Discovering Your TEDx Talk
LIVE ✦ 90-MINUTE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Find Your Idea, Shape Your Story, Navigate the World of TEDx
OVERVIEW
Starting your TEDx journey with an expert guide and a trusted map.
You have spent years — maybe decades — building real expertise. You know you have something worth sharing. But you can't quite name what the one idea is, or how to get it onto a stage like TEDx. Maybe you've applied and heard nothing back, and you're left wondering if your idea isn't good enough.
In this intimate 90-minute session, you'll work alongside a small group and someone who spent 15 years on the other side of these applications — reviewing thousands, curating and coaching hundreds of speakers. You'll leave with a clearer idea, a sense of the story that carries it, and an honest, insider view. This is the first step toward giving the talk your life's work deserves.
1 Intimate 90 Minutes
One focused, live working session with an intimate group of passionate people from around the world
2 15+ Years
Executive facilitator has been on the other side as a veteran TEDx organizer
3 One Idea
Learn how to get to your throughline at the heart of your life’s work and tailor your story arc to it so that you can create the best application possible
4 Any Stage
Skills for any keynote, pitch, town hall, or TEDx
WHO’S IT FOR
For the aspiring speaker with an idea and a story that you believe can impact the world.
Leaders, Organizers, & Founders
You speak to donors, boards, and all-hands — and you believe you have a powerful message ready for a broader stage.
Aspiring Speakers
You've thought about applying — maybe you have, and heard nothing back. This is how the path actually works.
Thought Leaders & Experts
You've built deep expertise and you're ready to put the idea at its center on a stage that matters.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Five things you’ll carry into every talk you give next and every stage you apply for.
Not theory — a working method you can apply the moment the session ends.
How to distill an ocean of expertise into one clear idea worth spreading
A simple framework to map your personal experience and expertise — plus the three questions that surface the idea hiding in your life's work.
What a true "idea that changes everything" feels like
The difference between a topic, a generic pitch, and an idea that moves a room — with clear examples of each, so you'll know when you've got it.
The story arc that fits your idea and your voice
The handful of proven story-arc shapes behind great idea talks, how to tell which one resonates most for your message, and how to use it to build your talk's structure.
What event organizers are actually looking for
The insider view of why applications get deleted in seconds — and what humility, specificity, and genuine generosity look like on the page.
How to navigate the "TEDx jungle"
How events differ, how application timelines really work, how to assemble a great application, and how to choose and approach the right programs.
Disclaimer: We do not represent TED nor TEDx in any capacity, and represent only our experience and knowledge. We do not claim or guarantee acceptance onto a TED nor TEDx event.
YOUR STORYCRAFT GUIDE & SPEAKER COACH
Your guide
Fifteen years on the other side of TEDx applications, and years coaching experts, founders, and advocates toward the idea at the center of their work
Disclaimer: We do not represent TED nor TEDx in any capacity, and represent only our experience and knowledge. We do not claim or guarantee acceptance onto a TED nor TEDx event.
PRICING
The beginning of crafting the talk of your life.
One session. One idea distilled. A clear strategy for navigating the world of TEDx.
Per person · live, recorded & transcribed
- Your live seat in the 90-minute workshop
- The throughline-finding interview guide
- Choosing your story-arc shape
- Strategies for navigating the World of TEDx
- Intimate small group experience
Private workshops for teams, leadership groups & nonprofits
- A private workshop for your group
- Tailored to the rooms your people speak in
- Optional follow-on coaching for individuals
- Flexible scheduling across time zones
These sessions are recorded, transcribed, and made available to attendees after the session. By joining you consent to being recorded and transcribed. Can't make the live time? You'll still get the full recording.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
Your life's work matters.
Let’s share it with the world.
Save your place in the next live workshop. You'll get the recording and transcript even if you can't join the live time.
✓ 90-minute live working session on Google Meet
✓ Learn how to discover your central idea from your life’s work
✓ Tailor the right story arc to guide your talk’s structure
✓ Walk away with a strategy for navigating the World of TEDx
Disclaimer: We do not represent TED nor TEDx in any capacity, and represent only our experience and knowledge. We do not claim or guarantee acceptance onto a TED nor TEDx event.
These sessions are recorded and transcribed
By joining you are consent to being recorded and transcribed.
Good things to know
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No. The method works for any stage — a keynote, a funding pitch, a town hall, even a toast. TEDx is the lens because those talks are the most distilled form of the craft, but what you learn applies everywhere you speak.
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Not at all. A big part of the session is the Discovery framework — finding the one idea hiding inside everything you know. Come with your expertise; we'll work toward the idea together.
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Every session is recorded and transcribed. Register anyway and you'll receive the full recording and transcript to work through on your own time.
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Seats are intentionally limited to keep the room intimate enough for real interaction and a few live examples. That's also why dates fill up.
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Yes. We run private workshops for teams, leadership groups, and nonprofits, tailored to the rooms your people actually speak in. Reach out and we'll design it with you.
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Disclaimer: We do not represent TED nor TEDx in any capacity and represent only our experience and knowledge. We do not claim or guarantee acceptance onto a TED nor TEDx event. We aim to provide our expertise in distilling your ideas, experience, and life’s work into narratives and oratory that can improve your overall speaker applications to any public speaking platform
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