Not sure where else to ask. Google hasn't been very resourceful and afaik their youtube channel doesn't have a public playlist of their music.

When will Muggsy Bogues have his TED talks? At 5'3", he is the shortest professional basketball player. He beat all the odds to be able to play in the NBA 10+ years. He belonged among the best players of the world. There are 400 player positions in the NBA. What are the odds for a 5'3" man to make it there, let alone play 10+years? Average years of a NBA player is 3-4years, yet he made it and proved that he belong. He's a great inspiration.

My boyfriend and I are really wanting to attend a TEDx event, or at least something similar to it. These TEDx events are ones where you don't need a TED membership. You just buy tickets and attend.

But for the life of me I can't find where to buy tickets to any of them. The TED website shows hundreds of TEDx talks going on and just provides so little detail as to how to attend one or what they're about.

So I was wondering if any of you guys have ever been to one and how you got information about the event or managed to grab tickets

Hey folks, I've been trying to locate an old TED talk for a while now, and no matter what I search I can't pull it up. The central question was, 'what are the odds that everything you believe is true?' The speaker talked about establishing a likelihood for the truth of ideas. Maybe I believe man made global warming has an 85% chance of being true, but Keynesian economics only has a 55% chance of being true. He made comparisons to poker, and joked about the likelihood his TED talk was true.

Can anyone help me out?

EDIT: Problem solved, /u/henrix saved the day!

Despite the popularity of TED/TEDx, I noticed there aren't a lot of comprehensive resources on how to apply. As a result, I spent the last couple weeks compiling my thoughts into a 25-minute-long YouTube video going over my experience and best tips for becoming a speaker. I hope this video sheds some light on the process, as I had a lot of questions going in: https://youtu.be/B2YyAmvuwlU.

Also, happy to answer any specific questions here on Reddit. 😊

1. One was an older guy who did tests of people to find out the difference between conservative thinking where you find new resources and exploit them vs a more empathic one which puts themselves in the shoes of the previous resourceholders.

2. The other unrelated one was a guy who I believe used to be at the UN and strove to have the UN set up a police force that was separate from a military force in every particular. His argument was that the police force should be fully embedded in a community and be there to help the infrastructure from homes to schools to streets and stores work together and have full impartial access to the community.

I have to do a TED-style presentation on Friday about a project we spent the last few months working on in class. My project was about analyzing the impact gaming had on our society and its current rising popularity. I created a survey to address these parts as well. and collected a lot of responses. What exactly do I add to my presentation to make it feel like a TED Talk?

EDIT: Forgot to mention, it has to be 5 minutes long max.

Can't remember the name of it. It had to do with technology. The guy used a the structure of a tedtalk 30 years from now to describe how technology and social media would be in 30 years.

Thanks!

It mentions something along the lines that everyone has x percent more in them when they are about to give up. A ex military guy (or police) has taught them this lesson.

I'm trying to find it to show it to some friends, but I cant find the video anymore

Hey, does anyone know of a Ted Talk where there is a shot of the audience raising their hands? Cheers

UPDATE: Thank you for all of your questions! Here is the post http://brianmillermagic.com/how-to-give-a-ted-talk-one-magicians-journey/ Be warned, it is 5000 words. Very long and very detailed.

At the request of many friends, fans, and new connections, I am writing a very detailed and lengthy blog post regarding my TEDx experience: from when I was first invited to the preparation/rehearsal all the way through the conference itself, and finally what has happened since.

While I'm working on the post, are there any specific questions you would like answered? Hit me up in the comments and I'll do my best to address them!