TED+Talks

=TED Talks - Ideas Worth Sharing=

Ted.com

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: **Technology, Entertainment, Design.**

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward. (18:40 minutes) media type="custom" key="6962425"
 * Video 1:**
 * http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_pink_on_motivation.html**

At TEDU 2009, Erik Hersman presents the remarkable story of Ushahidi, a GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cell phone texts following the 2008 elections, and has evolved to continue saving lives in other countries. (4:00 minutes)
 * Video 2:**
 * http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting.html**

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Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful. (15:56 minutes)
 * Video 3:**
 * http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html**

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**Alternate Video:** **http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation.html** TED's Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation -- a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness. And for TED, it means the dawn of a whole new chapter ... (18:53 minutes)

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**Alternate Video:** At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up. (5:34 minutes)
 * http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_the_year_open_data_went_worldwide.html**

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