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They provide practical tools to navigate an ever-evolving career landscape as well as insights into avoiding burnout, working through crisis and re-evaluating the role that work plays in our lives. The event: <a class="read-more" title="Read more" href="https://blog.ted.com/work-notes-from-session-3-of-tednext-2024/">[<span>…</span>]</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-117490" class="post-117490 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-live-from-tednext category-news-2 tag-conferences-homepage tag-elise-hu tag-faisal-saeed-al-mutar tag-franziska-trautmann tag-heavy-boots tag-jane-mcgonigal tag-jenny-hoyos tag-jon-youshaei tag-joshua-schachter tag-snow-raven tag-tednext tag-tednext-2024 tag-y-vonne-hutchinson has-thumbnail not-featured even i-2 clearfix" role="article"> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/reveal-notes-from-session-2-of-tednext-2024/" data-slug="reveal-notes-from-session-2-of-tednext-2024" class="post-thumbnail"> <img src='https://i0.wp.com/blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/TN24_20241022_1JR05541.jpg?resize=283%2C212&ssl=1' width='283' height='212' alt='Reveal: Notes from Session 2 of TEDNext 2024' /> </a> <h2 class="post-title"> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/reveal-notes-from-session-2-of-tednext-2024/" data-slug="reveal-notes-from-session-2-of-tednext-2024"> Reveal: Notes from Session 2 of TEDNext 2024 </a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="meta__author"> <span>By</span> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/renaereints22/" title="Posts by Renae Reints" class="author url fn" rel="author">Renae Reints</a>, <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/oliverfriedman/" title="Posts by Oliver Friedman" class="author url fn" rel="author">Oliver Friedman</a>, <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/marialadias2/" title="Posts by Maria Ladias" class="author url fn" rel="author">Maria Ladias</a> and <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/brianwgreene89/" title="Posts by Brian Greene" class="author url fn" rel="author">Brian Greene</a> </div> <div class="meta__date"> <span>on</span> <time datetime="2024-10-22" pubdate > Oct 22, 2024 </time> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Dedicated to unlocking the possibilities within everyday struggles, Session 2 of TEDNext 2024 covered everything from recycling glass bottles to battling perfectionism. Speakers presented in a format new to the TED stage, speaking for exactly five minutes with prepared slides auto-advancing behind them every 15 seconds. This format, developed and perfected by Ignite Talks over <a class="read-more" title="Read more" href="https://blog.ted.com/reveal-notes-from-session-2-of-tednext-2024/">[<span>…</span>]</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-117527" class="post-117527 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-live-from-tednext category-news-2 tag-conferences-homepage tag-next-stage tag-tednext tag-tednext-2024 has-thumbnail not-featured odd i-3 clearfix" role="article"> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/the-next-stage-at-tednext-2024-in-photos/" data-slug="the-next-stage-at-tednext-2024-in-photos" class="post-thumbnail"> <img src='https://i0.wp.com/blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/TN24_20241022_1GT1395-medium.jpg?resize=283%2C212&ssl=1' width='283' height='212' alt='The Next Stage at TEDNext 2024 — in photos' /> </a> <h2 class="post-title"> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/the-next-stage-at-tednext-2024-in-photos/" data-slug="the-next-stage-at-tednext-2024-in-photos"> The Next Stage at TEDNext 2024 — in photos </a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="meta__author"> <span>By</span> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/tedstaff/" title="Posts by TED Staff" class="author url fn" rel="author">TED Staff</a> </div> <div class="meta__date"> <span>on</span> <time datetime="2024-10-22" pubdate > Oct 22, 2024 </time> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>TEDNext 2024 — the very first iteration of TED’s newest flagship event — features not one but two stages where attendees are immersed in new ideas and perspectives in a journey of discovery. The “Next Stage” breaks our traditional style of speakers on the red circle delivering their ideas to the audience in favor of <a class="read-more" title="Read more" href="https://blog.ted.com/the-next-stage-at-tednext-2024-in-photos/">[<span>…</span>]</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-117481" class="post-117481 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-live-from-tednext category-news-2 tag-adam-munder tag-athena-kugblenu tag-conferences-homepage tag-leo-villareal tag-lisa-kaltenegger tag-malcolm-gladwell tag-safiya-sinclair tag-shu-takada tag-tednext tag-tednext-2024 has-thumbnail not-featured even i-4 clearfix" role="article"> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/wonder-notes-from-session-1-of-tednext-2024/" data-slug="wonder-notes-from-session-1-of-tednext-2024" class="post-thumbnail"> <img src='https://i0.wp.com/blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/TN24_20241022_2GT5920-medium.jpg?resize=283%2C212&ssl=1' width='283' height='212' alt='Wonder: Notes from Session 1 of TEDNext 2024' /> </a> <h2 class="post-title"> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/wonder-notes-from-session-1-of-tednext-2024/" data-slug="wonder-notes-from-session-1-of-tednext-2024"> Wonder: Notes from Session 1 of TEDNext 2024 </a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="meta__author"> <span>By</span> <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/brianwgreene89/" title="Posts by Brian Greene" class="author url fn" rel="author">Brian Greene</a>, <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/marialadias2/" title="Posts by Maria Ladias" class="author url fn" rel="author">Maria Ladias</a>, <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/oliverfriedman/" title="Posts by Oliver Friedman" class="author url fn" rel="author">Oliver Friedman</a> and <a href="https://blog.ted.com/author/renaereints22/" title="Posts by Renae Reints" class="author url fn" rel="author">Renae Reints</a> </div> <div class="meta__date"> <span>on</span> <time datetime="2024-10-22" pubdate > Oct 22, 2024 </time> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>For the inaugural session of the very first TEDNext conference, a poet, a comic, an astrophysicist, one of the world’s most popular authors and other trailblazing speakers explored a theme that keeps the world spinning: wonder, and how it can transform our thinking. 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