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It's great to be here today.

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This is actually the second TEDxBoston[br]I've been privileged to attend.

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It's actually[br]the third annual TEDxBoston.

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It was one of the very first[br]TEDx events –

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two years ago - [br]which happen anywhere in the world.

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It's sort of incredible that the TED team[br]and I are constantly in awe

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of what has taken place[br]over the last two years

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and of these incredible teams of volunteers[br]like this incredible TEDxBoston team

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that is putting on events[br]like this one here today.

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So, I wanted to show you[br]a few of the statistics.

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These are[br]some of the numbers.

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While it launched[br]just under two and half years ago,

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we've had almost 2,000 events[br]around the world.

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We have another 1,000 plus[br]TEDx events planned

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in over 104 countries[br]and in 46 languages.

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So, while the statistics are amazing,[br]we do analyze and share them.

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What me and my team have become[br]more and more obsessed by

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are these human stories, the memes,[br]the themes, the connections

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and the projects that are emerging[br]from these amazing TEDx events

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that are happening sometimes[br]5, 10 times a day

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around the world and live streaming.

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It's sort of a truly spectacular thing[br]to think of,

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that you are[br]part of this amazing global,

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and I like to call it,[br]a tribe of interconnectivity.

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Around ideas,[br]people are motivated

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just by passion and ideas,[br]but nothing else.

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So, I'd encourage you –

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actually we have a blog,[br]where we're trying to capture

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some of these stories,

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to go to the TEDx blog[br]and read some of the stories happening

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from a shanty town in Kibera[br]to a floating hotel

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in the middle of Amazon forest.

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If you have any of your own stories[br]that've emerged from TEDxBoston,

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please consider[br]contributing your story

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to this global picture[br]of story tellings around ideas.

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And so, I wanna just play[br]a quick video

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that sort of gives you[br]a slightly deeper picture

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of what has transpired[br]over the last few years.

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(Music)

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(Applause)

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(Music)

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(Women sing)

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[42 Languages]

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[96 Countries]

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[1403 Past Events]

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[812 Upcoming Events]

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TEDxAmazônia was set in a place[br]where life's a bountiful,

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hoping that ideas would blossom[br]in the heart and mind of each attendee

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and then be seeded[br]around the globe.

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Over 700 people[br]from 70 countries

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gathered in the Floating Auditorium[br]surrounded by alligators,

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during the worst Amazon drought[br]in the past 100 years.

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Every day I meet people

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whose lives, jobs, and companies[br]were transformed by these events.

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I can't really believe[br]that it only took 18 months

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for all those 55 TEDx events[br]to take place in such a small country

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like South Korea.

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It was almost like a wildfire.

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It's been giving hope to people,[br]making them cry, and making them laugh

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and making them[br]inspired and excited.

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I can't really wait to see[br]what's going to be happening this year too.

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I started TEDxChange

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because there are phenomenal people[br]doing great work across the globe,

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and so often, we don't get[br]the change to hear from them.

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TEDxChange gives us a platform[br]so that we hear all of those voices.

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It's amazing to watch[br]this global conversation

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happening at the local level

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where real solutions are actually[br]taking place.

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TEDxYouthDay, 60 events,[br][unclear] around the world

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over a period of 24 hours.

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These events –[br]all have one common goal

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to ignite new ideas in the minds[br]of the world's future leaders.

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I really enjoyed the fact[br]that TEDxAmsterdam is not just an event.

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It's really safe[br]to call it a movement.

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There are almost 5,000 people

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who care what's on the program,[br]who want to be involved

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and who would try and see[br]how they can help

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the ideas of our speakers even further.

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(Music)

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Lara Stein: As you go through today,[br]you're all an incredible group of people

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that is interconnected to these[br]other groups around the world

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that believe the power of ideas[br]can change the world.

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I just want to[br]take this opportunity again

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to thank to TEDxBoston team

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for this amazing job[br]that they've done.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)