Monthly Archive for October, 2009

20 Reasons to Attend Ignite Portland 7 - The Lineup

Published by Josh Bancroft on October 19, 2009. 3 Comments

And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

I’ll spare you the details on the agonizing deliberations undertaken by your humble Ignite Portland organizers in narrowing down the field of great talk ideas for IP7. We love our “jobs”. :-)

Here’s what you *really* want to know - what are the talks you’re going to see on stage on November 19? Wait no longer - here’s the talk lineup for Ignite Portland 7 (not in final speaking order):

Notice anything different this time around? No, we didn’t change the font we use for the blog. We threw in some bonus talks! You’ll get 20 awesome Ignite talks for the price of the usual 18 (17, if you count the traditional “What is Ignite?” talk, which we’re skipping this time, because frankly, if you don’t know what Ignite is by then, you’ll pick it up *really* quickly :-). And by “price”, of course we mean “free”.

Excited? We are. Talk-wise, this is the biggest Ignite Portland we’ve ever done. And no “quantity over quality” here! These are some of the finest burning ideas we’ve seen. All in all, it’s going to be a great night.

So mark your calendars, make your plans, and come on down to the Bagdad on November 19 (free admission, doors open at 5:30PM) so we can Ignite Portland for the seventh time!

59 of You Submitted Burning Ideas - Find Out Next Week Which You’ll See at IP7

Published by Josh Bancroft on October 12, 2009. 0 Comments

Just a quick note to say Thanks! to the 59 of you that took the time to submit a talk idea for Ignite Portland 7. As always, the selection committee is certainly going to have a hard time narrowing it down to the 17 talks you’ll see on stage on 11/19, but over the next week, we’ll agonize, argue, sweat, and debate over them, and post the talk lineup next Monday, 10/19.

Did you know that you (as in, anyone) can leave a private comment (that only the selection committee can see) on the proposed talk ideas? It’s a tremendous help to us selecting talks when we have some comments from the community about what you’d like to see. We didn’t to a Town Hall meeting this time, but we still want your feedback! Peruse the talk ideas, and jot down some thoughts, won’t you?

Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to submit an idea (that takes guts!). If you submitted a talk idea, you should hear from us by email regarding your status by this Friday, 10/16.

Last Chance to Submit a Talk Idea for IP7 - What Keeps *YOU* Up At Night?

Published by Josh Bancroft on October 10, 2009. 0 Comments

Hey everyone. The time is swiftly coming where we close the talk idea submission form, and take a look at the ideas we’ve received and make the tough decisions about which talks go on stage at Ignite Portland 7. The proposals system will stop accepting new talk ideas at 11:59PM (Pacific) this Sunday, October 11 (that’s Sunday night, right before midnight).

The best Ignite talks (and we’ve had a ton of great ones - check out some of the videos from past Ignite Portland events to find inspiration!) are the ones that bring out your “burning ideas”. The stuff that keeps you awake at night. The stuff you can’t stop talking about when you’re around your friends. The stuff that you’d do for free, even if it wasn’t a paying job. That’s the kind of talk idea we’re looking for.

That being said, please remember that Ignite Portland is *NOT* the place to be all self promotional or spammy. Talk ideas that seem too spammy will be rejected, in favor of those that show more passion, interestingness, and spark. So be sparky, not spammy!

The clock is ticking, and we need your brilliant talk ideas. So look inside you, dig deep, and find that awesome thing that you’d love to share on stage with a few hundred of your closest Portland friends. Then write it up in a paragraph or so, include any links that’ll help us know how awesome a speaker you are, and get your talk proposal in before midnight on Sunday. Do eet! :-)