Resource:How to inspire innovation using a TEDx event

Host a speaker or speakers
    •    Intro (short paragraph describing your event, host, topic, numbers, link)
    •    Need and goal (what you did to assess the need and how this would fill that need)
    •    Audience (the primary audience for the event)
    •    Speaker/s and content (how you determined who should speak, and what they should speak about)
    •    Format (the way the event is structured, length of the event, etc)
    •    Reaching out to potential speaker/s (how you found your speaker/s)
    •    Cost (all the elements that had to be paid for, and how they were paid for)
    •    Date (how you selected the day/time frame the event would be held)
    •    Fundraising and sponsorships (how you found the money and/or dealt with sponsors)
    •    Space (what elements you were looking for, the location, and how you found the right space)
    •    Branding (how you determined the name and overall message for the event)
    •    Promotion (how you invited participants and shared the details with your primary audience)
    •    Support (students, faculty, staff needed to facilitate prior to and during the event)
    •    Event logistics (what else needed to be done prior to and during the event)
    •    Media capture (how you arranged for photos or video to be captured)
    •    Evaluation (measuring impact and numbers of participants)
    •    Sustainability and planning for future events (elements necessary to ensure that the event would happen again if desired)
    •    Future leadership (how you figured out who would lead this event after you graduate)
    •    Lessons learned and tips for others (what worked and what didn’t, and your recommendations for others)

Intro: What is a TEDx Event?

TED stands for "Technology, Entertainment, Desighn." Founded in 1984, TED was a one time event that emphasized technology and design. The main annual TED conference begain in 1990 in Monterey, California. Owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, TED events involve live streaming of various talks. The slogan that the Sapling Foundation uses to describe TED sums up the purpose: "ideas worth spreading." Currently, TED events are held throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Asia, in which a wide range of topics are discussed within the research and practice of science and culture. These speakers giving the talks are innovative in their storytelling to engage the audience. 

TEDx began in 2009, when TED started granting liscenses to third-parties to organize independent TED-like events. These TEDx events can be themed in any manner, in which invited speakers can talk about differenent subjects that don't necessarily have to be about science and technology. TEDx events are prhobited from making profit , although individual admission fees or sponsorship can be collected to cover the running costs. Moreover, invited speakers are not paid and agree that TED has the right to edit and distribute their presentation under a Creative Commons liscense. In order to obtain a granting liscense from TED to host a TEDx event, one must submit an online applcation form at this website [1].