[Scpg] [hd-films-sb] Fwd: TEDx: self-organized TED events are taking off!

[bob banner]

>> Subject: TEDx: self-organized TED events are taking off!
>> Reply-To: "Chris Anderson (TED)" <tedx at ted.com>
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>> Dear Global TED Community,
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>> It's time to officially unveil an exciting program that has been  
>> running in beta the past few months.
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>> Taking its cue from TED's tagline "ideas worth spreading," its goal  
>> is to allow passionate TEDsters everywhere to organize and  
>> advertise their own TED-like events -- in schools, universities,  
>> homes, workplaces and local theaters, using the brand TEDx.
>>
>> The 'x' is a placeholder for "independently organized TED event"  
>> but also implies:
>> - TED exponential
>> - TED multiplied
>> - TED anywhere
>>
>> Already more than 30 TEDx events have been held,  
>> includingTEDxTokyo, TEDxMoscow, TEDxParis, TEDxStockholm,  
>> TEDxSanFranciscoand -- just this weekend TEDxShanghai.
>>
>> You can see pictures from these remarkable events on our TEDx  
>> Facebook page. Some 120 TEDx events are already planned for the  
>> coming months, and we expect many more.
>>
>> TEDx events can last up to 1 day in length and are usually a  
>> combination of recorded TED talks and local live speakers. The  
>> events may not be used to promote commercial, religious or  
>> political agendas, and there are a few other simple rules that seek  
>> to ensure the experience is as TED-like as possible. However, our  
>> basic approach is to license the name in good faith for a one-time  
>> event, offer the best advice and tools that we can, and trust that  
>> the feedback we receive will give us the confidence to issue repeat  
>> licenses to the same organizer.
>>
>> Audiences vary from just a few dozen people to hundreds. We  
>> encourage organizers to film any local speakers so that we can  
>> distribute the best of them at TED.com. So in addition to making a  
>> live experience available to many thousands of people around the  
>> world, we believe TEDx will also be a fantastic source of material  
>> for us to share with the world.
>>
>> Indeed, today we have put up on the site our first ever TEDx talk,  
>> recorded at TEDxUSC, an event at the University of Southern  
>> California attended by a full house of more than 1100 students and  
>> professors. It's a terrific talk by biologist Jayne Pointer on her  
>> experience spending two years inside Biosphere 2. More to come!
>>
>> The announcement is here. And you can explore the program for  
>> yourself, including a listing of upcoming events, on our website athttp://www.ted.com/tedx 
>> .
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>> This is the beginning of a new chapter in TED's global journey --  
>> we hope you can be part of it.
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>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Chris Anderson, TED Curator
>> Lara Stein, TEDx Director
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