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The joy of experiencing TED together

Last week a group of TED-fans gathered in BoomChicago, a comedy club in Amsterdam. They spent hours in the dark, sitting on chairs -breathless, or lying in fatboys looking at a huge screen. What was going on? TEDxLive! It’s a new TED format whe

By Jim Stolze on July 20, 2010 0 comments

Big ideas, grand designs

A range of pundits, from trend forecasters and futurists to authors and spiritualists – even devotees of the Mayan calendar – will tell you that we’re in the throes of a paradigm shift. In this contemporary age, they say, we’re trans

By Sasha Naod on June 3, 2010 0 comments

Welcome new crew members!

As I’ve said before: the success of TEDxAmsterdam is largely the success of a remarkable group of volunteers who all eat, sleep and breathe the motto “Ideas Worth Spreading.” It’s because of the effort of this group of nearly

By Jim Stolze on May 15, 2010 0 comments

Mission: Spark & Inspire, says TEDxAmsterdam founder

Sparks, idea ignition and burning passion are at the heart of TEDxAmsterdam, and as part of our series introducing you to the people behind the scenes, we thought that there was no better place to start than with TEDxAmsterdam founder, Jim Stolze. He

By Ernst-Jan Pfa… on May 5, 2010 0 comments

(resend) TEDxAmsterdam Newsletter

– We can’t really tell for sure whether the Icelandic Volcano is to blame, but somehow our newsletter got screwed up. Here’s the news that we wanted to tell you. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience – Dear TEDx

By TEDx Staff on April 25, 2010 2 comments

TEDxAmsterdam 2010 to be held in Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam

The dreams of any conference organiser range from the mundane to the grandiose… A full house, speakers who rehearsed and timed their talk (so very few!), interesting delegates, decent sandwiches for lunch, a few nice blog posts and tweets to re

By Monique van D… on April 15, 2010 1 comments

TEDxAmsterdam book nominated for European Design Award!

The TEDxAmsterdam book that was put together for TEDxAmsterdam 2009 was a splendid production – and we are delighted to inform you that this fact has not gone unnoticed! We just got the wonderful news that the TEDxAmsterdam publication has been no

By Monique van D… on April 3, 2010 0 comments

TEDxAmsterdam date announced: November 30 2010!

The TEDxAmsterdam team is delighted to announce the date for TEDxAmsterdam 2010. The second edition of TEDxAmsterdam will take place in Amsterdam on November 30 2010. TEDxAmsterdam 2009 involved people all over the Netherlands. The talks were stream

By Monique van D… on February 26, 2010 5 comments

TEDxAmsterdam is looking for interns!

Are you a great writer? Are you finishing your degree and keen to get some real working experience? Are you fluent in English and Dutch? Are you able to work hard, independently and with lots of dedication, and are you a big fan of TED.com and TEDxAm

By Monique van D… on January 20, 2010 0 comments

The T-Shirt

Each visitor of TEDxAmsterdam in 2009 received a special T-Shirt. Designed by Yassine and produced by Edun Live. We asked Yassine how he came up with the design. Yassine: “The idea for the TEDxAmsterdam t-shirt centers around the expression &

By Jim Stolze on January 15, 2010 0 comments