TEDxTelAviv ‘Thriving on Turmoil’ is a one-day Spring celebration of imagination and inspiration combining local zest with the TED tradition of ideas worth spreading.
Due to overwhelming response, registration for the main event in Tel Aviv is now closed. But you can still be a part of the day!
We invite you to join us at one [...]

Arguably one of the most important talks from TED2010, watch as Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future: Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.

You can also read Bill’s reflections on the experience of talking at TED here

If you want to read more about TED and TEDxTelAviv (in hebrew) you can read it in today’s Globes article online. You can also see the real thing (ie the non-digital version), on our flickr page.
Click here to apply to TEDxTelAviv 2010
Please note: Registration to TEDxTelAviv 2010 closes on February 20th.

Last year, I.D. Magazine created a brief history and timeline of TED.
Whether you’re familiar with TED or not, it’s a great way to explore just some of how the TED conference changed the face of invention:

Mid-1990s: The dot-com bubble balloons; venture-capital cash and lucrative stock options flow like cheap champagne.
1994: Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, a regular [...]

One of our favourite TEDtalks here is on School Kills Creativity.
In a similar spirit, watch this  slam poetry “talk”, by Taylor Mali on “What Teachers Make”:

This talk is part of the new TED collection “Best of the Web”.
You can submit your own suggestions by emailing contact@ted.com with “Best of the Web suggestion” in the subject [...]

In a career mini-crisis? In need of instant pick-me-up? Or just want to view a new way to look at work?
Watch one of our favorites from TEDGlobal 2009: Alain de Botton builds a witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.

TEDxTelAviv ‘Thriving on Turmoil’
– a one-day Spring celebration of imagination and inspiration which will take place at Nalaga’at Center in Tel Aviv on April 26, 2010.
The event will feature profound thinking, jaw dropping demonstrations and sprinkles of entertainment, combining local zest with the TED tradition of ideas worth spreading. Register Now >>
***Please Note: Applications Close [...]

It’s common for TED to be about stories, but in this TEDIndia talk, Mallikka starts with a traditional tale & dance to tell a seemingly harmless story to open our eyes to who gets justice…And shows us how art is the language for changing the world.
Powerful and moving!
I invite you to watch and listen for [...]

“What is it specifically about creative ventures that seems to make us really nervous about each others mental health in the way that other careers kinda don’t…”
Writer Elizabeth Gilbert explores why is it that creativity and suffering must be linked? What is another way of exploring genius and nurturing our creativity? Like her book Eat, [...]