Ignite Seattle returns to CHAC on February 19
The next Ignite is coming up soon: it happens February 19th at the CHAC in Seattle. It’s a geek talk event that Brady Forrest hosts. Quite a few Biznik members have presented their ideas there – Shelly Farnham, Jordan Schwartz, and yes, I presented Biznik there at the first one. So here’s what I’d like to pass along from Brady to any of you who are interested in speaking on a topic (your startup?) that will interest a bunch of geeks:
We want you to submit your proposal to the next Ignite! What do you want to tell Seattle in 5 minutes? You get 20 slides for 15 seconds a slide and you can’t control it. If you’re unsure of how it works watch a couple of videos from before.
To submit a talk fill out the form at http://ignitenight.thirdeye.railsplayground.net/events/form/ignite_seattle_5. (thanks Gabe!)
Submissions will be open until February 10th. We have room for 16 speakers. I expect there will be more than that proposed. Slides will be due by Sunday the 17th.How will selections be made? They will be based on content (will it appeal to geeks?) and what else is in the program. There will be no repeat speakers from the previous Ignite. One tip: we found that the best, most popular talks were not straight product demos, but instead focused on personal experiences that could easily be applied to other people’s own project and lives.