TED (conference)
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TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an academic organization owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation.[1] TED is well-known for its annual, invitation-only conference devoted to "ideas worth spreading".[2] TED is famous for its lectures, known as TED Talks, which originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but have now expanded in scope to a broad set of topics including science, arts, politics, education, culture, business, global issues, technology and development. Speakers have included such people as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Nobel laureates James D. Watson, Jane Goodall, and Al Gore, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and Billy Graham.[3]
The TED staff is headquartered in New York City and Vancouver. The conference has been held in Monterey, California, since its founding, but as of 2009 is being held in Long Beach, California due to an increased number of attendees.[4] The TED conference also has a companion conference, TEDGlobal, held in varying locations. This year, TEDGlobal 2009, "The Substance of Things Not Seen," will be held in Oxford, UK on July 21-24, 2009. The next event is TEDIndia which takes place in Mysore, India on 4 - 7, November, 2009. "What the World Needs Now, TED2010," will be held in Long Beach, California on February 9-13, 2010.[5]
More than 400 TED talks are provided for free viewing online. As of April 2009, talks had been viewed over 100 million times by more than 15 million people.[6][7]
From the TED website:
"We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other."
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[edit] History
TED was founded by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks in 1984, and has been held annually since 1990. Wurman left after the 2002 conference; the event is now hosted by Chris Anderson and owned by his non-profit organization The Sapling Foundation,[9] devoted to "leveraging the power of ideas to change the world". In 2006, attendance cost $4,400 and was by invitation only.[10] The membership model was shifted in January of 2007 to an annual membership fee of $6,000, which includes attendance of the conference, club mailings, networking tools and conference DVDs.
Since June 2006, TED Talks have been made available online on the TED website[11] [12], youtube and iTunes. The TED website recently won the Webby Award for Best Use of Video or Moving Image at the 13th Annual Webby Awards.[13] The TED Open-Translation Project aims to "[reach] out to the 4.5 billion people on the planet who don't speak English," said TED Curator Chris Anderson. At the time of the launch over 300 translations were done by volunteer transcribers in over 40 languages.[5]
[edit] TED Speakers
[edit] TED Prize
The TED Prize was introduced in 2005. Each year, three individuals are each given $100,000 and granted a "wish to change the world", which they unveil at TED.
[edit] TEDx Program
TEDx is a program that enables schools, businesses, libraries or just groups of friends to enjoy a TED-like experience through events they themselves organize, design and host.[19]
[edit] Gallery
 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton at TED in 2007. |
 Chris Anderson, curator addresses TED in 2007 |
 TEDxParis in 2009, one of the many events organized under the TEDx Program. |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/42
- ^ http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/5
- ^ TED: Speakers Retrieved on 6 February 2009
- ^ Kim, Victoria (2008-01-16). "Long Beach to host influential TED conference". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/16/business/fi-ted16. Retrieved on 2008-12-01.
- ^ a b "TED Open-Translation Project Brings Subtitles in 40+ Languages to TED.com". PR Newswire. redOrbit.com.. 2009-09-13. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1688129/ted_opentranslation_project_brings_subtitles_in_40_languages_to_tedcom/index.html?source=r_technology. Retrieved on 2009-09-13.
- ^ Walters, Helen (2008-02-27). "Tapping Into TED". Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/next/archives/2008/02/tapping_into_te.html. Retrieved on 2008-12-01.
- ^ Heffernan, Virginia (2009-01-25), "Confessions of a TED Addict", The New York Times Magazine (Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.): 13, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/magazine/25wwln-medium-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine, retrieved on 2009-01-30
- ^ http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/5
- ^ TED: The Sapling Foundation Retrieved on 7 February 2009
- ^ TED: Getting Invited (attendees)> Retrieved on 7 February 2009
- ^ The New York Times: Giving Away Information, but Increasing Revenue 16 April 2007
- ^ Wired: Conference to Tackle Origins of Evil, Theories of Everything 26 February 2008
- ^ "Webby Nominees". Webby Awards. The Barbarian Group Logo. http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=13. Retrieved on 2009-05-13.
- ^ "TED Prize 2005". TEDPrize.org. http://www.tedprize.org/2005-winners/. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.
- ^ "TED Prize 2006". TEDPrize.org. http://www.tedprize.org/2006-winners/. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.
- ^ "TED Prize 2007". TEDPrize.org. http://www.tedprize.org/2007-winners/. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.
- ^ "TED Prize 2008". TEDPrize.org. http://www.tedprize.org. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.
- ^ "TED Prize 2009". TEDPrize.org. http://www.tedprize.org/2009-winners/. Retrieved on 2008-11-30.
- ^ http://www.ted.com/tedx
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