Announcing 15 Selected Speakers for Ignite Raleigh 2

The votes are in. Drum-roll please…. After several days of intense voting on Ignite presentation topics, we have reached the close of our three week community selection process. There were over 3860 votes from 788 voters on 36 talk proposals. Wow – it’s an understatement to say, we are very excited by the incredible participation from all of you in the Triangle community, and beyond. Our Global Ignite Week event is going to be epic. I know you are all waiting for the big results, so without further ado, here are the selected speakers for Ignite Raleigh 2!

1. Charlotte Moore, NerdGirls Unite! Fact: Women Don’t Have to Be Lame
2. Natasha Crawford, Using the Principles of Career Advancement to Enhance Your Intimate Relationship
3. Lisa Creech Bledsoe, 13 Reasons Women Should Take Up Boxing
4. Janet Kennedy, 5 Bucks is Change
5. Chris Moody, Everyone Needs A Dumb Guy
6. George Smart, Mayberry Modernism – Why the Triangle is America’s Hotspot for Way Cool Houses
7. Evan Carroll, What happens to your digital identity after you die?
8. David Millsaps, All media is social. You are no expert. Go read McLuhan.
9. Jay Dolan, Anti-Social Media: Breaking Connections for Fun and Profit
10. Jess Commins, How to save $100+ with a DIY energy audit
11. Ryan Boyles, Ignite of The Living Dead!
12. Bethany Smith, Presentation Zen, or How to not to be boring while presenting at Ignite
13. Jay Cuthrell, The Redneck Guide to Silicon Valley
14. Charlotte Goodman-Smith & Christine Fawley, 20 Little-Known Facts about Sex & Pleasure
15. Dan Wilson, Why your health is the most important thing you’ll ignore all day

This list includes the results of the top 11 presentations (we had a tie!) voted on by the public plus 4 additional wild-card presentations that we chose within the team. The co-organizers of Ignite Raleigh, Wayne, Jeff, Kipp and myself want to congratulate all of the selected speakers. Equally, we wish to thank all of the people who submitted their ideas for consideration. We think there were so many great ideas in the batch. Now, it’s preparation time, everyone! (Don’t worry: Tips and guidance are forthcoming)

With dynamic featured speakers and this group of fun, creative, informative and though-provoking presentations, Ignite Raleigh 2 is sure to entertain and enlighten the Triangle on March 3rd. We can’t wait. Get Fired UP!