Jim Stolze shares some of the learnings that TEDx-organizers all over the world have discovered in the last year of hundreds of TEDx-events. This presentation was given on Friday at the TED-conference in Long Beach California in 2010.

1. Jim Stolze
TED 2010 - Friday 12 Feb
8 ways to create
a successful TEDx

3. 1 Don’t do it on your own

4. “As we try to build this TEDx community we
are making this as much of a
community effort as we can.”
Don Levy - TEDx Conejo
1 Don’t do it on your own

5. 2 Try harder on the location

6. 2

7. “We looked at many venues and selected the
California Academy of Sciences which is
a place worthy of inspiring and
spreading ideas.”
Jason Johnson - TEDx SF
2 Try harder on the location

8. 3 It starts with the guestlist

9. “We decided that we would hand pick our
community based on clear criteria that
ensured quality and diversity.”
Patrick Newell - TEDx Tokyo
3 It starts with the guestlist

10. 4 Help your speakers

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“The most important thing to do is to focus on
the content: by helping and coaching the
presenters. Rehearsing is the secret.
We saw each speaker minimum 3 times.
We saw one of them 7 times!”
Michel Levy-Provençal - TEDx Paris
4 Help your speakers

12. 5 Focus on local aspects

13. 5 Focus on local aspects

14. 6 Don’t be afraid to ask

15. “We got a lot of enthusiastic student
volunteers while we were arranging stuff.
They helped us with computer, projector set
up, managing extra seats for guests, pasting
posters and banners etc.”
Mohammad Tauheed - TEDx Dakka
6 Don’t be afraid to ask

16. 7 Use the Power of New Media

17. 7 Use the Power of New Media

18. “We ended up having more than 100,000
people who tuned to our live stream from
45 countries around the world, and it generated
close to 12 million social media
impressions on and around the event.”
Ron Gutman - TEDx Silicon Valley
7 Use the Power of New Media

19. 8 Have a little fun

20. Thanks !
TEDx Amsterdam
TEDx Brussels
TEDx Conejo
TEDx Dakka
TEDx Paris
TEDx San Francisco
TEDx Silicon Valley
TEDx Sydney
TEDx Tokyo
TEDx Tukuy
And many more!
jim@tedxamsterdam.nl

21. (bonus slide)
“The biggest mistake I
made, was to think that I
could organize a TEDx.
My best decision was... to
do it anyway.”
Remo - TEDx Sydney