Picture standing in front of a crowd. You have five minutes on stage to talk about something you love. 20 slides, each slides advancing every 15 seconds, out of your control. Nerves aside, you launch into it. You finish, the crowd loves it and you feel like a god. Welcome to Ignite.
Ignite started in Seattle about 5 years ago and is the brainchild of Brady Forrest, Technology Evangelist for O’Reilly Media, and Bre Pettis of Makerbot.com. Basically, it’s a presentation style where you are asked to present about something you love for 5 minutes. 20 slides. 15 seconds each. Think Pecha Kucha. That’s all you need to know.
After seeing the brilliance of Ignite at Le Web and Over the Air, Ubelly are hosting their own Ignite as part of Social Media Week London on 15th February. We’ve got some great speakers lined up for the event, including Bruce Lawson, Martin Beeby, Ewan Spence and Andrew Spooner. However, we need a few more…
Want to speak at Ignite Ubelly? Submit your talk below! As we mentioned, the only prerequisite is that you are passionate about what you’re speaking about. It could be about women in tech, memes, ghosts or even the concept of 5 minutes.
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Awwww…. I just missed it! I was really up for speaking at this event