TEDxWagorHighSchool

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a conference in California 1984, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with many initiatives.

At a TED conference, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less. TED speakers have included Roger Ebert, Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates, Elizabeth Gilbert, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brian Greene, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

On TED.com, talks from TED conferences are shared with the world for free as TED Talks videos. A new TED Talk is posted every weekday. Through the Open Translation Project, TED Talks are subtitled by volunteers worldwide. Through our distribution networks, TED Talks are shared on TV, radio, Netflix and many websites.

The TEDx initiative grants free licenses to people around the world to organize TED-style events in their communities with TED Talks and live speakers. Selected talks from these events are also turned into TED Talks videos.

The annual TED Prize grants $1 million to an exceptional individual with a wish to change the world. The TED Fellows program helps 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. TED-Ed creates short video lessons by pairing master teachers with animators, for use in classroom instruction or independent learning.

TED 的獨特性在於它用 “說故事" 的方式為這個大會定調。每位講者用 18 分鐘的時間把她（他）用故事的方式現出來，在講者踏上講台的那一刻故事就已經開始。TED在2002年由媒體創業家-Chris Andreson買下。 Chris 創辦過 Business 2.0，熟知 web 2.0 的力量。他將 TED 納入他的非營利組織 Sapling Foundation，並且從 2006 年開始將過去的演講內容放到 TED.com，讓全世界可以免費收看，並且結合社群媒體的力量，形成持續的長尾效應。過去 25年來 TED 所探討的議題甚廣，除了科技、娛樂、設計，更涵蓋了環保、全球議題、非洲、創業等等。參與過 TED 包括有 Google 的創辦人、生態保育學家-珍古德、環保鬥士-高爾、搖滾樂團U2-主唱Bono …等等。