Sacrificial Deck – Ef Rodriguez
Help! When should I call in sick for a powder day? – Joel Gratz
A Brief History of Social Media – Brett Borders
Dating: The Good, The Bad, The Truly Tragic – Nora Burns
20 days in Antarctica – Alek Komarnitsky
How to Jump Off a Cliff – Steph Davis
How to Run Meetings That Don’t Suck – Sarah Welch
A DIY Guide to Nom Nom Nom – Aaron Sagray
Save the Engineers: A Cause for an Endangered Species – Kristina Wang
Lessons Learned from 12 Years Living in Boston and Rooting for the Red Sox – Jason Cole
From Funny to Wrong – Peter McGraw
How to Start Your Country and Lose 20 Pounds in 30 Days – Jesse Hill
Cast Iron Cookware: Why Your Great-Grandma Schools Your Ass on Sustainability – Derek Olson

Speaker: Ef Rodriguez (@pugofwar)

Ef leads off with his usual guitar and vocal stylings, warming up the crowd by reworking the words to some of your favorite Christmas tunes for the internet-speak inclined.

Speaker: Joel Gratz (@gratzo, coloradopowderforecast.com)

If anyone should be giving you advice for how to skip work and ski, it’s Joel, the man behind Colorado Powder Forecast. These step by step instructions will empower you to ditch the office and head to the mountains.

Speaker: Brett Borders (@brettborders, socialmediarockstar.com)

In one of his first presentations since breaking his larynx, Brett takes us from the phone freaks, to IRC, to one handed typing, to FourSquare.

Speaker: Nora Burns (@noraburns)

Having met Malcolm Gladwells definition of expert, Nora explains the 180 Guy, What not to talk about on a first date, and how to get out of a bad date.

Speaker: Alek Komarnitsky (website)

Alek, whose “minor claim to fame” is that he rigged up his christmas lights to a webcam allowing people to turn them on and off, woos the crowd with some incredible photos and stories from Antarctica. (more photos here)

Speaker: Steph Davis (@highsteph, blog)

Professional rock climber Steph Davis, who has become deeply involved with base jumping and wingsuits, tells us why, among other things, we’ll want to resist the urge to flail our arms and legs wildly next time we jump off a cliff. (extra video: climbing thousands of feet without ropes, wingsuit flying)

Speaker: Sarah Welch (@sarahewelch)

Sarah says: Know your Purpose, Priority, People, and Post-Meeting Strategy. If you run meetings, do us all a favor and take notes.

Speaker: Aaron Sagray (@asagray)

Aaron gives a passionate and empowering talk about how and why we should all be cooking real food. For extra credit, he wrote up all his notes, references, and even a recipe.

Speaker: Kristina Wang

Kristina first makes the case for why engineers don’t all conform to the common stereotypes, and follows it up with a few of the best reasons to be or befriend them (most notably: they make awesome halloween costumes)!

Speaker: Jason Cole (@wickedsmaht)

Through the lens of rooting for the Red Sox, Jason tells us to “Be Bold, Be Stupid, but most of all be Joyful – the rest will follow”.

Speaker: Peter McGraw (Humor Research Lab)

Through his work with the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) at the University of Colorado, Peter explains his deep understanding and appreciation of humor. He explains the Benign Violation Theory which states that “people find funny what they find to be wrong, offensive, or threatening to the way they believe the world ought to be, while at the same time seeing that the situation is benign”. Check out his project understandinghumor.org.

Speaker: Jesse Hill

Batting second in the McGraw-Hill lineup, Jesse plays the role of pitchman, selling us on the idea of starting our own country. Not in love with your current options? Choose your own economic, political and social systems. Extra credit: seasteading.org

Speaker: Derek Olson (@derekoncastiron)

Derek schools us on the ills of teflon, and why cast iron is better, safer, and more pure. Extra credit: Derek’s blog on cooking with cast iron, recipes included.

The Westword has a great article on the event. Alek Komar has some great photos as well as Jason Janelle.

Thanks to the speakers, volunteers and attendees.

We had a blast planning, look out for the next one mid February!

We will do a great post roundup of the reviews.

• Tickets are still on sale here (less than 200 left…) http://igniteboulder7.eventbrite.com/
• We will have 50 at the door if you don’t want to pay online.  Cash only.
• We will be at the Boulder Theater
• Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 7pm, ends around 9pm
• List of speakers / topics here
• A list of attendees on twitter is here.
• It will be live streamed at http://www.igniteboulder.com/live
• All our proceeds go to Food Bank of the Rockies!
• New to the community?  Let us know when you check in and we have some cool things planned (special area to meet other folks).

Bring on the Ignite!  If you have never watched an Ignite, here is a great one from our last event.  5 minutes, 20 slides that auto advance after 15 seconds!

Thanks for all the support everyone!

Tickets still availible!  http://igniteboulder7.eventbrite.com/

With so many wonderful and caring people attending Ignite Boulder the giving potential is HUGE! A food drive, helping those around us who struggle this time of year to get a yummy meal has the potential to do so much. The interesting thing, is that even something like giving can reach a saturation level around the holiday season. We contacted many food banks, one of the first being Conscious Alliance, an amazing local group working with the Sovereign Nations of Native Americans.

However, after hitting many roadblocks and having difficulty actually speaking with someone, we finally realized that the foodbank organizations are literally running over capacity this time of the year! We did have a great conversation with Food Bank of the Rockies, and learned that even more than food donations cash donations will help the community. They have a huge buying power as a large non profit organization, and can use money to buy the food that is needed the most for cheaper than individuals can get it.

We will be taking cash donations throughout the event, as well as making a donation from the Ignite Boulder event itself. Thank you all for the giving you already do, it is much appreciated by the community, but also, I encourage you to bring a little extra to this event and pass it on to Food Bank of the Rockies (grocery store gift card word too!)

Also, Ignite Boulder tickets are still available, lots of them! So take a moment to remind someone to come, and to get their ticket now (or to invite someone new!). This event is about community, and the fantastic attendees make it the powerful, inspiring, fun event that it is, so come!

We have some amazing presentations, a great band, and some really cool surprises for the evening!

Larkin and the Ignite Boulder Organizers

Gabe Thexton Where the hell did Hawaii come from?
Steph Davis How to Jump Off a Cliff
Sarah Welch How to Run Meetings That Don’t Suck
Brett Borders History of Social Media
Alek O. Komarnitsky 20 days in Antarctica, Falklands, a…nd South Georgia Islands
Aaron Sagray A DIY guide to Nom Nom Nom
Kristina Wang Save the Engineers: A Cause for an Endangered Species
Jesse Hill Start Your Own Country and Lose 20 lbs in 30 days
Erika Napoletano How the F-Bomb Promotes Green Living
James Baber OWN Any Situation… @QuasiJames Style…
Peter McGraw From Wrong to Funny
Derek L Olson Cast Iron Cookware: Why your great-grandma schools your ass on sustainability
Joel Gratz Help! When should I call in sick for a powder day?
Nora A Burns Dating: The Good, The Bad…and the Truly Tragic
Jason Cole My Boy’s Wicked Smaht: What I Learned from 12 Years Living in Boston and Rooting for the Red Sox

Get your ticket here!

Same location, the great Boulder Theater.

Same deal with the presentations, 7 picked by the community, 7 picked by the organizers, a great local band and some time to meet and get to know some great folks.

We have taken the feedback from 6 to heart (main feedback was shorter intermission, more time to talk, more free beer!).  We are offering all of them.

Timeline:

Topic Submission / Voting Begins: November 10th
Tickets on Sale: November 10th
Voting Ends: November 18th
Band Announced: November 18th
Bar ceremonially has attendees raise free drinks: TBA
Ignite Boulder 7: December 10th