Ignite Raleigh 1 Speaker Application
Welcome to our official Ignite presentation submission. Submit your own Ignite talk.
Top 10 get in. Voting closes on February 17.
32 results found
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Tweet, Tweet, Boom!
Social Media is an enormous opportunity for connections and commerce, but also a big risk generator. Examples of SM bombs blowing up in users' faces abound. Hear from an attorney some thoughts and ideas about risk management and best practices.
14 votes -
Writing for the Real World--Breaking Free of Those Stuffy Rules You Learned in English Class
Don't get me wrong, I truly do admire teachers. But a lot of the writing "rules" they drilled into our heads were better suited to impressing college deans than communicating clearly out in the real world. So if you want to connect with your readers and make sure your message gets across, it's time to break free of the bad habits they created.
10 votes -
Speak Spanish your in America!
How the Latino population will move all media, politics, and influence family values in the over the next 15 years. Learn how to engage this group of people for business, to make changes in America, and to increase the U.S tax base.
9 votes -
Building a web app when your programmer and designer live 3000 miles away... and have jobs.
Lots of people have startups. Lots of people have jobs. Some people have both. How do you manage expectations and timelines with people that are as busy as you are and don't live anywhere near you? I'm not totally sure, but I'll share some of my experiences that seem to work.
8 votes -
Grow your Business using the Bible!
King David, King Solomon, Abraham & Job were the Bill Gates & Warren Buffet of their times. Let's look at how they gained access to God to open the heavens and get RICH! You will see how relevant these methods are, and how they work in today's economy.
7 votes -
Acting as a submariner
We have constant connections and myriad ways of communicating. However, this typically means a spike in both interruptions and distractions. There is some benefit to being disconnected and unreachable -- for set periods of time. This presentation will discuss improving your productivity by running silent and deep.
7 votes -
How and why you should avoid yak shaving
You need to fix a bug. Before you fix the bug, you need to update your libraries, before you can do that, you need to update your operating system. Before that, maybe you should install that RAM upgrade ... at MIT, the term yak shaving was coined to describe this pattern. This talk will describe how people fall into it and how you can break out of it.
6 votes -
Hate Driven Development
Sometimes what you need to make it through a task is harnessing your revulsion for it and just getting the work done. Harness your anger to push past procrastination.
5 votes -
Creating a cohesive entrepreneurial community in the traingle
There are many pools of entrepreneurs in the triangle. How can we create a sense of community that sparks (ignites) even more growth in the region and expands the pool of entrepreneurial talent.
2 votes -
Community building around ScienceintheTriangle.org: real time + real estate
Extending the physical presence of the RTP with the capabilities of Web 2.0 or social media tools. How we're using the Internet to move from Presence (land) to Participation (in the Park and across global science parks).
1 vote -
Lessons learned looking for IEDs in Iraq will make life in the cubicle a lot easier
Plus the cube has a/c.
1 vote -
Just Say No to Broadband and Yes to Connectivity
Telecommunications is no longer a network, but merely and application. The same is true of TeeVee. As the FCC moves to create a National Broadband Plan we must ask why we should continue a funding model that prevents the connectivity we desire and the opportunity that will drive our economy. Generative opportunity awaits from the edge if we just say no to broadband.
1 vote