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The author confuses TEDx with TED near the bottom though he mentions it's TEDx earlier. > TED, you’d better vet your speakers from now on Obviously TED doesn'
by lucisferre 14y ago
The author confuses TEDx with TED near the bottom though he mentions it's TEDx earlier.
> TED, you’d better vet your speakers from now on
Obviously TED doesn't typically vet the TEDx speakers. In fact apparently 378 TEDx events took place just last month. It's starting to feel like there is one of these events just here in Vancouver every month now.
https://www.ted.com/tedx https://www.ted.com/tedx
- tapp 14y agoWow, that seems like some pretty serious brand dilution. I'm curious - does anyone know if TED charges any sort of fee to the local TEDx licensees?
- enraged_camel 14y agoObviously. It's a significant advantage to be able to use the TED brand.
- Oculus 14y agoThere's no fee, you apply online for a free TEDx license.
- derefr 14y agoThat's... huh. I think I'd actually rather it cost money. Then, at least, only rich people would be diluting the brand in this way--besides there being fewer of them, there's at least a small correlation between wealth, free time, and ability to immerse oneself in the liberal arts to the point that one can give interesting TED talks ;) (Or, to be more cynical in a Robin Hanson-esque fashion, "get off the TED stage, low-status people we don't care to affiliate with!")
- Executor 14y agoGet off my hacker news comments! :)
- Oculus 14y agoNo fees, you just apply online.