TEDTalk at Waukesha Public Library

Waukesha Public Library is launching a new program series, SUNDAYS with TED.com, on January 29. This four-part series is based on the popular internet TEDTalks. Each free program begins at 1:30 p.m., the last Sunday of the month, in the Library’s Community Room. The programs feature a short video presentation (TEDTalk), followed by a presentation by a local scholar or subject expert and audience discussion on the presentations and related ideas.

Founded as a nonprofit group in 1984, TED.com’s initial goal was to bring together people from the worlds of Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) to discuss ‘Ideas Worth Spreading.’ Since then, its scope has grown to include discussions on education, science, business and much more. TED believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world.

The featured TEDTalks are: 

• Sunday, January 29, 2012, 1:30–3:00 p.m.: Medicine’s Future? There’s an App for That, TEDTalk video with Daniel Kraft
• Sunday, February 26, 2012, 1:30–3:00 p.m.: True Success, TEDTalk video with John Wooden 
• Sunday, March 25, 2012, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Why Are We Happy? ,TEDTalk video with Dan Gilbert
• Sunday, April 29, 2012, 1:30–3:00 p.m.: Let's Use Video to Reinvent Education, TEDTalk video with Salman Khan
• More information on TED and its mission is available on their website, TED.com. For more information on SUNDAYS with TED.com at Waukesha Public Library, you may call 262-524-3682.