Necessary Ingredients for Maximum Villainy – Ef Rodriguez
Let the Kids Blow Stuff Up – Sarah Gjestvang
How to Advance Mankind by Voting the Dummies Off the Island – Dan Viens
The Art of Negotiation – Julie Penner
Nine Mistakes I’ve Made, And Why I Love Them – Eric Marcoullier
Body Awareness for People Who Really Love Technology – Kia
Everything from Figure Skating you can’t Learn from Cutting Edge I, II, III, or IV – Sarah Palaich
Why Roller Derby Should be an Olympic Sport – Andrea Hill
Avatar, Botox, & Winter Park – Tim Niklas
The Madre and her iPhone – Claire Hunsaker
Embracing Mediocrity – Danny Suter
The Audacity of Aquanet – Shannon
The Story of Career Change – Chris Geer
How to Transition to Small-ish Town Living – Suzan Bond
Create – Terry Cabeen

Speaker: Ef Rodriguez (@pugofwar)

Ef opens the night musically with a simple recipe for unleashing your inner villain. Step 1? Get an animal – and stroke it.

Speaker: Sarah Gjestvang (@mad_alchemist)

Why do modern chemistry sets suck? Because our children can’t learn or develop a healthy interest in science and engineering without blowing stuff up.

Speaker: Dan Viens (@dviens)

Dan is the most important person in the world – and so are you. Hop on a bike, punch a Hummer driver in the face, and change this planet for the better.

Speaker: Julie Penner (@pennerj)

Speeding ticket? Boot on your car? Salary negotiations? Julie gives us some simple, inspiring tactics to use in our next negotiation.

Speaker: Eric Marcoullier (@bpm140)

Why selling bootleg tapes, bleaching your hair, and having kids are some of the best mistakes you can make.

Speaker: Kia (@yosoykia)

Can you sit at a desk all day and still have good posture? You can if you follow take Kia’s advice by doing chair asanas and the Cornholio while at work.

Speaker: Sarah Palaich (@insidetwizzle)

Don’t know the basics of figure skating? Prepare to find out.

Speaker: Andrea Hill (@afhill)

Roller Derby has blossomed into a real sport. Who knew? Extra credit: Andrea plays for the Denver Roller Dolls under the name Kendra Blood.

Speaker: Tim Niklas (@timmynick)

Find out how The Childrens Hospital is using crazy stuff like botox and motion capture technology to make a difference for children with cerebral palsy.

Speaker: Claire Hunsaker (@chunsaker)

When your mom finally gets an iPhone, you’ll have to figure out which is worse: worrying that she’ll be snapping photos while driving, or that you’re the one who will have to provide tech support. Find out what happens when user interaction crosses the chasm.

Speaker: Danny Suter

Don’t stress about saving the world. There is happiness and satisfaction to be found in mediocrity.

Speaker: Shannon (@mrlady

Life, marriage, and kids – as told by popular rock songs. Extra Credit – Shannon’s blog: Whiskey in my Sippy Cup

Speaker: Chris Geer (@cwgeerski)

A good summary of his career track would be – “Life is what happens when you’re making other plans”. Can you relate?

Speaker: Suzan Bond (@suzanbond)

Moving to Boulder from a big city might not be as straight-forward as you’d think (especially when you’re moving for your dog)…

Speaker: Terry Cabeen (@tcabeen)

Want to be creative? Start by putting yourself out there – and don’t be afraid to suck at first.

Ignite 10 was another wonderful night of enlightening presentations, even when they offered conflicting advice (be incredible vs be mediocre). Churchill, our esteemed local band of the evening was great – the highlight of the night for many. The crowd was awesome, with more friends of friends than ever before. That’s right – we’re not just for techie 20 something guys anymore. Want proof? A line for the ladies room!

Ignite 10 also saw the first appearance of speaker rewards – our version of “everyone gets a trophy day”. What better way to say “thanks for putting yourself out there in front of 875 people” than with a golden dog chasing a raccoon up into a tree?

We’d love to thank all the sponsors (Sticker Giant, name.com, Leeds School of Business, and Pivotal Labs), organizers, and volunteers…all of whom donate time (and money, in the case of the sponsors) to make everything go off without a hitch. Most of all, we’d love to thank everyone who has ever attended an Ignite Boulder. Without you, the show could not go on.

Want to read more?

• Suzan Bond talks about her experience speaking at Ignite Boulder
• Video from Ignite Pre-parties about Boulder startup community
• Andrew Hyde’s thoughts on Ignite 10
• Downtown Boulder experiences Ignite for the first time
• And a few flickr photos

Mash together all the creativity, energy, and enthusiasm the Boulder community has to offer, and what do you get? Ignite Boulder. See you at the Chautauqua Auditorium on June 24th! (tix on sale now)

Our speakers did an amazing job teaching us all something and inspiring us to do something a bit better, a bit bigger.  They had guts, they had nerdery, and we have to thank them for that.

Ignite Boulder 11 will be June 24 at the historic and amazing Chautauqua Auditorium! Tickets go on sale May 8th at 10am here.

We are always looking for non-profits to share our profits from with Ignite.  This Ignite, we are donating to organizations that our community is involved with.  We are donating to a non-profit close to her heart (and head) as well as the Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation.

From Aliea:

So, I’m just writing to you to tell you a little more about the non-profit that you’ve so graciously agreed to donate to, and my experiences with the therapy they’ve provided for me.

The non-profit is the Rocky Mountain Hyperbaric Association for Brain Injury and is a part of the Rocky Mountain Hyperbaric Institute. The non-profit is set up to help people with brain injuries (strokes, traumatic brain injuries, anoxic brain injuries, cerebal palsy..) access hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) because it’s been found to be really helpful in these cases, but there isn’t enough empircal research yet to allow FDA approval and insurance coverage so the therapy regimine is somewhat expensive.

As you know, I suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury last May that resulted in a whole host of issues, the biggest one being that I was forced to drop out of med school. I’ve been anxious for ways to help my healing process along (typical recovery times for this type of injury are in the neighborhood of 2-5 YEARS) because my goals included a gradual return to my MD/MPH program over summer 2010. My providers told me they had seen results with HBOT and it is only through the support of this non-profit that I was able to consider the therapy— which, by the way, has resulted in the most significant improvements in my symptoms, bar none. This therapy, in a way none of my other therapies have– has led me to approach feeling more like myself and actually believe in my heart that I can beat this injury. SO, I think that it is a very very important cause because it can actually change the course of recovery for other people, give them hope, and help to give them back their life.

What is it and what does it feel like and what does it do???? Well, the chamber can look like a tube or a little submarine (I affectionately call it ALVIN) and you are put in, compressed ‘to depth’ (this just feels like you are in an airplane, when you have to pop your ears) and then you breathe pure oxygen for a period of time (usually about an hour and a quarter total for me). What does it do? Well, basically, breathing oxygen at a compressed depth gives your entire body (all your cells, all your neurons, all your plasma) the ability to carry oxygen to tissues (normally this job is done by just your red blood cells). When you can get oxygen to tissues, it accelerates metabolism and healing. So, getting LOTS of oxygen to LOTS of tissues, especially the brain, is a great thing in this way. Anyway, it’s not the most flattering look, but because I’m nice I’m attaching pictures of me in the chamber getting treated (no claustrophobics, it’s tiny in there!)

Of course, this therapy isn’t just used for brain injury- most often it’s used for wound healing (think big wounds like burn victims or stubborn wounds like diabetic lesions) but more recently it is being used for neurological issues, including PTSD, Autism and TBI. In fact, there are some pretty big movements going on now with veterans addressing TBI and more research to use this treatment to help with blast injuries and PTSD, and hopefully reduce the suicide rate in the military.

You wouldn’t believe how many amazing, inspirational people I’ve met through all of the treatments- from stroke victims, to others with paralysis from motor vehicle crashes, to little toddlers with cerebal palsy, to severely autistic adolescents, to other brain injruy victims. You would never know what someone has struggled with and overcome by just looking at them. Thanks so much for playing a part!

Very sincerely,
Aliea (@alieaelan)

In 1991 a group of doctors and other caring individuals associated with the Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers discovered that doctors often used personal funds to help patients meet their financial needs. They decided to create a foundation that would have the mission of providing financial assistance for basic living necessities such as housing, food and utilities. The Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation was formed and began providing financial assistance in 2000.

Their Mission is to provide temporary financial support to cancer patients undergoing treatment.

Their Vision is to be the pre-eminent Colorado charitable entity assisting cancer patients in meeting their needed living expenses.

Thanks to the RMCCF, patients no longer have to decide between vital treatment & having enough money to pay for rent, food, utilities or transportation to and from treatments as well as other immediate needs not covered by insurance.

In ways great and small, cancer has touched someone you know or love. In keeping with our wish to better our community, Ignite Boulder 10 is happy to be a sponsor of RMCCF.

Links :
Website : http://www.rmccf.org/

Tickets are selling rapidly, get yours before it sells out!

What: Ignite Boulder 10 (tickets $10)

When: May 6, doors at 6pm, show at 7pm

Who: The amazing community of Boulder, friends, guests, hecklers, peace makers, noise makers and speakers.  Want to speak? Submission and voting is open until the 14th here.

Music: We are excited to have music from Churchill.

Sponsors: Sticker Giant,  Leeds School of Business and Name.com.  They rock, say thank you.

Thanks for all the support.  Based on the energy and track record, this is going to be another sell out show.  We are not transferring or refunding any tickets, so make sure you can go before buying.  We are a 21+ event.

You too can be considered to perform at future Ignites; head to the Ignite Boulder Band Form and let us know what’s up.

This Ignite thing is quite fun, we should do it again. But the date! We need a date!

May 6th, 2010 at the beautiful Boulder Theater.

Use plancast? #plan it here

So now the dates:

Band Announced: March 25th
Topic Submission / Voting Begins: April 7th
Tickets on Sale: April 7th
Voting Ends: April 14th
Ignite Boulder 10: May 6th, 6pm doors