Not all TEDTalks contain storytelling, but terrific stories are at the heart of most of these superb presentations. In fact, TED generally frames the presentations as stories.
For the uninitiated, TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader, as you can see here
. Check out this article Fast Company has just published about TED
TED is doing a cool thing during its annual two-week vacation — posting playlists from the TEDTalks archive. Each playlist has a theme; yesterday’s, for example, was fan favorites. Others have included unconventional art, living online, risk and reward, playthings, body art, childish thinking, living breathing architecture, and life stories.
You can see all the playlists here.
Another cool TED goodie: You can download a spreadsheet of 700+ TEDTalks. The spreadsheet gives the URL for each talk, its title, name of presenter, a summary of the content, length of presentation (most are 18-20 minutes), and date it was published on TED.
And one more collection of TED Talks: The blog AmazingWomenRock shared a list of 7 Inspirational Storytellers [all women] Who Have Captivated Audiences Worldwide.