September 3, 2009 6:30 PM - 481 attended
IgniteATL Kick-Off Event
About IgniteATL
Ignite is a night of presentations on a variety of topics, with a twist. Each presentation has 20 slides, that automatically advance after 15 seconds. It is a worldwide movement, and Atlanta is hosting our inaugural event on September 3, 2009!
We want people from many different communities to join us as we kick off our first Ignite event. Come join us as we span the gaps between communities and IgniteATL!
Free Parking
Free WiFi
Refreshments
Look for an announcement on the afterparty soon!
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A former member
Thanks for adding more seats! I hated telling people no on a cool event!
Posted August 26, 2009 at 1:35 PM -
Tessa Horehled
I'm the chick in charge of the afterparty. Find me for drink tickets, courtesy of our sponsor MailChimp!
Posted September 2, 2009 at 12:41 PM -
Stephen Rosenberg
Unfortunately I can't get out of class. Thanks Colin, et al for organizing, sounds like a blast! Catch ya next time.
Posted September 2, 2009 at 12:47 PM -
David Eckoff
Looking forward to presenting Thursday night, hearing all the presentations, and meeting some great people!
Thanks to Colin for organizing this event, and to Tessa for organizing the afterparty!
Posted September 2, 2009 at 3:24 PM -
Steve Kelley
Ignite has a lot of potential. I?d give a 7 out of 10 for an opening act. I was impressed at the diversity of the presentations. Love the 15 sec per slide format. Great venue. Vibe of the crowd was engaging. Purpose and Passion what a beautiful thing. A little more polish and this will be a killer event
Posted September 4, 2009 at 9:13 AM -
Keith Duncan
Suggest you put a big timer clock on the stage so speaker knows their time limits. And let the speaker tell the slide handler when to advance to the next slide. This would GREATLY improve the speakers ability to pace their own talk and not be rushed by someone else's 15 second rule. Keith@ElectronicNapkin.com Norcross (The Visual Presentation System for your Computer).
Posted September 4, 2009 at 9:23 AM -
Ben Dyer
Some speakers had no cred in the areas they discussed. Too many blatant commercials. Perhaps some bounds on entries if this is done again. No criticism of organizers; was good to see a lot of friends, but about half were worth watching.
Posted September 4, 2009 at 8:20 PM -
Yanek
Enjoyed it! Looking forward to the next one. More thoughts at:
http://skybreezy.blogspot.com/2009/09/igniteatl-mini-ted-...
Posted September 6, 2009 at 7:46 PM
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Julio Berdote+1 guestPerhaps I had the wrong impression of what Ignite was about, but I was expecting a lot less suit and way more geek. Sorely disappointed.
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Ben DyerToo many blatant commercials. Some speakers known to me gave quite disingenuous presentations. Be happy to talk to you about this offline.
Wasn't nearly as interesting as I expected it to be.
No criticism of organizers, but I could have spent my evening much more productively.
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Jessica LatinGreat event and thanks to Colin for getting something started! I look forward to the next time around, but I don't think I like BackNoise.
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Amy BaxterFascinating, great experience for the students, interesting topics (would love a printed list for note taking and jogging my memory the next day when telling people about it.) Not sure what I expected, it was a bit salon meets start-up forum laced with the taste of performance art. It also reminded me somewhat of the Edinburgh Fringe festival for science geeks: awesome entertaining mental diversions. Too tired after working in the hospital all day to socialize afterwards, but I'll definitely attend the next one and sign up early enough to bring my husband.
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Randy ArrowoodIt was a great night. Entertaining, educational and inspiring. Thanks for putting it together.
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Stephen "Salesologist" Cadley
+1 guestThought it was a great program and loved all the presenters. Felt bad for Tessa though as I think she made the worst sales pitch I have ever experienced in my 20 years in Sales & Marketing. But otherwise think all the presentations were great. And the divergent and obscure nature of some of the topics. Using liquid helium to cool a computer for over clocking purposes to Sand Swimming lizards studied by Physicists to Art appreciation thingy. Was really a mind warp, think I need a Monday Night Beer.
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Keith Duncan+1 guestGreat startup. Lots of fun. Got to meet lots of folks. Suggest you invite the middle age crowd of Entrepreneurs. Was a little lopsided on the young college age. Suggest you get some more heavy hitter presentors with mainstream topics. of course, the youngsters presenting DID do a great job and I'm sure learned more from the experience than almost any other way.
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Paul HolbrookI know it's rough to create a good 5 minute talk, but we need better speakers next time. Or - radical suggestion - allow speakers to have fewer slides. I think that have auto advancing slides that went every 15 seconds really messed most people up. If they had just 5 slides - 5 minutes - I think many people would have done better talks - they would have reduced the number of points they tried to fit in. In other words, I think the 5 minutes is more important than the 20 slides.
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Jeff McConnellGood group and great job by Colin getting everything put together. Enjoyed the format even if I didn't enjoy all of the presentations. My favorite was the Beer and Monday deck followed closely by the ATDC decks including Scott Burkett's
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StephenThe idea is great, many of the presentations went pretty well. My only complaints might be the issues transitioning between speakers and the occasional lack of flow. I think that I might like the idea of fewer slides, and more time per slide. I met some interesting people here as well.
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Greg TyreeNot bad for the first ignite here in Atlanta. The presentations were diverse and some quite engaging. I look forward to more of these.
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Colleen JonesGreat mix of people speaking. Topics pretty tech focused. Some speakers were excellent and some seemed not as prepared. Very promising overall as an excellent event for Atlanta.
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melissaInteresting speakers and topics! Which there had been a little more diverse topics BUT well done for a first time!!!
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Jeremy BrownI didn't, and skill kinda don't, know whether Ignite was supposed to be about technology/social media or about anything someone wanted to present about. If it was the latter I'm going to kick myself for not presenting myself. And the random slide competition was awesome, that should definitely be kept.
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DevonGood lineup of topics. Aside from very minor technical difficulties and the few interspersed mention of profanity, it was a good event.
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Susan SimsFABULOUS!! What an exhilarating event to be part of! Colin was a great MC, the volunteers were unobtrusively efficient, and the speakers showed the variety and depth of the Atlanta human community! The talks ranged from entertainingly funny, through personally meaningful and specifically informative. They included opinions, ideas, and information that enriched and enlarged my life.
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Jenny BloomGreat event and I realize it was the first one but would like future meetings to start on time.
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Bennie FarmerI enjoyed it. There was a wide range of topics presented, with something in every one I found interesting.
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Hey Colin, Look forward to hearing more about this when we meet. looks awesome. love the super fast pace