Financial Compensation
Note that TED prohibits any form of financial compensation from being awarded to speakers. TED further prohibits any form of financial contribution from speakers. TED is a non-profit with a mission to share ideas worth spreading, as such, its rules regarding the elimination of financial gain or payment by speakers is intended to prohibit favoritism or any pay-for-play situation by speakers. If TEDxWrigleyville gives any form of financial compensation to its speakers, its license will be revoked by TED and the speaker’s talk will be removed from the TED library. TEDxWrigleyville does not set or control these guidelines.