Announcing Ignite Raleigh 2 featured speakers and voting ends tomorrow

If you watched some of the Twitter conversations yesterday, then you know that we’re switching things up a little this year for Ignite Raleigh 2. Last year we had a total of 15 speakers, 10 were community voted and 5 featured speakers. This year we’re going to have a total of 17 speakers. The 17 speakers will include the top ten community voted from voting.igniteraleigh.com, four community speakers picked by the organizing team and 3 featured speakers. Today we’re excited to announce the 3 featured speakers for Ignite Raleigh 2.

1. Elizabeth Gardner @WRALweathergal

Elizabeth Gardner serves as the Meteorologist for WRAL_TV. Her Professional Experience includes: 1998 to present: meteorologist, WRAL-TV; 1995 to 1998: weather anchor, KXLY-TV, Spokane, Wash.; 1994-1995: meteorologist, WECT-TV, Wilmington, N.C.; 1990 to 1994: reporter, WGHP-TV, High Point, N.C. Elizabeth’s Ignite talk will be “Day in the life of a meteorologist who gets up at 3am. ” You can read more about Elizabeth here: http://www.wral.com/rs/bio/1014857/

2. Henry Copeland @HC
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Henry Copeland is the founder/CEO of BlogAds. BlogAds connects 2,500 influential blogs advertisers with blog readers and the social media elite. Henry’s Ignite talk will be on “20 rules for start-ups” You can read more about Henry here: http://weblog.blogads.com/2008/06/11/henry-copeland-bio/

3. Laurie Ruettimann @lruettimann

Laurie Ruettimann is a seasoned and cynical HR professional with over a decade of experience in Fortune 500 organizations. Laurie’s Ignite talk will be on ”Why My Cat Can Get a Job Before You.” You can read more about Laurie here: punkrockhr.com/about

A big thanks to our featured speakers. Returning as host/MC is Zach Ward. “Fire it up” once again.

Tomorrow is the last day of voting for the top 10 on voting.igniteraleigh.com. Good luck and we’ll see you on Wednesday, March 3, for Ignite Raleigh 2, a part of Global Ignite Week.

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