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, 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.

Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.

TED2011, “The Rediscovery of Wonder,” will be held February 28-March 4, 2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs, California.

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TED 是一個跨界的智庫，是一個對話的平台，更是實現 ideas 的舞台。TED 分別代表的是 科技 (technology)、娛樂 (entertainment)、設計 (design)，是一年一度的創新盛會 。1984 年由 Richard Wurman 在加州創立,原本只是一群朋友間的腦力大激盪，他們來自不同的領域，他們有些是建築師、科學家、教育家、詩人、劇作家、創業家、設計師等等。他們對未來充滿熱情，又有一些叛逆，聚在一起討論最新最酷的點子,和如何可以改變這個世界。

TED 的獨特性在於它用 『說故事』 的方式為這個大會定調。每位講者用 18 分鐘的時間把她 / 他用故事的方式現出來，在講者踏上講台的那一刻故事就已經開始。TED 在 2002 年由 媒體創業家 Chris Andreson 買下。 Chris 創辦過 Business 2.0，熟知 web 2.0 的力量。他將 TED 納入他的非營利組織 Sapling Foundation，並且從 2006 年開始將過去的演講內容放到 Ted.com，讓全世界可以免費收看，並且結合社群媒體的力量，形成持續的長尾效應。過去 25年來 TED 所探討的議題甚廣，除了科技、娛樂、設計，更涵蓋了環保、全球議題、非洲、創業等等。參與過 TED 包括有 Google 的創辦人、生態保育學家 珍 古德 ( Jane Goodall)、環保鬥士 高爾、搖滾樂團 U2 主唱 Bono 等等。
TED 在 2009 年開放品牌授權，由會員自行策劃 TEDx.