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2010-08-12T14:00:08Z
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Updated: 1 year 27 weeks ago
Pages from my book: Today’s TEDTalks playlist of fan favorites
(TED’s in the final two days of its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’ve been posting playlists from the TEDTalks archive.) Let it be heard: TED fans have spoken! Over the past two weeks, each new TEDTalks playlist posted here has sparked debate, discussion and recommendations among our Facebook fans and via email. Our [...]
7 steps to giving your own TEDTalk, courtesy Fast Company
In the new issue of Fast Company, Anya Kamenetz calls TED “the first new top-prestige education brand in more than 100 years.” As she writes in the story titled “How TED Connects the Idea-Hungry Elite”: “The instant popularity of TED talks might say something … promising about both our collective consciousness and our collective attention [...]
Unconventional art: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
(TED’s on its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’re posting new playlists from the TEDTalks archive.) Today’s playlist exhibits art that transcends the museum wall. These speakers, all artists or creators, talk about their unusual means to remarkable ends. Jonathan Harris creates digital artscapes out of Eskimo feasts, balloon wishes and the Internet’s feelings: [...]
Living online: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
(TED’s on its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’re posting new playlists from the TEDTalks archive.) Chances are, you live a plugged-in life. We connect with Facebook, share through Twitter, watch on YouTube, learn from Google. Today’s playlist explores what it means to live online. We start with a blogging visionary — SixApart’s Mena [...]
Risk and reward: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
TED’s on its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’re posting new playlists from the TEDTalks archive. Today’s playlist weighs the risks and rewards of adventure. What would it take for you to bury yourself alive or ski through the Arctic — and what would you say when the world asks, “Why?” Ben Saunders is [...]
Playthings: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
TED’s on its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’re posting new playlists from the TEDTalks archive. Today’s playlist is about toys that inspire learning, innovation — and of course fun! These are the toys of the technological age: they are alive, they think, they perform magic. What were your favorite toys as a kid [...]
Fellows Friday with Siddharth Kara
Siddharth Kara fights bonded labor, forced labor, and human trafficking with what he says are the most effective weapons against them: rigorous scientific research and analysis. Read his interview below to learn why dispassionate study may be the antidote to this inherently emotional issue, and why Siddharth is optimistic about the direction of the anti-slavery [...]
Body art: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
TED’s on its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’re posting new playlists from the TEDTalks archive. Today’s playlist is about the human body, with speakers who give new meaning to our inner workings. What do enzymes and chromosomes have to do with art, and how can a stroke project beauty? Watch Pilobolus stretch (literally) [...]
Enter GOOD’s poster contest to win a trip to TEDxChange
On September 20, TEDxChange will take a focused look at the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. Established 10 years ago, the eight goals are: 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. 2: Achieve universal primary education. 3: Promote gender equality and empower women. 4: Reduce child mortality. 5: Improve maternal health. 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other [...]
Salmon-farming standards open for comment today
Three weeks ago, onstage at TEDGlobal 2010, WWF vice president Jason Clay (above) announced that the world’s salmon aquaculture standards were close to being finalized after six years of effort. This may sound dull and policy-wonky, but if you eat fish, it’s a big deal: Right now, it’s hard to know, when buying salmon and [...]
Apply to be a 2011 TED Fellow
The deadline to apply to become a 2011 TED Fellow is August 20, 2010. The TED Fellows program is looking for the next generation of innovators who’ve demonstrated remarkable accomplishment and the potential to positively affect the world. If this sounds like you, first read the tips for applying — and then apply. Learn more [...]
Childish thinking: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
TED’s on its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’re posting new playlists from the TEDTalks archive. Today’s playlist is about kids and their brains, which hold the dreams and possibilities of our future. How can we teach them … and how can we learn from them? Adora Svitak makes the case that grownups have [...]
Living, breathing architecture: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
TED is taking its annual two-week vacation; during the break, we’ll post some of our favorite talks from the TEDTalks archive, arranged into playlists. Today’s playlist is about way-new architecture — using organic forms and living, growing materials to bring fresh life into the buildings, homes and infrastructure we occupy. Magnus Larsson, for instance, has [...]
Help Jamie Oliver gets kids into fresh food, with OpenIDEO
Launching today, Jamie Oliver challenges creative thinkers of all kinds to answer this question: How can we get kids excited about eating fresh food? Everyone who hopes to get kids eating, cooking and thinking healthier, log in to the openIDEO project page and take up the challenge, launched as part of Jamie’s 2010 TED Prize. [...]
Life stories: Today’s TEDTalks playlist
TED is taking its annual two-week summer vacation starting today. During the break, we’ll post some of our favorite talks from the TEDTalks archive, arranged into playlists. Today’s playlist is about life stories and life lessons. It starts with the beautifully told tale of a grand life, lived with passion, principle and humor, as Ben [...]
Fellows Friday with Durreen Shahnaz
From Wall Street to Grameen Bank, the experiences of Durreen Shahnaz’s life are coming together to propel her next project: a stock exchange for socially conscious companies. What are the most important projects you’re involved with? I am creating two companies. My first company is Impact Investment Exchange, which is a trading platform. It’s a [...]
In theaters now: Countdown to Zero
Created by the team behind An Inconvenient Truth and starring TED2010 speaker (and former CIA covert operative) Valerie Plame Wilson, Countdown to Zero began playing theaters of select cities this week. At TED, Plame spoke about the compelling need to bring the number of nuclear weapons in the world to zero and the film delves [...]