<p>How are high school students giving TED talks? I realize that the people who post on CC are, for the most part, very accomplished, but I can’t even fathom the idea of high school students giving TED talks. I mean, how does one even get invited to this? </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.forbes.com/sites/krisztinaholly/2013/11/14/so-you-want-to-give-a-ted-talk/3/”>http://www.forbes.com/sites/krisztinaholly/2013/11/14/so-you-want-to-give-a-ted-talk/3/</a></p>
<p>Here, it says that “Truth is, for each TED conference, Stoetzel’s team considers about 10,000 submissions for only about 65 slots on the main stage. That’s daunting.” </p>
<p>Are you talking about actual ted talks or TEDx talks. Some high schools have their own TEDx events, mine did.</p>
<p>@guineagirl96 what’s the difference? </p>
<p>TEDx events are official TED events but they are not the main TED conference. You can apply to host one. My high school had one and they asked for teachers, students, alumni, and others who had something to say to apply to talk. Last years theme was overachieve. If you look at the above link, it describes “plan X”. Since there are so many of these and you can create your own, it is fairly easy to be able to give a TED talk through TEDx. Examples are TEDxTokyo, TEDxSydney, etc. This page has a list of upcoming events <a href=“http://www.ted.com/tedx/events?when=upcoming&page=9”>http://www.ted.com/tedx/events?when=upcoming&page=9</a> they are organized also by type: standard, university, or youth. Obviously, the youth ones will be filled with high school students.</p>
<p>@guineagirl96 Ohhh, so there would be a significant difference between giving a TEDx talk and a TED talk? Thank you!</p>
<p>yes, it is very hard to make it into the actual TED conference, TEDx not so much. TEDx talks are the same as TED talks but its far less competitive and more widely available.</p>
<p>The way my friend was telling me about it made it seem like she’s spoken at the actual TED conference. @guineagirl96 thanks for your help</p>