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About TEDx

About TEDx, x = inde­pen­dently orga­nized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spread­ing, TEDx is a pro­gram of local, self-organized events that bring peo­ple together to share a TED-like expe­ri­ence. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speak­ers com­bine to spark deep dis­cus­sion and con­nec­tion in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = inde­pen­dently orga­nized TED event. The TED Con­fer­ence pro­vides gen­eral guid­ance for the TEDx pro­gram, but indi­vid­ual TEDx events are self-organized. (Sub­ject to cer­tain rules and regulations.)

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; 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.

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