Posts Tagged ‘TED’

TED2012 Fellowship Applications Now Open!

July 15th, 2011
From Our Friends Over at TED…
TED2012 Fellowship Applications Now Open!
Calling all innovators! The TED Fellows Program is looking for YOU! The search is on for the next class ofTED Fellows. The Fellows program is looking for 20 outstanding multidisciplinary innovators from around the world – techies, entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, bloggers, filmmakers, musicians, activists,
and more.
Applications are open through July 25, 2011
Fellows will join the TED community in Long Beach, California, for TED2012, February 27 – March 2, where they will attend as full conference participants, take part in exclusive skill-building pre-conference workshops, and deliver a short talk to be considered for TED.com.
About the TED Fellows program

TED Fellows is an international fellowship program designed to nurture great ideas and help them spread around the world. Each year, we select a group of 40 individuals who demonstrate world-changing potential, inviting them to participate in either the TED or TEDGlobal Conference. At the end of the year, we select 10 of these Fellows to participate in an extended two-year Senior Fellowship, bringing them to five consecutive conferences. The principal goal of the program is to empower Fellows to effectively communicate their work to the world.

The TED Fellows program focuses on attracting applicants living or working in five parts of the globe: the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East, with consideration given to applicants from the rest of the world. (Applicants must be proficient in English.) The program seeks remarkable thinkers and doers who have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage, moral imagination, and the potential to increase positive change in their respective fields. TED Fellows focuses on innovators in technology, entertainment, design, science, film, art, music, entrepreneurship, and the NGO community, among other fields.

As part of the Fellowship, TED Fellows receive conference admission, round-trip transportation, and full accommodation for TED2012, February 27 – March 2. Fellows also participate in a three-day pre-conference where they present a short talk about their work, which will be considered for TED.com. Other benefits include elite skill-building courses taught by world experts, social opportunities, and surprise extras.

For more information:
Follow: @tedfellow

 

SOCAP Speaker Femi Akinde of Slim Trader Chosen as Ted Fellow

June 9th, 2011

Femi Akinde of Slim Trader is a two time SOCAP alum, participating in the Mobile Fast Pitch at SOCAP10 which garnered him the ear of Invested Development who funded the organization a few months later and most recently speaking at SOCAP Europe. Turns out we aren’t the only ones who’ve noticed his work. Femi was just announced as one of the 2011 TED Fellows. A great honor going to a great organization.