Ideas into Action / TEDxAtlanta

Ideas into Action, a Georgia-registered non-profit, is on a mission to build community resilience through programming that spark curiosity in the world around us, ourselves and each other. The organization, under the leadership of award-winning entrepreneur Jacqui Chew, is responsible for bringing annual TEDxAtlanta conference and its predecessor the TEDxPeachtree conference to Atlanta each year. Prior to 2018, local entrepreneur Tod Martin held the TEDxAtlanta license. 

Today, TEDxAtlanta is the largest, longest-running TED affiliate in Georgia. Both TEDxPeachtree and TEDxAtlanta have brought forth more than 260+ speakers and their ideas and these videos have collectively garnered 38 million online views and counting.  Through this platform, the metro Atlanta region continues to be positioned as an innovation hub with 29 speakers have been selected by TED to be amplified globally as "ideas worth spreading" in a highly competitive process.