June 2012
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North Korea can change, too: Hannah Song
The North Korean government wields one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet. But that could change. Hannah Song explains how information leaks out of the country and, more importantly, how details about the outside-world get in. (Filmed at TEDxTripoli.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its...
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Radical Openness in 55 countries, TEDxLive events...
This week, TEDGlobal went live far beyond the limits of the Edinburgh International Conference Center. In over 55 countries worldwide, excited TED’xers became TEDsters for a day (or night!) — gathered to experience “Radical Openness” in the heart of their communities: inside theaters, schools, local haunts, and cultural centers. In Amsterdam, while audience members watched the simulcast in a...
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How to treat a bipolar economy: Tomáš Sedláček
An economic depression can be manic, too. Using clear and illustrative language, Tomáš Sedláček frames the current financial issues, including the the debt crisis, as problems with balancing growth and stability — and explains how interest rates are like a good night of drinking. (Filmed at TEDxThessaloniki.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the...
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TEDx for Beginners: How to organize your first...
Paul Mueller from TEDxFrontRange shares his top 8 for TEDx rookies:
1. Grab the rundown tool from TEDxSanDiego (from TEDx Resources) and use it for the entire show. We started on time, stayed on time and ended on time for a 6-hour event. Incredible tool!
2. Form a strong, passionate, enthusiastic Steering Committee. I spent several months after getting my license talking and looking around for...
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At the Autodesk Cage Match, TEDx takes the crown
Last night at the Autodesk Cage Match at Ghillie Dhu — hosted by Tom Wujec in full Scottish kilt — four duos took to the stage, armed with Scottish tartans and boxing gloves, for a battle of wits — pitting idea vs. idea, to leave only one standing:
Photo: Ryan Lash
David Rowan, Editor of Wired UK vs. Jason Silva, TEDGlobal speaker
Don Tapscott, whose TEDGlobal talk is the...
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City 2.0 website relaunch, highlighting stories...
At TED 2012, the most recent TED Prize was announced, and given to an idea, rather than to a person: the City 2.0.
The $100,000 prize was divided into ten $10,000 grants, with the first five announced at TEDGlobal. Two went to TEDx communities in Pakistan, one to an event in Uganda.
Five more grants are available, and anyone can nominate their project to win.
Going forward, the TEDx community...
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The two steps to revolution: Noah Feldman
When is a revolution actually successful? Noah Feldman describes the two phases every political revolution must complete, and the types of people needed to carry out each step. (Filmed at TEDxUChicago.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all...
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Let the governed build the government: Étienne...
If those who could govern best don’t want power, then who’s running for office? In this impassioned talk, Étienne Chouard wrestles with what the answers may mean for democracy as we know it. (Filmed at TEDxRepubliqueSquare.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of...
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TEDxLive events bring TEDGlobal from Scotland to...
Photo: John Werner
“Watching the livecast of TEDGlobal in a group versus alone in your apartment is a completely different experience,” wrote a TEDx’er in 2010 about a TEDx event built around that year’s TEDGlobal conference. This year, lovers of big ideas, big conversation, and big screens have a chance to watch TEDGlobal 2012 in company from their pick of over 130...
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“What I’ve learned from TEDxBeirut is still raging in my mind. I felt proud,...”
– Nisrine Sarkis, TEDxBeirut.
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It never takes less than you think it does to...
At the TEDx Workshop on Sunday, June 24th at TEDGlobal 2012, 6 TEDx organizers took to the stage to address the best practices and lessons learned from organizing a TEDx event:
Photo: Bret Hartman
Everything is not a democracy, say no when you need to, says Dave Troy of TEDxMidAtlantic, who spoke on creating a resilient TEDx event by building a great team. Key takeaways? Don’t be a dictator....
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Dynamic pitch session during TEDx Workshop results...
What do a zombie apocalypse, the spread of cholera, a burger box and toilets all have in common?
All of them were mentioned this morning during the City 2.0 pitch sessions, hosted as part of our
TEDx Workshop leading up to TED Global 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
There were four compelling projects proposed:
Photo: Bret Hartman
Daniel CerVentus, of TEDxKL, pitched the “While We Wait” project...
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What children (and everyone else) need to read:...
Schools and parents often ban certain books because the content may threaten their children’s innocence. But Donna Jo Napoli argues that exposing kids to difficult subject matter actually empowers them with new ways of thinking and much needed validation of their own problems. (Filmed at TEDxSwarthmore.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the...
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Play, passion, purpose: Tony Wagner
Why don’t traditional schools foster innovative thinking? Tony Wagner outlines how an overemphasis on individual achievement, hyper-specialization, and an aversion to risk have stymied inventiveness and describes what teachers and parents can do to sow the seeds of creativity. (Filmed at TEDxNYED.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the...
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“The difference between TED and TEDx events are that the former takes more of a...”
– From Mark Fidelman’s Forbes article, “Here’s Why TED and TEDx are So Incredibly Effective.”
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Postcards from TEDActive 2012
Areej Mehdi is the organizer of TEDxKinnaird in Lahore, Pakistan. She has held several TEDxWomen events, and hopes to continue “mentoring more Pakistani young women towards curating a peaceful Pakistan in their own little way.” This is her account of TEDActive 2012 in all its global glory.
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We all ask stupid questions, let’s be honest about that. If you allow, I’ll add...
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Can depression be good for you? Neel Burton @...
Depression colors every aspect of the lives it affects — from work to health, from eating habits to close relationships. But does it have a positive side, too? Neel Burton explains how some forms of depression can be beneficial in the long-term. (Filmed at TEDxMaribor.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx...
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Building TEDxBelfast 2012: A Titantic undertaking
This June, Belfast TEDx’ers took over the newly-opened Titantic Belfast, a museum-cum-Titanic-reproduction in the heart of Northern Ireland, where the famed ship herself was built and set sail.
The TEDx event, appropriately titled “Titanic Ideas,” was pulled together by Davy Sims, self-described as “notoriously difficult to please.” These are his notes on the TEDx...
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My town in transition: Rob Hopkins
Transition Towns is a community-driven movement designed to fight climate change and stabilize local economies by fostering solidarity around local energy sources, local food, and local, responsible, businesses. In this talk, Rob Hopkins offers a proof of concept — showing how his town of Totnes shifted from a “long slow death” to a paragon of close-knit, twenty-first-century...
“When the program started, our small audience was riveted. We watched talk after...”
– Katarina Smetko, TEDxMaksimirWomen team member
“I always walk away with something valuable from a TEDx event that I only receive...”
– Attendee of TEDxMfuleni in Cape Town, South Africa
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TEDxTalks Weekend Report: Judge by what we don't...
This past weekend, we featured two TEDxTalks on TED.com: Rodney Mullen, the godfather of street skating, and Megan Kamerick, a reporter who fights for well-balanced representation of women in media.
In this exuberant talk Rodney Mullen shares his love of the open skateboarding community and how the unique environments it plays in drive the creation of new tricks — fostering prolific...
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How I hosted a TEDx event & lived to tell the tale
When two people independently suggested to me that I organise a TEDx event, I dismissed the idea, saying I hadn’t got time, I didn’t have the right kind of contacts, and various other excuses. However, the seed was planted and somehow wouldn’t go away. [[MORE]] Having been to three TED conferences, I realised that organising a TEDx event would be a great way of getting to know people in...
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“When TED started the TEDx program, x stood for independently organized. In time...”
– An organizer of TEDxEutropolis on the meaning of the “x” in TEDx.
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Compassion kills: Nolan Watson
Charitable organizations are almost alway driven by a desire to do good and save lives, but they often focus us on short-term solutions that can create multi-generational cycles of dependency. At TEDxVancouver, Nolan Watson asks you to ensure the those who benefit from your charitable donations are becoming independent, too.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a...
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The limits of capitalism: Lydia Prieg
Lydia Prieg thinks capitalism works — but it has its limitations. At TEDxLondonBusinessSchool, she explains how smart policy could balance our financial system and restore faith in big business.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all...
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Everything will respond to your thoughts: Julien...
EEG technology has already begun to permeate the medical field and consumer markets but the fun is just getting started. Julien Penders demonstrates some of the exciting things to come when even more advanced brain wave monitoring becomes as easy to use as putting on a hat.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx...
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The surprising history of monogamy: Kyle Harper
When did monogamy become the norm? At TEDxOU, Kyle Harper explores the factors that shifted us away from a predominantly polygamous society and toward a monogamous one.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all TEDxTalks here »
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TEDxTalks Weekend Report: It can help detect...
This past weekend, we featured one TEDxTalks on TED.com: Ami Klin on new way to diagnose autism.
Early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder can improve the lives of everyone affected, but the complex network of causes make it incredibly difficult to predict. At TEDxPeachtree, Ami Klin describes a new early detection method that uses eye-tracking technologies to gauge babies’ social engagement...
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The laws of cells: James Sharpe
How do small piles of cells sprout fully functional limbs? Drawing on the knowledge of physicists, computer scientists, and engineers, James Sharpe exposes some of the underlying rules cells must follow to grow into living systems.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas...
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Epigenetics makes you unique: Courtney Griffin
Beyond the study of nature and nurture — epigenetics. At TEDxOU, Courtney Griffins uncovers how two people born with identical DNA and similar upbringings can turn out very different.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all...
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Mapping the immune system: Tim Mosmann
Potent enough to kill pathogens but gentle enough to keep you alive — your immune system relies on a richly complex network of checks and balances. At TEDxRochester, Tim Mosmann details the remarkable lengths he’s taking to map the immune system so doctors can take precisely the right path to end diseases.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of...
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The online oceans: Dr. Kate Moran
Robots are stationed in the ocean right now — and they’re connected to the internet. At TEDxVancouver, Kate Moran shows how these robots put you in command of exploring the seafloor.
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all...
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TEDxTalks Weekend Report: Don't give our names to...
This past weekend, we featured two very compelling TEDxTalks on TED.com: Seth Shostak at TEDxSanJoseCA and David Birch at TEDxSussexUniversity.
SETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he’ll buy you a cup of coffee:
Seth’s talk receiving over 65k views in two days, and over 50 comments. Sabin Muntean even started a...
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State of the x: TEDxTalks in May
TEDxTalks by the numbers: May
1,278 new talks added to the TEDxTalks library
3.5 million views of the TEDxTalks YouTube channel and the TEDxTalks website
10 talks featured on TED.com
1.6 million views of those TEDxTalks featured on TED.com in May
TEDxTalks by the numbers: All time
16,546 TEDxTalks
42 million views of the TEDxTalks on the YouTube channel and the TEDxTalks website
168 talks...
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