Archive for November, 2009

Here’s the way it went down

Here’s the way it went down

Artifacts from the first Ignite Waterloo event are starting to appear around the web. This one is our official record of last Wednesday’s evening of fun.
Ignite Waterloo Event #1 (November 25, 2009)
6:00pm Doors open
6:45pm The cupcake decorating contest begins
8:00pm Ignite talks (round 1, 8 speakers)

Jesse Rodgers: How to run an ‘unconference’
Jayne Thompson: Flood Forecasting and [...]


Slides, pictures, tweets, and more

Slides, pictures, tweets, and more

Artifacts are popping up around the web documenting our first event last Wednesday. Here are a few you can check out.
Update (2009-11-29): Renjie Butalid has created a spectacularly cool video summary of the event. It’s embedded here:

A complete slide deck is available. It’s embedded here:
Ignite! Waterloo
View more documents from Ignite Waterloo.

A set of photos is [...]


That certainly worked out well

That certainly worked out well

Well, it feels safe to say that the first event was a great success by just about any measure. We had a full slate of 16 speakers (two of whom were last minute substitutions), we had a great crowd, and we had had plenty of cupcakes decorated. The Children’s Museum was pretty much the perfect [...]


More tickets for Ignite Waterloo

More tickets for Ignite Waterloo

We have good news on the ticket front as we approach our very first Ignite Waterloo event this Wednesday.
We’ve been able to configure seating at the Children’s Museum such that we can now handle 150 people at Wednesday’s event, rather than 120. That means that if you were on the waiting list, you should now [...]


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