The TED tagline is: "Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world"
So get interesting person, make them talk, film it, release.
You can view previous ones on the TED site.
The quality of the experience therefore depends very much on the
interestingness of the speaker.
eg:
http://www.ted.com/talks/torsten_reil_studies_biology_to_make_animation.html
"Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make
natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside
out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003;
see his work now in GTA4."
or
http://www.ted.com/talks/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light.html
"In the spectacular large-scale projects he's famous for (such as
"Waterfalls" in New York harbor), Olafur Eliasson creates art from a
palette of space, distance, color and light. This idea-packed talk
begins with an experiment in the nature of perception."
TEDx are local events following the same model
Alex Mace wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but what is TED? A quite look at the website
tells me plenty about signing up and events going on, but nothing at
all about what it is...
On 20 Jul 2009, at 09:35, Alia Sheikh wrote:
Registration being free and available here:
http://www.tedxnorth.com/manchester09/register.php
Got a preliminary programme yet Ian?:)
Ian Forrester wrote:
Hi All,
Just a quick note about the series of TEDx - http://www.ted.com/tedx
events coming up this summer in the North of England.
TEDx North - www.tedxnorth.com. Is a combination of 5 different TEDx
events.
TEDxLiverpool - 7th August 2009
TEDxLeeds - 10th September 2009
TEDxSheffield - 16th September 2009
TEDxNewcastle - 30th September 2009
TEDxManchester - 2nd October 2009
Each event will have excellent live speakers and previous TEDtalks.
They promise to bring you a taste of TED without the huge cost and
long waiting list. Tickets are available now and I'm happy to say
the BBC's famous Studio 7 will host TEDxManchester on the 2nd
October. We have room for 100's of people, so it should be one of
the biggest.
For you guys in the south wondering about TEDx in the south,
midlands or Scotland, there was one recently -
http://tedxthames.com/ and there's some upcoming ones here -
http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/284 which include TEDxLondon and
TEDxBirmingham
So don't forget to sign up early and we'll hopefully see you soon,
Ian Forrester
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