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

You can 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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关于TED/TEDx

TED

TED 是一个跨界的智库，是一个对话的平台，更是实现ideas 的舞台。 TED 分别代表的是科技(technology)、娱乐(entertainment)、设计(design)，是一年一度的创新盛会。1984 年由Richard Wurman 在加州创立,原本只是一群朋友间的脑力大激荡，他们来自不同的领域，他们有些是建筑师、科学家、教育家、诗人、剧作家、创业家、设计师等等。他们对未来充满热情，又有一些叛逆，聚在一起讨论最新最酷的点子,和如何可以改变这个世界。

TEDX

秉着「传播创想」的理念，TED推出了一个叫TEDx的项目，所谓TEDx，就是指那些由本地TED粉丝自愿发起、自行组织的小型聚会，让本地的TED粉 丝能够聚到一起，共享TED一刻。「x」即是独立组织的TED活动之意。人们通过邀请当地演讲人进行现场演讲、共同观看TED演讲视频，就一些问题进行深入的交流和讨论。TED会给TEDx活动提供建议和支持，但是这些活动完全是由粉丝自行组织的。