Ignite New Mexico http://www.ignite-nm.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:21:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ignite is Next week!! http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/07/20/ignite-is-next-week/ http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/07/20/ignite-is-next-week/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:21:53 +0000 admin http://www.ignite-nm.com/?p=415 Ignite New Mexico 7 is next week July 28th at 7pm at CNM Smith Brasher Hall.

RSVP HERE

Awesome speakers as always!

My Polish Catheter – Ceci Ervin
Using Technology to Foster Urban Food Oasis-Restoring our Biosphere and the Fabric of Community – Poki
Five things you never knew about the NM gemstone turquoise. – Joe Dan Lowry
Doing the Verb – The Impact of Affirmative Speech – Cameron Goble
Easy Women (not like that!): If we can just be ourselves, we will be easier to work with. – Katie Snapp
Urban Beekeeping in the Wild, Wild West – Chantal Foster
How to get frustrated, pissed off, depressed & stay that way! – David
Gardening in Mirrorshades – Michael Bernstein
How to Get a Date in Albuquerque – Kristelle Siarza
How to bring sunlight and warmth into your home in a green, energy efficient way. – David Coleman
Fear of Penguins and Staying Home. – Tanda Headrick
From Bonking to Baby Heads- a Guide to Cyclist Slang – Katy Boyles
The Connection between Nature and Wisdom – Nathalie Bonnard-Grenet
How to Moonlight as a Microsoft XBox Live Indie Game Developer – Jon Whetzel
How to Avoid the Emergency Room – Kevin McFarlane
  • My Polish Catheter – Ceci Ervin
  • Using Technology to Foster Urban Food Oasis-Restoring our Biosphere and the Fabric of Community – Poki
  • Five things you never knew about the NM gemstone turquoise. – Joe Dan Lowry
  • Doing the Verb – The Impact of Affirmative Speech – Cameron Goble
  • Easy Women (not like that!): If we can just be ourselves, we will be easier to work with. – Katie Snapp
  • Urban Beekeeping in the Wild, Wild West – Chantal Foster
  • How to get frustrated, pissed off, depressed & stay that way! – David
  • Gardening in Mirrorshades – Michael Bernstein
  • How to Get a Date in Albuquerque – Kristelle Siarza
  • How to bring sunlight and warmth into your home in a green, energy efficient way. – David Coleman
  • Fear of Penguins and Staying Home. – Tanda Headrick
  • From Bonking to Baby Heads- a Guide to Cyclist Slang – Katy Boyles
  • The Connection between Nature and Wisdom – Nathalie Bonnard-Grenet
  • How to Moonlight as a Microsoft XBox Live Indie Game Developer – Jon Whetzel
  • How to Avoid the Emergency Room – Kevin McFarlane

See you there!

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]]> http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/06/29/ignite-nm-7-speakers/feed/ 0 #6 Speakers Announced http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/04/20/6-speakers-announced/ http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/04/20/6-speakers-announced/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:17:32 +0000 admin http://www.ignite-nm.com/?p=402 Looking forward to some very interesting topics coming up at Ignite!  Please RSVP, and take our fun quiz (for a game coming up at Ignite)

  • How your local economy really works – Mark Lautman
  • How to get on Google Maps – Hope Kiah
  • Schoolhouse Rock: How to provide individualized education for less $ than big-box schools. – Trace Rabern
  • What I’ve learned from lifting weights, and why jocks may actually be smarter than the geeks! – Randy Steward
  • How to write & talk music:Translate song into meaningful dialog (without sounding like a total jerk) – Todd E Lovato
  • The Diggers: An action-adventure screenplay featuring New Mexico’s beauty, history and culture. – James Glover
  • Why the shape of Viagra matters – John MacCuish
  • How Gimmick Rallies can make you a better person – Matt Ruybal
  • Gaming: and why we do it. – Stephen Bohannon
  • Forget the haters: here’s how we can do community broadband – Scott White

Please we’ll have some reverse ignites ! (we’ll need some volunteers)  See you at Santa Fe Complex, April 28th 7pm

Map to the Santa Fe Complex (notice how close it is to the railrunner.  If you are coming from ABQ, check the schedule. and we’ll make sure you get to the last train back.)

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Announcing Ignite NM 6 at the Santa Fe Complex on Wednesday April 28th.  We are currently looking for speakers, and for volunteers to help out.  If you’d like to speak, submit your topic.  If you’d like to help out the night of Ignite, email.

Thanks to all our attendees, and speakers of the past event.  Because of you, we have such a fun time!  Ignite NM 5 was great!

]]> http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/03/22/6/feed/ 1 Speakers and Sponsors. We’re ready. http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/02/24/speakers-and-sponsors-were-ready/ http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/02/24/speakers-and-sponsors-were-ready/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:45:59 +0000 admin http://www.ignite-nm.com/?p=386 Wow.  Global Ignite week is next week!  And New Mexico is helping to kick it off on Tuesday, March 2nd with Ignite NM 5.  Same great fast format (20 slides, 15 seconds per slide) new topics, and great new sponsors.  But thinks to everything who has helped with Ignite NM, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers.

Here is our speaker list:

  • How to Suck Less at PowerPoint – John Freisinger
  • Magical Thinking – Gabe Ortiz
  • Dead on the Web? Resurrect Your Website. – Hope Kiah
  • My Story about Immunizations and How They Affected My Life – Jacob Lowry
  • Urban Agriculture – Danielle Lowry
  • Surviving SXSW – Markie Casias
  • HTML5 in 5 – Brian Arnold
  • Your Brain on Sound: Aural Illusions, MP3s, and Psycoacoustics – Jack Moffitt
  • Filipinos – More than Just Kareoke and Manny Pacquiao – Kristelle Siarza
  • The Many Ways to Consume Green Chile – Ben Byrne
  • Spirituality – Caroline Blaker
  • I’m the City Forester… does that make me the Lorax? – Nick Kuhn

RSVP for Ignite NM 5 online. Let us know you’ll be there!

After Ignite we’ll head over to Blackbird Buvette, for some Ignite drink specials, as well as a few lucky people will win free drinks!

Thanks to Northern New Mexico Connect and CNM for their continued support, as well as PNM, Which Wich, and The Blackbird Buvette.


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We are part of Global Ignite week.  There are over 70 Ignites happening the same week all around the world.  Make sure your at Ignite NM to be a part of the worldwide movement that Ignite has become.

]]> http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/02/08/ignite-nm-5-rsvp-now/feed/ 0 Ignite NM 5 March 2nd at CNM http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/01/22/ignite-nm-5-march-2nd-at-cnm/ http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/01/22/ignite-nm-5-march-2nd-at-cnm/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:19:24 +0000 admin http://www.ignite-nm.com/?p=379 Welcome to the first Ignite of 2010.  Right now we are looking for speakers for the upcoming event.  If you have something that you are passionate about or something that you want to teach others, please submit your topic for Ignite.  Ignite brings together a wide range of topics (from Bacon to iPhone Development, and everything in between) in a fun fast five minute presentation.  We’ve had great topics and speakers in the past, so let’s continue that at Ignite NM 5.   Submit Now

]]> http://www.ignite-nm.com/2010/01/22/ignite-nm-5-march-2nd-at-cnm/feed/ 1 Reverse Ignite http://www.ignite-nm.com/2009/12/14/reverse-ignite/ http://www.ignite-nm.com/2009/12/14/reverse-ignite/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:39:34 +0000 admin http://www.ignite-nm.com/?p=364 At the last couple Ignites here in New Mexico we have tried something new, and have gotten a great response.  Reverse Ignite takes slides from other Ignites around the world and gets a volunteer from the audience to improvise the topic without seeing the slides ahead of time.  At Ignite NM 4 we did 3 Reverse Ignites, Here are the first 2. Enjoy, I know we did (Thanks to @carolinecblaker and @signalnine)

Note: Do you have video from Ignite NM 4?  Please share it with us.  Due to some technical difficulties we are missing some footage.  contact mick@davidmichaelthompson.com

Thanks to those that Created the Originals! Here are the links:

http://www.slideshare.net/phploveme/1st-ignite-seoul-9

http://www.slideshare.net/slars0n/reverse-engineering-the-brain-online

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We’ll be starting to get the next event together for this spring, and when we have more info we’ll let you know.  But if you are interested in speaking start thinking about your topic so you’ll be ready to submit for Ignite NM 5.

Thanks Everybody!

]]> http://www.ignite-nm.com/2009/12/06/thanks/feed/ 4 Speaker List for Ignite NM 4 http://www.ignite-nm.com/2009/11/22/speaker-list-for-ignite-nm-4/ http://www.ignite-nm.com/2009/11/22/speaker-list-for-ignite-nm-4/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:35:35 +0000 admin http://www.ignite-nm.com/?p=305 ignite4banner

We have a great lineup of speakers for Ignite NM 4.

Main-Campus-BW-7-17-09Ignite is December 2nd 2009, 6pm at CNM’s Smith Brasher Hall, Room 100

Dont for get to RSVP!!!

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