Ignite Toledo

"enlighten us, but make it quick"

Friday morning, Jun 19, 2009 tweet by jmattbuchanan :

Some wonderful conversations about the possibility of #ignite toledo over the last couple days. More this afternoon. Updates next week.

Friday afternoon, Jun 19, 2009 tweet :

first #ignitetoledo pre-planning meeting set for next Tuesday, high noon, at Zingo's in downtown Perrysburg. Come and brainstorm with us!

Twitter search on #ignite

Here's the main Web site for the idea: http://ignite.oreilly.com/ which states:

What Is Ignite?

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then 100s of 5 minute talks have been given across the world. There are thriving Ignite communities in Seattle, Portland, Paris, and NYC.

Ignite How-To

Ignite Presentation Tips

Several Ignite-cities exist but not yet in the Toledo area. It's an interesting and entertaining idea.

A few city Web sites:

created by jr on Jun 19, 2009 at 11:59:17 am
updated by jr on Jun 19, 2009 at 06:40:45 pm