and workshops on subjects as diverse as 3D printing, fashion and travel at the second TEDxYouth @ Flanders event. TEDx events for youth bring together local educators, organizations and kids for activities, live talks and storyte...

Collecting global health data is an imperfect science: Workers tramp through villages to knock on doors and ask questions, write the answers on paper forms, then input the data -- and from this messy, gappy information, countries and NGOs need to make huge decisions. Data geek Joel Selanikio talks through the sea change in collecting health data...

About this event: Being one of the first schools in Kolkata to organise a TEDx Youth Event, our motto behind organising it is to make great ideas accessible and spark conversation and also bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, and on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration and wonder and provoke conversations that matt...

Deb Roy studies how children learn language, and designs machines that learn to communicate in human-like ways. On sabbatical from MIT Media Lab, he's working with the AI company Bluefin Labs.

About this event: TEDxKids@ElCajon is a S.T.E.a.M. focused conference for youth geared toward inspiring interaction and collaboration. Eye-opening talks and captivating entertainment will be integrated with short workshop experiences for a complete day of transformative activities. *****LEARN, GET YOUR BADGE and watch a video at http://www.tedxkidselcajon.com

June is otherwise known as Pride Month, a time to celebrate both the struggles and victories on the road to equality. So it feels very fitting that today, June 26, on the final day of their term, the Supreme Court delivered a pair of rulings that bolster gay marriage. Today, explore this compilation of talks about issues at the heart of this...

Farming feeds all of us -- yet in rural communities, farmers are under pressure from mounting climate volatility and limited access to modern tools like the internet. How can agriculture stay resilient and grow with the times? Beth Ford, CEO of the farming co-op Land O'Lakes, shares her plan to establish broadband as a basic right nationwide and...

About this event: What is TEDxKids@ElCajon? TEDxKids@ElCajon is a licensed, independently organized TED event presented by Cajon Valley Union School District. TEDxKids@ElCajon is a Kid focused conference for youth and families geared toward inspiring interaction and innovation. Speaker topics will be diverse from Art to Technology to Community Change to help our...

It can be hard to remain hopeful during seemingly hopeless times. Sharing hard-won wisdom on how to not give up when the going gets tough, writer Wajahat Ali talks about the challenges he faced with his daughter's cancer diagnosis and the COVID-19 pandemic, detailing three actionable things we can all do to find the silver linings in our lives -...

About this event: This is our fourth event since the beginning in 2011. In 2013 we're continuing with our tradition to empower youth to join our team and create the event together with the adult mentors on the team. We're also excited to create a special experience day for the audience in the venue and to share our talks with the online viewers.

For many centuries (and for many reasons) critically acclaimed creative genius has generally come from a male perspective. As theater director Jude Kelly points out in this passionately reasoned talk, that skew affects how we interpret even non-fictional women's stories and rights. She thinks there's a more useful, more inclusive way to look at ...

With astronaut eyes and ethnographer curiosity, Tricia Wang helps corporations grow by discovering the unknown about their customers.

About this event: Anjal National School is the first in the Eastern Province to hold TEDx event. "TEDx is an international community that organizes TED-style events anywhere and everywhere -- celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage." TEDxAnjalNationalSchool was held in the school's auditorium during on Thursday, March 10th, 2016. A n...

About this event: In November, the world celebrates the international day of children. On this occasion, Yemen children will organize several creative and interactive activities conducted by children themselves. It will give a voice and a platform to reach the world with their stories, hopes, and demands through their TED talks and talents performances. Children...

About this event: Join us for TEDxKids@CranbrookSchools, Cranbrook’s first-ever TEDxYouth event, to be held Saturday, April 30th, at the PAC. TEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading.” It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community. TED conferences bring together audiences and communiti...

TED-Ed — TED's youth and education initiative — aims to spark and celebrate the ideas and knowledge-sharing of teachers and students around the world. Everything TED-Ed does supports learning — whether it's producing a growing video library of original animated lessons, providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interac...

TEDYouth was a day-long event for middle and high school students, with live speakers, hands-on activities and great conversations. Scientists, designers, technologists, explorers, artists, performers (and more!) shared short talks, serving both as a source of knowledge and inspiration for youth around the globe. There are currently no upcoming ...

Countdown is a global initiative, powered by TED and Future Stewards, to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 towards reaching net zero by 2050. It was launched October 10, 2020 with the Countdown Global Launch, a virtual event featuring five curated se...

About this event: We began our project by exploring the nature of a great story and, therefore, of a great speech à la TED. The teachers at Thorney Close Primary School were also introduced to a wide number of the TED talks and encouraged to discover, view and discuss a even more amongst themselves and with their students. Carefully selected examples were then u...

About this event: TEDxChiangMaiSalon events are smaller TEDxChiangMai events throughout the year between the main annual TEDxChiangMai events every September. Each TEDxChiangMai Salon will have a different theme. The 24 April event will be on "The Power of Film". The viewing of several TED and talks will be followed by informal discussions. www.facebook.com/event...

We increasingly make decisions based on short-term goals and gains -- an approach that makes the future more uncertain and less safe. How can we learn to think about and plan for a better future in the long term ... like, grandchildren-scale long term? Ari Wallach shares three tactics for thinking beyond the immediate.

The world has shifted, and so has TED. We need brilliant ideas and thinkers more than ever. While we can’t convene in person, we will convene. Rather than a one-week conference, TED2020 will be an eight-week virtual experience -- all held in the company of the TED community. Each week will offer signature TED programming and activities, ...

About this event: Most TEDs are focused on the world at large and the ideas that animate it. But for 2017, we want to make it more explicitly personal. We are planning a week of talks that can offer each of us individually a toolkit for personal learning, growth, empowerment. And we’re not talking soft-edged self-help woo. We’re talking about questions like: Ho...

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About this event: This was such an amazing event. Overseen by two adult producers but really organized and ran by high school students. ​They met daily, organized assignments, obtained sponsors, sent out press releases, updated the website, etc.​ This was truly a students organized for students event. As such, they invited interesting food trucks to come to t...

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success.

"Do you know what I mean?" Legendary poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar asks why we seem to be losing our power to use words -- and inspires us to better understand and communicate with one another using this near-magical tool that carries our culture across generations. (In Hindi with English subtitles)

About this event: This session — Living in a Gaming Multiverse — is curated by TEDxTheHague regular Ron van Gils. Ron writes: "These days we not only live in the universe but in a multiverse. My kids and I are drawn to computer games. The technology, psychology and design give us a lot of pleasure. But what can we learn from these virtual worlds? What happ...