About this event: TEDxUCincinnati’s fifth annual event, DO, Not Doubt, is about leaving behind your fears and pushing for that which you set your mind to. It’s about taking the first step, regardless of the fear of failure, and trying. It means trusting in your capabilities to push through the challenges in front of you, and achieving what you were meant to. New ...

In a series of visual, animated love letters, designer Debbie Millman reflects on the things she's grateful for by exploring the wonders of her garden, New York City, travel and storytelling. "As we navigate through this crisis, I'm hopeful we will find some solace together," she says.

Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, war photographer James Nachtwey shows his life's work and asks TED to help him continue telling the story with innovative, exciting uses of news photography in the digital era.

Sound design is built on deception -- when you watch a movie or TV show, nearly all of the sounds you hear are fake. In this audio-rich talk, Tasos Frantzolas explores the role of sound in storytelling and demonstrates just how easily our brains are fooled by what we hear.

Ingrid Betancourt was a presidential candidate in Colombia in 2002 when she was kidnapped by guerilla rebels. After six years in captivity and a high-profile rescue, she now writes about what she learned about fear, forgiveness and the divine.

Twitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But sometimes, says Jon Ronson, things go too far. In a jaw-dropping story of how one un-funny tweet ruined a woman's life and career, Ronson shows how online commenters can end up behaving like a baying mob -- and says it's time to rethink how we inte...

Bruce Schneier thinks hard about security -- as a computer security guru, and as a philosopher of the larger notion of making a safer world.

About this event: The TEDxLSCTomball’s 2016 theme On the Edge: Pushing Boundaries Without Fear dares speakers and participants to consider the possibilities that open up when we move toward the edges of our comfort zones and into the realm of the unknown. Emotional, medical, technological, social, and educational boundaries provide guidelines for our behavior, bu...

About this event: The theme of the 2015 TEDx Youth @ WISS event is “We Create Our Own Path”. The theme is intended to generate discussion on ideas such as innovation, education, honesty, integrity, fear, justice, humanity and peace.

Bill Gates talks best (and worst) case scenarios for the coronavirus pandemic in the months ahead, explaining the challenges of reducing virus transmission, providing an update on promising vaccine candidates, offering his thoughts on reopening and even taking a moment to address conspiracy theories circulating about himself. Stay tuned for his ...

About this event: It’s been said: "You have no idea what's coming next". Naturally, this is periodically going through my mind and gave me food for thought. Every day I have to fight with myself, with who I am, what my dreams are, what I am supposed to do when I grow up, how can I find the best choices for me. I need hope to keep me moving. I need light to bright...

About this event: Every month, the Santa Clara Branch Library hosts a TED discussion group where we get together and view a set of TED and TEDx videos focusing on a central theme, followed by a discussion afterwards. Future topics and videos can and will be chosen by the group. Have a favorite TED talk? Share it! Have a topic you want to discuss? Let us know! Th...

About this event: The theme “Incubus" takes inspiration from short story “Bóng đè” of author Do Hoang Dieu. Using incubus - a spiritual obsession as a metaphor, the author wants to express her concerns on humans’ modern lives which have been oppressed by layer and layer of obsessions and invisible fear, pressuring them like shadows. Similar to the main character,...

About this event: The Courage to Dare is more relevant today than ever. No fear, no obstacles can't stop our evolution; personally, spiritually and in Community. 15 speakers and 3 performers will delight our minds with incredible and courageous talks...

The tumult and pace of the 21st century can often leave us feeling like helpless bystanders. In this instructive talk, writer Sakinah Hofler explains how we can use creative writing to deal with the events around us by using it as a tool to bear witness and -- in doing so -- better understand how we fit into their chaotic fabric.

About this event: Undaunted: Not giving way to fear or discouragement. Not forced to abandon purpose or effort. Intrepid. TEDxPlano is back for 2021 and we are Undaunted! We’ll gather this year in the parking lot of the Courtyard Theater for a drive-in experience.

It may not appear very lively six feet underground, but a single teaspoon of soil contains more organisms than there are human beings on the planet. From bacteria and algae to fungi and protozoa, soils are home to one quarter of Earth's biodiversity. And perhaps soil's most important inhabitants are its microbes. Carolyn Marshall digs into how s...

Writer, producer and free-speech champion Norman Lear defined decades of US popular culture with his groundbreaking TV shows.

About this event: Courage should come from the soul within, the poem should light a fire inside us to stay true. But more often we crawl away inspite of our truth. In a this nebulous period, being brave will only brought us isolation. Unfortunately this is the time that require courage from bodies that has different abilities, from a toxic workplace environment, ...

Srishti Bakshi works to address gender-based violence by increasing mobility options for women.

About this event: The second TEDxYouth ever organized in Finland, TEDxYouth@Kolmikulma offers different perspectives on fear and courage and on the multiple ways to follow your passion. The speakers consist of a diverse group of young talents ranging from a supermodel to an award-winning researcher.

A story of fear In 1819, off the coast of Chile, 20 American sailors watch their whaleship, the Essex, fill with seawater. It had been struck by a sperm whale. They took to their small boats, with limited equipment and little food and water. This story, from Stove by a Whale, the narrative of Owen Chase, is the story that would inspire Mo...

Children who live in rural areas can have a hard time getting to the doctor -- much less to an audiologist's clinic for expensive, complex tests to check their hearing. The result for too many kids is hearing loss caused by ear infections and other curable or preventable problems. That's why ear surgeon and TED Fellow Susan Emmett is working wit...

About this event: In our competitive world of 24-7 media scrutiny, we often see lives rightfully disrupted over egregious conduct. But have we extended our “call-out culture” to the point that it is hindering personal growth in well-intentioned individuals? Mistakes are unavoidable in life, and are often the best ways to learn and evolve. However, our fear of be...

Street artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. One year after making his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change, and turning the world inside out.

Bright, vivid color really does give us more energy -- and that’s just one of the things designer Ingrid Fetell Lee discovered in her 10-year search for the sources of joy. Few people would name their favorite color as gray or beige, yet our closets and our homes are often filled with these bland, neutral tones. When I studied color and its eff...

About this event: What does it really take to fulfil the criteria of being categorised as knowledgeable? Do you think you are knowledgeable enough? 'Expert' enough? Quite interestingly, we are trapped in our inherent, dogmatic beliefs which revolve around the stated notions of the ways in which knowledge can be acquired, possessed, and demonstrated. Even on tha...

Have you ever wondered how your ears work? In this delightful and fascinating talk, biophysicist Jim Hudspeth demonstrates the wonderfully simple yet astonishingly powerful mechanics of hair cells, the microscopic powerhouses that make hearing possible -- and explains how, when it's really quiet, your ears will begin to beam out a spectrum of so...

Investing in green energy, holding large corporations accountable for their pollution, stopping pipeline and oil extraction initiatives -- these are non-negotiable actions to protect the planet, but they are still just the bare minimum, say climate activists Xiye Bastida and Shiv Soin. In conversation with radio researcher Latif Nasser, Bastida ...

Elizabeth Zion is an 18-year-old writer, poet and student from Dublin, Ireland.