TED-TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, DESIGN!!

 

WHAT IS TED?

                        TED is a globally organised talk show. TED was founded in February 1984 as a conference, which has been held annually since 1990.TED's early emphasis was technology and design, consistent with its Silicon Valley origins, but it has since broadened its focus to include talks on many scientific, cultural, and academic topics. The main TED conference is held annually in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

HOW IT BEGAN?

                        TED was conceived in 1984 by architect and graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman, who observed a convergence of the fields of technology, entertainment, and design (that is, "TED"). The first conference, organized by Harry Marks and Wurman in the same year, featured demos of the compact disc, co-developed by Philips and Sony and one of the first demonstrations of the Apple Macintosh computer. The first conference was a big failure and it took six years to organise the other one.

                        Initially, the speakers had been drawn from the fields of expertise behind the acronym TED, but during the nineties, the roster of presenters broadened to include scientists, philosophers, musicians, religious leaders, philanthropists, and many others.

                        After the birth of the millennium, Wurman thought of finding a curator for the TED and met with his friend Chris Anderson, who later on bought ted and became the curator, he gave his speech at the  2002 annual meet.

the curator

TED.COM

                        In 2005 the curator thought of an idea of bringing the TED talks to TV media, for that they first uploaded a handful of talks that had an extended number of attendances. This was done to test weather this will be feasible or not. In the end, they were well received.

                        In April 2007, the new TED.com was launched, developed by design firm Method. In subsequent years, the website has won many prizes, among which seven Webby Awards, iTunes' "Best Podcast of the Year" (2006-2010), the Communication Arts Interactive Award for "Information Design" in 2007, the OMMA Award for "video sharing" in 2008, the Web Visionary Award for "technical achievement" in 2008, The One Show Interactive Bronze Award in 2008, the AIGA Annual Design Competition (2009), and a Peabody Award in 2012.

TED GLOBAL

                        In 2005, under Anderson's supervision, a more internationally oriented sister conference was added, under the name TEDGlobal. It was held, in chronological order: in Oxford, UK (2005), in Arusha, Tanzania (2007, titled TEDAfrica), in Oxford again (2009 and 2010), and in Edinburgh, UK (2011, 2012, and 2013). In 2014, it was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Additionally, there was TED India, in Mysore (2009). The 2017 TEDGlobal was held in Arusha, Tanzania.

TEDx

                        TEDx is independent TED-like events, which can be organized by anyone who obtains a free license from TED, agreeing to follow certain principles. TEDx events are non-profit but may use an admission fee or commercial sponsorship to cover costs. Similarly, speakers are not paid. They must also relinquish the copyrights to their materials, which TED may edit and distribute under a Creative Commons license.

                        According to TEDxSanta Cruz, "as of 2015, over 1,500 [TEDx events] have been scheduled all over the world".TEDx events evolved over a period of time and events like TEDxBeaconStreet created TEDx Adventures for participants where participants sign up for free, hands-on experiences in their local communities, led by an expert. Since 2015, TEDxHyderabad is being conducted in India every year,[77][78] with its 3rd edition conducted in September 2017.

                        Even in our college TEDx event was organised and it was a gala event. Speakers from different field gave their piece of knowledge. It was a place for gaining knowledge from real life experiences.

            TED is a platform to share knowledge, gain knowledge from speakers who have achieved something in life. Instead of spending time on watching useless videos on YouTube and Facebook, One can watch TED talks and obtain a better view towards life, career and much more.