Betty (鄒宜如) 10444070 / Cynthia (林思瑩) 10445032 Lau Yee Fun (劉宇凡) 10445028 / Sophia (莊舒涵) 10445006 13th December 2016
Outline Origin Contents How to locate a talk Recommended talk Group comments Conclusion
Origin Founded in 1984 Richard Saul Wurman From conference: Technology, Entertainment and Design In 1990, Wurman and his partner tried to build TED again TED Conference became an annual event
Origin Chris Anderson met with Wurman in 2000 In 2001, Anderson’s Sapling Foundation acquired TED Three additions to TED: TED Global, TED Prize and TED Talk
Contents June 27, 2006: First six TED Talks published More than 1 million views in September 2006 100 million views in 2009 One billionth views in 2012 Open Translation Project: 100+ languages
Contents TED’s mission: spread ideas Short, powerful talks Covers almost all topics A global community Power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, the world
How to locate a talk
Recommended talks “How to speak so that people want to listen” by Julian Treasure https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_t hat_people_want_to_listen Avoid negativity Honesty and authenticity
Recommended talks “4 reasons to learn a new language” by John McWhorter https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_4_reasons_to_learn_a _new_language#t-373355 Be able to participate in other cultures Less likely to get dementia disease A better multitasker Fun
Recommended talks “How I held my breath for 17 minutes” by David Blaine https://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_f or_17_min/transcript?language=en#t-94073 Practice, training and experimenting Taking risks as challenges
Comments 1. Improve your English listening 2. Varied length 3. Speakers from all over the world 4. Convenient to use
References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference) https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/history-of-ted https://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_h appiness https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_ so_that_people_want_to_listen
Division of responsibility Information: Betty, Cynthia, Yee Fun, Sophia PPT: Cynthia