The TED Conference: ideas beyond cozy

I am practically BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT while writing this post (it’s unfortunately true!) will let the cat out of the bag immediately.

The winner of the 2010 TED conference is JAMIE OLIVER!!!

What the hell is the TED Conference you ask? Why don’t you just ask some of it’s former speakers: Bono, Bill Clinton, JJ Abrahms, Al Gore, Isabelle Allende, Bill Gates and the Google guys to name a few. So how does Jamie fit into this equation?

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design.. It is a non-profit organization “devoted to what it calls spreading good ideas”.

From the years 2005-2009 3 winners were chosen and awarded $100,000 towards their wish to change the world (each winner is given only 18 minutes – this is the time period for any talk at TED regardless of how famous a speaker is! – to unveil their wish. This year the winner was limited to only one person and that would be a Mr. Jamie Oliver!

JAMIE’S WISH:
“I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.”

TED PHILOSOPHY:
“We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we’re building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.”

Read more about TED here and check out something else that happened there just reminding us, not that we needed it, of how cool Google is and how amazing that this woman is getting her Ph.D in Nuclear Physics! And women, take special note of the last line………