What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxFresnoState, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxFresnoState event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
About TED.
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day
conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing
ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading
thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free,
at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth
Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,
Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference
takes place each spring in Long Beach, California, along with the TEDActive simulcast
in Palm Springs; the annual TEDGlobal conference is held each summer in Edinburgh,
Scotland.
TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, the
recently launched TED-Ed platform for students and educators, the Open Translation
Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability
for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide, and TEDBooks, short e-books
by speakers that elaborate on a single idea originally presented on TED's stage. TED
has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to
change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx,
which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around
the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around
the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact
of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter or on Facebook.
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.