What’s Next?
In 2024, we’re heading to The Merchandise Mart on Friday, May 10th for an intimate experience focused on DESIGN. After that, we invite everyone back to the Harris Theater on Friday, September 27th for TEDxChicago 2024.
For more announcements about the event and about our upcoming event, please jump on the newsletter below.
Volunteer
As a TEDxChicago volunteer, you help build a community in Chicago around IDEAS WORTH SPREADING. This is done through real time or virtual interactions between people, via our events, newsletter and social media.
Speaker Submission
TEDxChicago is always looking for great ideas that we can bring to our community on the TEDxChicago stage.
Partner
We are always looking for exciting partners and collaborators to help us elevate stories, ideas, and experiences.
Relive Our Events
We’ve been hosting TEDxChicago events since 2017, and have become one of Chicago’s biggest idea stages. Explore our prior events, including TEDxChicago 2022, below.
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available for free, at ted.com.
About TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a grassroots program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience to research and discover “ideas worth spreading.”
About TEDxChicago
TEDxChicago is an independently organized, local nonprofit that carries out the TED vision to promote ideas worth spreading. We are thoroughly dedicated to Chicagoans and creating a powerful and inspiring stage that belongs to this city. We are 100% volunteer lead and run, are licensed as a member of the TEDx community, and have been hosting events since 2017.
Of Chicago and for the world.
Our Values
We are proud Chicagoans, and as team we work to deliver an experience, an organization, and impact that lives up to our values.
Creative, energetic, and imaginative discovery
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and broad access
Empowered community and connectivity
Donations
Every donation helps spread the message of TEDxChicago. Donations can be made using our secure payment platform.
If you have any questions about donating and how we can make the experience valuable for you, please reach out to info@tedxchicago.com.
TEDxChicago is operated by its 501(c)(3) IWS Chicago
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