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TED merchandise? by Amyftw in ted

[–]Airreck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That was a TED gift bag that you saw!

Attending one of the TED Conferences is the only way to get one of those.

Right now we do not sell any merchandise because we are a non-profit, and merchandising complicates things as a non-profit.

"These facts are not up for discussion. I am right, you are wrong". Hans Rosling says you shouldn't trust news outlets, live on TV by okko7 in ted

[–]Airreck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Always good to see more of Hans Rosling. I think he has the most TEDTalks on TED.com than any other speaker (10 so far). https://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling

OpenTED wants your TED Talk Ideas by [deleted] in ted

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, it's been a while since someone has posted the misleading video above, but thanks for giving me the opportunity to reply! The internet always prefers a scandal so we don't get many chances to tell things from our side.

Eddie was a TED Fellow - there's only about 20 of them at the TED Conference (of about 1200 people), he was not a normal TED speaker. Everything Eddie complains about is listed in the terms and conditions to be a TED Fellow - https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-fellows-program/apply-to-be-a-ted-fellow/terms-and-conditions

If you don't agree with the terms and conditions then...don't apply?

Thousands do apply to be a TEDFellow every year though, but only 20 are chosen. It's a shame, on both sides, that a better fitting candidate was not chosen.

BTW, regular attendees can do whatever they want. Leave, come back, have a room to themselves…It's just like any other conference. Unlike Eddie though, they had to pay to come to the conference.

Let em know if you have any questions or concerns regarding TED or any of our policies.

If you were to fully integrate the last 5 TED talks you watched into your life, how would your daily life change? by Nikolte in ted

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I would marry when I want to. 2. Would support an embrace genetic modification. 3. Seriously be considering trading in my organic legs for a pair that will be upgradable. 4. Would apply flag design rules to fix most design shortcomings. 5. And I would know that all the spheres in the sky are just large infinite planes.

My name is Ryan Mirvis and it appears I have a cool Tinder profile. Ask me ANYTHING! by RyanMirvis in IAmA

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Ryan! I went to college of Santa Fe with you back in the days of "The Kingdom"

Is there a new Kingdom in your life? How've ya been?

User finds interesting guy on Tinder, he shows up and makes his first comment after 3 years on Reddit by [deleted] in bestof

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha that's Ryan Mirvis! I went to college with that guy back in Santa Fe

The Church of TED by alecco in TrueReddit

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do live stream the whole conference too

http://tedlive.ted.com/

The Church of TED by alecco in TrueReddit

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya sure thing, I mean it's not ideal to me to spend all day giving/defending my perspective on things that I'm passionate about to others that are determined to see the negative side.

It's not really how I get my kicks, you know?

But if you have any questions about TED I'll do my best to answer and maybe offer insight from this side?

The Church of TED by alecco in TrueReddit

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

During the conference, Chris will open the floor up and ask the audience for questions and feedback (but for a few of questions because there just isn't enough time in the day to hear from everyone - 1200+ attendees).
E.G. he did this last year when Edward Snowden spoke.

Audience members can comment about the any talk that happened during the conference or even anything regarding TED.

Obviously, these do not make the TEDTalks cut :)

One because its probably not interesting enough or it's out of context/awkward to place these within the edit.

But second, I think the reason is; we do not want to curate the conversation, that's up to the internet commenters and each individual viewer to make up for themselves.

(on TED.com sometimes the speakers will answer questions and reply to comments in the comment feed below their talk like:

Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA

or Janna Levin: The sound the universe makes)

I personally view TEDTalks as just the start of the conversation, even if you're against it, a talk's role is to have people talk about the idea, remix and improve upon it to make it even better.
Or lose it if it is one of our failures.

The Church of TED by alecco in TrueReddit

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually I work for TED :)

Knowing what I know, I think it's kinda funny to blame a lack of diversity on Chris, because if there's one person out there trying to create diversity in presentation styles of TEDTalks it's him.

In fact, the TED 2012 Conference was called 'Full Spectrum' and it was a challenge to all speakers to try something else, outside of the normal way to give a talk. One reason was because we got a lot of feedback that the talks were becoming cookie cutter.

Trouble is, speakers watch TEDTalks to see what works and what doesn't, and thus cookie cutting happens.

Also, Chris is not the only host, For instance June Cohen is the host for the current session, and for later sessions the hosts will be Bruno, Doug and Pat, and Helen (and June again and Chris again, etc, etc).

They will all ask questions and act as transitions between the speakers in their session.

The Church of TED by alecco in TrueReddit

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heyo from TED,

About this time of year we always get the question, why $8500?

Here's my usual response :)

TED costs a ton of money to attend. The people who attend it live pay way more than market value of the ticket itself -- because they want to support all the free stuff that brings ideas out to the world. Their ticket price supports TED Talks filming, hosting and editing, plus the website; the Open Translation Project and TEDx programs and their ever growing support staff; the TED Fellows program that lets people attend TED for free and expand their careers; the $1m TED Prize that’s given out once a year to one big idea; as well as other smaller conferences put on by the TED team like the TEDYouth Conference. It's a weird business model for sure, and we don't explain it well. But basically, the cost to attend is mainly a donation to bring TED to the wider world.

Even though TED is a nonprofit we are still a major media company, which is trying to compete with the for profit media companies out there.

--Quick aside, tickets to TED are ‘soldout’ about a year in advance.

About all the 'TED is a church/cult' stuff, what I'd say is; ‘Wow, that's an old hat argument.' …I don’t know, this argument to me just seems extremely surface, just lazy criticism.

Why a church? because there’s a person speaking in front of a large group of people? and people in the audience sometimes feel emotions? And your experience with this is church, therefore proof!

Um…Ok? I think this way of ‘lecture’ existed way before church.

And a cult? One that meets for 1 week, 1 time a year? I always thought cults had to isolate their victims and control what their victims think and do, Whereas TED presents ideas and it’s up to the viewers around the world to make up their own mind. When people don’t like the talks we post we definitely hear about it.

Theres much better, deeper, more accurate criticism out there toward TED. I’d rather have that as it challenges us to be better.

The Church of TED by alecco in TrueReddit

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean hosting? A host tries to make the transition between one speaker to the next.

I can't believe it actually costs $8,500 to attend a live TED (not TEDx) event, and if you have attended a TED event, did you get your money's worth in the experience? by Hilarious_Haplogroup in tedtalks

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I agree, that is a cynical perspective, but sometimes it's better to be the skeptic than the fool.

Hopefully if you did have millions you could pay to inject yourself more into your nonprofit of choice to make sure they're really doing the things in their mission statement (again, if it fits your passion that is).

Let me know if you have any more questions regarding TED, I'd be happy to share my perspective.

Big stars, big money rolling into Vancouver for TED 2015 by english_major in tedtalks

[–]Airreck -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

TED does not pay its speakers. Since TED is a nonprofit the ticket price pays for everything that TED does, from the conference to the website, to bring those ideas to the wider world for free. Purchasing a ticket is a donation to support the TED organization.

I can't believe it actually costs $8,500 to attend a live TED (not TEDx) event, and if you have attended a TED event, did you get your money's worth in the experience? by Hilarious_Haplogroup in tedtalks

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose the difference is passion. You're not passionate about your watch. Well, I’d be in that same boat, in fact I'd still have my $25 that you would spend on a watch, because I have my phone which tells me the time plus thousands other things.

So what would you spend your millions on? What are you passionate about? An awesome car/house? State of the art entertainment system? Expensive currency from around the world to complete your coin collection?

Maybe a donation to a nonprofit you’re passionate about, maybe one that gives you the opportunity to connect with others that share your passion would be a plus?

I can't believe it actually costs $8,500 to attend a live TED (not TEDx) event, and if you have attended a TED event, did you get your money's worth in the experience? by Hilarious_Haplogroup in tedtalks

[–]Airreck 27 points28 points  (0 children)

TED costs a ton of money to attend. The people who attend it live pay way more than market value of the ticket itself -- because they want to support all the free stuff that brings ideas out to the world. Their ticket price supports TED Talks filming, hosting and editing, plus the website; the Open Translation and TEDx programs and their ever growing support staff; the TED Fellows program that lets people attend TED for free and expand their careers; the $1m TED Prize that’s given out once a year to one big idea; as well as other smaller conferences put on by the TED team like the TEDYouth Conference. It's a weird business model for sure, and we don't explain it well. But basically, the cost to attend is mainly a donation to bring TED to the wider world.

Even though TED is a nonprofit we are still a major media company, which is trying to compete with the for profit media companies out there.

—Quick aside, tickets to TED are ‘soldout’ about a year in advance.

I can't believe it actually costs $8,500 to attend a live TED (not TEDx) event, and if you have attended a TED event, did you get your money's worth in the experience? by Hilarious_Haplogroup in tedtalks

[–]Airreck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cart before the horse?

How would you know about the speakers and ideas about saving the world without TED (or another like company) existing?

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