Videos from Ignite Waterloo 1.0
Watch all of the talks from Ignite Waterloo 1.0 held on November 25, 2009 at the Waterloo Children’s Museum
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 [...]
“Enlighten us … but do it quickly”
Videographer Philip Bast was on hand for Ignite Waterloo’s inaugural event. Graciously donating his time, Philip captured the evenings presentations and is working on compiling them for us. Here’s the first of his video snapshots, also featured on The Record.com Video Reports under Geek Culture.
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. [...]
Huzzah! Speaker Applications Closed
I’m excited to let you know that we’ve now closed applications for speakers for our Nov 25th event! We had such a great response that we’ve filled out our list for Nov 25th, and are part-way through a list for our next event!
If you would like to speak at a future event, however, please feel [...]
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 [...]
Ignite Waterloo at Waterloo Region Children’s Museum
Great news! We have a location for our Ignite Waterloo evening. We’ll be at the Children’s Museum on November 25. Food and drinks will be catered by the museum. This is a great location and we’re very excited to be using this space. If you haven’t visited the Children’s Museum yet, this will be your [...]
Date Set; Venue TBA
The organizational group has been busy in the last few days – we have selected the date for our first Ignite Waterloo event (Nov 25, 2009) and we’re still finalizing the location. We’re hoping to have the venue booked and signed for by the end of September, but as soon as we have a venue [...]
