Event(s)ful

Event(s)ful

TED through the times

How an event brand that changed events itself changed over time

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Kai Hattendorf
Oct 15, 2025
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When Chris Anderson unveiled plans on Feb. 4, 2025 to “give TED away,” he did so on stage in New York as well as through a public TED Blog post and a same-day WIRED interview. It was an open call inviting universities, philanthropies or collectives to propose how they might steward the nonprofit’s next chapter. Anderson said he would take no financial g…

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