Who watches TED?

Who are the people who together watched TED talks over a billion times? Data from Alexa.com suggested that visitors who are young (18-24) and in graduate school are overrepresented in the TED site.

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You can also ask what have you learned from ted talks?

There's a benefit to celebrating our failures. D, explains that we can relieve ourselves from the stress of perfectionism. In his TED Talk, he discusses the idea of celebrating your flaws, and how doing so can make you feel happier, more confident, and more self-compassionate. Why is a TED Talk 18 minutes? This is why TED curator Chris Anderson says 18 minutes "is long enough to be serious and short enough to hold people's attention." He adds, "By forcing speakers who are used to going on for 45 minutes to bring it down to 18, you get them to really think about what they want to say. It has a clarifying effect.

Then, how do you convince a ted talk?

What makes TED different? TED style talks are delivered without notes and the speaker wears a lapel or headset microphone and is never behind a lectern. TED style presentations have minimal or even no slides. If slides are used they are often highly visual, the images are of exceptional quality with maybe only one or two words on each.

And another question, what is the purpose of ted talks?

TED is dedicated to researching and sharing knowledge that matters through short talks and presentations. Our goal is to inform and educate global audiences in an accessible way. Thereof, why do we hesitate when we speak ted ed?