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    <title>Ignite Fort Collins #3</title>
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    <published>2009-09-15T05:09:04Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-02T23:14:21Z</updated>

    <summary>Ignite Fort Collins Colorado #3: Wednesday November 11, 2009. Get info about tickets, submitting presentations, and voting on submitted topics.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Laurie Macomber</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><big><strong>Ignite Fort Collins Colorado #3: Wednesday November 11, 2009</strong></big></p>

<p><strong>We will be conducting a food drive for the Food Bank of Larimer County at Ignite FC #3. We encourage you to bring a non-perishable item. The Food Bank most needs: Canned Dinners (Chili, Stew, etc), Peanut Butter, Canned Tomatoes, Canned Fruit, and Cereal. Thanks for your support!<br />
</strong></p>

<p>Ignite is a night of presentations on a variety of topics, with a twist. Each presentation has 20 slides that automatically advance after 15 seconds. It is a <a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/">worldwide movement</a>. View sample presentations from other events around the world <a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/show/">here</a>.</p>

<p>We're bringing geeks, designers, and hipsters together for a night of beer drinking and fun.</p>

<p><strong>Tickets</strong> There are still a few free tickets left. <a href="http://ignitefortcollins.eventbrite.com/">Get tickets here</a></p>

<p><strong>Presentations</strong> The presentations selected for Ignite Fort Collins #3 are, in alphabetical order by speaker last name:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Carson Block: Hack Your Bike: Build the Bicycle of Your Dreams on a Shoesting</li>
	<li>Brett Borders: A Brief History of Social Media</li>
	<li>Kevin Buecher: Ignite Karoke</li>
	<li>Jim Davidson: Chasing Your Dream</li>
	<li>Karen Dimmick: How To Tell Your Inner Critic Where To Go!</li>
	<li>Phil Earnhardt: Effortless Green: Three Easy Pieces</li>
	<li>David Firth: From 'Making a Living' to Creating a Life</li>
	<li>Jeff Fruhwirth: Mapping your life: your guide to living in a geo-centric world.</li>
	<li>Amanda Griffith: The Human Whisperer- a magic wand for productive encounters with VIPS (clients, bosses, kids, etc.)</li>
	<li>Mary Merritt: The Advantages Of Growing Up "Tomboy."</li>
	<li>Brian Schwartz: Choose your own adventure - in real life.</li>
	<li>Phil Schwolert: Keep Your Edge</li>
	<li>Cassy Turner: How I clothe, feed and entertain my family with online contests</li>
	<li>Ron Zasadzinski: Mile High Club Membership Drive</li>
</ul>

<p><br />
<strong>Event location:</strong><br />
Drake Centre<br />
802 West Drake Road<br />
Fort Collins, CO 80526<br />
[<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=drake+centre+fort+collins+co&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.988897,107.226563&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=A">map</a>]</p>

<p>Doors open at  6 PM. The first keg is on us, free beer until the first keg runs out, then a cash beer bar is available. Presentations at 7 PM. Get there early.</p>

<p><br />
<strong><br />
<big>Thank you to our generous sponsors, Ignite Fort Collins #3:</big></strong></p>

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<strong>Curators</strong>
<ul style="list-style:none; line-height: 170%; margin-top:10px; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
<li>
Ava Diamond <a href="http://www.avadiamond.com">Diamond Success Group</a>
</li><li>
Laurie Macomber <a href="http://www.blueskiesmktg.com">Blue Skies Marketing</a>
</li><li>
Ron Zasadzinski <a href="http://www.codegeek.net">CodeGeek.net</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Presenting Sponsor</strong><br />
<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://floatingpointmedia.com"><img alt="Floating Point Media" src="http://ignite.oreilly.com/ignitefc_logos/fpm_logo_126px.png" width="126" height="125" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 5px 20px 20px 0;" /></a></span></p>

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<strong >Major Sponsors</strong>
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<entry>
    <title>Ignite Fort Collins #2</title>
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    <published>2009-06-16T07:12:58Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-21T21:03:31Z</updated>

    <summary> Ignite Fort Collins Colorado #2: August 27, 2009! Ignite is a night of presentations on a variety of topics, with a twist. Each presentation has 20 slides that automatically advance after 15 seconds. It is a worldwide movement. View...</summary>
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        <name>Laurie Macomber</name>
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<big><strong>Ignite Fort Collins Colorado #2: August 27, 2009!</strong></big></p>

<p>Ignite is a night of presentations on a variety of topics, with a twist. Each presentation has 20 slides that automatically advance after 15 seconds. It is a <a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/">worldwide movement</a>. View sample presentations from other events around the world <a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/show/">here</a>.</p>

<p>We're bringing geeks, designers, and hipsters together for a night of beer drinking and fun.</p>

<p><strong>Tickets are sold out for Ignite Fort Collins #2</strong><br />
214 Free tickets went on sale at 9:25 AM on Thursday, August 13 and sold out in just four hours. Thank you Ignite fans! It's exciting to see the tix getting snapped up so fast. This is going to be a great event. </p>

<p>If you missed getting a ticket this time, watch this page for an announcement about Ignite Fort Collins 3 and when tickets will go on sale. We should be announcing that before the end of August.</p>

<p><strong>Presentations</strong> The presentations selected for Ignite Fort Collins #2 are:</p>

<ul>
	<li>I Speak Klingon - Love 101 for Uber-Geeks : Nick Armstrong</li>
	<li>Selling What's In Your Head and Creating Passive Income : Steve Dimmick</li>
	<li>How to solve America's health care crisis in 5 minutes (or less) : Patrick Quinn</li>
	<li>Living the Life of a Hooker in Antarctica : Holley Gardel</li>
	<li>Why do I always look fatter, older or generally bad in Photos? : Christina Gressianu</li>
	<li>Don't Just Sit There on Your Assets : Datta Groover</li>
	<li>How to Turn Water (& Grains) into Beer : Steve Jones</li>
	<li>Brain SHIT : Joan King</li>
	<li>Let them eat cake! Lessons from the worst leaders in history : Lee Porter</li>
	<li>My Mom's on Facebook, Now What? : Ryan Wanger</li>
	<li>Confessions of a Know-It-All: One Man's Epic Quest to Learn a Little About a Lot, and BS the Rest : Mark Settle</li>
	<li>You are creative and I can prove it! : Daryle Dickens </li>
	<li>Don't Squash My Sunglasses: A 12 Step Program for Successful Hugging : cc:me solutions</li>
	<li>How to learn a foreign language - and survive : Steve Martin</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Event location:</strong><br />
Drake Centre<br />
802 West Drake Road<br />
Fort Collins, CO 80526<br />
[<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=drake+centre+fort+collins+co&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.988897,107.226563&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=A">map</a>]</p>

<p>Doors open at  6 PM. Presentations at 7 PM. Get there early.</p>

<p><br />
<strong><br />
<big>Thank you to our generous sponsors, Ignite Fort Collins #2:</big></strong></p>

<p><br />
<div style="float: right; width:270px; margin-left: 20px;"><br />
<strong>Curators</strong><br />
<ul style="list-style:none; line-height: 170%; margin-top:0px; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;"><br />
<li><br />
Ava Diamond <a href="http://www.avadiamond.com">Diamond Success Group</a><br />
</li><li><br />
Laurie Macomber <a href="http://www.blueskiesmktg.com">Blue Skies Marketing</a><br />
</li><li><br />
Ron Zasadzinski <a href="http://www.codegeek.net">CodeGeek.net</a><br />
</li><br />
</ul><br />
</div></p>

<p><br />
<strong>Presenting Sponsor</strong><br />
<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.toolboxcreative.com"><img alt="toolbox_logo_126px.jpg" src="http://ignite.oreilly.com/ignitefc_logos/toolbox_logo_126px.jpg" width="127" height="67" class="mt-image-left" style="float:left; margin: 5px 20px 10px 0;" /></a></span></p>

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<strong >Major Sponsors</strong>
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<strong >Associate Sponsors</strong>
<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: block;"><a href="http://www.articulatecity.com/"><img alt="articulate_city_logo_126px.gif" src="http://ignite.oreilly.com/ignitefc_logos/articulate_city_logo_126px.gif" width="126" height="125" class="mt-image-none" style="margin: 5px 20px 0px 0;" /></a></span>

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<strong >In-Kind Sponsors</strong>
<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: block;"><a href="http://www.ftcvideo.com"><img alt="FCVideo_logo_126px.jpg" src="http://ignite.oreilly.com/ignitefc_logos/FCVideo_logo_126px.jpg" width="126" height="38" class="mt-image-none" style="margin: 5px 20px 10px 0;" /></a></span>

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<entry>
    <title>Ignite Fort Collins #1</title>
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    <published>2009-04-12T19:57:42Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-03T07:28:30Z</updated>

    <summary>Ignite is coming to Fort Collins, Colorado on May 28, 2009. Doors at 6 PM. We&apos;re bringing geeks, designers, and hipsters together for a night of beer drinking and fun. Get all the details.</summary>
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        <name>Laurie Macomber</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><big><strong>Ignite is coming to Fort Collins, Colorado on May 28, 2009!</strong></big></p>

<p><strong>Videos of all Ignite Fort Collins #1 presentations have been posted to YouTube. Check them out on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CC6B1004911D899C">the Ignite Fort Collins YouTube channel & playlist</a>.</strong></p>

<p>Ignite is a night of presentations on a variety of topics, with a twist. Each presentation has 20 slides that automatically advance after 15 seconds. It is a <a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/">worldwide movement</a>. View sample presentations from other events around the world <a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/show/">here</a>.</p>

<p>We're bringing geeks, designers, and hipsters together for a night of beer drinking and fun.</p>

<p><strong>Presentations selected for IFC #1</strong> (alphabetical order)<br />
BeakGeek: Saving The World Via Citizen Science - Coby Leuschke<br />
Best lessons learned from kickass rock ballads  - Tom Campbell & Steven Johnson<br />
Building an active, passive recession-buster solar heater - Josh Raymond<br />
Cohousing, no - not Cohabitation - Kris Boesch<br />
Digital Frontiers - WTF Marketing and Psychotic Resumes - Nick Armstrong<br />
Digital Marketing Revolution (vs. Conventional Advertising) - Greg Hernandez<br />
Finding The Zone: Chaos Theory and Human Performance - Phil Earnhardt <br />
Ignite the entrepreneur within! - Brian Schwartz<br />
Life Hacking: How to leverage the machine! - Kevin Buecher  <br />
Money Saving Advice from a Cheapskate - Ryan Wanger <br />
Public Speaking or Death.... - Tanis Roeder<br />
Smart People, Stupid E-Mails - Margaret McDonald<br />
What color is your jig? - Phil Schwolert<br />
What could jazz and Facebook possibly have in common? - Brian Fromme</p>

<p><br />
<strong>Tickets are sold out.</strong> Tickets are required but are free. They went on sale at 9:25 AM on Wednesday, May 13. 50% were sold in the first 15 minutes, and all were gone twelve hours later.</p>

<p>For those who weren't able to get tickets, we are terribly sorry! <br />
Ignite Fort Collins #2 will be held on August 27, mark your calendars. And BE SURE to follow us on Twitter for the latest announcements: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/IgniteFC">twitter.com/IgniteFC</a></p>

<p>In the mean time, we recommend you check out these two local groups who regularly hold networking and social events for the same crowd:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.refreshnoco.com/">RefreshNoCo/Designer Drinks</a><br />
<a href="http://web.meetup.com/87/">Fort Collins Internet Professionals</a></p>

<p><strong>Event location:</strong><br />
Drake Centre<br />
802 West Drake Road<br />
Fort Collins, CO 80526<br />
[<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=drake+centre+fort+collins+co&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.988897,107.226563&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=A">map</a>]</p>

<p>Doors open at  6 PM. Presentations at 7 PM. Get there early.</p>

<p></p>

<p><strong><br />
<big>Thank you to our generous sponsors, Ignite Fort Collins #1:</big></strong></p>

<div style="float: right; width:270px; margin-left: 20px;">
<strong>Curators</strong>
<ul style="list-style:none; line-height: 170%; margin-top:10px; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
<li>
Ava Diamond <a href="http://www.avadiamond.com">Diamond Success Group</a>
</li><li>
Debbie Campbell <a href="http://www.redkitecreative.com">Red Kite Creative</a>
</li><li>
Laurie Macomber <a href="http://www.blueskiesmktg.com">Blue Skies Marketing</a>
</li><li>
Ron Zasadzinski <a href="http://www.codegeek.net">CodeGeek.net</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>

<p><strong>Presenting Sponsor</strong><br />
<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.toolboxcreative.com"><img alt="toolbox_logo_126px.jpg" src="http://ignite.oreilly.com/ignitefc_logos/toolbox_logo_126px.jpg" width="127" height="67" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 5px 20px 10px 0;" /></a></span></p>

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<strong >Major Sponsors</strong>
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<strong >In-Kind Sponsors</strong>
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