Chris Anderson, Head of TED, stops by Google Chicago for a fireside chat with Google's Jim Lecinski, VP - Sales & Service.

Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, spreading knowledge, and promoting a shared dream. His exciting and informative new book TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking serves as Anderson’s instruction manual from his 15 years of working with many of the world’s most impactful speakers.

Jim Lecinski, Vice President, leads Google's Brand, Performance, Platforms and Creative solutions teams in the Americas. His focus is product commercialization-- developing the go-to market strategies and initiatives for Google’s product lines that help major marketers adapt to the new digital marketing realities.