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TED Ideas worth spreading

What is TED?
TED believes passionately that ideas have the
power

to

ultimately,

change
the

attitudes,

world.

This

lives,

and

underlying

philosophy is the driving force behind all of

TEDs

endeavors,

including

the

TED

Conferences, TEDx, TED Books, the TED

Fellows Program, and

the TED Open

Translation Project. With this philosophy in

mind, and with the intention of supporting teachers and sparking the curiosity of
learners around the world, TED-Ed was launched in 2012.
Organization
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful
talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology,
Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics from science
to business to global issues in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently
run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
History of TED
TED was born in 1984 out of Richard Saul Wurman's observation of a powerful
convergence among three fields: technology, entertainment and design. The first TED
included a demo of the compact disc, the e-book and cutting-edge 3D graphics from
Lucasfilm, while mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot demonstrated how to map
coastlines using his developing theory of fractal geometry. But despite a stellar lineup,
the event lost money, and it was six years before Wurman and partner Harry Marks
tried again. This time, in 1990, the world was ready and the numbers worked. The TED
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Conference became an annual event in Monterey, California, attracting a growing and

influential audience from many different disciplines united by their curiosity and openmindedness and also by their shared discovery of an exciting secret. (Back then, TED
was an invitation-only event.)
Meanwhile the roster of presenters broadened to include scientists, philosophers,
musicians, business and religious leaders, philanthropists and many others. For many
attendees, TED became one of the intellectual and emotional highlights of the year. That
was certainly true for media entrepreneur Chris Anderson, who met with Wurman in
2000 to discuss the conference's future. A deal was struck, and in 2001, Andersons
nonprofit Sapling Foundation acquired TED, and Anderson became its Curator.
In taking the conference nonprofit, Anderson stood by the principles that made TED
great: the inspired format, the breadth of content, the commitment to seek out the most
interesting people on Earth and let them communicate their passion. It soon became
clear that the ideas and inspiration generated at TED should have an impact well
outside the city limits of Monterey.
Accordingly, the years 20012006 saw three major additions to the TED family:

a sister conference, TEDGlobal, held in locations around the world

the TED Prize, which grants its winners one wish to change the world

an audio and video podcast series, TED Talks, in which the best TED
content is released free online.

The first six TED Talks were posted online on June 27, 2006. By September, they had
reached more than one million views. TED Talks proved so popular that in 2007, TED's
website was relaunched around them, giving a global audience free access to some of the
world's greatest thinkers, leaders and teachers.

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In

2008,

in

part

thanks

to

new

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awareness

created

by

TED

Talks,

we

launched TEDActive, a simulcast version of the springtime TED Conference, allowing

more people to attend at a lower price. By 2009, the number of TED Talk views had
grown to 100 million views, making Internet heroes out of speakers like Jill Bolte Taylor
and Sir Ken Robinson.
In that same year, the TED Fellows program was launched to bring up-and-coming
innovators from around the globe to the conference for free. The same year saw the
creation of TEDx, a radical opening up of the TED format to local, independently
organized events. Around the same time, we embarked on the Open Translation Project,
creating the infrastructure for TED Talks to be translated into 100+ languages.
In March 2012, TED-Ed was launched, creating short video lessons aimed at educators,
and April 2012 saw the debut of TED Radio Hour, a partnership that brings ideas and
stories from TED Talks to public radio listeners. All of these projects aim to create evergreater access to ideas, for free.
In the fall of 2012, TED Talks celebrated its one billionth video view. As TED Talks
continue to be watched around the world, with an average of 17 new page views a
second, TED conferences and events continue to inspire, motivate and thrill attendees.
In 2014, the TED conference celebrated its 30th anniversary in Vancouver, Canada. The
theme of this milestone conference: "The Next Chapter," both a reflection on
developments of the past 30 years as well as a look at what's ahead.
Our Mission: Spread ideas
TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who
seek a deeper understanding of the world. We believe passionately in the power of ideas
to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world. On TED.com, we're building a
clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world's most inspired thinkers and a
community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other, both online and at TED
and TEDx events around the world, all year long.

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In fact, everything we do from our Conferences to our TED Talks to the projects
sparked by the TED Prize, from the global TEDx community to the TED-Ed lesson series
is driven by this goal: How can we best spread great ideas?

Policies + terms TED is a platform for sharing ideas and we also share some basic
ground rules around privacy, civility and the rights of creators. If you're interested in
using a TED Talk in your project, discussing a talk or joining our community, you'll find
our basic guidelines right here.
Talks Usage Policy
At TED, our goal is to spread ideas. We encourage the TED community, non-profit
organizations, bloggers, news media and the like to share TED Talks through social
media and to embed individual talks in contextually relevant ways on non-commercial
websites using embed code on TED.com. Non-commercial usage of TED Talks should
follow the terms of our specific Creative Commons license Attribution NonCommercial - NonDerivative (BY-NC-ND) and the guidelines that are listed on
this page, which may be updated from time to time.

TED.com Terms of Use

TED.com's website is a place to promote conversation and sharing of good ideas. It
welcomes anyone willing to join us in this pursuit. A few ground rules for civility will
keep things running smoothly. The Terms of Use governs your use of these platforms
and is a legal contract between you and TED regarding your use of the sites, on any
platforms around the world.

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Privacy Policy
TED encourages our community to discover and share ideas with one another. We
gather limited information about you, with your consent, to make your experience better
(for instance, to help you find talks you haven't watched yet and might like). We take
your privacy very seriously, and make every effort to safeguard your personal data and
give you options.

TED's Community Guidelines

We value our community for the deep participation that occurs within the comment
section of each talk a commenting culture that encourages robust, thoughtful
observations, feelings and insights that bring a talk to life. At TED, we love maintaining
this culture and take the discussion of ideas seriously.

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Partner with TED

TED is home to a constantly growing set of novel and powerful ideas. Ours is a front-row
seat to see what's shaping up in technology, business, science, design and the arts. Want
to be a part of it? Learn how we work with our Media, Corporate and Foundation
partners.
Case studies
From tech companies to luxury products to top retailers, leading brands recognize the
value of a TED partnership. Below is a sampling of the partners we work with.

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Programs & initiatives TED's mission of "Ideas Worth Spreading" reaches far
beyond the conference and video series, encompassing a variety of projects and
initiatives that leverage the power of ideas.

TED Address
Headquarters TED Conferences LLC 330 Hudson St. 12th Floor New York, NY 10013
Tel:212.346.9333
Fax: 718.744.2142
Press and media information For press information, images and media resources
about TED conferences, TED.com and TED Talks, please get in touch with Group
SJR at ted@groupsjr.com.
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Reference:
TED ideas worth spreading. Retrieved on 20th of January 2017 from
http://www.ted.com/about/our-organization

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