A huge THANK YOU to Philip Bast for recording and editing the videos from Ignite Waterloo 3.0, as well as to all our speakers, volunteers and attendees for making Ignite Waterloo 3.0 happen. Lookout for the next Ignite Waterloo event scheduled for November 2010. Watch this space for more details!

Many thanks to our sponsors as well, for their continued support of this great community event!

Thank you: Communitech, Philip Bast, Schlueter Cheverolet Hummer, Shad Valley, The Event Firm, The Museum and Velocity.

Graham Moogk-Soulis – Comics on That Internet Thing

Patrick McMahon – Free Flight

Jennifer Gough – The Ultimate Question

Rebecca Blackburn – 26 Miles to Boston

Natalie Brown – Follow Your Passion

Kate Daley – Three Things You Should Know about Education and Oppression

Alisa McClurg – Global Climate Change: Scientific and Spiritual Dimensions

Raul Suarez – Hapiness is a personal choice

Caitie Rosen – Laughter is the Best Medicine

Evan Thor – Management Madness

Natalie MacNeil – Ongoing History of Social Media

Maryam Ashoori – Data Art

Sue Sturdy – If We Can Knit Breasts, We Can Knit Bridges

TJ Hatton – All My Ex Girlfriends Are Crazy

Anshula Chowdhury – How a $40 Burger Can Change the World

Anfernee Chansamooth – Are You Living A Deferred Life?

I spoke to Philip Bast yesterday who mentioned that the speaker videos from Ignite Waterloo 3.0 will be available within the next two weeks. Keep checking back or follow us on Twitter at @IgniteWaterloo to keep posted on developments regarding Ignite Waterloo.

If you are interested in helping to organize Ignite Waterloo 4.0 in November 2010, we have set up a meeting for 730AM Friday, July 23 at Coffee Culture in Uptown Waterloo. Feel free to drop by or join our Google Group in case you’re not able to make the meeting.

In the meantime, below is our official recap of Ignite Waterloo 3.0 held at The Museum on July 7, 2010.

Check it out below!

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Ignite Waterloo 3.0 (July 7, 2010)

6:30pm Doors open

7:15pm Paper plane making contest begins

8:00pm Ignite talks (Round 1, 8 speakers)

• Graham Moogk-Soulis – Comics on That Internet Thing
• Patrick McMahon – Free Flight
• Jennifer Gough – The Ultimate Question
• Rebecca Blackburn – 26 Miles to Boston
• Natalie Brown – Follow Your Passion
• Kate Daley – Three Things You Should Know about Education and Oppression
• Alisa McClurg – Global Climate Change: Scientific and Spiritual Dimensions
• Raul Suarez – Hapiness is a personal choice

9:00pm Intermission

9:15pm Ignite talks (Round 2, 8 speakers)

• Caitie Rosen – Laughter is the Best Medicine
• Evan Thor – Management Madness
• Natalie MacNeil – Ongoing History of Social Media
• Maryam Ashoori – Data Art
• Sue Sturdy – If We Can Knit Breasts, We Can Knit Bridges
• TJ Hatton – All My Ex Girlfriends Are Crazy
• Anshula Chowdhury – How a $40 Burger Can Change the World
• Anfernee Chansamooth – Are You Living A Deferred Life?

10:30pm Announce winners of the paper plan making contest and event wrap-up

A huge thanks to our sponsors for making Ignite Waterloo 3.0 happen! Thanks to Communitech, The Museum, The Event Firm, Philip Bast, Schlueter Cheverolet Hummer, Velocity and Shad Valley.

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As with every Ignite Waterloo event, a number of tweets, photos and blog post reviews have popped up online. Below is a shortlist of some of the online artifacts that we have come across.

In case we have missed any, please feel free to add them in the comments section below.

• Twitter archive for #IgniteWaterloo is worth a read
• @angrycelery has a great recap of Ignite Waterloo 3.0 on RQ Magazine
• Ignite Waterloo 3.0 on Episode 15 of The 100 podcast
• @patrickmcmahon4 who presented a talk on Free Flight and Soaring, has a recap on his blog
• @CuterGecko totally loves Ignite Waterloo on her blog
• @EvanThor who also presented a talk, discusses his experience on his blog
• Ive posted some of my (@renjie) photos on my Flickr here
• Fellow Ignite Waterloo organizer @ramynassar has posted his photos here

The enthusiasm and show of support from across Waterloo Region for Ignite Waterloo 3.0 has been fantastic and we are very much looking forward to the event on July 7 at The Museum in downtown Kitchener!

Registration tickets for Ignite Waterloo 3.0 were sold out within one week of being open, and to that effect, we have opened up a waiting list for those who were unable to register in time.

Sign up for the waiting list here today, only a limited number of spots are available! Once you sign up for the waiting list, we will get in touch with you as soon as spots for the event become available.

In the meantime, here are eight more speakers and their respective topic descriptions for Ignite Waterloo 3.0:

Get ready, Ignite Waterloo 3.0 is less than two weeks away!

We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for Ignite Waterloo 3.0 scheduled for Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at The Museum in downtown Kitchener (map).

Plans are well underway for the event and we are currently finalizing our list of speakers for July 7. In the meantime, here is a sneak preview of what to expect, Ignite Waterloo 3.0 promises to be a great evening!

• “How a $40 Burger Can Change the World” – Anshula Chowdhury
• “Management Madness: Exploring the art of management and what separates the best managers from the worst managers.” – Evan Thor
• “Three Things You Should Know about Education and Oppression” - Kate Daley

Update June 20, 2010 : Ignite Waterloo 3.0 is now SOLD OUT, thank you for the overwhelming interest Waterloo Region! We’re excited for July 7 at The Museum in downtown Kitchener!

Photo by Monster Farm

For those of you have expressed an interest and have applied to speak at the next Ignite Waterloo event, to be held on July 7, 2010 at the Waterloo Children’s Museum, we are organizing a workshop on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from 7PM-9PM on how to deliver an Ignite talk.

This workshop will take place on the 2nd floor of the Huether Hotel in Uptown Waterloo.

REGISTER HERE, but please keep in mind that spaces are limited. We invite all past Ignite Waterloo speakers to come out to the workshop as well.

Schedule

• 7PM – Arrival
• 7:15PM – Introduction by Ramy Nassar, Renjie Butalid and Mark Connolly followed by two short Ignite videos
• 7:30PM – 3 past presenters each speaking about their experience for 5 min
• 7:45PM – Break
• 8:00PM – Each interested future Ignite Waterloo speaker sharing what they want to talk about in 60 seconds
• 8:20PM – Open discussion between all past and future Ignite Waterloo speakers
• 9:00PM – End of workshop

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 format. Have a look at the videos of presentations from the first two Ignite Waterloo events. That should give you a good idea of what our events have been like. Also, take a look at an Ignite talk by Scott Berkun on how to do an Ignite Talk. Finally, we’re planning an Ignite Waterloo workshop to help prospective speakers prepare for their talk. It’s tentatively set for April 20, with details to come. If you hope to present an Ignite talk, keep the workshop in mind!

If all that sounds interesting to you, then please fill out an Ignite Waterloo speaker application. Do it soon though, as planning is already underway!

Update June 15, 2010: Speaker Applications for Ignite Waterloo 3.0 on July 7, 2010 are now closed. Please watch www.ignitewaterloo.ca for upcoming speaker requests for Ignite Waterloo 4.0, date TBA.

Angela Pause: The Evolution of Sex

Vince Jelenic: Community, Cliques and Scenes

Renjie Butalid: Myth-conceptions of Dubai & Abu Dhabi

Lisa Farlow: Staying Sincere Online

Alex Matan: How to Solve an Accordion in 45 Seconds

Erica Waugh: In a Roundabout Way

Jeff Henry: How to Change a Politician’s Mind

Kyle Mackie: Conferences Suck

Tom Skazinski: Zoom Out and Emerge

Hilary Abel: Something About Blogging

Sunshine Chen: Stories on Storytelling

Peter Huang: Geek Music

Ramy Nassar: A Reverse History of Pranks

Schien Dong: Advertiser’s Dilemma

Brendan Lowther: Geocaching

Kareem Shehata: Lessons Learned from Flying

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 collection of photos from the Lego building contest.

Ignite Waterloo organizer @ramynassar has posted a selection of his pictures from the evening.

@cutergecko has a thorough rundown over at the cutebecko blog. Thanks Amy!

@angrycelery, who presented a talk, tells us what the evening was like in words and pictures.

@ericarw gives us a peak into her own pre-talk jitters.

Here’s a nice summary from organizer @daejin_v2 over at his Daejin Media blog. It includes links to various other resources/reviews/photos.

Finally, here are my own blogged thoughts on the entertaining evening, with a lone photo for visual spice.

Videos are on their way, and we’ll be sure to announce them as soon as they’re available.

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, and otherwise made the evening such a success.

We’ll follow up shortly with links to photos, tweets, and other digital remnants of the festivities. Meanwhile, here’s our official record of last night’s evening of fun.

Ignite Waterloo Event #2 (March 3, 2010)

6:30pm Doors open

7:15pm The Lego building contest begins

8:00pm Ignite talks (round 1, 8 speakers)

• Angela Pause: The Evolution of Sex
• Vince Jelenic: Community, Cliques and Scenes
• Renjie Butalid: Myth-conceptions of Dubai & Abu Dhabi
  
• Lisa Farlow: Staying Sincere Online
• Alex Matan: How to Solve an Accordion in 45 Seconds
• Erica Waugh: In a Roundabout Way
• Jeff Henry: How to Change a Politician’s Mind
• Kyle Mackie: Conferences Suck

8:45pm Intermission (chat, get refreshed, etc.)

9:00pm Ignite talks (round 2, 8 speakers)

• Tom Skazinski: Zoom Out and Emerge
• Hilary Abel: Something About Blogging(!)
• Sunshine Chen: Stories on Storytelling
• Peter Huang: Geek Music
• Ramy Nassar: A Reverse History of Pranks
• Schien Dong: Advertiser’s Dilemma
• Brendan Lowther: Geocaching
• Kareem Shehata: Lessons Learned from Flying

10:00pm Announce that the Lego decorating contest winning entry was the world’s smallest foosball table, and wrap up

11:00pm No, really! We’re done now! Time to go home!

Apparently the after-party was good fun as well.

Finally, here’s a big thanks to our sponsors Communitech, The Children’s Museum, The Event Firm, Modevation Media, Philip Bast, Schlueter Cheverolet Hummer, and Toy Building Zone.  We couldn’t have done it without you! As well, thanks to those folks who actually paid to attend; your contributions made the event a better one than it would have been.

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 Henry – How to Convince a Politician to Change His or Her Mind
  
• Peter Huang – Geek Music
  
• Vince Jelenic – Talk: Community, Cliques & Scenes
  
• Brendan Lowther – Geocaching
  
• Kyle Mackie – making conferences suck less
  
• Alex Matan – The illiterate peasant’s guide to playing the accordion
  
• Carey Miller – Project Management – Leadership vs Paperwork
  
• Ramy Nassar – It’s Not About The Camera
  
• Angela Pause – The Evolution of Sex
  
• Tom Skazinski – Computing project that advocates a paradigm shift in social change.
  
• Jenn Wagner – Adult fans of LEGO
  
• Erica Waugh – In a Roundabout Way

And here’s the agenda for the evening. Note that the doors open a little later than they did for our first event.

• 6:30pm — Doors open
• 7:15pm — The Lego contest begins
• 8:00pm — Ignite talks (round 1, 8 speakers)
• 8:45pm — Intermission (chat, get refreshed, etc.)
• 9:00pm — Ignite talks (round 2, 8 speakers)
• 10:00pm — Announce Lego contest winner and wrap up
• 11:00pm — No, really! We’re done now! Time to go home!