It turns out you don’t have to kill anybody to attend TED
You just have to be smart! Which leaves me with little alternatives…
But if you’re wondering what I’m talking about than I owe you an explanation. In a post from a couple of days ago (see here) I said that I would kill for the chance to attend TED, which is a conference with which I am incredibly impressed. If you don’t know what TED is than read this, but the short story is like this: It’s the most incredible conference in the world were the smartest and brightest and most hardworking people on this planet go to tell everybody else how they changed the world.
If you ever dreamed about attending TED you probably wondered how you can do it. After some research I found 2 possibilities:
- become a TED fellow. To do so I give you an e-mail received from Natasha Dantzig (see the end of this post) or check here. Hurry up! The 2010 registration will end on september the 25th.
- or attend your local TEDx conference (hopefully you are lucky enough to have one) by submitting your world and life changing idea. If you are in Romania you must check this out or go here, for more details.
I personally don’t find myself worthy of such an honor YET. And that’s because even if I had an idea that has the potential to make this round dirt ball we call home a nicer place, I haven’t been too profoundly empowered by it to do something TED worthy. But mark my words – I will do anything in my power to be worthy of attending TED one day!
And so should you! If I’d have to guess what is the meaning of life than I think that doing your best and being extraordinary is a very plausible possibility for being it!
To paraphrase Hugh Macleod: Microsoft You Must Change the World or Go Home!
Some TED resources:
Thed TEDx Bucharest Twitter account is @tedxbucharest
The TEDx Bucharest website is here
The TEDx Bucharest LinkedIN group is here
The TEDx Bucharest Facebook group is here
TEDx Bucharest promo clip is here
Here are the top 10 TED videos
Natasha Danzings e-mail
The TED Conference has begun the search for 2010 TED Fellows. Please help us reach interested candidates by sharing the following announcement with your readers.
Please let me know if you have any questions or would like additional information.
Best,
Natasha
Apply to become a TED Fellow @ TED2010!
Ever dreamed of attending a TED Conference…of being around some of the world’s greatest minds and discussing the best technology, art, architecture, music, film, science, literature, etc? Are you innovative and want to meet with other people like you from around the world? Then apply to the TED Fellows program!
Apply online here: www.ted.com/fellows/apply.
Organizers of the TED Conference are searching for 25 promising Fellows from around the world to participate in TED2010. The TED Fellows program will accept applications for fellowships throughSeptember 25, 2009.
MORE INFO:
About the TED Fellows Program
The TED Fellows program is a new international fellowship program designed to nurture great ideas and help them spread around the world. This year, organizers will select 25 individuals from around the world to attend TED2010. At the end of the year, organizers will select 15 individuals from a pool of the TED and TEDGlobal Fellows to participate in an extended three-year Senior Fellowship, bringing them to six consecutive conferences. The principal goal of the program is to empower the Fellows to effectively communicate their work to the world.
Benefits
Benefits of the Fellowship include conference admission, round-trip transportation, housing and all meals. Fellows will also participate in a pre-conference with the opportunity to present a short talk for consideration for TED.com, elite skills-building courses taught by world experts, social opportunities and surprise extras. This is not a monetary Fellowship; the benefits are in-kind only.
Who we are looking for:
The program seeks remarkable thinkers and doers who have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage, moral imagination and the potential to increase positive change in their respective fields. The program focuses on innovators in technology, entertainment, design, science, film, art, music, entrepreneurship and the NGO community, among other pursuits. The program targets individuals from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle east, though anyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to apply. Applicants are generally between 21-40 years of age, though anyone over 18 and over 40 may apply. They must also be fluent in English.
Application process and more information:
All applicants must apply online at http://www.ted.com/fellows/apply. Information about TED is available at http://www.ted.com; and information about TED2010 is available athttp://conferences.ted.com/TED2010/.
Please email fellows@ted.com if you have any questions, would like more information, if you’d like to nominate an extraordinary individual!
About TED:
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader to include science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). Attendees have called it “the ultimate brain spa” and “a four-day journey into the future.” The diverse audience — CEOs, scientists, creatives, and philanthropists — is almost as extraordinary as the speakers, who have included Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Nandan Nilekani, Ashraf Ghani, Jane Goodall, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sir Richard Branson, Stephen Hawking and Bono.
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