Ignite Atlanta


Ignite Atlanta is 18 presentations, 20 slides per presentation, 20 seconds per slide. Very similar to Pecha Kucha. Hashtag on Twitter is #IgniteATL and Twitter id is @IgniteATL.

All information is here: http://ignite-atlanta.com/

Backchannel conversation is here: http://backnoise.com/?IgniteATL

Presentations:
#1 – 9 Really Dumb Mistakes People Make in Business – @davideckoff
#2 – No Adult Left Behind – @HeathWilkes
#3 – Common Sense – @Corvida
#4 – Sustainable Overclocking – @gomeler
#5 – Beauty For Change@juliesquires
#6 – Welcome To Atlanta – @AmericanMaglev
#7 – Science and the Importance of Chit-Chat -
#8 – Why Can’t Our Space Program Be Like The iPod – There is a lot of Space to Explore
#9 – Secrets of Sand Skink (Sand Fish) Swimming in Sand
#10 – The Meaning of Life – Random Slides, Random Speaker (Birthday Gag)
#11 – The Hydrogen Myth – Stephen Fleming, Vice Provost Georgia Tech
#12 – A Case Of The Mondays – @MondayNight – Craft Brewing http://mondaynightbrewery.com/
#13 – HDR Imaging for n00bs - High Dynamic Range – @Stammy
#14 – How To Identify A Social Media Douchebag - @tessa
#15 – Posting Economy – wtf – Ignite Denver representative
#16 – Mil-OSS – Military Open Source Software – @simplehuman
#17 – Parallel Entrepreneurism – How to have 5 startups and not work very hard – joke presentation – 4-hour Work Week Satire – @pfreet
#18 – Deliverance – Keith McGreggor -”Singularity is a point where we can’t see past it.”

Ignite Atlanta has been a very interesting and entertaining event. There probably needs to be a few more rehearsals before the day of presentations, but overall the presenters did a good job for the first event in Atlanta.

Additional blog posts:
Ignite ATL – A Mini TED of the Southeast - @yanekm - my perspective: “I would not go that far, but it has the opportunity to turn into something special”.

You Can’t Handle The Truth - @JennyDeVaughn

2 Responses to Ignite Atlanta
  1. Jenny DeVaughn
    September 4, 2009 | 10:24 am

    Nice comprehensive list and post regarding IgniteATL! The after-party at @OctaneCoffee was fun too.

  2. Lizzie Azzolino
    September 4, 2009 | 8:26 pm

    Thanks for this post, Bert! I was trying to figure out what Ignite is exactly, and this fits the bill! I would love to check out the next event.

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