About TEDx, x=independently organize event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, selforganized
events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep
discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but
individual TEDx events
are self-organized.*
(*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started
as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to
support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual
TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak
for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED
speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert,
Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani,Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,
Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED
Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm
Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED’s media initiatives
include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open
Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as
well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals
with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their
wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host
local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program,
helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become
part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their
remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks,
or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED
TEDGlobal 2010, “And Now the Good News,” will be held July 13–16,
2010, in Oxford, UK. TED2011, “The Rediscovery of Wonder,” will be
held February 21–25, 2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive
simulcast in Palm Springs, California.
