In addition to the usual ways to prepare an article, such as online research, the short biographies on our site and the texts of the program booklet, it is very useful to have someone's slide deck at hand. Some speakers even type out their entire story, ideal! In contrast to TED in America (where speakers have to have their material ready 3 months in advance), it sometimes happens here that a speaker personally hands over a USB stick with an updated version 20 minutes in advance.
Finally, everyone from the content team tries to be at the rehearsals where speakers practice panama mobile phone number list the last adjustments with their speakers coaches. It is also fun, and you can get surprising quotes in such an informal environment.
TEDxAmsterdam 2013 photographers uploaded their photos to Flickr within 15 minutes
TEDxAmsterdam 2013 photographers uploaded their photos to Flickr within 15 minutes (photo: Julie Blik)