Nominate an individual — or yourself — to envision and execute a high-impact project that can spur global change. Our TED Prize winner will have an ambitious wish — and the vision, pragmatism and leadership to turn it into reality. Every self-nomination will include a proposal for a world-changing and achievable wish.
Fairly obvious who I’m nominating.
But then came across a few things that made me suspect I’m not the best person to do this. Such as:
* We weigh each single nomination as heavily as multiple nominations and we strongly discourage multiple nominations.
* The heart of the TED Prize is the wish. Though it’s small in size, it is the most important element of your nomination. It’s worth investing your time refining. At its most basic, a wish = who + what + how = a better world. In other words, who are you going to engage on what issue and in what way for what kind of improvement?
* Imagine your nominee is on the stage at the TED Conference announcing their wish and inviting the wider community—everyone from corporate and nonprofit leaders to TED fellows doing grassroots work in developing countries—to get involved. In a few sentences, what is your nominee’s ask?
I have absolutely no idea what Eliezer would write as his wish, and I don’t think I’m even remotely qualified to take a stab at it. Would someone who knows Eliezer better, or perhaps Eliezer himself, be willing to take this on?
To reduce the amount of time needed to complete the application, here are two outside-source articles about Eliezer that I googled up while I was doing this (they ask for links to such articles in Step 3) http://www.cnbc.com/id/48538963
TED Prize Nomination
http://www.cnbc.com/id/48538963