TEDxObserver is taking place at Sadler's Wells, London on March 10 2012. An inspirational day of talks, performance and films it will feature speakers drawn from a range of disciplines - anthropologists, actors, neuroscientists, choreographers, environmentalists and beyond ...
Plan B: 'Find out what kids are good at. It will change their lives'
Plan B
Last week, rapper and soul star Plan B made an impassioned speech at TEDxObserver, outlining society's failure to nurture its disadvantaged youth. Here is an extract …
TEDxObserver is our day-long festival of ideas, where some of the world's most interesting and committed people share their vision of a better world. Join in and you too can be 'fascinated, enthused, exhilarated, moved and amused', writes Observer Editor John Mulholland
Inspired to act: for freedom, survival, endurance and simply to walk again
Jude Law and Vivienne Westwood were among the star names, but the messages they offered at the Observer's TEDx conference were matched by stories of ordinary people's spirit and human courage
How supermodel Petra Nemcova's tragedy changed children's lives
On Saturday 19 March, the Observer hosts a day devoted to provocative concepts, based on the pioneering TED ideas festival. In the aftermath of Japan's earthquake disaster, Petra Nemcova, one of the speakers, describes how her terrifying experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami inspired her to found a children's charity
TED: 'There's an awful lot of brains out there' – all working to save the world
The TED ideas conference brings together some of the world's most dynamic people – such as prize-winner Jamie Oliver. He tells Carole Cadwalladr how they inspire action on society's biggest problems
Sarah Brown: 'I know in my bones we can win this fight to save the world's mothers'
Sarah Brown talks about her part in the international campaign to reduce the number of mothers who die in pregnancy or childbirth in advance of her appearance at the TEDx Observer event
TEDx: The Observer's festival of ideas - where inspiration meets action
We've organised a day-long event, TEDxObserver packed with inspirational and provocative talks to promote the spread of ideas. The Observer Editor John Mulholland explains
