As the term ‘Orenda’ came from the book ‘They have a word for it’ written by Howard Rheingold, Howard can be safely described as the inspriration for this event, albeit unwittingly so. We are proud to announce that Howard has agreed to be the Honorary Inspirator & Instigator for TEDxOrenda, and in support of this [...]

The 2nd batch of tickets for TEDxOrenda are now available free of charge from our eventbrite page: at  : http://tedxorenda.eventbrite.com As this event is taking place immediately after the BETT Show closes on the Wednesday evening, it is suggested that you also register to attend the BETT Show as this will streamline your access to [...]

This video highlights the progress TEDx has made over the past couple of months and was shown at TEDGlobal 09 in Oxford, England to officially announce TEDx to the TED Global Community. To view original speaker presentations from TEDx events, TEDx teasers for upcoming events, attendee POV videos, and any other TEDx-related content, please visit [...]

Tickets for TEDxOrenda are available free of charge. To obtain your free tickets, please visit : http://tedxorenda.eventbrite.com Tickets will be released in several batches in the period leading up to the event itself and will always be FREE. The first batch of tickets will be available from 9am on Monday 21st December As this event [...]

We are pleased to be able to announce the following speakers at TEDxOrenda. More details can be found on our Speakers page. Compere: Bill Thompson – BBC technology writer Speakers: Pat Kane – musician and writer Mamading Ceesay – social entrepreneur Alfie Dennen – creative technologist James Proud – entrepreneur John Carnell – CEO of [...]

TEDxOrenda will take place in the APEX HALL at OLYMPIA, LONDON on WEDNESDAY 13th JANUARY from 6pm as part of the THREE DAY TEACHER RESIDENCY AT BETT 2010. Entry is FREE and tickets can be obtained from the TEDxOrenda eventbrite site. Based on the success of previous teacher-led TeachMeet events at the past 2 BETT [...]

From a blog post by Drew Buddie: A note about the name ‘Orenda’: All of the BETT or EDU/teaching/learning-related name suggestions I came up with were rejected by TED, and locations such as Olympia and Kensington would have been totally meaningless. The word ‘Orenda’ is found in Howard Rheingold’s excellent book ‘They have a Word [...]