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thenewgreen  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I’m Not a TEDx Speaker

    I know I’m supposed to swoon a little at the idea of being an Official TEDx Speaker, that doing this will rain down confetti and job offers and fame on me. But in the end it boils down to this: TEDx is just another organisation asking me to work for free.
-This rings true with me. I'm sure that the organizers of TED would agree that content creators are vital and important to our society and without them, TED doesn't exist. Even if the pay was something small, it would send the right signal imo. I think that too often the platform thinks of themselves as more important than the content and this is WRONG. I personally think that TED has been reckless with their brand. They're everywhere I turn.