Photo credit: Jeff Cohen Are you ready for Ignite Raleigh 2? Ignite Raleigh 2 will be held on Wednesday, March 3, Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh, NC 7-9pm. Last year over 500 attendees joined the Triangle community as the first Ignite event was held in North Carolina. This year we’re a part of Global Ignite Week as we join 60+ cities around the world hosting Ignite events. More on Global Ignite Week can be found...

Here is a video from Ignite Raleigh 1, shot by fan Dugald Wilson. The presentation is Bootstrapping by James Avery. He works as a software developer and runs advertising networks. You can find James on twitter @averyj and on his Avery Blog.

Ignite Raleigh presentation: Why 9 to 5 is inhumane from Becky Shankle @ecomod http://www.eco-modernism.com

Ignite Raleigh presentation: What would Jesus Tweet by Derek Brown @derekbrown

We have been bookmarking and reading all of the blog posts, flickr photos and videos about Ignite Raleigh around the web. The posts have been positive, covering from how much fun you had, reviews of presentations and how it could have been even better. Overall the general sense was that Ignite Raleigh “Killed It” and that means if you attended, volunteered or presented you “Killed it”...

Thanks again to all the presenters at Ignite Raleigh for subjecting themselves to the harsh conditions of the Ignite requirements. 5 minutes. 20 slides. And autoadvancing slides every 15 seconds. And if you go over time in Raleigh, you get RickRolled. We only had one presenter get RickRolled, but there were rumors that it was intentional, since no one went over all night and Zach wanted to dance. There were...

We’re still recovering from Ignite Raleigh last night and one of the questions everyone has been asking is when will the videos be online. For that answer be sure to watch our Facebook page facebook.igniteraleigh.com and our Twitter account @IgniteRaleigh as we’ll be posting the videos here on the site soon. In the mean time, please tag all of your photos, blog post IgniteRaleigh on flickr and...

Tomorrow is Ignite Raleigh and we just wanted to run down some details about the event to make sure everything runs smoothly and people know what to expect from this event. We are holding this event at the Lincoln Theatre, a large rock club that holds hundreds of people. This will create a very different vibe for Ignite Raleigh than the usual conference. You can think of the 15 presenters as rock stars who will...

For those of you didn’t get a chance to register for Ignite Raleigh we have added 25 tickets to go along with the 500 people who have already registered to attend. Registration ends today at 3:00 P.M. Thanks!

We’re one week away from Ignite Raleigh and I hope you’re excited as I am. In honor of our seven day countdown we want to announce that Ignite Raleigh will be giving away four door prizes to a few lucky attendees. The four prizes are: 1. State Fair Family Fun Pack Two adult size State Fair tie-dye T-shirts Four admission tickets Four bumper stickers Four notepads Four posters 2. Two Geek T-shirts...

As we get closer to Ignite Raleigh we’ll be making a few announcements about music, featured speakers and other entertainment for you. Today we’re excited to announce Ruby Sinreich is the founder and editor of OrangePolitics.org, a progressive multi-author weblog with a vibrant community discussing local issues around her hometown of Chapel Hill, NC. Ruby Sinreich is the founder and editor of OrangePolitics.org,...

As we get closer to Ignite Raleigh we’ll be making a few announcements about music, featured speakers and other entertainment for you. Today we’re excited to announce Zach Ward @zachward Founder and Artistic Director of DSI COMEDY THEATER @dsicomedy in Carrboro, N.C. as the MC of Ignite Raleigh. Zach Ward is a Chapel Hill-Carrboro resident and proud Carolina graduate. Founder and Artistic Director...

As we get closer to Ignite Raleigh we’ll be making a few announcements about music, featured speakers and other entertainment for you. Today we’re excited to announce Wendy Coulter @wendycoulter, CEO of Hummingbird Creative Group in Raleigh, N.C. as a featured presenter. About Wendy Coulter: With more than twenty years of experience in marketing, advertising and design, Wendy Coulter, CEO of Hummingbird...

The votes have been tallied and the community has spoken. Below are the top 10 Ignite Raleigh topics to present on Wednesday August 5 at the Lincoln Theatre. 1. Everything I Know About Web 2.0, I Learned From the Disney Marathon 398 2009-07-02 21:35:22 2. why 9 to 5 is inhumane 118 2009-07-02 14:35:03 3. Creating Grassroots Wi-Fi Mesh Network for Downtown Raleigh 113 2009-07-02 15:06:14 4. Who’s...

As we get closer to Ignite Raleigh we’ll be making a few announcements about music, featured speakers and other entertainment for you. Today we’re excited to announce Rafe Colburn @rafeco, Director of Technology at Web agency Hesketh.com as a featured presenter. Rafe Colburn is Director of Technology at Web agency Hesketh.com, where he manages a development team that builds Web applications and...

As we get closer to Ignite Raleigh we’ll be making a few announcements about music, featured speakers, and other entertainment for you. Today we’re excited to announce Shawn Rocco photojournalist and multimedia producer with the News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina as a featured presenter. About Shawn Rocco: Shawn Rocco, 37, is a staff photojournalist and multimedia producer with the News...

Last week the presentation pitches and voting kicked off for Ignite Raleigh. Since then, 32 presentations, 308 voters, and 1215 votes have been made and we’re excited to see the winning submissions. The top 10 presentations will have the opportunity to present at Ignite Raleigh. Here’s a list of the current top 10 Ignite Raleigh topics. Title Topic Status Votes Created Everything I Know...

Photo credit: Anita Hart Do you have what it takes to stand in-front of 400 people and share your ideas with the community? Starting today, you can submit your presentation ideas for Ignite Raleigh. As the ideas are submitted, you can vote up to 10 times on other Ignite Talks that you would like to see. We’re planning to have 14 presentations. The top 10 presentation ideas selected by the community...

Ignite Raleigh is sure to be loads for fun for attendees and presenters alike, and it’s time to get excited. But don’t too excited that you can’t click on the button below to register for your FREE tickets today. Registration starts at 10:00 A.M. on June 2.

For many people in the Raleigh, NC area Ignite events are brand new and you may be asking what happens at an Ignite event. Take a look at a past Ignite presentation from Monica Guzman on Being an Awesome News Commenter at Ignite Gnomedx

We just confirmed the date and location for Ignite Raleigh and wanted to announce it as soon as we could. Ignite Raleigh will be held on Wednesday, August 5 at the Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh NC. Ignite events were originally conceived as technology variety shows, but they have grown into much more than that. Ignite is about ideas. Ideas can change the world. And it takes less than five minutes to spread one. Communities...

As you know we’re kicking off the planning process for Ignite Raleigh and so far the feedback has been great. A few people are already planning to fly to Raleigh for the event and we’ve found out via twitter that Brady Forrest, the co-founder of Ignite is from NC and he seems pretty excited about Raleigh hosting an Ignite.  I think this means that our first Ignite has to rock. brady: My birthpace...