Sharing ideas
Worth doing
People with passion can change the world. We are here to empower them by building a community around their ideas worth doing.
Discover how we contribute to a future that belongs to those with ideas worth doing.
Phase 1: Curation
You will be allocated up to 20 hours of 1:1 consultation to make sure you can communicate your thoughts and learnings in the best manner possible.
Phase 2: Production
The talks will be filmed at the University of Oxford. On the day, we will provide you with prompters and playback screens that will help you go through your video immediately after recording.
Phase 3: Distribution
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1. Curation
You will be allocated up to 10 hours of 1:1 consultation to make sure you can communicate your idea in the best manner possible. Together, we will analyse your talk content, investigate media interstitials to be inserted into the talk, and affirm its independence from any direct religious or political agendas. Furthermore, we will ensure that the talk's content adheres to TikTok and YouTube’s publishing policies. These sessions are tailored to your individual needs and entail but do not strictly adhere to the following format:
Session 1 - Introduction
Session 2 - Coherence
Session 3 - Script & Style
Session 4 - Visuals & Audience breakdown
Session 5 - Media & Distribution
Session 6 - Rehearsal
Session 7 - Editorial
Session 8 - Open hours
Sessions are designed for people at all skill levels. Your instructor will walk you through a structured curriculum with step-by-step instructions but will also challenge you to go beyond the session content by exploring your owncreativity.
2. Production
The talks will be filmed at iconic venues across 50 cities we will be visiting. The decision to choose a particular venue rests with the Oxford Talks curation and production team and is primarily based on the availability and production facilities at a particular location. For our first city Oxford, we have chosen the Oxford Union
Oxford Union
The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford. Founded in 1823, it is one of Britain's oldest university unions and one of the world's most prestigious private students' societies.The Oxford Union has a tradition of hosting some of the world's most prominent individuals across politics, academia and popular culture, including US Presidents Ronald Reagan,Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, activists Malcolm X, the Dalai Lama, Tommy Robinson, Mother Teresa and Jordan Peterson, actors Morgan Freeman, Mark Hamill and Alec Baldwin, musicians Sir Elton John and Michael Jackson, and sportspeople Diego Maradona and Manny Pacquiao.
Timeline
To accommodate the current uncertainty caused by the pandemic and the busy schedule of your fellow orators travelling internationally, we follow a pooling format, i.e. whenever 10 orators have passed their curation training and are ready to film their talks, we book the venue and film their talks.
Equipment
Our in-house equipment list is extensive and includes cameras such as the Sony FS7,Canon C300 Mark II, Canon 1DX Mark II and Sony A7s Mark II, and Red Digital Cinema cameras – with a full complement of high-end lenses, lights and audio equipment. On the day, we will provide you with prompters and playback screens. This means you don’t have to memorise the talk content and read it off a prompter if you prefer. On the other hand,the playback screen will help you go through your video immediately after recording to have a glimpse of your performance and re-record parts where you feel necessary.
We can also accommodate reasonable lighting, stage design, or camera equipment requests.
3. Distribution
OpenSea
- An NFT of your video will be released on OpenSea to be auctioned after 1 month from the filming date.
- 25% of cash proceedings will go back to you as a "loyalty" on your digital asset and 25% will be directed to a charitable cause of your choice.
- The smart contract will be hosted on ETH.
TikTok
- Parts of the videos will be divided into 6 bite-sized educational videos and will be released on our TikTok channel with 165K followers and 2.5M likes.
- We will invite you to a series of 3 TikTok live interviews to interact with our audience.
- You will have the chance to market your product/service through our TikTok Shop.
Time
- The Oxford talks is a Red Border Contributor at TIME Magazine and we will nominate the best idea and the orator for a cover on TIME.
Frequently Asked Questions
The fellowship is designed for individuals who want to occupy a space in culture. We are looking for the next “Start with Why” (Simon Sinek), “Grit” (Angela Duckworth) and “Silent Revolution” (Susan Cain). In short, people who can redefine the times we are living in through their unique ideas worth doing.
Apart from the world-class curation, cinematic production and help with fundraising. Oxford Talks fellowship gives you a unique identity in the world, as only a handful of people have given talks at the prestigious Oxford and Harvard Universities. This identity is a great starting point to launch your ideas in the world.
he total investment for the Oxford Talks Fellowship is £25,000. This goes directly towards curation, production, venue and our global projects like Oionx Pay to help spread your ideas worth doing globally. There are no additional costs associated with any of the deliverables.
Yes. Provide one month’s written notice. There are no refunds for work already delivered.
Curation covers idea refinement, narrative structure, delivery technique, visual integration and rehearsal with a teleprompter.
We schedule filming dates at the start of each cycle. Slots are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to the readiness of your talk.
The talks are jointly copyrighted by you and Oxford Talks. Oxford Talks reserves the right to distribute content on its own channels for promotions.
We distribute on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok via custom social media campaigns. Across our channels, we have 200,000+ subscribers and have delivered 85M views.
Travel concierge, on-chain banking and other perks are delivered by our vetted partners under their own terms and fees. Oxford Talks may earn commission on referrals. Partners operate under their own service levels, and Oxford Talks accepts no liability for partner performance or changes.
You receive two hours of monthly consultancy for branding strategy, slide decks and creative direction. We provide support on marketing strategy, UI/UX Design, brand kits and social media campaigns in relation to your personal brand and the two talks.
Oxford Talks has worked extensively with Oxford Union and the Said Business School of the University of Oxford to promote ideas worth doing. We have a similar relationship with Harvard University as well. However, we are not associated in any shape or form with the Universities or their academic/research work. The talks are not an offering from the institutions. The Oxford Talks Logo is a trademark of our parent company, House of Oionx.
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