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(Applause)

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Thank you.

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I can't tell you how incredible it is[br]to be here today, at the 2nd TEDxUSC event.

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It was just a year ago that TED launched[br]this little experiment called TEDx,

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where x equals independently[br]organized events,

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and it basically gives anybody,[br]anywhere in the world

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the opportunity[br]to host a TED-like event.

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Now as these said, this idea's[br]been brewing for sometime at TED.

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The idea came from[br]a number of different places.

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Firstly, about 4 years ago,[br]we put TED talks online for free.

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Up until then, the TED conference had been[br]an exclusive conference

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that a few people[br]went to.

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About 230 million people[br]have seen TED talks to date,

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which has transformed[br]the TED brand.

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More and more people were[br]coming up to us and asking us

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if they could hold an official[br]TED conference in their city or country.

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And, that idea was[br]very hard to scale.

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Finally, as we thought through it

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we really felt that TED talks[br]are sometimes better to view in a group

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where you could have[br]a discussion around them

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rather than in a solitary way[br]in front of your computer.

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So, it was the converging of these ideas[br]out of which the TEDx concept arose.

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So, a year ago, there had been[br]one TEDx event and that was TEDxUSC.

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(Applause)

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So, what I wanted[br]to do for you now is

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just paint a brief picture[br]of what has transpired over the last year

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since the first TEDx event at USC[br]happened.

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Basically, we've had[br]500 TEDx events.

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We have 500 more planned[br]for this year.

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TEDx events have been held[br]in 70 countries in 37 different languages.

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We've had TEDx events[br]on a 100 different campuses,

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over 100 more planned[br]for the rest of this year.

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And approximately about 50,000 people[br]have attended TEDx events.

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These TEDx events[br]don't all look like this.

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They've taken on very different sizes[br]and shapes and formats,

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we've had everything from an incredible event[br]that happened

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in one of the largest shanty towns in the world,[br]where the organizer put a sheet on the wall

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projected some TED talks,[br]and invited some speakers.

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To a TEDxKids event at SMU[br]where 300 kids from schools

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throughout the Dallas Fort Worth area[br]attended.

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To an incredible event that happened[br]in Dubai. That was like a day at TED.

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To a little event that happened[br]in a village in sourthern India

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where the organizer had to go through[br]this amazing personal journey

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and fight with the elders of the village[br]to allow them to hold the TEDx event

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because they felt really threatened[br]about a conference that was about ideas.

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So, we're on this amazing journey together,

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and we at TED believe that[br]it'll be transformative

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and it's thanks to you USC,

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and Christina and her team[br]that have made this possible.

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And in closing,[br]I just want to say

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a lot of people[br]come up to me and they say

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"We've had this amazing experience,[br]we've shared some good ideas, we've been inspired.

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It's been incredible.[br]What can we do now?"

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So, I challenge all of you[br]to go off into your communities,

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into under-privileged neighborhoods,[br]to schools, to libraries,

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and hold a little TEDx event,[br]show some TED talks,

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have a discussion arond them,[br]and help us spread ideas worth spreading.

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I just wanted to end one last time by saying[br]thank you to USC for having the trust

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and jumping on board this journey[br]before the journey had even began.

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Thank you.