In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. These local are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. All TEDx events are licensed by TED. TED provides comprehensive guidance, organization tools and networking for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized, (Subject to rules and regulations). Our event is called TEDxFlushingMeadows. At TEDxFlushingMeadows TEDtalk videos and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
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.
What is a TEDtalk?
A TEDtalk is a presentation made by specially selected individuals who have an Idea that we think is worth sharing with the world. These individuals are highly innovative and industrious and pursue their vision with exceptional diligence, research and passion. In almost every case they want to change the world one idea at a time, and they typically come from the arenas of education, technology, research, culture, science, entertainment, big & small business, Design, Social Justice, Philantropy, Medicine, Biotechnology and Government. Have an Idea? contact us at TEDFlushingMeadows@gmail.com.
