1. I will be sharing with you an activity
that I have enjoyed doing for the last three
years. An activity that ended me up
speaking on the TED stage!!

2. “ It all started in early 2010, when me and three
of my friends (all of us avid fans of TED),
stumbled upon the newly born TEDx program.
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“Bringing people together since 1984”
“Started on 2009”

3. ABOUT TED
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a
conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment,
Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual
conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and
the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-
winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the
inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

4. ABOUT TEDx
In the spirit of IDEAS WORTH SPREADING, TED has created a program called TEDx-
local, self organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
At a TEDx event, TED talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion
and connection in a small group.
These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently
organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx
program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

5. “ We were so excited about this initiative that we decided we should apply to
the first TEDx event in Egypt.
We immediately started working on our plans and prepared the required
documents, and on February 2010, we were granted the license to organize
host
TEDxCairo

6. {
We had a clear vision from the first day about what we want to
achieve through TEDxCairo. Building the platform wasn’t the end
for us, it was just the mean to ´Creating and inspiring a
community of young and bright Egyptian minds to inspire others´

7. {
However, we knew that achieving our vision will not be an easy
task for the four of us. That´s why we decided to build the
“TEDxCairo team”.
An amazing team of 40 people, extremely talented and
diversified, coming from different walks of life but all united by
their passion of spreading knowledge and worthy ideas.

8. “ Together we worked to spread ideas and inspire others. However, we were the ones
really most inspired throughout the journey.

9. “ We spent together some of the best and most meaningful times of our lives,
everyone of us brought something different to our collective experience. And our
relation went beyond being just colleagues to become more than friends.

10. { We were inspired by each other´s differences and stories.
Amr AbdelAziz, Sherifa Ahmed,
IT Consultant, Senior
ITWORX Economist,
Egypt´s Central
Bank
Betty Tarek, Bassem Elhady,
Development CE0, KIJAMII
Program Office,
FHI

11. { We were inspired by the mind blowing conversations that we had together,
and by the intellectual growth and personal development that we experienced

12. Aly Faramawy Wael Ghonim Bassem Youssef
VP of Microsoft International Revolutionary and poiltical TV Presenter
TEDxCairo 2011 activist - TEDxCairo 2010 TEDxCairo 2011
{ We were inspired by all the great speakers that we
have known and worked with

13. { And we were inspired by the difference
we made in some peoples lives.
“@TEDxCairo I owe you the energy
flooding me today; Laughter, Tears
and Hope was not a slogan in vain...
I felt nearly in every speech! Bless
U”-NarimanMoustafa
“RT@Hamzasarawy:It might take
you a long time to reach what you
want but when you’re there you’ll
know it was totally worth it
#PostTEDxThoughts #TEDxCairo”-
MarwaRashed

14. { We succeeded together to organize 6 events in
less than three years.

15. {
Giving the opportunity to some of
Egypt´s most visionary leaders, thinkers
and doers to inspire a live audience of
more than 3,000 people.

18. {
An achievement that was recognized and
appreciated by TED, who offered us the opportunity
to share our success story with the rest of the
TEDx community.
And that´s when I ended up speaking on the TED stage!