I was given a huge gift 10 years ago when I was told about TED....’Inspirational talks free to the world…..’

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

Click on to www.ted.com and to begin with check out:

Must-see TED Talks

New to TED? Watch this primer of 11 classic talks on a range of topics.

Most popular TED Talks

These 20 talks are the ones that you and your fellow TED fans just can't stop sharing.

You can listen to Richard Branson, Madeleine Albright, Isabel Allende, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, Sir Ken Robinson, Mina Bissell, J K Rowling to name just a few.  

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Start with this one -

10 Talks by Women that everyone should watch!

Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ but its so much more than that and relevant to us sixties......

Another I love is one of the most popular speakers Sir Ken Robinson who speaks on Do Schools Kill Creativity? This has already been listened to by 57 million people.