How to get the most out of Ignite Portland 10 (with Oregon Food Bank!)

Published on January 30, 2012 in Posts and Uncategorized. 1 Comment

Ignite Portland 10 is upon us!  On Thursday evening of February 9th we will be congregating at the Bagdad Theater for some great company and stellar talks.  Admission is free, of course, and you won’t want to miss this one!

If this is your first IgnitePDX or even your tenth (whoo! double digits!), we’re sure you will still want some guidelines for how to make it a great night:

  • Doors Open at 5:00 PM for those with OFB donations.  We are partnering this year with the Oregon Food Bank to get some donations out to those in need.  Bring a can or two and get in early!
  • Doors Open at 5:45 PM for everyone else – as usual, No Ticket Needed. As of IP7, we’ve done away with the ticket system. Too complicated. Just come on down, and we’ll let people in until the Fire Marshall says we can’t anymore. spacer
  • Overflow next door at Back Stage. If you’d rather take in the proceedings in the Back Stage bar environment next door to the Bagdad, we’ll be showing the talks on the big projection screen there.
  • Live Video Stream. As has become tradition, we’ll have a live video stream of the night’s proceedings. Come back here to IgnitePortland.com on the night of and you’ll see a stream where you can watch LIVE and hang out in the chat with the other cool kids who are watching. This is for our friends who couldn’t make it in person to the Bagdad, and for any Ignite PDX fans out of town.
  • Please, No Seat Saving. We know you’re excited to watch the show with all your friends. And maybe they couldn’t make it down as early as you did. But it’s not fair for one person to squat on a whole bunch of seats with coats, etc. so their friends can saunter in late. Please don’t be a jerk about this. We’ll have ushers milling about to help you remember. We want everyone to have a fair chance at getting a good seat. It’s fine to hold a seat for yourself, so you can get up and order drinks/food, but if your friends come a little later, they’ll have to find their own seats. It’s only fair. Thanks for understanding.
  • Keep the Beer/Food Lines Moving. One of the awesome things about the Badgad Theater is you can your favorite beverage with a slice of pizza, a burger, or some cajun tots in the lobby, and have ‘em bring it right to you inside the theater! Please do order as much food and drink as you’d like. Just try to keep the lines moving smoothly. Doors open at 5:00 PM, but the show doesn’t start until 7PM. The smart patrons will get themselves some food before the show at a nearby restaurant (hint hint).
  • After Party at Back Stage. Everyone loves a good after party. And you’re all invited to Back Stage Bar, right next door to the Bagdad Theater to compare notes with your friends about your favorite IP10 talk, and start rustling up ideas for the killer talk idea you’re going to submit for IP11. Or, just come hang out and have a drink. Back Stage closes at 12AM.
  • Follow @IgnitePortland and Tag Your Stuff “ip10″ and/or “igniteportland”. Make sure you’re following the@IgnitePortland account on Twitter – we’ll be using it for real time updates on things like how much seating is left, night-of event announcements, etc. And tag your tweets, pics, videos, and whatever else with ip10 and/or igniteportland to make it easier for everyone to follow the backchannel, and find the bits that you generate.
  • Volunteer at the Oregon Food Bank. As part of our partnership with the Oregon Food Bank, Ignite Portland has signed up for a group volunteer shift Saturday, February 18. Come lend a hand and help give back to the community! For more information and to sign up, click here!

The time is almost upon us! The organizers are stoked, volunteers are ready, and the speakers are probably nervous. But we know it’s going to be great. So come join us at the Bagdad Thursday night, and let’s Ignite Portland for the tenth time! spacer

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  • Learn to Curl and Help Ignite Portland!

    Published on January 30, 2012 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

    At Ignite Portland 9, Bruce Irvin from the Evergreen Curling Club presented on what makes a curling stone curl. Since then, you’ve probably been asking yourself where you can learn to curl.

    Your answer has arrived. We’re excited to announce that the Evergreen Curling Club will be holding an open session on Sunday, February 12th, at the Lloyd Center Ice Rink starting at 8:15 pm! All profits from registration fees will go towards the costs of putting on Ignite Portland 10.

    You’ll learn everything you need to know about this fun and challenging sport including history, rules, and terminology. Then you’ll get up close and personal with some stones and some brooms out on the ice. After about 45 minutes of learning the basics, the group will play a real game! Spots for this class are limited, so sign up today. All ages are welcome. It’s only $20 per adult and $10 per minor under 21.

    This is a great way to support Ignite, and it’s definitely the most fun you can have with a broom! (Note: fancy curling pants are not included. Please supply your own.)

    Check out Evergreen Curling Club’s page for more information.

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  • Volunteer Meet Up TONIGHT!

    Published on January 12, 2012 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: ip10.

    Ignite Portland 10 is looking for some good volunteers!

    We’re hosting a meet-up tonight from 7-9 at the Green Dragon on SE 9th and Belmont. Come join us to learn more about what roles are available and learn how your time and passion can make Ignite Portland 10 the best yet!

    Can’t make it tonight but want to help out? Check out our volunteer page and sign up now!

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  • Announcing Ignite Portland 10 Talks

    Published on January 10, 2012 in Posts. 3 Comments Tags: ip10.
    The competition was brutal, the choices were tough, but the moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived!  The field has been narrowed and out of the breach come 20 awesome talks to be presented for Ignite Portland 10 on February 9th, 2012!
    In no particular order:
    • Angela Stacklin – How to turn a fairytale romance into reality
    • Brad Fortier – The Human Brain on Improvised Theater
    • Brandt Stickley – Creating Gift Economy in 5 Easy Steps
    • Clifton B – What startups can learn from the yo-yo community
    • Sarah Stricker - Your Memories Are Etched in Jello
    • Curtis C. Chen – A Homebrew Cat Feeding Robot
    • Ním Wunnan – Presenting on Presenting
    • Amy Dubin – This is Tea!
    • Mary Anne Thygesen – Foreclosure Carols
    • Nitya Wakhlu – Graphic Recording: What it is and why you should care
    • Willem Larsen – Language Hunting: Let’s Save Endangered Languages Now By All Becoming Instant Polyglots
    • Andrew Nhem -GTFO: Change up where you get stuff done
    • Ember Stevens – How to Impress a Librarian
    • David V. Horste – Queen Coal Technology
    • Denise Rothman – My Pet Slug
    • Kevin Murphy – Application of Time Management Principles to Catching an Airplane
    • Garin Etcheberry – Our obligation to be radical
    • Bridget Pilloud – The Sociology of Cute (Or, the Survival of the Adorablest)
    • Jolie Guillebeau – Why Anyone Can Draw (and Tools to Prove It)
    • Josh Marinacci – The Hogwarts Textbook
    Again, thank you thank you thank you, to all of you who submitted!  It takes courage to share your ideas, but even if your idea wasn’t chosen this time, don’t worry!  Ignite Portland will be back and we would love it for you to resubmit your talk next time.
    Mark up those calendars for February 9th at the Bagdad Theater and get ready to share in some burning ideas.
    For everyone else, we always need some handy day-of volunteers!  If you want to lend a hand and keep everything running smoothly, please pop over to our volunteer page and sign up!
    We’re excited, how about you?
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  • Why and how to submit your Ignite proposal TODAY!

    Published on December 17, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed

    Have you seen other Ignite talks and thought about giving your own? If you’ve got an interest or hobby you’d like to tell others about, the submit your proposal today because we want to put you on stage!

    What if we told you we’d give you five minutes on stage and 20 slides to tell the whole world about your favorite hobby? You know, that time you tried raising chickens, the thing you geek out about all the time, the time you nearly crushed the neighbor’s dog with your dangerous Jenga set made of lumber… you get the idea.

    Still need a little inspiration? Check out this video about why you should give a talk at Ignite Portland. We can’t wait to hear your story!
    We welcome your proposals for Ignite Portland 10 until 11:59PM on December 30, 2011. Yes, that’s the day before New Year’s Eve!
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  • Ignite Portland 10 coming in February! Submit your talks now!

    Published on December 2, 2011 in Posts. Closed

    It’s been a while since we had an Ignite Portland, and we know you’ve all been waiting for details about the next event. We’re really excited to announce that you can join us on February 9, 2012, for Ignite Portland 10 held at the McMenamins Bagdad Theatre and Pub!

    Ignite Portland is an exciting, fast-paced, night of presentations where people can share their passions and burning ideas. The rules are fairly simple: 20 sides x 15 seconds per slide (auto-advancing) = 5 minutes of awesome. Presentations can be on nearly any topic, so long as they can teach, enlighten, or inspire us. (Some examples from past Ignites Portland can be found in our video archive.)

    Talk proposals for Ignite Portland 10 are now open! We’re looking for speakers and we’d love to hear from you. The submission deadline is 11:59PM on December 30, 2011 (we didn’t want you stressing about your proposal on New Year’s Eve), so submit your burning idea today!

    As always, Ignite wouldn’t be the great event it has come to be without a lot of help from all of you. Maybe you’ve got a great idea and want your 5 minutes on the stage, maybe you’d like to help out and make sure things run smoothly, or maybe you just want to kick back with your tots and beer — no problem, Ignite Portland 10 is the place for you!

    To recap, we’re looking for:

    • Talks (submit your proposal right over here)
    • Volunteers (both for planning and the night of the event, join our planning list)
    • Sponsors (we rely on generous Sponsor Love to keep this event free)
    • A wonderful audience (save the date to attend Ignite Portland 10 on February 9th!)

    Ignite Portland is another awesome Stumptown Syndicate project!

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  • Kicking off planning for Ignite Portland 10! Tomorrow!

    Published on September 13, 2011 in Posts. Closed

    Ignite Portland was born almost exactly four years ago and has brought nine nights of fun, fast-paced, passionate presentations to Portland since then. Continuing this great tradition, we’re kicking off the planning process for Ignite Portland 10 and we need your help!

    Join us tomorrow night (Wednesday, September 14th) at 7pm at the Lucky Lab Taproom as we start to put the pieces together. You can find the full event details on Calagator and RSVP on Plancast.

    This announcement is totally at the last minute, and we understand if you can’t make it, but fear not!

    Here’s to many more Ignites in Portland!

    If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Reid Beels or Sherri Konin Montgomery.

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  • Like Free Beer, WiFi, and Ignite? Ride the WIN Bus to Ignite Corvallis 3 on Nov. 11

    Published on November 8, 2010 in Posts. Closed

    The awesome folks at the Willamette Innovators Network are doing it again. They love Portland people so much that they’re running a free bus to Corvallis and back on November 11, for people who want to go see Ignite Corvallis 3.

    But this is no boring bus ride. There will be free beer. And free WiFi. And a chance to win free stuff (like an orange 16GB iPod nano – the new tiny one). Plus you get to see the great talks at Ignite Corvallis 3.

    What is there to decide? Head on over to the post on WIN to get all the details, and make sure you register for the bus (so they know how many to plan for). This is a great opportunity – thanks to WIN and their sponsors for thinking of us Portlanders, and setting this up! spacer

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  • Ignite Portland 10 moves to mid-2011

    Published on November 1, 2010 in Posts. 2 Comments Tags: ip10.

    We love putting on Ignite Portland for everyone. It’s a total blast. But there’s a lot of work involved, and due to availability of some key volunteer organizers, the end of year holidays, as well as the general desire to catch our breath a little, we’ve decided to bump Ignite Portland 10 out into mid 2011 (instead of February). We don’t have a specific date in place yet, but when we do, we’ll be sure to post it here.

    Thanks for all your enthusiasm and support – that’s what makes Ignite Portland worthwhile! We’ll see you in a few months. spacer

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  • Ignite + Government: Join Us for the First Ever IgniteGov

    Published on October 21, 2010 in Posts. Closed Tags: government, guest post, IgniteGov, open source.

    This is a special guest post from the folks organizing IgniteGov. We thought you’d be interested. –Josh

    On Wednesday, October 27th, the Government Open Source Conference will be hosting IgniteGov, the first Ignite event to focus exclusively on open government topics. We’re hoping the thriving Portland Ignite community will join us as we welcome several local speakers on topics ranging from open data to what Bangalore and Burning Man have to teach civic planners about infrastructure planning. We’re also particularly excited to have Brady Forrest, Creator of Ignite, as one of our presenters.

    IgniteGov will be held at GOSCON’s venue, The Nines. Doors open at 6:30 PM and talks begin promptly at 7 PM, so make sure to arrive early so you have time to grab a snack and drink before the festivities begin. While it’s not strictly required, we’d love it if you could RSVP to let us know you’re attending. Our venue is limited to 350 attendees, so it’ll be first come, first seated. Everyone is welcome to attend.

    Here’s our speaker lineup:

    Abraham Hyatt – Give me back my Facebook: What you don’t understand about Web users

    Brady Forrest – From Whim to City Infrastructure: Learning from Burning Man

    GovHub Team – Gov Hub: Open Source and Open Government Collaboration

    John Weathersby – Operation Bearclaw: the real story behind OSS adoption in the US government

    Justin Houk – The Government as Community Curator

    Laurel Ruma – Better  than Winning the World Series: Boston Open Real-Time Transit Data

    Lou Alvis – Principal Versus Law. How rules create crime, how Ideas prevent them

    Max Ogden – Why middleware is the key to a successful gov 2.0

    Philip Ashlock – The Municipal Web: Open311 and a Network of Civic Services

    Rami Kassab – Designing and Developing Effective and Efficient Municipal Websites

    Skip Newberry – Lessons Learned from a Regional Approach to Open Data and Civic Apps

    Zack Denfeld – Learning from Bangalore: Urban Informatics at Street Level

    We hope to see you at the first ever IgniteGov! For regular updates and notice when talk videos are posted, follow @ignitegov and @goscon on Twitter.

    Cheers,
    The IgniteGov Team: Andy Stein, Deb Bryant, Jeff Sheltren, John M. Scott, Leslie Hawthorn, Nathan DiNiro and Selena Deckelmann

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