Ignite Raleigh is a part of Triangle Tech week #TriTech

Posted by Wayne Sutton in Ignite Raleigh 1, News

For those of you reside outside of NC we call the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding areas the Triangle and this week we having Triangle Tech week. Every day starting Monday August 3 thru August 8 there will be a different Technology/ social media/ geek event to attend. Also we’re going to have a few special prizes for some of the attendees who make it all six events such as an iTunes gift card and more. To verify you attended all six pick up a card starting tonight at the Triangle Tweetup at Edge Office. The card will have all events dates listed. Next find one of the OurHashtag partners which includes, Kipp Bodnar, Jeffrey L. Cohen, Ryan Boyles or Wayne Sutton and we’ll mark your card. On Saturday at BarCampRDU if you attended all six events we’ll have the prize for you.

If you’re tweeting about the events be sure to use the tag #TriTech short for Triangle Tech Week. Here’s the run down of the events along with the organizers and more information url for Triangle Tech Week.

Monday, August 3 – Triangle Tweetup, 7:00 P.M. at Edge Office – http://triangletweetup.org via OurHashtag

Saturday, August 8 – BarCampRDU at Red Hat via Dave Johnson aka @snoopdave on Twitter and team.

Ok, it’s going to be one long but fun, exciting week in the Triangle and remember the tag is #TriTech but some of the events have their own tag too such as #IgniteRaleigh & #barcamprdu. Be sure to check out the Social Carolina calendar as there are other events in the Triangle this week too. http://socialcarolina.org. Also be sure to look at each events website or Twitter account to see if there are any changes. Have a great week!

Thirdparty Labs Sponsors Ignite Raleigh

Posted by Jeff Cohen in Ignite Raleigh 1, News, Updates

Ignite Raleigh would not exist without our sponsors, so we want to thank them, and would like for you to do the same. If you or business need the services our sponsors offer, please consider contacting them for more information.

Thirdparty Labs specializes in building advanced, standards-based, usable, content-managed web sites. They solve clients’ toughest technical problems with their approach. Thirdparty Labs is a group of seasoned web developers. They share a passion for technology and innovation, and strive to create solutions that are elegant in both form and function. Their multi-disciplinary backgrounds give them the unique ability to maintain full perspective on all aspects of a project at all times; considering standards, functionality, and usability during the design phase, and user experience while coding. They love what they do, and approach each project with enthusiasm and commitment.

Rob Ruchte founded Thirdparty Labs in 2006 to provide top-notch technical services to the advertising and PR industry. He is the creator and maintainer of the Carbon Content Management Toolkit, a framework for rapidly developing 100% custom content management solutions, social media platforms and web applications. Follow Rob on Twitter at @RobRuchte.

DJ Rousseau spins tunes for Ignite Raleigh

Posted by Ryan Boyles in Ignite Raleigh 1, News

We are excited to announce our house DJ for Ignite Raleigh tonight. DJ Rousseau is a renown local Electronica Disk Jockey who has deejayed at several prominent triangle clubs over the past ten years. You have heard his turntables at NV in Chapel Hill, Cafe Cyclo in Raleigh and the FAME parties at Ringside in Durham. DJ Rousseau was co-founder of the Resonance Project and resident DJ at Kulture in Raleigh. And a cool bit of history / trivia for all of the NCSU Wolfpack Alumni: DJ Rousseau was the co-founder of WKNC 88.1′s After-Hours show in 1994, North Carolina’s longest running electronic music program. On top of all of this, Rob is a true geek who is passionate about Linux, HAM radio and model railroading!

Listen to DJ Rousseau’s Alpha: Vol. 3 Mix.

Press Release: Open Your Mind to New Ideas at Raleigh Event

Posted by Jeff Cohen in Ignite Raleigh 1, News

Ignite Raleigh to be held at Lincoln Theatre August 5, 2009

For Immediate Release

(Raleigh, NC: July 9, 2009) The air in Downtown Raleigh will be filled with fast-paced, high-minded ideas as Ignite Raleigh comes to the Lincoln Theatre on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 7pm. This free event, organized by Triangle startup company, OurHashtag, LLC, will bring together hundreds of members of the Raleigh community to ponder these revolutionary ideas and cheer on the community chosen speakers.

Ignite Raleigh is about ideas and ideas can change the world. And it takes less than five minutes to spread one. Each presenter gets five minutes on stage to present their idea with 20 slides that rotate automatically after 15 seconds. These are not sales pitches, but educational presentations around a single idea.

Ignite events were originally conceived as technology variety shows, but they have grown into communities. Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest, O’Reilly conference chair and technology writer, and Bre Pettis, entrepreneur. Since then hundreds of 5 minute talks have been given across the world. There are thriving Ignite communities in Seattle, Boulder, Portland, Paris, and NYC.

Wayne Sutton, partner in OurHashtag and one of the organizers of Ignite Raleigh, wanted to have this event in our area because it is unlike any other event we have seen. “Ignite Raleigh will really bring the community together for this one evening, and beyond. This will highlight talented individuals and the diversity of ideas in the Raleigh area. We are excited to see the presentations and look forward to the conversations after tonight that will fuel continued community growth and more events like Ignite Raleigh.”

Ignite Raleigh will include presentations from members of the Triangle community. The event organizers have already selected two featured presenters, include Ryan P. Allis, Co-Founder and CEO of iContact, an email marketing company, and Shawn Rocco, photojournalist with the News & Observer. There will be two other featured presenters selected by the organizers. Ten other presenters will be selected by community vote. 34 topics, 363 voters and 1,476 votes have already been submitted at Voting.IgniteRaleigh.com. Voting ends on July 20 at 11:59 P.M. EST.

The fun-filled night will also include musical entertainment. Already on schedule to perform are North Carolina-based comedy duo, Rhettt and Link. These musicians, filmmakers and “Internetainers” are best known in this area for the BBQ song. As more performers are confirmed, we will add them here.

Free Tickets are available at IgniteRaleigh.Eventbrite.com.

For more information about Ignite Raleigh:
Email: contact AT igniteraleigh DOT com
Twitter: @IgniteRaleigh
Phone: 980-939-8956

About Ignite Raleigh:
Ignite Raleigh is a community-driven event about ideas. The first in an ongoing series of Ignite Raleigh events is Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 7pm at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Lincoln Theatre. This free event, organized by Triangle startup OurHashtag, LLC, will bring together hundreds of members of the Raleigh community to ponder these revolutionary ideas and cheer on the community chosen speakers. Each presenter gets five minutes on stage to present their idea with 20 slides that rotate automatically after 15 seconds. These are not sales pitches, but educational presentations around a single idea. For more information about Ignite Raleigh, go to IgniteRaleigh.com.

About OurHashtag, LLC:
OurHashtag, LLC brings together community, marketing, business and technology to provide platforms for connection and engagement, both online and off-line. The core team of partners Wayne Sutton, Kipp Bodnar, Jeff Cohen and Ryan Boyles bring experience, knowledge and thought leadership in their respective disciplines. For more information about OurHashtag, go to OurHashtag.com.

Let the presentation submissions and voting begin!

Posted by Wayne Sutton in Featured Articles, Ignite Raleigh 1, News, Updates

 

 

 

As presentation talks start to roll in you have up to 10 votes to vote on the topics you would like to see at Ignite Raleigh. We recommend visiting http://voting.igniteraleigh.com/ often in the next couple of weeks to review submitted topics and vote for your favorites. After submitting your own topic, encourage your friends and followers to vote for your presentation.

We want  everyone to focus on Ignite presentations that teach something and have social value, but are open and creative. The presentation submissions and voting deadline will be July 20, with the top 10 vote getters speaking to the community. We have already scheduled Ryan P. Allis, Co-Founder and CEO of iContact, the leading provider of email marketing tools for small businesses, to speak. Allis was named by Business Week as one of the “Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25 in 2005 and named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the Carolinas in 2008. He speaks on entrepreneurship, finding and following your passion, marketing, and social entrepreneurship, and we are looking forward to his Ignite presentation.

 

The fun-filled night will also include musical entertainment. On schedule to perform are North Carolina-based comedy duo, Rhettt and Link. These musicians, filmmakers and “Internetainers” are best known in this area for the BBQ song.

Please mark your calendars and good luck.

How Ignite Raleigh presenters will be selected

Posted by Wayne Sutton in Ignite Raleigh 1, News

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