Editing Royal Society of Arts (section)

===Events===

The RSA's public events programme is a key part of its charitable mission to make world-changing ideas and debate freely available to all.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thersa.org/events/about-events|title=About RSA events|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328204520/http://www.thersa.org/events/about-events|archive-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> Over 100 keynote lectures, panel discussions, debates, and documentary screenings are held each year, many of which are live-streamed over the web.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMo9vqiZPs0SuX-Xsj56_Drfw8V8O43MZ|title=RSA Replay channel on Youtube|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Events are free and open to the public, and mp3 audio files<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events|title=Audio and past events|website=RSA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315110127/http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events|archive-date=15 March 2010}}</ref> and videos<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thersa.org/events/vision|title=RSA videos|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030233056/http://www.thersa.org/events/vision|archive-date=30 October 2009}}</ref> are made available on the RSA's website and [[YouTube]] page.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/theRSAorg|title=RSA channel on Youtube|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

Speakers on the RSA's stage have included [[Ken Robinson (educationalist)|Ken Robinson]], [[Al Gore]], Sir [[David Attenborough]], [[Alain de Botton]], [[Michael Sandel]], [[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]], [[Martha Nussbaum]], [[Desmond Tutu]], [[Steven Pinker]], [[Susan Cain]], [[Dan Pink]], [[Dan Ariely]], [[Brene Brown]], [[Slavoj Zizek]], [[David Cameron]], [[Yuval Noah Harari]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vllgib842g RSA Replay: A Brief History of Humankind], Sept. 9, 2014</ref> and [[Dambisa Moyo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers|title=RSA Events Speakers|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327203035/http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers|archive-date=27 March 2010}}</ref>

The choice of speaker for the recent annual Presidential lecture has been a matter of interest in the press.<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2010/06/prince-philip-picks-climate-change-sceptic-for-rsa-talk.html
 |title       = Prince Philip picks climate change sceptic for RSA talk
 |author = Londoner's Diary

 |newspaper  =[[Evening Standard]]
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081041/http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2010/06/prince-philip-picks-climate-change-sceptic-for-rsa-talk.html
 |date= 4 June 2010
 |archive-date = 16 July 2011}}</ref> Danish professor [[Björn Lomborg]], was chosen; his latest book, ''Cool It'', suggests that the imminent demise of polar bears is a myth. As president of the RSA, Prince Philip's first choice of speaker was [[Ian Plimer]], professor of mineral geology at Adelaide University, but this was rejected{{by whom|date=August 2024}} as too controversial, as Plimer argues that the theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming is unproven.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

On 14 January 2010, the RSA in partnership with [[Arts Council England]] hosted a one-day conference in London called "State of the Arts".<ref>[http://www.thersa.org/events/state-of-the-arts-conference State of the Arts Conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207011617/http://www.thersa.org/events/state-of-the-arts-conference |date=7 December 2009 }}, RSA.</ref> A number of speakers from various disciplines from art to government gathered to talk about the state of the arts industry in the United Kingdom. Notable speakers included [[Jeremy Hunt (politician)|Jeremy Hunt]] MP, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]], and his counterpart, [[Ben Bradshaw]] MP, who was then the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

====RSA Animate (animation series)====
Excerpts from the events programme form the basis for the 10-minute [[whiteboard animation]]s as shown on the '''theRSAorg''' YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39BF9545D740ECFF
|title=RSA Youtube channel|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The series was created as a way of making important, socially-beneficial ideas as accessible, clear, engaging and universal as possible.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://explainer.net/2010/12/explain-yourself-rsanimates-abigail-stephenson/
 |title       = RSA Animate interview
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011412/http://explainer.net/2010/12/explain-yourself-rsanimates-abigail-stephenson/
 |archive-date = 3 February 2014}}</ref> The series is produced and audio-edited at the RSA, and the animations are created by RSA Fellow [[Andrew Park (animator)|Andrew Park]] at Cognitive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wearecognitive.com/|title= Cognitive}}</ref>

The first 14 of these had gained 46 million views as of 2011,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/oct/21/internet-users-animated-rsa-films | work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London | title=Internet users get animated about RSA short film series: Andrew Park's videos, which are drawn from capitalism and education speeches, have received 46m YouTube hits | first=Josh | last= Halliday | date=21 October 2011 | access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> making it the no.1 nonprofit YouTube channel worldwide. The first animation in the RSA Animate series was based on [[Renata Salecl]]'s speech delivered for RSA on her book about choice.