Chris Anderson priza philanthropy philosophy culture global issues business community

Description: At the time of this talk, TED's future was in the balance. Its founder, Richard Saul Wurman, had just sold the conference to Chris Anderson's foundation, & had announced that this 2002 conference was the last TED he would run. Many in the audience had concluded that the conference would not survive the transition to a new owner, & few had signed up for the following year's event. This was Anderson's attempt to persuade TEDsters that the conference had a future, & that the transition from a for-profit event, to one owned by a nonprofit, could work. The talk took place five months after September 11, & at the very bottom of the dot-com stock market bust, when many in the room had lost 90% or more of their net worth. Here, Anderson shares his own story -- & his vision for what TED can become