Request for Ignite speakers!
As some of you may already know, Ignite Waterloo 3 is set for July 7, 2010. Several people have already expressed interest in presenting an Ignite Talk, but we’d like to hear from anyone else who is interested in doing so as well.
Are you interested? Take some time to learn more about us and the [...]
Ignite Waterloo 2 review roundup
As with our first event, there are many reviews, photos, and tweets out there that document last Wednesday’s Ignite Waterloo event. Here’s a small sampling of it. Please add links via a comment for this post!
The stream of tweets produced before, during, and after the event is worth a look.
Ignite Waterloo organizer @wendyhoomo has a nice [...]
Ignite Waterloo 2 has come and gone with a bang
The second Ignite Waterloo event was last night and it was a blast. It was also a part of Global Ignite Week, which makes us all very proud. As with the first event last November, we had great speakers, great attendees, and a perfect venue. Thanks to everyone who attended, milled about, talked with people, [...]
Here comes Ignite Waterloo 2!
The next Ignite Waterloo event is this coming Wednesday, and the details are falling into place nicely. Here’s a finalized list of speakers:
Hilary Abel – Blogging
Renjie Butalid – Myth-conceptions of Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Sunshine Chen – Fort Mac and The ‘Loo… A Tale of Two Cities
Lisa Farlow – Personal Blogging
Jeff [...]
Registration now open for Ignite Waterloo 2
Plans are progressing nicely for our first event of 2010. As previously announced, it’s on Wednesday March 3 at the Children’s Museum in Kitchener. We’re close to finalizing the list of speakers and topics for their talks. Just to whet your appetites, here’s an initial list of 8 out of 16 speakers. More details to [...]
Second Ignite Waterloo event is on for March 3!
It’s been a little quite here in recent weeks, certainly in comparison to the activity around our first event. The cone of silence is now coming off, though, and we’re pleased to announce that Ignite Waterloo #2 is happening on March 3. Once again, it will be at The Children’s Museum in Kitchener. Details on [...]
Videos from our first event now available
Thanks to Philip Bast, we now have a video record of the 16 talks given at our first IgniteWaterloo event. Have a look at our spiffy new Vimeo site and dig into the videos. The talks are every bit as engaging and edifying on video as they were that night at the Children’s museum. And [...]
Ignite Waterloo #2 is coming your way
Some of the Ignite organizers got together for a lunch meeting today to talk about the first event last week and to begin planning for the second event, tentatively set for March 2010. The general feeling is that, minor glitches aside, the first event worked quite well.
But others may have a different take.
Were you at [...]
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
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
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
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 [...]
Registration is open for our first event!
Registration is now open for our first event on November 25. From exploring community, through solving Rubik’s cube, through solar energy, there’s a great variety of topics to be enjoyed. There’s even a cupcake decorating contest if the talks don’t grab you. Space is limited, though, so be sure to sign up soon if you [...]
More Speakers! More great topics!
We’ve made great progress in finalizing our lineup of speakers for the first Ignite Waterloo event on November 25. From communities online and off, to designing and making things, to environmental issues, it’s going to be an evening of diverse and engaging talks. We’ll announce information on how to get tickets in the near future. [...]
Plans progressing for our first event
Planning is well underway for the first Ignite Waterloo event on November 25. Here’s an overview of how things might unfold. Keep in mind that this is a work in progress.
6:00pm Doors open
6:45pm Ignite contest begins (I’m reliably informed that it involves the decoration of cupcakes)
8:00pm Ignite talks (round 1, 8 speakers)
8:45pm Intermission (chat, get [...]
Organizing meeting on Monday
We’re having an organizing meeting at 8:00pm on Monday September 14 (yes, this is short notice!). The meeting is at William’s Coffee Pub in the University Plaza next to University of Waterloo. If you have any interest at all, please do come out and meet the growing group of volunteers, and join in to help [...]
