Over the years, Ignite Seattle has grown to be a wildly popular, well curated and high-quality storytelling event. But way back at the beginning there was a chaotic fun in our first events in 2006, surprises and unexpected moments, that don’t happen often anymore. But now that’s back, with our first ever Open Mic evening.
When: Monday, July 8th, 7pm
Where: Market Theater (Pike Place Market)
Tickets: $5 on sale now
Here are 5 great reasons you and your friends should come.
- We don’t know what’s going to happen! We’ve never seen these talks before. Some will be amazing! Some will be… less than amazing! Ignite talks are high risk, with automated slides, so you may see some amazing things and some spectacular failures. Or some talks that are some of both. We’re excited to see what happens and you should be too.
- We’re in a smaller and cozier venue. We’ll be at the Market Theater, home of the improv group, and our friends, Unexpected Productions, and it has a lovely college vibe and a cozy bar just a few steps away from where you’ll sit. We love Town Hall Seattle, but Market theater is great for the vibe this event is going to have. The Ignite Seattle team will be there, so you can easily chat with us, give feedback and suggest other things we should be doing.
- Talks are only 3 minutes long. To quicken the pace and give room for more folks to take the stage, talks are only 3 minutes, 2 minutes shorter than the standard Ignite format. Don’t forget that you can say a lot in 3 minutes – the Gettysburg address can be read in under 2 minutes.
- Tickets are only $5. That’s less than half the price of a movie ticket, and you’ll get live action, high drama, high stakes edutainment and storytelling, performed live on stage (and no sequels or prequels or Nyquils). It’s a bargain in every way.
- There’s a great talk lineup. Maybe curation is overrated? The list of talks are challenging, interesting, funny and inspired. All things we know Ignite Seattle fans love to hear.
Talk / Speaker List (order TBD)
- My Personal Experience with ID Theft – Christopher Wilson
- An Unexpected Call for Courage – Kiesha Garrison
- What My Kids Teach Me About Networking – Lynette Garcia
- Data Bases and 3D Paintings – Bronson Shonk
- Good News & Bad News A New Way To Deal With Things You Don’t Want to Hear – Matt Jensen
- My Crimes and My Punishments – Daniel Baird
- Out of the Box Belonging – Rebecca Kathleen Andersen
- How to Be Old, Pissed off, and Wildly Hilarious* in Five Easy Steps – Ro
- Toss the Design Porn and Find Your Happy Place – Rebecca West
- Blockchain for Direct Democracy – Ana Jamborcic
- The Lonely ‘Lancer – Melissa Strawn
- Escaping Ordinary Consciousness Through Sex– Jen Martin
- Happy Birthday Women’s Suffrage! – Tonya Peck
- C Level Under 30 – Altagracia Daly
- 3 Lessons From the Commune – Uri israel
- Why are Disability Products so #$@&%*! ugly? – Sarah Dillingham
- One – Lennee Reid
- Planning a Themed Wedding (if your theme is disaster) – Laura Williams Argilla
- Quitter to Queen: How Getting Fired at Forty Changed My Life for the Better – Riah Gonzalez
- The Life Changing Magic of Firing Marice – Marice Sy
You really don’t want to miss this. It’s going to be a special and memorable night in the 13 year history of Ignite Seattle. It may never happen again!
Get your tickets ($5) now.
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