About this event: TEDxDASKBZCollege is an exclusive event for the students of DHA institutions. This thought provoking event will address local problems with solutions presented by powerful speakers with exceptional oratory skills.

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we're collecting great local stories. Here's a quick report from TED@Nairobi, held May 5, 2012 at the Braeburn Theatre, and organized by Suraj Sudhakar  of TEDxKibera. Start with this Storify from Nanjira Sambuli that rounds up tweets from TED@Nairobi: From the blog...

From the TED Fellows blog: Taking off full force on the first day of their pre-conference, TED2012 Fellows were treated to a cluster of workshops offering tools on how best to get attention and support for their extraordinary work -- from the profits and pitfalls of public speaking to how to run an exciting crowd-sourcing campaign. Kickst...

Artist R. Luke DuBois explains the vision behind his presidential project -- and then lets you test your Oval Office know-how. Although he only delivered three of them, President John F. Kennedy’s annual State of the Union addresses contained more than their share of stirring lines, like: “We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by w...

Urban gentrification in Lagos is displacing hundreds of thousands of people who do not fit into the administration's resplendent vision for the future. Their crime? Poverty. In what was one of the most moving talks of TEDGlobal 2017, OluTimehin Adegbeye calls us to consider the human cost of progress, specifically for the former inhabitants ...

William Noel is a curator who believes museums should make their collections free and available on the Internet.

About this event: Our 2025 TEDx EDHEC Business School event explores the profound idea of "Connecting the Dots." Steve Jobs’ timeless insight - “You cannot connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards”—challenges us to embrace uncertainty, trust our journey, and find meaning in the unexpected twists of life. This year, we invite...

Isabella Baumfree was born into slavery in late 18th century New York. Fleeing bondage with her youngest daughter, she renamed herself Sojourner Truth and embarked on a legendary speaking tour. She became known as an electrifying orator and her speeches impacted thousands of people in communities across the United States. Daina Ramey Berry detai...

One of the United States' most influential physician leaders, Georges C. Benjamin speaks passionately about the health issues that have the most impact on our nation today.

About this event: Public speaking and debating are at the heart of our approach at Eaton Square Prep. Our focus on spoken communication and critical thinking allows our children to be both confident and empathetic, but we also believe that the teaching of oracy will give them a big boost as they move to senior school, even with their careers in mind. We offer a ...

Poet + recording artist

What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a "religion for atheists" -- call it Atheism 2.0 -- that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.

In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you.

How do you read a two-thousand-year-old manuscript that has been erased, cut up, written on and painted over? With a powerful particle accelerator, of course! Ancient books curator William Noel tells the fascinating story behind the Archimedes palimpsest, a Byzantine prayer book containing previously-unknown original writings from ancient Greek ...

There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.

Memory is a skill you can learn -- and a powerful strategy every workplace can harness. (Audio only)