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What If You Could Give a TED Talk? An Inside Look at “My Big Idea,” an Original Series from TED

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March 25, 2025

If you’ve ever wondered how you can give a TED Talk, you’re not alone. TED believes that ideas change everything — and that they can come from unexpected places. So, as part of our global Idea Search program, we issued an open call to anyone in the UK in search of the biggest, boldest and brightest ideas. Out of 500 applicants, 10 were selected to speak at a special in-person TED event in partnership with TEDxBrighton. In this film, you’ll meet all 10 speakers and follow the process of going from an idea in someone’s head to an actual TED Talk on the stage. We’re always looking for the next big idea — maybe yours could be next.

“My Big Idea” is a new series from TED that documents the process of imagining and then creating a TED Talk, featuring first-time speakers and ideas new to the TED stage.

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@ng9700

March 24, 2025 at 12:10 pm

Ted ed one of my dreams to give a Ted talk 🙌🏻

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- @JHaygood-dq1rp
  
  March 25, 2025 at 7:02 am
  
  😎 you can do it!
  
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@crizalecorpuz9360

March 25, 2025 at 6:50 am

❤💫😇

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@vishaldevalia31

March 25, 2025 at 7:01 am

My dream to give a Ted Talk

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@oyindamolaayinla4003

March 25, 2025 at 7:09 am

I Oyindamola Ayinla with give a Ted talk in the next 7month.

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@JHaygood-dq1rp

March 25, 2025 at 7:10 am

Congratulations 🎉 in advance to you all😎

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@hazelmead1360

March 25, 2025 at 7:16 am

This was such a wild ride! Thank you for having me, we really did become like a family! I’m proud of us!! x

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@richelife

March 25, 2025 at 8:24 am

Being a part of this was truly an honour & dream come true, i’m so proud of my fellow speakers and incredibly grateful for the support we received from the TED team 🥺🫶🏼

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@Author.Grecia.Chasteen

March 25, 2025 at 9:00 am

Love this

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@chocomalk

March 25, 2025 at 9:03 am

Remember, bad ideas can change everything as well.

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@JadeBuffong

March 25, 2025 at 9:24 am

This was such an amazing experience! Loved the opportunity and can’t wait to see everyone’s talks go live.

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@pinealgasm

March 25, 2025 at 12:03 pm

I challenge anyone to document how difficult it is to get me the help I need

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- @BonnieShadow33
  
  March 25, 2025 at 7:21 pm
  
  I challenge you to actually verbalize your needs – which you continually refused to do last time I reached out.
  
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@urbanstrencan

March 25, 2025 at 3:30 pm

Great iniciative TED

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@BonnieShadow33

March 25, 2025 at 7:21 pm

I’m so excited to see the talks hit YouTube!

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- @pinealgasm
  
  March 25, 2025 at 8:08 pm
  
  @@BonnieShadow33 i have ideas for ted talks on my deviantart & patreon.
  
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- @pinealgasm
  
  March 25, 2025 at 8:11 pm
  
  @@BonnieShadow33 i so very much want to participate & contribute in these. i’m capable of building a new better mental health social safety net, but they’d rather kick me around like a piece of trash. gaslighting victim-blaming forced independence bureaucratic crap.
  
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- @BonnieShadow33
  
  March 25, 2025 at 8:39 pm
  
  @pinealgasm What country do you live in? Who are “they”?
  
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- @pinealgasm
  
  March 25, 2025 at 8:43 pm
  
  @@BonnieShadow33 seattle. they are dshs. google it. another problem i keep having is people not in my country asking me to repeat my needs yet again just to tell me they can’t help because they’re not in my country which is a crappy excuse when we have internet.
  
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- @pinealgasm
  
  March 25, 2025 at 8:47 pm
  
  @@BonnieShadow33 & please don’t say “good luck” either, i keep saying “who needs people with all this luck going around” to which people never respond.
  
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