Following the awesome success of Petaluma Ignite #1 at Aqus Café last November Petaluma, Ignite #2 is scheduled for February 10th at St. Vincent de Paul High School. If you are new to Ignite, it’s a geek event that’s taken place in over 100 cities worldwide. At the events, Ignite presenters share their personal and professional passions using twenty slides that auto-advance every fifteen seconds for a total of exactly five minutes. Check out the official Ignite site for more info and tons of videos from previous events.
Ignite Petaluma 2 is one of dozens of Ignite events scheduled for the week of February 7-11, 2011, as part of Global Ignite Week.
Tickets are free and available via Eventbrite.
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Our speaker lineup is set, which features a good mix of adult and student speakers:
- John Walker - How to Survive a Grizzly Bear Attack
- Jake Spurgeon - The Amazing World of Crows
- Hisa Tome - "There's a Hair in My Dirt!"
- Dale Dougherty - The Maker culture and Education
- Kara Flageollet - How Joe Kincheloe Changed My Life
- Drew Hoppe - Why Satire is the Best Form of News
- Susan Starbird - The River: Petaluma's "THERE" There
- Stephen Morris - I Always Wanted to be Big
- Kim Corbin - Skipping the Life Fantastic
- Steve Edmondson - Getting Salmon out'a My Backyard
- Julia Anderson - The Struggle of the World's Largest Creature
- Marilyn Schlitz - Changing Minds, Changing Paradigms
- John Millburn - Living in a Healthy Community - What Does That Mean?
- Chris Braun - The Long Term Effects of Wearing Skinny Jeans
- Matthew Porchivina - The Horrors of Donating Blood
Doors open at 6pm for snacks, beverages, and good social mingling time. Talks begin at 7pm. Hope you can join us! Contact ignitepetaluma@gmail.com if you have any questions.
