TED & TEDx explained

TEDx is an international community that organizes TED-style events anywhere and everywhere -- celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage. TEDx events are produced independently of TED conferences, each event curates speakers on their own, but based on TED's format and rules.

Watch the talks at tedxtalks.ted.com or find an event in your area at ted.com/tedx.

Getting access to great ideas
hasn't always been easy.

Back in the day,
you would only be in the loop

if you were literate,
educated, rich, and a man.

Good thing times have changed.

The internet has made
sharing ideas a breeze.

And no one is doing it better than TED.

No, not you, Ted!

I'm talking about
the non-profit organization

that's big on spreading awesome ideas.

Twice a year, TED holds this conference,

where thought leaders
from around the world

give some mind-blowing talks.

Then TED sticks them online
so you can watch them for free.

Volunteers translate the videos,
which means anyone can

be inspired by the likes of Bill Gates,
Malcolm Gladwell or Jane Goodall.

So what is TEDx?

TEDx is a way for you to run a mini
TED-style event in your own town,

hold talks around issues
that matter to your community,

free from corporate, political
and religious agendas.

So take part!
Don't stop watching videos at TED.com,

keep an eye for your
nearest TEDx events and

if you are up to it,
apply to start your own.

TED.
Ideas worth spreading.