What is Ignite Orlando?

Submitted by Elizabeth Baranik on February 25, 2009 - 7:39pm
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Ignite Orlando is a local event often held during a weeknight. Ignite Orlando brings together artists, geeks, entrepreneurs, academics and others to network with a twist..

1. Several five-minute presentations given by volunteer speakers on the topic of their choice. Presentations run five minutes but are only limited to 20 slides that automatically rotate every 15 seconds. The volunteer speakers are predetermined by the Ignite Orlando planning staff and come from submissions generated by this website.

2. a "Make" project contest: - a contest lasting 20 minutes where contestants are broken into small teams to compete as a team. The winning team will receive a prize. The contest will be announced the night of the event.

The concept has spread to cities like New York City, Denver, Boston and now, Orlando. Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then hundreds of five-minute talks have been given across the world. Presentations are collected from speakers before the night of the event and compiled by the Ignite Talk Coordinator (volunteer staff member).

You won't want to miss the very first Ignite Orlando event planned for next Wednesday, March 4th  from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm., at Slingapours at Wall Street Plaza in Downtown Orlando. NFi's very own,Derek Gallo will be speaking on the topic: "OpenID vs. Facebook Connect vs. Google Friend Connect", along with possible talks from other NFi team members.

Ignite Orlando is a free event, but you do need to RSVP asap.