3. Welcome to TEDxLive!
Greeting from TED curator Chris Anderson

4. What is TED?
 Non-profit organization from California arranging
multidisciplinary conferences around the notion Ideas
worth spreading
 First conference in 1984, annually since 1990
 Famous speakers include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Bill
Gates, Al Gore, etc.
 Strict format: 18 minute Talks
 Over 1000 Talks available online for free

5. What is TEDx?
 x = extension
 Officially licensed, independently organized
events in over 60 countries
 Mix of local speakers and recorded Talks
 Today: TEDxLive

7. Aalto on Tracks (2010)

8. Aalto on Waves (2011)

9. Aalto on Waves (2011)

10. How is it different?
 English Talks only (TEDxHelsinki has Talks in Finnish)
 Open to anyone, not only Aalto community
 Can be held in Finland or as a part of
major international excursions
 Multidisciplinary, academic focus

11. TEDxAalto in Figures
752 Facebook page followers
358 applications
200 selected participants for Feb 29th
40+ different universities/schools

12. University affiliation

13. Applicant type

14. Attended TEDx before?

15. Interested in speaking?

16. Your own TED Talk
 Presentation, performance, song…
 Share your own ideas to the world!
 18-minutes
 Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Send a proposal to speaking@tedxaalto.com

17. Organizing team
 Juhani Polkko | Main organizer
– MBA Alumni, School of Economics/AaltoEE
 Anna Vavilova | Program Officer
– Master’s student, School of Science (IDBM)
 Tommi Vatanen | Communications Officer
– Master’s student, School of Science
 Mikelis Studers | Facility & A/V Officer
– Master’s student, School of Electrical Engineering

18. TEDxAalto Vision
Build international,
interdisciplinary community for
sharing world-changing ideas
within Aalto University community
and beyond.

19. Next TEDxAalto …
May 2012
Helsinki, Finland

24. Communications
Twitter hashtags: #tedxaalto / #ted
Twitter account: @tedxaalto
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Register with TED: www.ted.com/users/new
www.tedxaalto.com

26. Twitter hashtags: #tedxaalto / #ted
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