Hi everyone! We are still so crazy excited from the big Ignite night in downtown Raleigh this week… we are so pleased with the way the event turned out. The team (Wayne, Jeff and Ryan) would like to thank everyone for the tremendous support! We are so glad the night was such a great experience for everyone. Folks have been asking “when will the videos be posted?” We will post as many as we...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 Global Movement Spreads Through Raleigh Ignite Raleigh 2 at Lincoln Theatre on March 3 RALEIGH – Zombies, women’s boxing, saving energy and relationships are all on the agenda at Lincoln Theatre Wednesday night as 19 presenters and 600 attendees take part in Ignite Raleigh 2, sponsored by Phonebooth.com. This free event is part of Global Ignite Week,...

Here is a list of all 19 speakers who will be presenting at IgniteRaleigh 2. It is listed alphabetically since we know you want to be surprised at who is speaking next. This list includes their Twitter name for easy reference and the title of their Ignite Talk. If you would like to follow all the speakers easily, use this list from Ignite Raleigh. If you are tweeting from IgniteRaleigh 2, please use the hastags...

Ignite Raleigh 2 is free for attendees thanks to our sponsors, however, as one of the initiatives of Global Ignite Week, we encourage you to make a donation to a local education project using Donors Choose. DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Here’s how it works: public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests...

New site showcases hundreds of 5-minute videos from Ignite events worldwide O’Reilly has officially announced the launch of igniteshow.com! Sebastopol, CA—Humans really like to congregate. Even as we increasingly live—and share—our lives online, we seek out opportunities to meet, talk, and get recharged by the energy of a crowd. From March 1-5, 2010, roughly 10,000 people will congregate at more...

We’re pleased to announced that Phonebooth.com will be the presenting sponsor of Ignite Raleigh 2. Phonebooth OnDemand is a web-based, business phone system that gives you the features, reliability and voice quality you want – without the management headache of traditional phone systems. If you have seen the big red phonebooth at previous events in the Triangle then get ready because he’s...

Ignite Raleigh is 8 days aways and the community is buzzing with excitement. Today we’re please to announce that Miss NC USA 2010 Nadia S. Moffett wil be speaking at Ignite Raleigh 2. You can read more about Nadia via her bio below. Nadia Shirin Moffett of High Point, North Carolina is an active community and business leader. With a passion to empower people, Nadia has found ways to inspire others in...

If you have been chosen to speak at IgniteRaleigh2, congratulations. Now what? You sold the community on your idea, now you have to plan how to convey it to a large audience at the Lincoln Theater. It is time to prepare your talk and your slides. Here are the instructions and some helpful hints. Requirements: 1. Create 20 slides to illustrate and support your presentation. The title slide counts as one of the...

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...

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...