This is the "Why Guy".

The TED Conference is an amazing conference attended by some of the brightest minds in the world. It's invitation only. Only the best are extended an invitation. And only the very best entreprenuers/minds/business men/scientist/designers/philosophers in the world are invited to speak at these conferences. TED stands for Technology, Engineering, and Design. Chris Anderson, who is the brains behind this conference, once said of TED (and I'm paraphrasing), that if Heaven is being in the presence of the all-knowledgeable, all-knowing God. Then TED, with all the world's brightest all in one room learning and sharing with one another, is Heavan on Earth. Speakers (who are unfortunately, very liberal) are given 20 minutes to speak. That's it. Here's an interesting clip of Tony Robbins cramming 50 hours of content into 20 minutes. Pretty cool. The good news is that Rick Warren was invited to speak this year. I guess the conference organizers figured they needed at least one right winged speaker. God love Rick for going it alone! Here's Rick's TED presentation.