TED Salons
TED Salons welcome an intimate audience for an afternoon or evening of highly-curated TED Talks revolving around a globally relevant theme. A condensed version of a TED flagship conference, they are distinct in their brevity, opportunities for conversation, and heightened interaction between the speaker and audience. Learn more about TED Salons.
What's the best way to get people to change their behavior? In this funny, information-packed talk, psychologist Dan Ariely explores why we make bad decisions even when we know we shouldn't -- and discusses a couple tricks that could get us to do the right thing (even if it's for the wrong reason).
Since its founding in 1851, the "New York Times" has published thousands of obituaries -- for heads of state, famous celebrities, even the inventor of the sock puppet. But only a small percentage of them chronicle the lives of women and people of color. In this insightful talk, "Times" editor Amy Padnani shares the story behind "Overlooked," the project she's leading to recognize people from history whose deaths were ignored -- and refocus society's lens on who is considered important.
Rapper and activist Alia Sharrief uplifts and energizes the crowd with her beat-driven, hard hitting feminist anthem "Girl Like Me."
In 2013, blogger and counterterrorism expert Clint Watts used Twitter to interact with someone who would otherwise be difficult to talk to -- Omar Hammami, a member of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab. Drawing on his military training, Watts persuaded Hammami to share stories, jokes and details about his ideology. In the end, Watts concludes "that often, there's very little that separates the terrorists and the counter terrorists that hunt them."
After his son lost his sight, design technologist James Morley-Smith observed how he adapted to interact with the world around him, such as learning to play piano, black keys first. This tactic — factoring in immutable limitations — inspired Marley-Smith to approach his design from a new angle by considering impediments first. "It doesn't matter what is impairing you from reaching your goals," he says. "Reframe them, and they might just be the advantage you need."
Crossover | TED Salon Brightline
To crossover is to fully embrace what complements us, finding insight and illumination from a style or field adjacent to our own. When fully achieved, it allows us to become greater than the sum of our parts, collaborating, sharing and working together to not only learn from each other but also apply our unique strengths to a common goal. Bringing together speakers from multiple domains, they’ll tell of reaching a crossroads and then taking it a step further: crossing over to achieve a heightened level of success only possible by stretching, bridging and ultimately uniting.
Rethink | TED Salon Brightline
If we want to do things differently, where do we begin? So many systems and hierarchies have not changed for generations, but almost everything in our world could use a fresh look. From everyday practices to our biggest challenges, let's take some time to Rethink.
Trailblazers | TED Salon The Macallan
We all face difficult decisions in our lives -- often without a clear answer. These moments can come to define us. They compel us to pivot, take a new direction, seize an opportunity -- often with unexpected consequences. While risky, taking a chance is ultimately how we make a difference in the world. Those moments of truth, when we make a bold call, shape our legacy and our stories.
Imagine If | TED Salon U.S. Air Force
Imagination is a superpower. Individually and collectively, it allows us to push beyond our perceived limits. It gives us the freedom to think beyond the ordinary, to dream new dreams, and ultimately, to discover a new world of possibilities. When our imagination is engaged, we dare to break barriers, build bridges and create a world we all want to live in. Let’s imagine...
Up for Debate | TED Salon Doha Debates
The world is more interconnected than ever before—so why aren't we communicating? The need to bridge political and ideological divides and find common ground for respectful but still passionate discourse feels more urgent than ever. What is the role of data and facts? How do we cope in a world where agenda trumps reason, and where the answer to divergent opinions is to yell FAKE NEWS? Now is the time to examine the rules of genuine human engagement, and to celebrate civility.
The Next Wave | TED Salon Zebra Technologies
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is bringing a tsunami of change that will dramatically affect how we interact with and adapt to technology. The ways we choose to ride this wave will determine the shape of our future. Will we use this as an opportunity to solve our most pressing issues, or allow it to become a calamity that divides us?
Unconventional | TED Salon Brightline
Today’s volatile world demands that we do things differently — that we pay attention to things most people don’t see. At TEDSalon: Unconventional, presented by TED and the Brightline Initiative and hosted by TED’s Cloe Shasha and Alex Moura, six leaders and visionaries shared novel ideas that are driving the world’s most impactful organizations.
Society 5.0 | TED Salon Samsung
We live in an interconnected world where boundaries between physical and digital spaces are blurring. We can no longer think about innovation in isolation, but must consider how emerging technologies — like artificial intelligence, augmented reality, the Internet of Things, 5G networks, robotics, and the decentralized web — will combine to create (we hope!) a super-smart society.
At TEDSalon: Society 5.0, presented by TED and Samsung, leaders and visionaries explored the new era of interconnectivity and how it will reshape our world.
Humanizing our future | TED Salon Verizon
There are moments when the world begins to shift beneath our feet. Sometimes slowly, sometimes dramatically. Now more than ever we are living and working in an era of exponential technological advancement. How we address rapid change, what collaborative relationships we create, how we find our humanity — all this will determine the future we step into. In a night of talks at the TED World Theater in New York City TED partnered with Verizon for a salon focused on building that future.
Catalyst | TED Salon Optum
For the first time, TED partnered with Optum, a health services and innovation company, for a salon focused on what happens when we trust our ideas to change health and health care for the better. At the ARIA Las Vegas, TED brought together speakers to share fresh thinking on how we can make a health system that works better for everyone.
Intersections | TED Salon Brightline
At the intersections where we meet and collaborate, we can harness our collective wisdom to seek solutions to the world's greatest problems. This evening event at TED, in partnership with Brightline Initiative, brought together new perspectives to galvanize transformation and build our collective future.
How to Build the Future | TED Salon Brightline
Innovation and technology can be the driving forces of society, helping people to realize their most ambitious dreams. This evening event at TED celebrated the beating heart of smart people changing the world while doing business as usual.
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