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Ambition: TEDx should yield parliamentary questions, says Media Strategist

Get to know TEDxAmsterdam team member James Veenhoff, brand strategist. Ever wondered what Malcolm Gladwell, ice cream and branded education have in common? They're all in James' head having a good time.

By Oliver de Leeuw on August 25, 2010

TEDxChange: the future we make

On September 20, 2010, more than 150 of the world’s leading thinkers and doers will come together in New York for TEDxChange. Convened by Melinda French Gates on the 10th anniversary of the Millennium Development Goals, this event will explore what

By Sasha Naod on August 20, 2010

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

Join us for a Simulcast TED Global & special performances

For four days next week, Amsterdam comedy club Boom Chicago proudly invites TED enthusiasts for a live streaming of TEDGlobal 2010 in Oxford, England. The simulcast will be complemented with special local speakers and performances organized exclusiv

By Monique van Dusseld… on July 8, 2010

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 Dusseld… on April 15, 2010

VIDEO: Hans Aarsman on the mysterious ways of beauty in photography

TEDxAmsterdam: Hans Aarsman from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. Hans Aarsman’s talk at TEDxAmsterdam was titled “From pretty to ugly and back again; mysterious ways of beauty in photography” and the audience judged it one of the highlights of

By Monique van Dusseld… on November 30, 2009

Job Cohen kicks off TEDxAmsterdam

Mayor Job Cohen tells the crowd in the Royal Tropical Institute that it’s no coincidence that TEDxAmsterdam is being held in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a city of many firsts, according to Job Cohen. 400 years ago, the first bank was created in Am

By Alexander Klopping on November 20, 2009

Mayor Job Cohen

In his first years as mayor, Job Cohen presided over important decisions by the city administration (mayor, aldermen and city council) on projects such as the construction of a new 1,5 billion euro metro line under the city centre, a new top-level bu

By Monique van Dusseld… on November 6, 2009