TEDActive 2012 Projects launch!

Welcome to the TEDActive 2012 Projects! We’re incredibly excited to launch these brainstorms (driven by all of you!) and let the ideas start flowing before we even show up in Palm Springs. Today, we’re kicking off online discussions that will help you find other amazing people and spark the first conversations on Facebook. Check out all the questions and join the TEDActive Project Groups that intrigue you most.

The basics

Six Projects harness the huge energy and optimism of our community to dream up answers to big questions. Our incredible diversity of cultures, backgrounds and talents all come together to discover new ideas.

What’s new for 2012:

This year, we’ve reinvented the Project format. We know there are many ways to answer a question or solve a problem — so we’re capturing the story of each idea and sharing them in blogs, video and more so that  our collective thinking can help these ideas grow. Join all the Projects, just a few, or follow one from start to finish.

Starting the conversation online

Check out the Facebook groups and Project microsites, watch the very cool shorts that introduce each theme, discover more about the facilitators, storytellers and amplifiers that will catalyze your ideas. The conversations are starting, jump in and share!

The questions

The TEDActive Community and Commerce Project, hosted by American Express
In a networked society, how do we create community value?
http://on.ted.com/ActiveCommerce

The TEDActive Color Project, hosted by HP
How can we use color as an effective tool?
http://on.ted.com/ActiveColor

The TEDActive Progressive Ideas Project, hosted by Johnnie Walker
How do you bring a great idea to scale?
http://on.ted.com/ActiveIdeas

The TEDActive Health Project, hosted by Pfizer
How can collective wisdom around health and longevity improve every stage of life?
http://on.ted.com/ActiveHealth

The TEDActive Urbanization Project, hosted by Shell
How will we better manage energy consumption in the city of the future?
http://on.ted.com/ActiveUrban

The TEDActive Giving Project, hosted by TOMS
How do we get individuals, businesses, and communities more engaged in the act of giving?
http://on.ted.com/ActiveGiving

If you have any questions, get in touch at projects@ted.com. Let’s start the conversations. We can’t wait to see what everyone has to say!

 

 

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