“I am a bad feminist and a good woman.” Roxane Gay lights up TEDWomen 2015
“I have passionate opinions about gender equality,” says writer Roxane Gay. She takes the TEDWomen stage to tell us how she became known as ...
Products with a story, tech with connection: The talks in Session 1 of TEDWomen 2015
Before there can be momentum, you need a spark to set it off. In the first session of TEDWomen, we hear from speakers with crackling ideas —...
Toward tech that can understand how we’re feeling: Rana el Kaliouby speaks at TEDWomen 2015
Most human beings can tell the difference between a smirk and a smile. Our computers and devices, however? Not so much. Fifteen years ago, R...
12 pieces of advice for giving talks that have impact
Sharing an idea isn’t like snapping your fingers — things don’t just instantly change. But as more people hear an idea over time, it can tri...
A last hurrah at the Monterey Conference Center, 31 years later
The first TED took place in February 1984 in a theater that looked like a college lecture hall, complete with swivel desks at each seat. Mor...
Looking for a new podcast to try? 45 great picks from the TED staff
There’s something so cool about finding a new podcast to love — each little download opens a door to new ideas, new jokes, new ways of...
Avoiding the hunger season: How a TED Fellow is working to save African cassava from whiteflies
For decades, the farmers of East Africa have battled the African whitefly, a tiny insect that infests the cassava crop. Cassava, also called...
Police on trial in Afghanistan, an 11-year-old’s jazz album, and literary insights from a Berlin birdhouse
Lots of happenings in the TED community this week. Below, some highlights. Police on trial in Afghanistan. This week, Kimberley Motley repre...
How a TED Talk helped put women’s health research on the political agenda
“Women’s health is an equal rights issue as important as equal pay.” When Paula Johnson uttered this sentence on the TEDWomen 2013 sta...