1 00:00:00,489 --> 00:00:02,218 In 3 years over 3200 events 2 00:00:02,218 --> 00:00:03,316 in 126 countries and 47 languages 3 00:00:03,316 --> 00:00:04,332 13,000 TEDxTalks 4 00:00:04,332 --> 00:00:05,232 one conversation. 5 00:00:05,232 --> 00:00:06,624 Anwar Dafa-Alla: Typical TEDxsters 6 00:00:06,624 --> 00:00:08,506 they are dreaming about big stuff. 7 00:00:08,506 --> 00:00:12,607 How they can do something bigger than themselves. 8 00:00:12,607 --> 00:00:14,872 And they are dreamers. 9 00:00:14,872 --> 00:00:17,847 Jim Stoltze: And if you find somebody who shares your dream, 10 00:00:17,850 --> 00:00:19,734 step up to him or her, 11 00:00:19,734 --> 00:00:21,847 and ask, "How can I help?" 12 00:00:21,852 --> 00:00:24,153 "How can I bring your idea further?" 13 00:00:24,153 --> 00:00:25,948 Y. AlAbdeli: I told him, "I have a dream." 14 00:00:25,958 --> 00:00:29,168 "I want to bring this experience to Iraq, to Baghdad." 15 00:00:29,982 --> 00:00:34,555 TEDx is what brought me back to my home country. 16 00:00:34,555 --> 00:00:37,621 And the reason I waited so many years, 17 00:00:37,621 --> 00:00:39,851 I didn't want to go empty-handed. 18 00:00:39,855 --> 00:00:44,230 I found something that could make an impact in my country. 19 00:00:44,230 --> 00:00:46,066 And in this case, it was TED. 20 00:00:46,066 --> 00:00:48,711 I started watching videos on TED.com. 21 00:00:48,711 --> 00:00:51,049 I was really inspired, didn't sleep the whole night. 22 00:00:51,049 --> 00:00:54,098 The next day, okay, if this thing inspires me, 23 00:00:54,098 --> 00:00:56,485 then, why not? I'm going to share this 24 00:00:56,485 --> 00:00:57,958 to my community in Ethiopia. 25 00:00:57,958 --> 00:00:59,539 Part of my community in Serbia. 26 00:00:59,539 --> 00:01:00,405 This is my community. 27 00:01:00,405 --> 00:01:01,230 My community. 28 00:01:01,230 --> 00:01:05,126 Communities that are tucked away in villages across the world. 29 00:01:05,126 --> 00:01:08,709 To tell the world that we have great thinkers and great doers. 30 00:01:08,709 --> 00:01:11,727 The sum of the local is the global. 31 00:01:11,727 --> 00:01:17,431 Turn off the TV, log off from the Internet and stand up and start doing something! 32 00:01:17,435 --> 00:01:20,291 With rubber bullets, fire bombs, 33 00:01:20,291 --> 00:01:24,911 a wall of human chain of young Egyptians 34 00:01:24,911 --> 00:01:29,084 decided to hold hands to protect a museum. 35 00:01:29,084 --> 00:01:32,458 It's an opportunity to contribute to their communities 36 00:01:32,458 --> 00:01:34,611 and change the world in their own way.