TEDx Dublin – Friday 12th June

Woohooo! A TEDx event is being held in Dublin on Friday 12th June.

TED – Technology, Entertainment, Design.

An organisation which “believes in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world.”

Each year, at the annual TED conference, various thinkers and doers from different fields are challenged to come along and give “the talk of their lives” in 18 minutes.

And boy, have their been some talks. I just love them and to give you an idea of the type of talk – have a look at the one by Benjamin Zander which I mentioned on my Posterous account. It’s one of my favourites – but there are many more and they are all available to view for free on the TED website.

TEDx is a way for local communities to create and host an unofficial TED-style event.

They follow the same format of the TED conference:

“short, carefully-prepared talks on a wide range of subjects to foster learning, inspiration and wonder — and to provoke conversations that matter.”

A Facebook group has been set up for the Dublin event and more information will be added there as it becomes available.

According to the TEDx website, there is also an event planned for Galway on the 9th of December.

Looking forward to seeing the speaker list for this, and staying tuned to see how to apply for tickets as they are limited to 100 places.