TEDxOshkosh

TEDxOshkosh TEDxOshkosh

Just like the online Talks you know and love, only LIVE and LOCAL! Attending TEDxOshkosh
Everyone is welcome to attend TEDxOshkosh.

About TEDxOshkosh
TEDxOshkosh began in 2016, and has put on an annual event each year, excepting 2020, when the event was cancelled due to the pandemic. TEDxOshkosh is planned, organized and executed by a local group of dedicated and passionate volunteers operating under license from the TED organization. TEDxOshkosh Talk Videos
Just as are TED Talks, TEDxOshkosh talks are placed online for peopl

e throughout the world to explore. You can search for them on the main TEDx YouTube channel, or find playlists for each year of TEDxOshkosh at our playlist: YouTube.com/ . You can learn more about upcoming events, and register to attend at our Web site: TEDxOshkosh.com . About the TEDx Program of TED
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, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. 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.) About TED
TED is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility and catalyze impact. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the hundreds of TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world. Each year, more than 3,000 independently run TEDx events (www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/tedx-program) bring people together to share ideas and bridge divides in communities on every continent. Through the Audacious Project, TED has helped catalyze more than $3 billion in funding for projects that seek to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and just. In 2020, TED launched Countdown, an initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and mobilize a movement for a net-zero future. View a full list of TED’s many programs and initiatives: www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives . TED is owned by a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation. Our aim is to help create a future worth pursuing for all.

Another 2025 talk is released! Students with disabilities face higher unemployment post-graduation than those without. S...
01/22/2026

Another 2025 talk is released!

Students with disabilities face higher unemployment post-graduation than those without. See how a novel micro-entrepreneurial approach in school creates a path to a thriving, lifetime role in the workforce.

Watch the talk:

NOTE FROM TED: TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storag...

Our next talk release approaches artificial intelligence. Not what it can do, but about the massive energy used to "trai...
01/15/2026

Our next talk release approaches artificial intelligence. Not what it can do, but about the massive energy used to "train" each AI model - and a creative way to mitigate the resulting environmental and other impacts.

Watch the talk:

It's nearly impossible to have missed hearing about AI's power and potential for change in our world. Much less discussed in the public sphere is the massive...

Today's video releases begin with a talk that explores the quiet power to change how we feel about those from other part...
01/15/2026

Today's video releases begin with a talk that explores the quiet power to change how we feel about those from other parts of the world, and how they think about us, through the humble, giving act of hosting international exchange students.

Don't miss this:

When the speaker's family nervously said yes to hosting a 16-year-old exchange student from Indonesia, they had no idea it would change many lives forever. W...

Our next video release asks us to consider the experience when something offensive is said, and the whole room remains s...
01/14/2026

Our next video release asks us to consider the experience when something offensive is said, and the whole room remains silent. Speaker Angie Freeman challenges us to build the courage to step-up in uncomfortable moments, for the good of all involved.

Watch the talk:

Almost everyone has felt the tension when someone in a group says something offensive, and everyone else goes silent. In this talk, Angie challenges us to mo...

Tough questions: If someone around you had a sudden cardiac arrest, would you know what to do? If that happened to YOU, ...
01/13/2026

Tough questions: If someone around you had a sudden cardiac arrest, would you know what to do? If that happened to YOU, would the people around you know what to do? Our final talk to be released today is sure to be an eye-opener.

8 and a half minutes that could save a life:

How many times have we heard about CPR? Many, to be sure. In an emergency, who will perform this potentially life-saving act? Someone else? Us? Will the peop...

Our next talk to be released explores fascinating life lessons from the speaker's West African Yoruba culture.Enjoy:
01/13/2026

Our next talk to be released explores fascinating life lessons from the speaker's West African Yoruba culture.

Enjoy:

The Yoruba culture, originating in West Africa, has a special relationship with its markets: for buying and selling; entertainment; investing in social relat...

One of the hallmarks of the TEDxOshkosh experience is a chance to consider things we may take for granted. Like toilets....
01/13/2026

One of the hallmarks of the TEDxOshkosh experience is a chance to consider things we may take for granted. Like toilets. Yep - toilets. This talk is certain to give you a new perspective on something most of us don't consider at all.

Watch the talk:

We rarely think about toilets — yet what if we did? Most of us use the bathroom without a second thought. But for as many as half the people in the world, ac...

Next-up, we have civil engineer Danielle Block, revealing the invisible infrastructure humans have placed underground fo...
01/13/2026

Next-up, we have civil engineer Danielle Block, revealing the invisible infrastructure humans have placed underground for centuries... and a little story about a famous band of mythical turtles.

Don't miss it:

The creation of water, sewer, electrical and communication pathways beneath our feet has propelled humans forward throughout history. Operating 24/7, and un-...

Our first 2025 talk release: Abraham Smith engaged us with poetry as a metaphor for life, and wrapped his talk in two co...
01/13/2026

Our first 2025 talk release: Abraham Smith engaged us with poetry as a metaphor for life, and wrapped his talk in two completely-impromptu poems; written that same day, including the closing piece composed and presented right on our stage.

Check it out:

Why do so many people reach adulthood with a fear of poetry, when it often is a metaphor for life itself? Like life, poetry has structure & rhythm, as well a...

Ever wonder what it takes to edit TEDxOshkosh video? The answer is - A LOT!  Our pro video editor combines video from 6 ...
01/13/2026

Ever wonder what it takes to edit TEDxOshkosh video? The answer is - A LOT! Our pro video editor combines video from 6 cameras, sound from multiple sources, A/V from speakers, plus still photographs. All of that takes time, but the wait is over! Video releases have begun: watch following posts for detail!

11/18/2025

We'd be hard pressed to do a better job of describing why we do what we do at TEDxOshkosh than one of this year's attendees did in a 2-minute video post. Thanks a bunch!

Don't miss it! Registration for   closes in 24 hours! Register before it's too late: https://TEDxOshkosh.com/registerWhy...
11/09/2025

Don't miss it! Registration for closes in 24 hours! Register before it's too late: https://TEDxOshkosh.com/register

Why do we close registration before the event? Our caterer and food suppliers need several days advance notice of our audience count.

Address

Oshkosh, WI

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when TEDxOshkosh posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to TEDxOshkosh:

Share