What are the details of TEDxABQ?

TEDx ABQ 2012: Engage Your Passion will be held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque on September 8, 2012. Immediately following the event will be a mixer that will allow audience members an opportunity to open engaging conversations with the speakers.  Our audience will consist of top business leaders, CEO’s, area leaders and visionaries. The event is open invitation allowing all attendees to attend that wish participate.

Your TEDx presentation should last no longer then 18 minutes: long enough to say something of significance, but short enough to hold everyone’s attention and to be easily watched over the Internet. While 18 minutes may be shorter than you’re used to, this TED format has proven a carefully prepared talk of this length can have astonishing impact. See www.TED.com/ for examples.

An additional benefit of speaking at TEDx is that your presentation will be made available online following the conference atwww.TEDxABQ.com website, and possibly on TED.com, where some talks have been attracting audiences in the hundreds of thousands or even millions. All talks will be recorded at professional production quality. If you’re unfamiliar with TED, here are a few talks worth checking out:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

As a TED offshoot, TEDx events will be following many of the TED speaker rules. Speakers are banned from “selling from the stage,” and there is strict enforcement of the clock. If you accept our invitation, we will offer further suggestions on how to tailor the perfect talk for our audience.

TED has never paid speakers to appear, but has always committed to creating an experience that’s tremendously fulfilling and beneficial on all sides, and as a TEDx event we plan to do the same.

Again, keep in mind your talk may reach a vast audience on the web. TED will select some TEDx talks to be released online and most are viewed by at least 100,000 people, and some by several million. Indeed, in aggregate, TED Talks have been viewed more than 100 million times worldwide. This exposure has transformed the careers of many TED presenters and performers, either by introducing them to larger audiences or recasting them in a new and thoughtful light.

TED is owned by a not-for-profit foundation whose mission is simply to spread good ideas to the world. Much of the content ends up being offered free online. TED is also home of the famous TED Prize, which grants its winners a wish to change the world.