Ignite Columbus
Welcome to the Ignite Columbus speech submission page.
Ignite Columbus 3 will be June 19, 2009 at from 6-8 at The Ohio State University Mendenhall Labatory. http://ignitecbus.com/?p=106
For Ignite Columbus 3, we’ll be limiting the number of talks to 8-10, and are asking people to “vote” on what they want to hear.
Don’t worry. It won’t be a popularity contest. We’ll use the votes as a guideline and will use our best judgment, with the help of some trusted and outspoken friends, to pick interesting talks.
So pitch something interesting.
If you want examples, check out the Ignite Show. http://ignite.oreilly.com/show/
Note, you don’t have to have a uservoice account to submit an idea. If you do submit a topic anonomously, please e-mail us at IgniteColumbus@gmail.com so we know how to contact you.
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201 votes
Submitted by Malcolm Lanham
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"Too Many" Great Ideas!?!
I would like to talk about:
"Too Many Great Ideas!?!" Do you wake up at night with an idea for the next big thing? Then the next morning on the way to work you have another light bulb flash above you head, just like in the cartoons? Only this time the next big idea has nothing to do with the one from last night? What happens when you are confronted with "too many" great ideas? Do you try to make them all work? Do you pick and choose? How do you balance your great ideas with your family and work… more
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From Poverty to Passion
Shatter any of the five areas of poverty: financial, emotional, relational, physical, and intellectual poverty. Master your passion so that your passion cannot master you. Presented by an individual who has climbed out of poverty and is living his dreams.
60 votesSubmitted by Tom Carpenter
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Worry, The Unknown, and How it Affects our Lives
In this speech, I would like to talk about worry, the unknown, and how it affects our lives. How worry prevents us from taking action and what we can do about it.
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Mathematical Infinity
How big is infinity? Infinity can fit inside infinity. Does that mean there are different sizes of infinity? The topic of mathematical infinity will be discussed with examples and in terms all can understand.
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A new social movement I call Digitalocracy
How is technology realligning the way we view government and industry and how we develop our communities? The Digitalocracy is removing barriers to information and developing socially aware communities like we've never seen before. Are you a part of it?
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Columbus Artists Need You (even more than you think)
Artists are the tip of the creative economy pyramid, or so they're told. If we want Columbus to be a cool arts town, its up to all of us to pitch in, and not just by going to galleries and shows (though that's a good start).
32 votesSubmitted by Matt Slaybaugh
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How much you care matters
Why genuine interest (caring) is the hidden secret to successful networking.
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Using Mechanical Turk for random stuff
I can't get enough of finding strange and unique ways to use Amazon's Mechanical Turk, in this presentation i'll share some experiments ive run on turks and talk about the pros and cons of this early pioneering crowdsourcing tool.
31 votesSubmitted by Dan Rockwell
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Social Media: Stupid is as Stupid does
Do you even know how to run a business? The only thing social media does for you is amplify and magnify your idiocy if you don't know what you're doing. Here's some simple concepts and best practices to help you use social media in your business (so you don't look like an idiot).
29 votesSubmitted by Brian Link
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Internet Security for Home and Small Business Computer Users
Security on the Internet is becoming a bigger problem for home and small business computer users! Combined with Social Media, Wireless access, software vulnerabilities and new threats of viruses, spyware and malware, many computer users are at risk more than ever before.
The Twitter worm is a good example of an exploit that did not even exist a few month ago. What can you do to protect yourself, your computer, your network and your friends without spending a fortune?
28 votes -
The Iraq you've never seen.
Six months in northern Iraq, living life with the largest ethnic group in the world without their own country will help you appreciate what it means to have a place to call home. The Kurds are distinctly different than than their Arab counterparts to the south. Different language, different customs, different history. See and hear about the kind, hospitable, independant people called the Kurds.
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The End of Time (As we've known it)
Two Central Ohio high schools - Bexley and Columbus Africentric, have participated successfully in experiments proving that PhDs in physics on a global scale are unable to understand sophisticated concepts dealing with the nature of time. What will this revolution, based here, mean for the future of the world and how far will it go in changing your world? Find out from the man behind it all - Marshall Barnes.
Contact: aet.radal.hq@technologist.com
17 votesSubmitted by Matt Barnes
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Are Teens becoming a major voice behind the Web 2.0 trend?
In the past year, services like Facebook and Twitter has seen a serious surge in teenage users. In addtion, the average age for internet and technology entrepenuers is becoming lower and lower. Is the the Webs 2.0 trend slowly being taken over and will we see adults being replaced as the new "experts" in the internet field? This may be the case in the near future.
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How to Play Scrabble like a Pro
Most people are very casual Scrabble players. Did you know there were almost 100 two letter words and 1000 three letter words? Get a quick overview of the strategies that the competitive Scrabble addicts use so you can crush your friends.
16 votesSubmitted by Brian Link
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Why patents matter to entrepreneurs
Open source people call them evil, some say they are too expensive to obtain and are obsolete before they can grant and some believe they are only useful to lawyers. Patents are still essential to entrepreneurs and offer unique advantages to small and medium companies.
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American acculturation as new civic and national identity
Acculturation is the organic process of blended communities growing into one another by learning, supporting, and working together. Columbus is a great example for the rest of the nation and could become the catalyst for a renewed sense of civic and national identity.
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Stand-Up Comedy
In the midst of all this geeky talk and deep technological philosophy, lighten up with some laughs for a few minutes!
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3 votes
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Drug addiction and environmental enrichment
As a neuroscience graduate student, I would like to talk about how drugs affect our brain and end by explaining how enriching our children and our own lives can aid in treating addiction.
1 vote