Have you heard of Ignite? I had only heard of it in passing until recently. Ignite is a symposium held in various cities worldwide, and brings together thinkers and visionaries in a format very similar to the TED talks. What makes Ignite different is that the talks are generally shorter-- 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds into a 5 minute talk, and 12 talks for the evening, followed by a reception.
The first ever Ignite Howard County is being held on Monday, April 13 from 5:30-8:00 at Jailbreak Brewing Company in Savage. I learned about it on Facebook, but you can sign up for it (tickets are an awesome deal at only $10) here! Register early!
Here's the speaker list for the 13th:
• "The Premise & Promise of Conscious Capitalism" - Jeffrey Cherry
• "The importance of homelessness and community service in Howard County" - Ryan Forbes
• "The Nicotine Cure - The Lie, The Fear, The Cure" - Timothy Patrick
• "We have met the enemy and its YOUR brain!" - Umar Hameed
• "How a Handful of Pictures Triggers a 1000 Memories" - Rachel Jenkins
• "How your Divorce Affects the Kids Upstairs" - Meghna Sreenivas
• "Music education: Does it make us smarter?" - Joanne Alme
• "The Merriweather Strategy, Past & Present" - Michael McCall
• "Presenting from Scratch: A Live Experiment" - Todd Fidelman
• "Great Idea, Bad Timing: How to Capture Your Subconscious Genius" - Jon Barnes
• "Sipping Life On My Terms - Finding Myself Through Wine & Travel" - Amanda Laden
• "Transform an Idea into Reality in 5 minutes" - Wendy Moomaw
I am excited to be part of this event and I hope you'll join me on the 13th! No one asked me to promote this event, but I feel that this is the sort of event that advances Howard County as a community. We should be an aspirational community and supporting and joining this sort of an event is a step towards achieving that goal.
Let's be careful out there.
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