How Ignite Raleigh presenters will be selected

If you had five minutes to talk to Raleigh what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Launch a web site? Teach a hack? Talk about recent learnings, successes, failures? We are looking for talks that will inspire and teach, not recruiting or product pitches.

With our first incarnation of Ignite Raleigh to be held in August, one issue surrounded in a bit of mystery is the process used to select the presenters. We’re anticipating lots of quality of submissions from the community, all hoping to give a presentation at our first Ignite Raleigh event.

Some presentations will be selected by volunteers and the planning committee, while others will be voted upon by you the Raleigh, and Trianglewide, community. Within the next couple of weeks, we’ll post a call for presentations, along with information about submitting your presentation topic. After submitting your topic, feel free to promote your idea to your social network and encourage your local friends and followers to vote for your presentation idea.

Here are a couple of presenters that have we have already chosen to present or perform at Ignite Raleigh. Ryan Allis, Co-Founder and CEO of iContact, is sure to give an inspiring Ignite presentation. He speaks on entrepreneurship, finding and following your passion, marketing, and social entrepreneurship, and he is someone whose ideas are changing the world. North Carolina-based comedy duo, Rhett and Link will also be on stage that night. These musicians, filmmakers and “Internetainers” are best known in this area for the BBQ song.

Keep thinking about your presentation, and in the meantime, please register for Ignite Raleigh. Although it’s a free event we need an accurate head count for seating arrangements, door prizes, and over preparations to make the event as enjoyable as possible for everyone. You can register here: http://igniteraleigh.eventbrite.com