TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and is an annual conference series which brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). Previous presenters include famous names like Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Isabel Allende and Bono: for Business, Economics and Tourism, economists George Ayittey, Paul Collier and Yochai Benkler, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Ideo CEO Tim Brown, Virgin CEO Richard Branson, and more.

The TED website, http://www.ted.com makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks from theirarchive are now available, with more added each week.

Use the Search to search for talks on a theme, or browse the list of themes or speakers for a presentation that suits your needs. There are no licensing restrictions: videos can be shown in lectures or posted to Blackboard for students to view.