September 21st, 2009
Ignite Wilmington #2 is in October, and if it is anything like IW1, it will be a kind of festival, so leave it to the folks at MySherpa to make the connection and come aboard as a sponsor of IW2 by providing Twin Lakes beer, Oktoberfest no less.
MySherpa is a great regional computer systems support organization that keeps many regional businesses humming by making sure that the business systems are protected, back up and nicely polished (well maybe not the polished part). MySherpa has been very supportive of IgniteWilmington, so be sure to show them some IW love in return.
The speaker lineup has been posted, and the speakers are all properly procrastinating the preparation…just like last time!
If you haven’t signed up for IW2, register now! Just like IW1, the event is free, but pre-registration is required and ‘supplies are limited’. If you wait too long, you could be forced to press your face up to the window and look at the rest of us enjoying our Twin Lakes beer, brought to you by MySherpa!
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September 14th, 2009
We got a lot of really cool submissions, but we had to nail it down to 12+1 (as an alternate) so hard choices had to be made. We have a great mix of people who have one thing in common, they are passionate about something in Wilmington!
In no particular order:
Julie Van Blarcom – Delaware Children’s Museum “Bringing the Delaware Children’s Museum to Life”
LeRhone Walker – The Archer Group – “Why Drupal?”
JoJami Taylor- Fashion Alliance of Delaware – “Tweak Your Chic, Wilmington”
Minister and Fighter Pilot, Jon Boulet – Hockessin Baptist Church “My Bi-vocational Life”
Brian Sowards – Delaware Film Company – “The Delaware Film Initiative”
Leslie Kosek – Best Buddies Delaware – “Creating a Non-profit in Delaware”
Lee Mikles – The Archer Group – “Bob Archer – The Man, The Myth, The Legend”
Whitney Hoffman – “Unconferences”
Bill Taylor – The Light Up the Queen Foundation “Lighting up the Queen Theater”
Laura Novak – Laura Novak Photography – “Behind the Scenes: Weddings 101”
TwitterQueens – “Empowering Women through Social Media”
Scott Johnson – Solar Dock – “My Tesla – the first electric sports car”
IW1 Veteran Jeff Schaller is currently at his art show in Switzerland, but agreed to speak again!
Thanks to all who submitted. To those who agreed to speak, start prepping now!
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September 2nd, 2009
Speaker submissions due Wed, September 9th!
We toured the DuPont Theatre yesterday to scope out how Ignite Wilmington #2 would be set up. While many liked the ‘standing room only’ IW1, this time we have chairs for all, and really comfortable chairs!
There have been a lot of great talks submitted by new and returning speakers. If you have something you would like to spend 5 minutes sharing with around 200 of Wilmington’s coolest, please submit your ideas to ignitewilmington@gmail.com by Wednesday September 9th. We will review them with a goal to narrow it down and let everyone know by Friday the 11th so they have a month to prepare.
Trying to keep it real to both creative and technical types in Wilmington, we would love to have a couple of bits and bytes presenters to round everything out.
No chance of getting you on stage, sign up for a ticket instead!
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