Ignite Durham Speaker Proposals
Welcome to our official Ignite Durham presentation proposal site. Ignite Durham is February 9, 2011 at the Carolina Theatre in Durham NC.
The call for proposals is now open and closes on January 21st. After submitting your topic, begin asking for support from your network of family, friends and supporters. Top 10 vote getters speak, plus 3 submitted talks will be selected by the Ignite Durham organizers. Decisions of the organizers are final.
Ignite events were originally conceived as technology variety shows, but they have grown into much more than that. Ignite is about ideas. Ideas can change the world. And it takes less than five minutes to spread one.
Submit your Ignite talk about a topic you are most passionate about in the arts, science, technology, history, business, education, society, life – you name it. Ignite presentations feature live people speaking in front of an audience of hundreds with 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. Your presentation will include a title slide, leaving you with 19 slides of free-form content. Please consider adding a link to a short video pitch of your talk (under 1 minute) so the community of voters can get a better sense of your presentation style and passion.
Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates at http://twitter.com/ignitedurham. Learn more about Ignite shows around the world and Global Ignite Week 2011 at http://igniteshow.com. See previous Ignite shows in the Triangle at http://igniteraleigh.com. Ignite Durham is produced by Ryan Boyles, Zach Ward and Jeffrey L. Cohen – the same people that brought you Ignite Raleigh!
23 results found
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Mixing martinis at 79 mph: What you can learn from working on a 1930s railroad car
Exploding toilets, cranky customers, and surprise stowaways. You see a lot as a crew member on a restored 90-ton Pullman railroad car at the end of an Amtrak train. See what I learned about marketing, teamwork, and customer service on the "Dover Harbor." I have the photos to prove it.
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Crushing Rubble: Haiti a Year Later
Haiti's 7.0 earthquake was a little over a year ago-1/12/10. What is holding up faster recovery? What were the challenges before? Solutions?
22 votes -
The Structural Revolution
Kenneth Snelson did it. Bicycle wheels and satellites do it. A few new robots do it. We now think that each and every one of our cells do it. Tonight’s question: do our muscles and bones do it, too? There’s a scientific revolution brewing, and it’s coming from some unlikely sources. Unlike revolutions that deal with things very distant or very small, this one is literally happing right under our noses, elbows and knees. Are you ready for the revolution?
8 votes