As a business owner or entrepreneur, attending conferences and events aimed around business is part of keeping up with current trends and ideas. Learning and exploring new ideas can grow your business and inspire you to make much needed changes.

TED is a non-profit organisation, devoted to spreading ideas; usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984, as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design collaborated, and today covers almost all topics including science, business and global issues. Their talks are available in over 100 languages. TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

TED is a global community, welcoming people from every walk of life, who seek a deeper understanding of the world. They believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately; the world.

On their website TED.com, there is a huge amount of resource for you to access! You can:

• Browse the library of TED Talks & speakers
• Access playlists with over 100 different collections of TED Talks
• Watch, share and create lessons with Ted-Ed
• Discover short books to help you with new ideas
• Find and attend local, independently organised events
• Read the TED blogs on a huge range of different subjects

It also lists all their TED speakers with their own profiles; an example is Tony Robbins. His TED Talk ‘I am not your guru’ proved very popular in and is available to watch on Netflix…it’s 100% worth a watch!

You can sign up for a TED account here by visiting their website. When you join TED, you can leave comments, save talks to watch later, track TED-Ed lessons and be part of a community.