Sometimes all it takes is twenty minutes to completely alter the trajectory of your life. As of April 2025, there are over ...

TED Talks have become very influential over the years. However, it all started somewhere. These were some of the very first individuals to give a TED Talk.

Back in 1978, historian and leadership guru James MacGregor Burns said, “Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.” While that assessment of leadership may have ...

What if the internet could be a hub for generosity instead of a hotbed for division? Making goodness go viral wouldn’t be easy — but it’s possible, says Chris Anderson, head of TED and author of the ...

The best TED Talks seem almost effortless—polished, engaging, and unforgettable. But behind every memorable presentation is a set of carefully crafted techniques that the best speakers use to hold ...

Long a fan of the popular TED Talks online, Donna Marie Post of Arlington Heights looked to the discussion platform as a way to bring her community back together coming out of the pandemic. Now having ...

Standing beneath the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial at the Franklin Institute, city and state leaders, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, made the announcement of 'TED Democracy' coming to Philadelphia ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Donna Marie Post, founder & curator of ...

I've been watching TED Talks online for years and never imagined having the opportunity to be a participant. TED began in 1984 as a conference where technology, entertainment and design converged to ...

TED’s second Countdown Summit brought over 40 speakers to Detroit for TED Talks on climate change. The summit aimed to explore solutions to climate change by bringing together activists, scientists, ...