Onward! Notes from Session 3 of TEDWomen 2020
For the culminating session of TEDWomen 2020, we looked in one direction: onward! Hosted by TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell and TEDx learning specialist Bianca DeJesus, the final session featured...
View ArticleA strange TED tease … Here comes the #MysteryExperiment
Photo: Bret Hartman / TED A mysterious experiment was launched today, supervised by a group of individuals at TED with input from social scientists. It invites members of the public from seven...
View ArticleEditor’s Picks: A (non-exhaustive) list of our favorite TED Talks of 2020
As we usher out 2020 — the (enter superlative of your choice) year — let’s take a moment to look back before we close the door for good. What captured our imaginations, reflected our emotions and...
View ArticleAn update on the #MysteryExperiment
(Photo: Marla Aufmuth / TED) As you may recall, we’ve been promoting a #MysteryExperiment at TED. Today we can share with you a few more details. It’s unusual and, potentially, really significant. With...
View ArticleBecome a TED member and help build a better future
An invitation to join a special new membership at TED. Learn more at ted.com/membership Dear TED Friend, First of all, thank you for watching TED Talks. We’d be nothing without our global community of...
View ArticleImpact: A day of talks in partnership with DWEN
Everything you do boils down to impact. Whether personal or professional, you build, design and imagine in pursuit of creating lasting change for the wider world. So, how do you make it happen? At TED...
View Article“WorkLife with Adam Grant” is back for fourth season with lessons on rethinking
Organizational psychologist, best-selling author and TED speaker Adam Grant returns Tuesday, March 30 with season four of WorkLife with Adam Grant, a TED original podcast series that takes you inside...
View ArticleMeet the 2021 class of TED Fellows
The TED Fellows program is thrilled to announce the 2021 cohort of TED Fellows, whose work spans five continents and represents 14 countries — including, for the first time, Peru. Each TED Fellow was...
View ArticleJoin us Saturday, October 30 @ 12pm ET for the Countdown Global Livestream
Take action on climate change. Tune in on Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 12pm ET for the TED Countdown Global Livestream: an empowering virtual event laying out a credible and realistic pathway to a...
View ArticleWhat Now … for health and happiness? Notes from Session 2 of TEDWomen 2021
Sex educator and podcaster Kaz speaks at TEDWomen 2021: What Now? on December 2, 2021 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) For Session 2 of TEDWomen 2021, seven speakers shared...
View ArticleWhat Now … for work (and play)? Notes from Session 3 of TEDWomen 2021
Lilly Singh speaks at TEDWomen 2021: What Now? on December 2, 2021 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo: Marla Aufmuth / TED) The way we think about work is shifting. Now is the time to rethink, rebuild...
View ArticleWhat Now … for planet Earth? Notes from Session 4 of TEDWomen 2021
Change catalyst Halla Tómasdóttir urges each of us to use our vote, wallet and voice to act on climate change. She speaks with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell at TEDWomen 2021: What Now? on December 2,...
View ArticleWhat Now … for ingenuity and invention? Notes from Session 5 of TEDWomen 2021
Multi-instrumentalist and healer Geminelle performs at TEDWomen 2021: What Now? on December 2, 2021 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) In Session 5, we turn to collective...
View ArticleWhat Now … for the future? Notes from Session 6 of TEDWomen 2021
Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks with TEDWomen curator Whitney Pennington-Rodgers at Session 6 of TEDWomen 2021: What Now? on December 3, 2021...
View ArticleReimagine: TED Talks from five inspiring youth leaders, in partnership with...
Young people across the world are reimagining the future and catalyzing the changes we need today. One thing is clear: we need to listen to youth voices now more than ever. In two days of virtual...
View ArticleIntroducing The Audacious Project’s new cohort
Audacious Project executive director Anna Verghese and head of TED Chris Anderson onstage at TED2019 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The 2021-22 cohort features nine audacious responses to some of the...
View ArticleA New Era: Notes from Session 1 of TED Fellows Talks at TED2022
TED Fellows director Shoham Arad and TED Fellows deputy director Lily James Olds host Session 1 of TED Fellows Talks at TED2022: A New Era on April 10, 2022, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Ryan Lash...
View ArticleCourage: Notes from Session 1 of TED2022
Particle Ink performs at Session 1 of TED2022: A New Era on April 10, 2022, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) It’s been three years since TED’s last flagship conference in...
View ArticleCapitalism: Notes from Session 2 of TED2022
The TED Theater at TED2022: A New Era on April 11, 2021, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) You can credit capitalism for pretty much everything you’ve touched, eaten or worn today....
View ArticlePlay: Notes from Session 7 of TED2022
Head of TED Chris Anderson and actress Meg Ryan host Session 7 of TED2022: A New Era on April 12, 2022 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED) Session 7 of TED2022 focused on play,...
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