Name of the Social Innovation: TED
Founder/Initiator/Leader/Developer
of the Innovation:
TED was born in 1984
out of Richard Saul Wurman's observation of a powerful convergence among three
fields: technology, entertainment and design. The first TED included a demo of
the compact disc, the e-book and cutting-edge 3D graphics from Lucasfilm, while
mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot demonstrated how to map coastlines using his
developing theory of fractal geometry
DETAILS:
TED is a nonprofit
devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18
minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology,
Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from
science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile,
independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
It is a nonprofit foundation. Their gender is to make
great ideas accessible and spark conversation. Everything they do from their
TED Talks videos to projects sparked by the ted prize, from global TEDx
community to TED-Ed lesson series- is driven by this goal: How can we best
spread great ideas?
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