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In 3 years over 3200 events
in 126 countries and 47 languages

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13,000 TEDxTalks
one conversation.

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Anwar Dafa-Alla: Typical TEDxsters
are dreaming about big stuff.

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How they can do something
bigger than themselves.

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And they are dreamers.

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Jim Stoltze: And if you find somebody
who shares your dream,

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step up to him or her,

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and ask, "How can I help?"

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"How can I bring your idea further?"

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Yahay AlAbdeli: I told him,
"I have a dream."

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"I want to bring this experience
to Iraq, to Baghdad."

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TEDx is what brought me back
to my home country.

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And the reason I waited so many years,

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I didn't want to go empty-handed.

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I found something that could
make an impact in my country.

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And in this case, it was TED.

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I started watching videos on TED.com.

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I was really inspired,
didn't sleep the whole night.

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The next day, OK,
if this thing inspires me,

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Then, why not? I'm going to share this
in my community in Ethiopia.

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Part of my community in Serbia.

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- This is my community.
- My community.

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Communities that are tucked away
in villages across the world.

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To tell the world that we have
great thinkers and doers.

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The sum of the local is the global.

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Turn off the TV,
log off from the Internet

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and stand up and start doing something!

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With rubber bullets, fire bombs,

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a wall, a human chain of young Egyptians

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decided to hold hands
to protect a museum.

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It's an opportunity to contribute
to their communities

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and change the world
in their own way.