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Breaking the rules or not, I have to say the TEDx brand is pretty weak to me. TED talks are, or at least used to be, fantastic. I would think that is more becau
by bajsejohannes 14y ago
Breaking the rules or not, I have to say the TEDx brand is pretty weak to me. TED talks are, or at least used to be, fantastic. I would think that is more because of filtering of speakers than the format of the event. Nowadays I'm much more sceptical to those talks, and would easily take a recommendation for a non-branded talk over a TED(x) branded one.
- rdl 14y agoI agree -- I think TEDx does a lot more damage to the TED brand than it adds. I really hate how the video archives online often mix the two, with some of the TEDx talks being (at best) self promotion, and often utterly whacko.
- kumarski 14y agoAMEN.
- PakG1 14y agoAbsolutely. When they first announced the TEDx plan, I was bewildered. For an operation that held itself to such high (and at the time exclusive) standards, I couldn't figure out why it would use such a strategy to expand. It seemed like the inevitable result would only be brand dilution.
- namank 14y agoWell the curation needs to be done with some more deliberation. As I see it, TEDx talks are not at the same level as TED talks. TEDx is for a community, TED is for the world.