Quote

Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.

What I love about the TED is that it's not, 'Hey, take this check and enjoy.' It's, 'Do something with this, and we'll help you.' I think that's the most beautiful prize I've ever heard of.

It's weird: you do a TED talk on something, and people think that you suddenly have a lot of answers around the topic.

For most of the millions of people who watch TED videos at the office, it's a middlebrow diversion and a source of factoids to use on your friends. Except TED thinks it's changing the world, like if 'This American Life' suddenly mistook itself for Doctors Without Borders.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.

Having seen TED from a distance, I always thought if ever there was a place for someone like me, the outcasts, people who maintained who they are despite being told what they were, it was TED.

One of the things that defines a TEDster is you've taken your passion, and you've turned it into stewardship. You actually put action to the issues you care about.

I'd love to do something a little different than 'Ted.'

TED Women isn't championing a cause; it's surfacing and sharing some of the most important ideas of our time. Our focus is on women as change agents, innovators and idea champions, and I think people will be both inspired and surprised by the program. We're exploring some fascinating territory!

In case you're unfamiliar with TED, it is a series of short lectures on a variety of subjects that stream on the Internet for free.