In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Rev. Michael Dowd is a Big History evangelist, evolutionary theologian, and bestselling author whose work has been featured in The New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsweek, Wired, Skeptic, Discover, and on CNN, ABC News, and Fox News. His bridge-building 2009 book, Thank God for Evolution, was endorsed by 6 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, noted skeptics, and by religious leaders across the spectrum.  Michael and his science-writer wife, Connie Barlow, have spoken to some 2,000 groups across North America since 2002.  Their passion is showing how a meaningful, evidence-based view of reality can inspire people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs to work together in service of a just and thriving future for all.  Michael’s two TEDx talks, a New Hampshire Public Television documentary on his “Religion 3.0″ gospel, and a program he delivered at Caltech and the United Nations are all freely accessible here. (Rev. Dowd’s personal website.)