For those who couldn’t join us, or who just want to re-live the glory, here’s how Ignite Waterloo 5 on February 8th went down…

6:00pm – The doors opened and the crowds came (and came… and came…)

6:45pm – The marshmallows and toothpicks sculpture contest began.

7:30pm – The first group of presentations kicked off.

• Kevin Sutton – Slam Poetry
• Neal Moogk-Soulis – Choo Choo Choose to Reuse
• Ryan Consell – Making a Monster
• Kirk Zurell – Suffr
• Kyle Mackie – Cranially Endowed
• Warren Spires – The KW Humane Society: A Centre of Animal Welfare Excellence
• Sean Zister – Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Social Values
• Matt Scobel – Ideas, Action and the Evils of Planning
• Scott Chantler – The Genesis of Two Generals

8:30-ish – Intermission and announcement of contest winners: Rob and Jen Drimmie and Shahira Esmail.

9:00pm-ish – The second group of presentations kicked off.

• Simone Panziera – The Beautiful UnBrandables
• Susan Koswan – In Defense of Dandelions
• David Yoon – Tequila
• Andrew Coppolino – A Waterloo Region Eats Smorgasbord
• Jason Dykstra – What the $#%@ is Mediation?
• Robb Farago – 5 Days for the Homeless
• Paul Carvalho – Congruent Software Testing
• Karen Cecile – Fun With Demographics

10pm – And that’s all she wrote! Have a great night, try not to freeze…

Once again, super giant thanks to our hosts, Google, and our sponsors: Communitech, Bingemans, Schlueter Automotive Group, Niche Decals, and Phillip Bast. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Big thanks, too, to the volunteers who make Ignite happen, both in the planning stages and at the event itself. And to the attendees who helped us sell out so quickly and make this the rockin’-est Ignite yet!

We sent around a survey right after the event, and were blown away by the response, both in quantity and the fantastic and constructive things you had to say. A blog post summarizing those learnings is coming.

And, of course, if you were jazzed up and inspired by the talks, apply to do one of your own! Everyone has an interesting story to tell…

Coverage and commentary on the internets:

Erica Waugh: Ignite Waterloo 5
Pictures from Kwartzlab: Ignite Waterloo 5 & Tuesday Open Night in Pictures: 2011-02-08
OpenFile Waterloo: Ignite Waterloo sparks imagination