TED Company Profile
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; TEDGlobal
is held each year in Oxford, UK, and this November, the
TEDIndia Conference will be held in Mysore, India. 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
three 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
TED Fellows 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.
News from TED:
Experience the Most Groundbreaking Ideas of the Food Movement: TEDxManhattan Releases 2014's Brilliant Array of Speaker Videos
NEW YORK, April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — At the revolutionary March 1st TEDxManhattan live NYC event, Ken Cook, President of Environmental Working Group, gave voice to what every viewer across the U.S. and around the globe was thinking: "TEDxManhattan has changed the food movement." Logo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140401/PH95331LOGO Just released and available now on the TEDxManhattan YouTube channel is the outstanding collection of talks that […]
TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" Announces Speaker Line-Up for March 1st All Day Event
Led by Food & Farming Experts, the Live Streamed TEDx Event Will Explore the Food System and Sustainability NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — On Saturday, March 1st from 10:30am-6:30pm EST, the much anticipated TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" will once again take place in New York City. With a brilliant line-up of experts, TEDxManhattan invites communities, organizations, […]
TEDxMidAtlantic Expected to Be 100% Full
Registration Closed, but Live Stream Available at www.tedxmidatlantic.com/live BALTIMORE, Oct. 28, 2009 — TEDxMidAtlantic, an independently organized TED conference, will be 100 percent full, according to conference organizers. To be held November 5 at the Maryland Institute College of Art, the TEDxMidAtlantic conference is organized along the theme of "The Power of Stories," and will […]