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}}| current_status = Active| website_type = ConferenceACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 19, 2018FORTUNE (MAGAZINE)>FORTUNE, }}TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American-Canadian non-profitWEB, Our organization,www.ted.com/about/our-organization#:~:text=is,languages, October 5, 2022, TED.com, media organization that posts international talks online for free distribution under the slogan “ideas worth spreading”.WEB, Programs & initiatives,www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives#:~:text=To%20date,countries, October 5, 2022,www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives," title="web.archive.org/web/20230417101131www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives,">web.archive.org/web/20230417101131www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives, April 17, 2023, ted.com, en, It was founded by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks in February 1984WEB, History of TED,www.ted.com/about/our-organization/history-of-ted#:~:text=TED%20was,Marks, TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, TED Conferences LLC, May 11, 2016, as a technology conference, in which Mickey Schulhof gave a demo of the compact disc that was invented in October 1982. Its main conference has been held annually since 1990.WEB, What is a TED talk?,www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/TED-talk#:~:text=The%20first%20TED%20conference,since%201990., October 5, 2022, TechTarget, WEB, July 24, 2005, What’s the big idea?, Carole, Cadwalladr, Carole Cadwalladr,www.theguardian.com/science/2005/jul/24/observerreview.theobserver, December 20, 2014, The Guardian, It covers almost all topics—from science to business to global issues—in more than 100 languages.TED’s early emphasis was on technology and design, consistent with its Silicon Valley origins. It later broadened to include scientific, cultural, political, humanitarian, and academic topics.WEB, TED Talks,mashable.com/category/ted/, Mashable.com, December 20, 2014, It has been curated by Chris Anderson, a British-American businessman, through the non-profit TED Foundation since July 2019 (originally by the non-profit Sapling Foundation).WEB, Detailed reports – Sapling foundation, New York,www.nonprofitfacts.com/NY/Sapling-Foundation.html#balanceSheets, nonprofitfacts.com, Non profit facts, September 30, 2018, WEB, Chris Anderson is the curator of TED,www.dumbofeather.com/conversations/chris-anderson-is-the-curator-of-ted/, DumboFeather.com, 2011, December 20, 2014, The main TED conference has been held annually in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the Vancouver Convention Centre since 2014. The first conferences from 1984 (TED1) through 2008 (TED2008) were held at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, California.WEB,www.ted.com/about/conferences/past-teds, Past TEDs, TED, August 31, 2022, Between 2009 and 2014, it was held in Long Beach, California, United States.WEB,blog.ted.com/the-next-chapter-ted-headed-to-vancouver-in-2014-tedactive-hitting-the-slopes-of-whistler/, The next chapter: TED headed to Vancouver in 2014, TEDActive hitting the slopes of Whistler, February 4, 2013, TED Blog, February 5, 2013, TED events are also held throughout North America and in Europe, Asia, and Africa, offering live streaming of the talks. TED returned to Monterey in 2021 with TEDMonterey. The talks address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture, often through storytelling.WEB, Fidelman, Mark, Here’s Why TED and TEDx are So Incredibly Appealing (infographic), June 19, 2012,www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2012/06/19/heres-why-ted-and-tedx-are-so-incredibly-appealing-infographic/, December 20, 2014, Forbes, File:Chris Anderson 2007.jpg|thumb|Curator Chris Anderson in 2007]]{{external media | width = 210px | headerimage=(File:Jimbo at Fosdem cropped.jpg|210px) | float = right DATE =JULY 2005 ACCESS-DATE =DECEMBER 8, 2014, DATE =FEBRUARY 2002 ACCESS-DATE =AUGUST 29, 2015, }}Since June 2006,NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/magazine/25wwln-medium-t.html, Confessions of a TED addict, Hefferman, Virginia, The New York Times, January 23, 2009, December 20, 2014, TED Talks had been offered for free viewing online, under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license, through TED.com.WEB, TED Talks Usage Policy,www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy, December 20, 2014, TED.com, {{asof|2020|12|post=,}} over 3,500 talks are freely available on the official website.NEWS, TED Talks List, TED,www.ted.com/talks, October 9, 2020, In June 2011, TED Talks’ combined viewing figures surpassed 500 million,NEWS, Kessler, Sarah, June 27, 2011, With 500 Million Views, TED Talks Provide Hope for Intelligent Internet Video,mashable.com/archive/ted-anniversary, December 20, 2014, Mashable, and by November 2012, they had been watched over one billion times worldwide.WEB, TED reaches its billionth video view, November 13, 2012, TED Blog,blog.ted.com/ted-reaches-its-billionth-video-view/, December 20, 2014, en-US, While the talks are available free online, sharing TED content in commercial contexts (such as corporate learning and talent development) requires a license.WEB, TED Talks Usage Policy,www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy, May 14, 2021, www.ted.com,

History

1984–1999: Founding and early years

File:Bill Clinton talking at TED 2007.jpg|thumb|Bill ClintonBill ClintonTED was conceived in 1984 by Richard Saul Wurman, FAIA ‘76, WEB, September 9, 2015, Meet the man who created TED in 1984,www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-creator-60-minutes-overtime/, August 15, 2023, CBS News, and co-founded by Emmy-winning broadcast and graphic designer Harry Marks and CBS President Emeritus Frank Stanton. The conference featured demos of the compact disc, co-developed by Philips and Sony, and one of the first demonstrations of the Apple Macintosh computer.WEB, July 4, 2010, Carole, Cadwalladr, Ted – the ultimate forum for blue-sky thinking, Carole Cadwalladr,www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jul/04/ted-conference-oxford-carole-cadwalladr, September 20, 2012, The Guardian, Presentations were given by the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot and others such as Nicholas Negroponte and Stewart Brand. The event was financially unsuccessful; six years elapsed before a second conference was organized.WEB,www.ted.com/pages/16, History of TED {{!, Our Organization {{!}} About |website=TED|access-date=June 18, 2016}}TED2 was held at the same Monterey Conference Center in California in 1990. From 1990 onward, a growing community of “TEDsters” gathered annually with Wurman leading the conference in Monterey until 2009,WEB,blog.ted.com/a-last-hurrah-at-the-monterey-conference-center-31-years-later/, A last hurrah at the Monterey Conference Center, 31 years later, May 27, 2015, TED Blog, en, August 12, 2019, when it was moved to Long Beach, California due to a substantial increase in the number of those attending.WEB,www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/will-the-ted-conference-elite-yield-something-concrete-for-the/article_7fe99b74-56c5-55f0-93e0-973d191e3f54.html, Will the TED conference elite yield something concrete for the rest of us?, May, Tina, February 28, 2008, Monterey County Weekly, en, August 12, 2019, NEWS, Kim, Victoria, Long Beach to host influential TED conference, January 16, 2008,articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/16/business/fi-ted16, Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2010, Speakers were initially drawn from the fields of expertise behind the acronym TED; but during the 1990s, presenters broadened to include scientists, philosophers, musicians, religious leaders, philanthropists, and many others.

2000–present: recent growth

In 2000, Wurman, looking for a successor at age 65, met with new-media entrepreneur and TED enthusiast Chris Anderson to discuss future happenings. Anderson’s UK media company Future bought TED for $14 million ($12 million in cash and $2 million in stocks). In November 2001, Anderson’s non-profit The Sapling Foundation (motto: “fostering the spread of great ideas“) acquired TED from Future for £6m.NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/i-was-losing-1-million-a-day-every-day-for-18-months-meet-chris/, ‘I was losing $1 million a day, every day for 18 months’: Meet Chris Anderson, the man behind TED talks, April 29, 2016, Daily Telegraph, October 11, 2016, Brown, Mick, In February 2002, Anderson gave a TED Talk in which he explained his vision of the conference and his future role of curator.WEB,www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/chris_anderson_shares_his_vision_for_ted.html, TED’s nonprofit transition, Anderson, Chris, ted.com, June 18, 2016, Wurman left after the 2002 conference.In 2006, attendance cost was $4,400 per person and was by invitation only.WEB,www.ted.com/about/invitations, Getting Invited (attendees), TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, TED Conferences, LLC, February 7, 2009, The membership model was shifted in January 2007 to an annual membership fee of $6,000, which included attendance of the conference, club mailings, networking tools, and conference DVDs. The 2018 conference was $10,000 per attendee.WEB,www.ted.com/attend/conferences/ted-conference#h3--ted-conference-standard-membership, TED Conference, ted.com, September 27, 2017, Between 2001 and 2006, TED upgraded its platform to provide TED talks online for free, added TEDGlobal that became a worldwide conference, and created the TED Prize.In 2012, TED community director Tom Rielly helped the producers of Prometheus gain approval for the use of the TED brand in the promotional short film TED 2023, designed by Rielly with Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof, directed by Luke Scott, and starring Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, who in the film speaks at a fictional TED conference at Wembley Stadium in the then-future of 2023; on the film’s release, Rielly noted that the association had generated millions of unique visits to the TED website.NEWS, Julian, Sancton,www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/ted-goes-to-the-movies-with-prometheus-promotion, TED Goes to the Movies With {{’, Prometheus{{’}} Promotion |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=March 22, 2012 |access-date=March 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324060231www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/ted-goes-to-the-movies-with-prometheus-promotion |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}}In 2014, the conference was moved to Vancouver, Canada.WEB, Bennett, Sarah, 2013-02-06, TED Conference Announces Move To Vancouver For 2014,lbpost.com/news/ted-conference-announces-move-to-vancouver-for-2014-3/, 2024-04-07, Long Beach Post, en-US, TED is currently funded by various revenue streams, including attendance fees, corporate sponsorships, foundation support, licensing fees, and book sales. Corporate sponsors are diverse, including companies such as Google, GE, AOL, Goldman Sachs, and The Coca-Cola Company. Sponsors do not participate in the event’s creation, nor are they allowed to present on the main stage.WEB, How TED Works,www.ted.com/about/our-organization/how-ted-works, TED.com, May 18, 2015, WEB, Ochoa, Rosmari, Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED): A case study on how complementary on- and off-line approaches can build community and cultivate platforms for innovation and creativity,www.american.edu/soc/communication/upload/Rosemari-Ochoa.pdf, American University School of Communication, American University, May 18, 2015, In 2015, TED staff consisted of about 180 people headquartered in New York City and Vancouver, British Columbia.WEB,www.ted.com/about/our-organization/who-we-are, Who we are - Our organization - About - TED, TED.com, June 19, 2015, On July 1, 2019, the TED Conferences LLC was transferred from Sapling Foundation to TED Foundation to “align with our brand and make it easier for our donors to connect TED donations to TED Conferences, LLC.“WEB,www.ted.com/about/our-organization/how-ted-works, How TED works, TED, February 19, 2020, NEWS,www.thenational.com.pg/excellent-learning-platform/, Excellent learning platform, Pitoi, Seik, January 17, 2020, The National (Papua New Guinea), en, February 19, 2020, At TED 2015, Bill Gates warned that the world was not prepared for the next pandemic, a warning some felt manifested with the COVID-19 pandemic beginning late 2019.WEB, TED2020 postponed {{!, TED Blog |date=March 9, 2020|url=https://blog.ted.com/ted2020-postponed/ |access-date=March 14, 2020}}In 2021, TED launched the TED Audio Collective with a number of podcasts featuring previous TED Talks and other relevant topics.WEB,blog.ted.com/ted-launches-ted-audio-collective-for-podcasts/, TED launches TED Audio Collective for podcasts | TED Blog, Blog.ted.com, February 22, 2021, July 18, 2022, TED 2022 was held in Vancouver. There was criticism after Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, flew {{convert|9200|miles|km}} to speak about climate change and the need for reduced carbon emissions.WEB, Bristol mayor flies nine hours for TED climate conference,www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61596817, BBC News, June 25, 2022, May 28, 2022,

TED Prize

The TED Prize was introduced in 2005. Until 2010, $100,000 was given annually to three individuals with a “wish to change the world”.WEB, Bruno, Giussani, Bruno Giussani,www.huffingtonpost.com/bruno-giussani/ted-2008-day-2-dave-egger_b_89106.html, TED 2008 / Day 2: Dave Eggers and Tutoring, Neil Turok and the next African Einstein, Karen Armstrong and the Charter for Compassion {{!, February 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216205826www.huffingtonpost.com/bruno-giussani/ted-2008-day-2-dave-egger_b_89106.html|archive-date=February 16, 2016|website=Huffington Post|date=August 15, 2011}} Each winner unveiled their wish at the main annual conference. Since 2010, a single winner has been chosen to ensure that TED can maximize its efforts in achieving the winner’s wish. In 2012, the prize was not awarded to a person, but to a concept connected to the current global phenomenon of increasing urbanization. In 2013, the prize amount was increased to $1 million.WEB,www.tedprize.org/, TED Prize {{!, Participate {{!}} TED|website=tedprize.org|access-date=June 18, 2016}} TED Prize winners in previous years have been:{|class=“wikitable“! style="width:150px;“|2005WEB,www.tedprize.org/2005-winners/, 2005 Winners, TED Prize, November 30, 2008, dead,www.tedprize.org/2005-winners/," title="web.archive.org/web/20081221135816www.tedprize.org/2005-winners/,">web.archive.org/web/20081221135816www.tedprize.org/2005-winners/, December 21, 2008, ! style="width:150px;“|2006WEB,www.tedprize.org/2006-winners/, 2006 Winners, TED Prize, November 30, 2008, dead,www.tedprize.org/2006-winners/," title="web.archive.org/web/20081221140616www.tedprize.org/2006-winners/,">web.archive.org/web/20081221140616www.tedprize.org/2006-winners/, December 21, 2008, ! style="width:150px;“|2007WEB,www.tedprize.org/2007-winners/, 2007 Winners, TED Prize, November 30, 2008, dead,www.tedprize.org/2007-winners/," title="web.archive.org/web/20081221140003www.tedprize.org/2007-winners/,">web.archive.org/web/20081221140003www.tedprize.org/2007-winners/, December 21, 2008, ! style="width:150px;“|2008WEB,www.tedprize.org/2008-winners/, 2008 Winners, TED Prize, November 30, 2008, dead,www.tedprize.org/2008-winners/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100118072829www.tedprize.org/2008-winners/,">web.archive.org/web/20100118072829www.tedprize.org/2008-winners/, January 18, 2010, ! style="width:150px;“|2009WEB,www.tedprize.org/2009-winners/, 2009 Winners, TED Prize, November 30, 2008, dead,www.tedprize.org/2009-winners/," title="web.archive.org/web/20111228150911www.tedprize.org/2009-winners/,">web.archive.org/web/20111228150911www.tedprize.org/2009-winners/, December 28, 2011, ! style="width:150px;“|2010WEB,www.tedprize.org/jamie-oliver/, Congratulations Jamie Oliver – 2010 TED Prize Winner, TED Prize, December 21, 2009, dead,www.tedprize.org/jamie-oliver/," title="web.archive.org/web/20091224073803www.tedprize.org/jamie-oliver/,">web.archive.org/web/20091224073803www.tedprize.org/jamie-oliver/, December 24, 2009, ! style="width:150px;“|2011WEB,www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_jr, JR, TED Prize, October 20, 2010, live,www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_jr," title="web.archive.org/web/20130301032244www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_jr,">web.archive.org/web/20130301032244www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_jr, March 1, 2013, ! style="width:150px;“|2012WEB,thecity2.org/splash.php/, CITY2.0, thecity2.org, March 1, 2012, dead,www.thecity2.org/splash.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20120303211614www.thecity2.org/splash.php,">web.archive.org/web/20120303211614www.thecity2.org/splash.php, March 3, 2012, ! style="width:150px;“|2013WEB,www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_sugata_mitra, Sugata Mitra, TED Prize, May 5, 2013, live,www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_sugata_mitra," title="web.archive.org/web/20130513040549www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_sugata_mitra,">web.archive.org/web/20130513040549www.ted.com/pages/prizewinner_sugata_mitra, May 13, 2013, ! style="width:150px;“|2014WEB,blog.ted.com/2014/03/05/charmian-gooch-wins-the-ted-prize-will-reveal-wish-at-ted2014/, Charmian Gooch of Global Witness wins the TED Prize; will reveal wish for the world at TED2014, March 5, 2014, TED Blog, March 5, 2014, ! style="width:150px;“|2015WEB,blog.ted.com/announcing-our-ted-prize-2015-winner-dave-isay-of-storycorps/, Announcing our TED Prize 2015 winner: Dave Isay of StoryCorps, November 17, 2014, TED Blog, March 21, 2015, ! style="width:150px;“|2016WEB,www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/sarah-parcak, 2016 TED Prize winner, TED, November 11, 2015, live,www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/sarah-parcak," title="web.archive.org/web/20151111230342www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/sarah-parcak,">web.archive.org/web/20151111230342www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/sarah-parcak, November 11, 2015, ! style="width:150px;“|2017WEB,www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/raj-panjabi, Raj Panjabi’s big idea for rural healthcare, TED, December 30, 2016, live,web.archive.org/web/20161230190337/https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/raj-panjabi, December 30, 2016, Bono>Larry Brilliant>Bill Clinton>Neil Turok>Sylvia Earle>Jamie Oliverrowspan=“3”JR (artist)>JRrowspan=“3”WEBSITE=CITY 2.0Sugata Mitrarowspan=“3”Charmian GoochCHARMIAN GOOCH: ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVISTWEBSITE=TEDQUOTE=GLOBAL WITNESS CO-FOUNDER CHARMIAN GOOCH IS THE 2014 TED PRIZE WINNER. AT HER NGO SHE EXPOSES HOW A GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE OF CORRUPTION IS WOVEN INTO THE EXTRACTION AND EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES., rowspan=“3”David Isay>Sarah Parcakrowspan=“3“|Raj PanjabiEdward BurtynskyHTTPS://WWW.TED.COM/PARTICIPATE/TED-PRIZE/PRIZE-WINNING-WISHES/THE-GREENSPUBLISHER=TEDJehane Noujaim>Edward O. Wilson>Dave Eggers>|Jill TarterRobert Fischell>Cameron Sinclair>James Nachtwey>Karen Armstrong>|José Antonio AbreuTED Conference commissioned New York artist Tom Shannon to create a prize sculpture for all TED Prize winners. It consists of an {{convert|8|in|cm|spell=in|adj=mid|-diameter}} aluminum sphere magnetically levitated above a walnut disc.WEB,blog.ted.com/8-talks-to-inspire-ted-prize-wishes/, 8 Talks to Inspire TED Prize Wishes, TED Blog, March 5, 2015, en, October 3, 2023, As of 2018 the prize has been recast as The Audacious Project.WEB,www.audaciousproject.org/, The Audacious Project, The Audacious Project, en, February 13, 2020,

TED.com

In 2005, Chris Anderson hired June Cohen as Director of TED Media. In June 2006, after Cohen’s idea of a TV show based on TED lectures was rejected by several networks, a selection of talks that had received highest audience ratings was posted on the websites of TED, YouTube and iTunes under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0.NEWS, Giving Away Information, but Increasing Revenue, The New York Times, April 16, 2007,www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/technology/16ecom.html, September 30, 2018, Tedeschi, Bob, WEB,www.youtube.com/user/tedtalksdirector, TED, YouTube, February 12, 2015, Only a handful of talks was initially posted to see if there was an audience for them. In January of the following year, the number of talks on the sites had grown to 44, and they had been viewed more than three million times. On the basis of that success, the organization pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into its video production operations and the development of a website to feature about 100 of the talks.JOURNAL, Masson, M, Benefits of TED Talks, Canadian Family Physician, December 2014, 60, 12, 1080, 25500595, 4264800, In April 2007, the new TED.com was launched, developed by New York and San Francisco-based design company Method.WEB, The new TED.com launches today, Monday, April 16, TED Blog, April 16, 2007,blog.ted.com/the_new_tedcom/#:~:text=%20was%20designed%20by%20New%20York,Method, October 5, 2022, The website has won many prizes, including seven Webby Awards, iTunes’ “Best Podcast of the Year” (2006–2010); the Communication Arts Interactive Award for Information Design (2007); the OMMA Award for Video Sharing, the Web Visionary Award for Technical Achievement, and The One Show Interactive Bronze Award (2008); the AIGA Annual Design Competition (2009); and a Peabody Award (2012).WEB,bibliotech.stanford.edu/conf11_speakers, 2011 Speakers {{!, BiblioTech Program|website=bibliotech.stanford.edu|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624053929bibliotech.stanford.edu/conf11_speakers|url-status=dead}}WEB,method.com/about/awards, Work, Method, June 18, 2016, dead,method.com/about/awards," title="web.archive.org/web/20130807060646method.com/about/awards,">web.archive.org/web/20130807060646method.com/about/awards, August 7, 2013, WEB,www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/ted.com, TED.com, peabodyawards.com, June 18, 2016, WEB, TED Review, MacWorld,www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=707209, December 22, 2009, December 23, 2009, October 19, 2010,www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=707209," title="web.archive.org/web/20101019073803www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=707209,">web.archive.org/web/20101019073803www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=707209, dead, In January 2009, TED videos had been viewed 50 million times. In June 2011, they reached 500 million views; and on November 13, 2012, they reached their billionth video view. In March 2012, Chris Anderson said in an interview:{{blockquote|It used to be 800 people getting together once a year; now it’s about a million people a day watching TED Talks online. When we first put up a few of the talks as an experiment, we got such impassioned responses that we decided to flip the organization on its head and think of ourselves not so much as a conference but as “ideas worth spreading,” building a big website around it. The conference is still the engine, but the website is the amplifier that takes the ideas to the world.|sign=Chris Anderson,WEB, Julie, Coe,www.departures.com/articles/teds-chris-anderson, TED’s Chris Anderson, Departures, June 18, 2016, April 26, 2014,www.departures.com/articles/teds-chris-anderson," title="web.archive.org/web/20140426214919www.departures.com/articles/teds-chris-anderson,">web.archive.org/web/20140426214919www.departures.com/articles/teds-chris-anderson, dead, }}In March 2012, Netflix announced a deal to stream an initial series of 16 two-hour collections of TED Talks on similar subjects. It was made available to subscribers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.WEB,www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/03/15/netflix-to-stream-ted-talks/, Netflix To Stream TED Talks, Savitz, Eric, Forbes, June 18, 2016, Hosted by Jami Floyd, TED Talks NYC debuted on NYC Life on March 21, 2012.NEWS, TED TALKS IN NYC –FEATURING WORLD-RENOWNED TALKS FROM TED.COM – PREMIERES ON NYC LIFE,www.nyc.gov/html/media/html/news/tedtalksinnycpremieres.shtml, January 17, 2012, .nyc.gov, March 15, 2012, dead,www.nyc.gov/html/media/html/news/tedtalksinnycpremieres.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20121103151258www.nyc.gov/html/media/html/news/tedtalksinnycpremieres.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20121103151258www.nyc.gov/html/media/html/news/tedtalksinnycpremieres.shtml, November 3, 2012, As of October 2020, over 3500 TED talks had been posted, and five to seven new talks are published each week. On TED.com, most talks and speakers are introduced, and talk transcripts are provided; some talks also have footnotes and resource lists.

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{{About|the conference|the 2012 short film|TED 2023}}{| class=“wikitable”!Date!Conference!Theme!Location!Notable speakers|April 17–21, 2023|TED 2023|Possibility|Vancouver, British Columbia||April 10–14, 2022|TED 2022|A New Era|Vancouver, British Columbia|Elon Musk, Garry Kasparov, Al Gore, Alexis Nikole Nelson, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allyson Felix|October 12–15, 2021|TED Countdown Summit||Edinburgh, Scotland||October 10, 2020|TED Countdown 2020||Online||May 18, 2020 − July 10, 2020|TED 2020|Uncharted|Online @ TED.com||July 21–25, 2019|TEDSummit 2019|A Community Beyond Borders|Edinburgh, ScotlandNicola Sturgeon>Nicola Sturgeon, Carole Cadwalladr|April 15–19, 2019|TED 2019|Bigger than us|Vancouver, British Columbia|America Ferrera|November 28–30, 2018|TEDWomen 2018|Showing up|Palm Springs, CaliforniaStacey Abrams, Pat Mitchell, Cecile Richards>Cecille Richards|November 14–16, 2018|TEDMED 2018|Chaos+Clarity|Palm Springs, California||April 10–14, 2018|TED 2018|The Age of Amazement|Vancouver, British Columbia||November 1–3, 2017|TEDWomen 2017|Bridges|New Orleans, Louisiana||August 27–30, 2017|TEDGlobal 2017|Builders. Truth-tellers. Catalysts.|Arusha, Tanzania||April 24–28, 2017|TED 2017|The Future You|Vancouver, British Columbia|Robert Sapolsky|November 14, 2016|TEDYouth 2016|Made in the Future|Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York||October 26–28, 2016|TEDWomen 2016|It’s about time.|San Francisco, California||June 26–30, 2016|TEDSummit 2016|Aim higher. Together.|Banff, Alberta||February 15–19, 2016|TED 2016|Dream|Vancouver, British Columbia||November 14, 2015|TEDYouth 2015|Made in the Future|Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York||November 1–6, 2015|TED Talks Live|Six nights of talks on Broadway|Town Hall Theatre, New York, New York||May 27–29, 2015|TEDWomen 2015|Momentum|Monterey, California||March 16–20, 2015|TED 2015|Truth and Dare|Vancouver, British Columbia|Bill Gates|March 16–20, 2015|TEDActive 2015|Truth and Dare|Whistler, British Columbia||November 15, 2014|TEDYouth 2014|Worlds Imagined|Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York||October 6–10, 2014|TEDGlobal 2014|South!|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||March 17–21, 2014|TED 2014|The Next Chapter|Vancouver, British Columbia||March 17–21, 2014|TEDActive 2014|The Next Chapter|Whistler, British Columbia||February 25 – March 1, 2013ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 28, 2023, pastconferences.ted.com, |The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.|Long Beach, California||February 25 – March 1, 2013|TEDActive 2013|The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.|Palm Springs, California||February 27 – March 2, 2012|TED 2012|Full Spectrum|Long Beach, California||February 27 – March 2, 2012|TEDActive 2012|Full Spectrum|Palm Springs, California|

TEDGlobal

In 2005, under Anderson’s supervision, a more internationally oriented sister conference was added, under the name TEDGlobal. It was held, in chronological order: in Oxford, UK (2005), in Arusha, Tanzania (2007, titled TEDAfrica), in Oxford again (2009 and 2010), and in Edinburgh, UK (2011, 2012, and 2013). In 2014, it was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.WEB,www.ted.com/pages/ted_conferences_about_past_teds_v2, Past TEDs {{!, Conferences {{!}} About |website=TED|access-date=June 18, 2016}} Additionally, there was TED India, in Mysore (2009) and TEDGlobal London in London (2015).WEB,tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/tedgloballondon_programbrochure.pdf, TEDGlobal>London Tuesday 16 June 2015, tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com, December 22, 2017, September 10, 2015,web.archive.org/web/20150910104654/https://tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/tedgloballondon_programbrochure.pdf, dead, TEDGlobal 2017 was held again in Arusha, Tanzania, and it was curated and hosted by Emeka Okafor.NEWS,www.wired.co.uk/article/ted-global-2017-arusha-tanzania, Ten years on, TEDGlobal is tackling Africa’s education crisis, Christian, Bonnie, May 18, 2018, TED’s European director (and curator of TEDGlobal) is Swiss-born Bruno Giussani.WEB, Cadwalladr, Carole, Carole Cadwalladr, June 24, 2012, TEDGlobal 2012: ‘The more you give away the more you get back’,www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jun/24/tedglobal-2012-the-more-you-give-away, December 6, 2012, The Guardian, The TED 2011 conference, The Rediscovery of Wonder, was held in Long Beach, California, US, from February 28 to March 4, 2011.PRESS RELEASE, Open-Translation Project Brings Subtitles in 40+ Languages to TED.com, PR Newswire, TED Conferences, September 13, 2009,www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1688129/ted_opentranslation_project_brings_subtitles_in_40_languages_to_tedcom/index.html?source=r_technology, February 13, 2010, July 9, 2009,www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1688129/ted_opentranslation_project_brings_subtitles_in_40_languages_to_tedcom/index.html?source=r_technology," title="web.archive.org/web/20090709025021www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1688129/ted_opentranslation_project_brings_subtitles_in_40_languages_to_tedcom/index.html?source=r_technology,">web.archive.org/web/20090709025021www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1688129/ted_opentranslation_project_brings_subtitles_in_40_languages_to_tedcom/index.html?source=r_technology, dead, WEB, March 1, 2011, TED 2011: Billionaires, astronauts and Middle East activists {{!, Carole Cadwalladr introduces this year’s high-powered event |url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2011/mar/01/ted-2011 |access-date=July 19, 2011|website=The Guardian}} The TED conference has a companion conference, TEDGlobal, held in the UK each summer. The 2009 TEDGlobal, The Substance of Things Not Seen, was held in Oxford, July 21–24, 2009. 2010’s TEDGlobal (again in Oxford) was themed And Now The Good News; in 2011 the conference moved to a new home in Edinburgh and was held July 12–15 with the theme The Stuff Of Life. The 2012 TEDGlobal conference Radical Openness was held in Edinburgh, June 25–29.WEB, TEDGlobal 2012: Radical Openness,conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2012/, August 16, 2012,

TED Translators

TED Translators, formerly known as the Open Translation Project (OTP), started as the TED Open Translation Project in May 2009. It intends to “[reach] out to the 4.5 billion people on the planet who don’t speak English”, according to TED Curator Chris Anderson.WEB, TED Translators,www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-translators, February 12, 2015, www.ted.com, The OTP used crowd-based subtitling platforms to translate the text of TED and TED-Ed videos, as well as to caption and translate videos created in the TEDx program. (Until May 2012 it worked with its technology partner dotSUB, and then with the open source translation tool Amara). When the project was launched, 300 translations had been completed in 40 languages by 200 volunteer transcribers. By May 2015, more than 70,000 sets of subtitles in 107 languagesWEB,www.ted.com/participate/translate/otp-2014-annual-report, 2014 annual report: TED Open Translation Project {{!, Translate {{!}} Participate |website=TED|access-date=June 18, 2016}} had been completed by (an all-time total of) 38,173 volunteer translators.WEB,www.amara.org/en/teams/ted/, Dashboard - TED {{!, Amara|website=amara.org|access-date=June 18, 2016}}The project helped generate a significant increase in international visitors to TED’s website. Traffic from outside the US has increased 350 percent: there has been 600 percent growth in Asia, and more than 1000 percent in South America.PRESS RELEASE,www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/at-1-year-anniversary-teds-open-translation-project-celebrates-more-than-7000-completed-translations-from-4000-volunteers-in-75-languages-93683249.html, At 1-Year Anniversary, TED’s Open Translation Project Celebrates More Than 7,000 Completed Translations From 4,000 Volunteers in 75 Languages, PR Newswire, June 18, 2016, Members have several tools dedicated to knowledge management, such as the OTP Wiki OTPedia, Facebook groups, or video tutorials.WEB,translations.ted.org/wiki/Portal:Main, Portal:Main - OTPedia, translations.ted.org, February 10, 2019, WEB,www.youtube.com/channel/UC6b3FWOn0YwVq0MHy0DtfBgwebsite=youtube.org, February 10, 2019,

TEDx

TEDx was founded by Lara Stein. TEDx are independent events similar to TED in presentation. They can be organized by anyone who obtains a free license from TED, and agrees to follow certain principles.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/fashion/26TEDX.html, A Conference Makes Learning Free (and Sexy), Rosenbloom, Stephanie, September 24, 2010, The New York Times, 0362-4331, June 18, 2016, TEDx events are required to be non-profit, but organizers may use an admission fee or commercial sponsorship to cover costs.WEB,www.ted.com/pages/view/id/493#general-rules, TEDx Rules {{!, Before you start {{!}} Organize a local TEDx event {{!}} Participate |website=TED|access-date=June 18, 2016}} Speakers are not paid and must also relinquish the copyrights to their materials, which TED may edit and distribute under a Creative Commons license.WEB,mypages.iit.edu/~tedxiit/, TEDxIIT, mypages.iit.edu, June 18, 2016, September 18, 2017,mypages.iit.edu/~tedxiit/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170918203518mypages.iit.edu/~tedxiit/,">web.archive.org/web/20170918203518mypages.iit.edu/~tedxiit/, dead, As of January 2014, the TEDxTalks library contained some 30,000 films and presentations from more than 130 countries.WEB,tedxtalks.ted.com/, TED {{!, TEDx Events {{!}} TEDxTalks|website=tedxtalks.ted.com|access-date=June 18, 2016}}WEB,www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2012/06/19/heres-why-ted-and-tedx-are-so-incredibly-appealing-infographic/2/, Here’s Why TED and TEDx are So Incredibly Appealing (infographic), Mark Fidelman, June 19, 2012, Forbes, February 12, 2015, As of October 2017, the TEDx archive surpassed 100,000 talks.NEWS,blog.ted.com/achievement-unlocked-tedx-celebrates-100000-talks/, Achievement unlocked: TEDx celebrates 100,000 talks!, October 19, 2017, TED Blog, October 30, 2017, en-US, In March 2013, eight TEDx events were organized every day; raised up from five in June 2012, the previous year, in 133 countries.MAGAZINE, Heller, Nathan, July 2, 2012, Listen And Learn,www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/09/listen-and-learn, September 2, 2012, The New Yorker, WEB,blog.ted.com/graham-hancock-and-rupert-sheldrake-a-fresh-take/, Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake, a fresh take, March 18, 2013, TED Blog, en, July 3, 2014, TEDx presentations may include live performances, which are catalogued in the TEDx Music Project.WEB,tedxmusicproject.com/about/, About, TEDx Music Project, May 12, 2011, February 12, 2015, In 2011, TED began a program called “TEDx in a Box”, which is intended to enable people in developing countries to hold TEDx events. TEDx also expanded to include TEDxYouth events, TEDx corporate events, and TEDxWomen.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} TEDxYouth events are independent programs set up for students who are in grades 7–12.WEB,www.ted.com/search?cat=tedx_events&per_page=12&q=TEDXYouth, TEDXYouth {{!, Search Results {{!}} TED.com|website=ted.com|access-date=June 18, 2016}} These events usually have audiences of people close to the age of the students and sometimes show TED Talks.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} According to TEDxSanta Cruz, “as of 2015, over 1,500 [TEDx events] have been scheduled all over the world.“WEB, Benavides, Vania,www.tedxsantacruz.org/about/, About Tedx Santa Cruz, Tedx Santa Cruz, February 10, 2015, February 10, 2015, TEDx events have evolved over time. Events such as TEDxBeaconStreet created TEDx Adventures for participants. People may sign up for free, hands-on experiences in their local communities, led by an expert.NEWS, Is This The Future Of TED?,www.forbes.com/sites/dorieclark/2014/04/30/is-this-the-future-of-ted/#4ca533ab164e, June 29, 2017, Forbes, A TEDx youth event license follows the same format as the standard event license and falls within the same TEDx event rules, except this event is oriented towards youth. TEDxYouth licenses may be held by youth, adults, or a combination of both. For events held at schools, the license must be held by a current student, faculty, or staff member. The first TEDxYouth event was held by TEDxYouth@Tokyo in Japan.

TED Fellows

File:TEDGlobal2012.jpg|thumb|TEDGlobal 2012 at the Edinburgh International Conference CentreEdinburgh International Conference CentreTED Fellows were introduced in 2007, during the first TEDAfrica conference in Arusha, Tanzania, where 100 young people were selected from across the continent. Two years later, during TEDIndia, 99 fellows were recruited, mainly from South Asia.In 2009, the fellows program was initiated in its present form. For every TED or TEDGlobal conference, 20 fellows are selected; a total of 40 new fellows a year. Each year, 20 past fellows are chosen to participate in the two-year senior fellows program (in which they will attend four more conferences).2019 marked the tenth anniversary of the TED Fellows program.Acceptance as a fellow is not based on academic credentials, but mainly on past and current actions, and plans for the future.WEB,www.ted.com/pages/248, Application tips {{!, Apply to be a TED Fellow {{!}} TED Fellows Program {{!}} Participate |website=TED|access-date=June 18, 2016}} Besides attending a conference free of charge, each fellow takes part in a special program with mentoring by experts in the field of spreading ideas, and can give a short talk on the “TED Fellows” stage. Some of these talks are subsequently published on TED.com. Senior fellows have additional benefits and responsibilities.MAGAZINE,www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/18/tedglobal-fellows, Wired meets 2011’s TED Fellows, Rowan, David, July 18, 2011, Wired,www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/18/tedglobal-fellows," title="web.archive.org/web/20110720175312www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/18/tedglobal-fellows,">web.archive.org/web/20110720175312www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/18/tedglobal-fellows, July 20, 2011, June 18, 2016,

TED-Ed

TED-Ed is a YouTube channel from TED which creates short animated educational videos. It also has its own website.WEB,ed.ted.com/about, Lessons Worth Sharing, TED-Ed, en, August 4, 2018, TED-Ed lessons are created in collaboration with educators and animators. Current advisers for TED-Ed lessons include Aaron Sams, Jackie Bezos, John Hunter, Jonathan Bergmann, Melinda French Gates, and Sal Khan. It has over 19.4 million subscribers as of January 2024.

TED Audio Collective

The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts with over 25 shows.One of those shows is the TED Interview podcast which launched on October 16, 2018, during which Chris Anderson holds conversationsNEWS, Podcasts that inspire with the head of TED, Chris Anderson, CBC Radio, September 12, 2019,www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastplaylist/podcasts-that-inspire-with-the-head-of-ted-chris-anderson-1.5269203, November 4, 2019, with speakers who have previously given a TED talk,NEWS, Top 10 TED Talks for Inventors, Inventors Digest, April 24, 2018,www.inventorsdigest.com/articles/top-10-ted-talks-inventors/, November 4, 2019, providing the guest a chance to speak in greater depth about their background, projects, motivation,NEWS, Asay, Matt, Why Linux creator Linus Torvalds doesn’t really care about open source, Inventors Digest, February 22, 2016,www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-doesnt-really-care-about-open-source/, November 4, 2019, re-evaluation of past experiences,NEWS, Rogers, Brooke A., Monica Lewinsky gets the last laugh, Washington Examiner, September 5, 2019,www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/monica-lewinsky-gets-the-last-laugh, November 4, 2019, MAGAZINE, Wiener, Anna, Jack Dorsey’s TED Interview and the End of an Era, The New Yorker, April 27, 2019,www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/jack-dorseys-ted-interview-and-the-end-of-an-era, November 4, 2019, or plans for the future.{{update inline|date=October 2022}}Each interview lasts between 45 minutes and about one hour. All podcasts are available on the TED website, in part together with transcripts, as well as through platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher, RadioPublic, Castbox, iHeartRadio, and BBC Radio 4 Extra.Season Four began in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic as a live-stream broadcast co-hosted by Chris Anderson and Whitney Pennington Rodgers and often offered listeners the opportunity to submit questions to the speaker.{| class=“wikitable“|+Season 1!No. in season!Title!AirdateDATE=OCTOBER 19, 2018 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Elizabeth Gilbert shows up for ... everythingOctober 2018DATE=OCTOBER 23, 2018 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |David Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledgeDATE=OCTOBER 31, 2018 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Sam Harris on using reason to build our moralityDATE=NOVEMBER 6, 2018 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Dalia Mogahed on Islam in the world today|November 2018DATE=NOVEMBER 13, 2018ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Steven Pinker on the case for optimismNovember 2018DATE=NOVEMBER 20, 2018 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Robin Steinberg’s quest to reform cash bailDATE=NOVEMBER 27, 2018ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Mellody Hobson challenges us to be color braveDATE=DECEMBER 4, 2018 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds nextDecember 2018DATE=DECEMBER 11, 2018 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Daniel Kahneman wants you to doubt yourself. Here’s whyPUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, Ken Robinson (educationalist)>Ken Robinson still wants an education revolutionEzra Klein Show|December 20, 2018{| class=“wikitable“|+Season 2!No. in season!Title!AirdateRoger McNamee takes on big tech|May 3, 2019DATE=MAY 15, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Bill Gates looks to the futureMay 2019DATE=MAY 22, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Amanda Palmer on radical truth tellingDATE=MAY 30, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, David Brooks (commentator)>David Brooks on political healingDATE=JUNE 5, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Kai-Fu Lee on the future of AIJune 2019DATE=JUNE 11, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Susan Cain takes us into the mind of the introvertDATE=JUNE 25, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Andrew McAfee on the future of our economyDATE=JUNE 27, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Sylvia Earle makes the case for our oceansDATE=JULY 2, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Monica Lewinsky argues for a bully-free worldJuly 2019DATE=JULY 12, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Tim Ferriss on life-hacks and psychedelicsPUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Yuval Noah Harari reveals the real dangers aheadPUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Johann Hari challenges the way we think about depression{| class=“wikitable“|+Season 3!No. in season!Title!AirdateParag Khanna: On global connectivity| September 25, 2019DATE=OCTOBER 14, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, Daniel Gilbert (psychologist)>Dan Gilbert on the surprising science of happinessOctober 2019DATE=OCTOBER 16, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Anil Seth explores the mystery of consciousnessDATE=OCTOBER 25, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Elif Shafak on the urgent power of storytellingDATE=OCTOBER 30, 2019ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for goodDATE=NOVEMBER 5, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Kate Raworth argues that rethinking economics can save our planetNovember 2019DATE=NOVEMBER 13, 2019ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, Donald D. Hoffman>Donald Hoffman has a radical new theory on how we experience realityDATE=NOVEMBER 22, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, Frances X. Frei>Frances Frei’s three pillars of leadershipDATE=DECEMBER 11, 2019 ACCESS-DATE=OCTOBER 5, 2022, |Christiana Figueres on how we can solve the climate crisis|December 2019Tom Rivett-Carnac is optimistic about the fate of our planet|December 23, 2019{| class=“wikitable“|+Season 4!No. in season!Title!AirdatePUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Adam Kucharski on what should—and shouldn’t—worry us about the coronavirus|Recorded on March 11, 2020; broadcast on March 12, 2020last=Gates title=How we must respond to the coronavirus pandemic url=https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_how_we_must_respond_to_the_coronavirus_pandemic |access-date=October 5, 2022}}|Bill Gates on how we must respond to the COVID-19 pandemic|Recorded on March 24, 2020; broadcast on March 30, 2020last=Berkley title=The quest for the coronavirus vaccine url=https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_berkley_the_quest_for_the_coronavirus_vaccine |access-date=October 5, 2022}}|Seth Berkley on the quest for the coronavirus vaccine|Recorded on March 26, 2020; broadcast on March 31, 2020last=Sacks title=Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: How we can navigate the coronavirus pandemic with courage and hope url=https://www.ted.com/talks/rabbi_lord_jonathan_sacks_how_we_can_navigate_the_coronavirus_pandemic_with_courage_and_hope |access-date=October 5, 2022}}|Jonathan Sacks on how we can navigate the coronavirus pandemic with courage and hope|Recorded on March 30, 2020; broadcast on March 31, 2020last=Liu title=Gary Liu: What the world can learn from China’s response to the coronavirus url=https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_liu_what_the_world_can_learn_from_china_s_response_to_the_coronavirus |access-date=October 5, 2022}}|Gary Liu on what the world can learn from China’s response to COVID-19|Recorded on March 25, 2020; broadcast on April 1, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Sonia Shah: How to make pandemics optional, not inevitable|Recorded on March 31, 2020; broadcast on April 2, 2020last=Walker title=Matt Walker: Why sleep matters now more than ever url=https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_walker_why_sleep_matters_now_more_than_ever |access-date=October 5, 2022}}Matthew Walker (scientist)>Matt Walker: How to sleep during a pandemic|Recorded on April 1, 2020; broadcast on April 2, 2020last=Gilbert title=Elizabeth Gilbert: It’s OK to feel overwhelmed. Here’s what to do next url=https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_it_s_ok_to_feel_overwhelmed_here_s_what_to_do_next |access-date=October 5, 2022}}|Elizabeth Gilbert says it’s OK to feel overwhelmed. Here’s what to do next|Recorded on April 2, 2020; broadcast on April 3, 2020last=David title=How to be your best self in times of crisis url=https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_david_how_to_be_your_best_self_in_times_of_crisis |access-date=October 5, 2022}}|Susan David: Emotional resilience in times of crisis|Recorded on March 23, 2020; broadcast on April 4, 2020last=Parker title=Priya Parker: How to create meaningful connections while aparturl=https://www.ted.com/talks/priya_parker_how_to_create_meaningful_connections_while_apart |access-date=October 5, 2022}}|Priya B. Parker: How to create meaningful connections while apart|Recorded on March 27, 2020; broadcast on April 5, 2020WEBSITE=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, | Danielle Allen: The tech we need to end the pandemic and restart the economy|Recorded on April 6, 2020; broadcast on April 7, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, | Ray Dalio: What coronavirus means for the global economy|Recorded on April 9, 2020; broadcast on April 10, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, | Fareed Zakaria: The world after the coronavirus pandemic|Recorded on April 9, 2020; broadcast on April 10, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, | Elizabeth Dunn: Design your life for happiness|Recorded on February 5, 2020; broadcast on April 17, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, | Dambisa Moyo: What we get wrong about global growth|Recorded on March 5, 2020; broadcast on April 24, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, | Kristalina Georgieva: What we learn from the crisis can make our economy stronger|Recorded on May 18, 2020; broadcast on May 28, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero: The path to ending systemic racism in the US|Recorded on June 3, 2020; broadcast on June 6, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Audrey Tang: How Taiwan used digital tools to solve the pandemic|Recorded on June 1, 2020; broadcast on June 11, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Dan Schulman: Why a company’s future depends on putting its employees first|Recorded on May 19, 2020; broadcast on June 18, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Ashraf Ghani: A path to peace in Afghanistan|Recorded on June 16, 2020; broadcast on June 25, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Al Gore: On the new urgency of the climate crisis|Recorded on June 23, 2020; broadcast on July 2, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Darren Walker: The role of the wealthy in achieving equality|Recorded on July 1, 2020; broadcast on July 9, 2020PUBLISHER=TED.COM ACCESS-DATE=JULY 18, 2022, |Malala Yousafzai: On why educating girls changes everything|Recorded on July 8, 2020; broadcast on July 16, 2020

TEDMED

TEDMED is an annual conference concerned with health and medicine. It is an independent event operating under license from the nonprofit TED conference.WEB,blog.ted.com/tedmed_a_new_pa/, TEDMED: a new partnership, January 19, 2010, TED Blog, June 18, 2016, TEDMED was founded in 1998 by TED’s founder Ricky Wurman. After years of inactivity, in 2008 Wurman sold TEDMED to entrepreneur Marc Hodosh, who recreated and relaunched it. The first event under Hodosh’s ownership was held in San Diego in October 2009. In January 2010, TED.com began including videos of TEDMED talks on the TED website.The second Hodosh-owned edition of TEDMED took place in October 2010, also in San Diego. It sold out for a second year and attracted notable healthcare leaders and Hollywood celebrities.{{Citation|last=TEDMED|title=Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne with Nathaniel Pearson at TEDMED 2010|date=December 8, 2010|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX0culYjU_A| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/ZX0culYjU_A| archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=June 18, 2016}}{{cbignore}}In 2011, Jay Walker and a group of executives and investors purchased TEDMED from Hodosh for $16 million with future additional payments of as much as $9 million. The conference was then moved to Washington, DC.NEWS,www.medgadget.com/2011/04/tedmed_sold_to_jay_walker_richard_saul_wurman_says_adios.html, Medgadget, TEDMED Sold to Jay Walker, Richard Saul Wurman Says Adios, April 14, 2011, Ostrovsky, Gene,

TEDWomen

TEDWomen is an annual three-day conference.WEB,www.ted.com/attend/conferences/special-events/tedwomen, TEDWomen, October 8, 2018, ted.com, Established in 2010, TEDWomen features speakers focused on women-oriented themes, including gender issues and reproductive health.NEWS,blogs.forbes.com/carolinehoward/2010/12/08/tedwomen-conference-sheryl-sandberg-own-your-success/, Own Your Own Success, Says Sheryl Sandberg, Howard, Caroline, Forbes, December 8, 2010, WEB,tedxuclwomen.com/, Home, TEDxUCLWomen, June 18, 2016, There are over 130 TEDWomen Talks availableWEB,www.ted.com/search?cat=talks&per_page=12&q=tedwomen, TED {{!, TEDWomen Search|date=October 8, 2018|website=TED}} to watch on the TED website. Past speakers include former president Jimmy Carter,WEB,www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_carter_why_i_believe_the_mistreatment_of_women_is_the_number_one_human_rights_abuse, Jimmy Carter {{!, TEDWomen 2015|date=May 2015|website=TED}} Hillary Clinton,WEB,blog.ted.com/ted-blog-exclusive-hillary-rodham-clinton-at-tedwomen/, TED Blog exclusive: Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at TEDWomen, December 10, 2010, TED Blog, Sheryl Sandberg,WEB,www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders?language=en, Sheryl Sandberg {{!, TEDWomen 2010|date=December 2010|website=TED}} Madeleine Albright,WEB,www.ted.com/talks/madeleine_albright_on_being_a_woman_and_a_diplomat, Madeleine Albright {{!, TEDWomen 2010|date=December 2010|website=TED}} Nancy Pelosi,WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ-W6VAnSKY,ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/BJ-W6VAnSKY, October 29, 2021, On sincere and authentic leadership {{!, Nancy Pelosi|date=April 3, 2017|website=TED Archive {{!}} YouTube}}{{cbignore}} and Halla Tómasdóttir.WEB,www.ted.com/talks/halla_tomasdottir?language=en, Halla Tómasdóttir {{!, TEDWomen 2010|date=December 2010|website=TED}}WEB,www.ted.com/talks/halla_tomasdottir_it_s_time_for_women_to_run_for_office, Halla Tómasdóttir {{!, TEDWomen 2016|date=October 2016|website=TED}}

TEDYouth

TEDYouth talks are aimed at middle school and high school students and feature information from youth innovators.WEB,www.ted.com/attend/conferences/special-events/tedyouth, TEDYouth, ted.com, en, August 4, 2018,

Other programs

• TED@Work — A program that leverages TED content to inspire new ways of working in professional settings. This program provides ways for organizations and companies to license TED content for use in learning and talent development contexts.WEB, TED@Work : Inspire new ways of working,tedatwork.ted.com/, May 14, 2021, tedatwork.ted.com, en,
• TED Books — These are original books from TED. The initiative began in January 2011 as an ebook series and re-launched in September 2014 with its first book in print.WEB,www.ted.com/read/ted-books, TED Books {{!, Read |website=TED|access-date=June 18, 2016}}
• TedEd Clubs — An education based initiative to get young people (ages 8 to 18) to share their ideas with peers and others by giving a TED-like presentation on a topic. TED provides curricula and limited support for the Clubs free of charge.WEB,ed.ted.com/clubs, Lessons Worth Sharing - Clubs, TED-Ed, June 18, 2016, live,ed.ted.com/clubs," title="web.archive.org/web/20160618111904ed.ted.com/clubs,">web.archive.org/web/20160618111904ed.ted.com/clubs, June 18, 2016,
• TED Salon — Smaller evening-length events with speakers and performers.WEB,www.ted.com/about/conferences, About TED: Conferences, TED, April 19, 2016,
• TED Radio Hour — A radio program,WEB, TED Radio Hour,www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/, NPR, February 8, 2021, en, with audio downloads and a podcast RSS feed,WEB, TED Radio Hour,feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml, feeds.npr.org, February 8, 2021, hosted by Manoush Zomorodi,WEB, Manoush Zomorodi Will Be The New Host Of TED Radio Hour,www.npr.org/about-npr/776132106/manoush-zomorodi-will-be-the-new-host-of-ted-radio-hour, NPR, February 8, 2021, en, November 5, 2019, previously Guy Raz and co-produced with NPR. Each episode uses multiple TED Talks to examine a common theme.WEB,www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5057, About ‘TED Radio Hour’, March 23, 2012, NPR, July 9, 2016, Originated and executive produced by Deron Triff and June Cohen, the first episode was broadcast in 2012.WEB, Spangler, Todd, Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global Teams With Former TED Execs for Mindfulness Podcast Series,variety.com/2019/digital/news/arianna-huffington-thrive-global-waitwhat-podcasts-meditative-1203284484/, Variety.com, July 30, 2019, Variety, May 22, 2023, WEB,blog.ted.com/ted-radio-hour-brings-great-ideas-to-npr-stations-premiere-april-27/, TED Radio Hour Brings Great Ideas To NPR Stations. Premiere: April 27, April 16, 2012, TED Blog, December 29, 2018, WEB, TED Radio Hour,www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ted, RNZ, en-nz, The TED Radio Hour is a National Public Radio series based on talks from annual gatherings where some of the world’s deepest thinkers and innovators are invited to give the 18-minute “talk of their lives.”,
• TEDx Talks is a YouTube channelWEB, TEDx Talks,www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks, YouTube, February 8, 2021, which is ranked No. 1 globally for a non profit (2021).WEB, Fidelman, Mark, Here’s Why TED and TEDx are So Incredibly Appealing (infographic),www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2012/06/19/heres-why-ted-and-tedx-are-so-incredibly-appealing-infographic/, January 12, 2021, Forbes, en, The channel has approximately 30m subscribers and 800m views with estimated revenues of between $24.5K – $391.6K monthly.WEB, TEDx Talks’s YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats,socialblade.com/youtube/user/tedxtalks, January 12, 2021, socialblade.com,
• TED Countdown is a global initiative, powered by TED and Future Stewards, to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 towards reaching net zero by 2050. Launched 2020 online, summit 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• TED also offers other podcasts such as Sincerely, X (featuring anonymous TED Talks)NEWS,www.fastcompany.com/3063100/ted-talks-but-anonymous-sincerely-x-is-a-new-podcast-meant-for-secret-b, TED Talks But Anonymous: Sincerely X is a new podcast meant for secret big ideas, Leber, Jessica, August 24, 2016, Fast Company, December 29, 2018, and Work / Life which discusses creative workplaces.NEWS,www.forbes.com/sites/francesbridges/2018/04/29/5-podcasts-grads-should-download-immediately/182c6e8c6ad9, 5 Podcasts Grads Should Download Immediately, Bridges, Frances, April 29, 2018, Forbes, December 29, 2018,

Criticism

Pricing

Speakers and performers at official TED events are not compensated.WEB,www.ted.com/about/conferences/speaking-at-ted, Speaking at TED, July 17, 2019, Journalist Frank Swain refused to participate in a TEDx event without being paid. He said that it was unacceptable that TED, a non-profit organization, charged attendees $6,000 but prohibited organizers of the smaller, independently organized TEDx events from paying speakers.WEB,medium.com/futures-exchange/why-im-not-a-tedx-speaker-3be652b8eccb, Why I’m Not a TEDx Speaker, Swain, Frank, November 8, 2013, Medium, June 18, 2016, Sarah Lacy of BusinessWeek and TechCrunch wrote in 2010 that TED attendees complained of elitism from a “hierarchy of parties throughout the LA area with strict lists and security” after the sessions. She gave credit for freely live-streaming and posting videos of its talks.WEB,techcrunch.com/2010/02/09/ted-now-with-more-elitism/, TED: Now with More Elitism?, AOL, TechCrunch, February 9, 2010, February 12, 2015,

TED Talk content

Disagreements have also occurred between TED speakers and organizers. In her 2010 TED Talk, comedian Sarah Silverman referred to adopting a “retarded” child. TED organizer Chris Anderson objected via his Twitter account, leading to a conflict between them conducted over Twitter.WEB,techcrunch.com/2010/02/14/ted-organizer-trashes-speaker-fails-social-iq-test/, TED Organizer Trashes Speaker, Fails Social IQ Test, AOL, TechCrunch, February 14, 2010, February 12, 2015, WEB,techcrunch.com/2010/02/15/the-ted-v-sarah-silverman-fight-turns-really-retarded/, The TED v. Sarah Silverman Fight Turns Really Retarded, AOL, TechCrunch, February 15, 2010, February 12, 2015, Also in 2010, statistician Nassim Taleb called TED a “monstrosity that turns scientists and thinkers into low-level entertainers, like circus performers”. He claimed TED curators did not initially post his talk “warning about the financial crisis” on their site on purely cosmetic grounds.BOOK, Taleb, Nassim N., 2010, The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a New Section: ‘On Robustness and Fragility’, 554820308,books.google.com/books?id=Wu1MJmle10YC, September 5, 2013, limited, Random House Publishing Group,archive.org/details/blackswanimpacth00tale_767/page/n367, 336, 9780812973815, In May 2012, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer spoke at TED University, challenging the belief that top income earners in America were the engines of job creation. TED attracted controversy when it chose not to post Hanauer’s talk on their website. His talk analysed the top rate of tax versus unemployment and economic equality.WEB,www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/here-is-the-full-inequality-speech-and-slideshow-that-was-too-hot-for-ted/257323/, Here Is the Full Inequality Speech and Slideshow That Was Too Hot for TED, National Journal, May 17, 2012, The Atlantic, February 12, 2015, TED was accused of censoring the talk by not posting it.WEB,www.ibtimes.com/articles/342291/20120517/ted-censors-nick-hanauer-talk-income-inequality.htm, TED Censors Seattle Multimillionaire Nick Hanauer’s Talk On Income Inequality, Taxing The Rich, May 17, 2012, International Business Times, February 12, 2015, WEB,www.nationaljournal.com/features/restoration-calls/too-hot-for-ted-income-inequality-20120516, Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality, nationaljournal.com, February 12, 2015,web.archive.org/web/20120520080005www.nationaljournal.com/features/restoration-calls/too-hot-for-ted-income-inequality-20120516/, May 20, 2012, On May 7, 2012, TED curator Chris Anderson, in an email to Hanauer, commented on his decision and took issue with several of Hanauer’s assertions in the talk, including the idea that businesspeople were not job creators. He also made clear his aversion to the talk’s “political nature”:{{blockquote|text=I agree with your language about ecosystems, and your dismissal of some of the mechanistic economy orthodoxy, yet many of your own statements seem to go further than those arguments justify.But even if the talk was rated a home run, we couldn’t release it, because it would be unquestionably regarded as out and out political. We’re in the middle of an election year in the US. Your argument comes down firmly on the side of one party. And you even reference that at the start of the talk. TED is nonpartisan and is fighting a constant battle with TEDx organizers to respect that principle...Nick, I personally share your disgust at the growth in inequality in the US, and would love to have found a way to give people a clearer mindset on the issue, without stoking a tedious partisan rehash of all the arguments we hear every day in the mainstream media.Alas, my judgement is that publishing your talk would not meet that goal.|sign=Chris Anderson, May 7, 2012WEB, Tankersley, Jim, Too Hot for TED: Income Equality, May 2012,web.archive.org/web/20150709061031/https://www.nationaljournal.com/features/restoration-calls/too-hot-for-ted-income-inequality-20120516/, July 9, 2015,nationaljournal.com/features/restoration-calls/too-hot-for-ted-income-inequality-20120516, National Journal, May 16, 2012, }} The National Journal reported that Anderson considered Hanauer’s talk one of the most politically controversial they had produced, and they needed to be careful about when they posted it. Anderson responded on his personal blog that TED posted only one talk each day, selected from many.WEB, May 17, 2012,tedchris.posterous.com/131417405, TEDChris: The untweetable,tedchris.posterous.com/131417405," title="web.archive.org/web/20130430135514tedchris.posterous.com/131417405,">web.archive.org/web/20130430135514tedchris.posterous.com/131417405, April 30, 2013, tedchris.posterous.com, June 18, 2016, Forbes staff writer Bruce Upbin noted that Hanauer’s claim of a relationship between tax rates and unemployment was based entirely on falsified unemployment data,MAGAZINE, May 17, 2012, Upbin, Bruce, The Real Reason That TED Talk Was ‘Censored’? It’s Shoddy And Dumb,www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2012/05/17/the-real-reason-that-ted-talk-was-censored-its-shoddy-and-dumb/, June 21, 2012, Forbes, while New York magazine condemned TED’s move.NEWS,nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/approval-matrix-2012-5-28/, The Approval Matrix, May 28, 2012, New York magazine, Following a TEDx talk by parapsychologist Rupert Sheldrake, TED issued a statement saying their scientific advisors believed that “there is little evidence for some of Sheldrake’s more radical claims”, and recommended that it “should not be distributed without being framed with caution”. The video was moved from the TEDx YouTube channel to the TED blog, accompanied by such framing language. This prompted accusations of censorship, which TED rebutted by pointing out that Sheldrake’s talk was still on their website.WEB,blog.ted.com/2013/03/19/the-debate-about-rupert-sheldrakes-talk/, The debate about Rupert Sheldrake’s talk, TED, March 19, 2013, NEWS, Bignell, Paul, The Independent,www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ted-conference-censorship-row-8563105.html,ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ted-conference-censorship-row-8563105.html, May 26, 2022, subscription, live, TED conference censorship row, April 7, 2013, A 2013 talk by Graham Hancock, promoting the use of the drug DMT, was treated the same way.WEB,blog.ted.com/the-debate-about-graham-hancocks-talk/, The debate about Graham Hancock’s talk, March 19, 2013, TED Blog, March 18, 2019, According to professor Benjamin Bratton at University of California, San Diego, TED Talks’ efforts at fostering progress in socio-economics, science, philosophy and technology have been ineffective.NEWS, December 30, 2013, We need to talk about TED, Benjamin, Bratton,www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/30/we-need-to-talk-about-ted, January 2, 2014, The Guardian, Chris Anderson responded that some critics misunderstood TED’s goals, failing to recognise that it aimed to instill excitement in audiences in the same ways speakers felt it. He said that TED wished only to bring awareness of significant topics to larger audiences.WEB, January 8, 2014, TED is not a recipe for ‘civilisational disaster’ {{!, TED Blog |url=https://blog.ted.com/ted-not-a-recipe-for-civilisational-disaster/ |access-date=November 28, 2021}}

In popular culture

The Alien franchise features a fictional portrayal of a 2023 TED Conference, in the form of a short film called “The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023”.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt5362760, The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023 (Video 2012), IMDb, October 9, 2012, It was a part of the viral marketing campaign for the franchise’s film Prometheus (2012).Episode 08, season 20 of the animated TV show Family Guy features a cutaway scene of Peter Griffin giving a TED talk about birthdays.Australian alternative rock band TISM parodied TED talks at their 2 March 2024 concert in Launceston, Tasmania as “TISM Talks”, which included a skit parodying TED talks running behind the band for the duration of the show.

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