TED is a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading,usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer)delivered by today’s leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED’s annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on TED.com. TED speakers have included BillGates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman. TED’s open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com,where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open TranslationProject, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a “wish,” or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around theworld; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
TEDxWestminsterCollege is an independently organized TEDx event held at Westminster College Fulton Mo and organized by the student at the college. With a great success of last year, TEDxWestminsterCollege is back again with an aim to provide a platform for the smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries and fascinating people to have an opportunity to inspire the audiences- just waiting to hear from the speakers! In the last event, the organization had thirteen speakers from diverse area of experties.
