Speak at Ignite Lincoln

You’ve been patiently waiting, so I’ll not keep the list from you any longer. Here is the speaker list for the first Ignite Lincoln event. Each of these speakers will be speaking about their passions on stage for 5 minutes, and they’ll have 20 slides that automatically rotate every 15 seconds.

In roughly no particular order:

Dustin Ferguson—Making movies in Nebraska
Thomas Casady—Technology in the police force
Deb Averett—Building a Community
Mark Kornbluh—Glassblowing
Marcus Tegtmeier—Surviving the zombie apocalypse
Mary Willis—“Cultures in Violent Collision: Sudanese Pastoralists in Nebraska”
Jason McLaughlin—“Lincoln or Bust”
Justin McDowell—Couch surfing
Ali Schwanke—“You Just Might Be Connected to Brad Pitt”
Kat Shiffler—US Social Forum
Nate Lowry—Skydiving
Jay Wilkinson—“How Silicon Implants Made Bill Gates & Steve Jobs Millionaires”
Jason Johnson—“Concerning Wealth & Travel”
Nick Ebert—“The Humble Chef”
Andrea Davis—Foxfire Fest in Antelope Park
Lyle Schmidt—LincRail

We had no small number of submissions, and a lot of great ideas were presented, but we have a time limit to consider. If you’re interested in speaking at Ignite Lincoln, you can look for the details of our second event sometime in the future.

As usual, stay tuned to our Twitter and Facebook accounts, and you’ll be the first to know.

For those of you curious about what might be some potential topics for Ignite Lincoln, you should check out these presentations from other Ignites from around the globe:

Talk about your passion, big or small.
Fighting Dirty in Scrabble
Talk about something that will move us.
How To Be A Refugee
Tell an interesting success story.
Cup Noodle: Innovation, Inspiration and Manga
We would love to have a number of talks with a highly local connection.
Myths of Idaho
Whatever it is you’re geeking out about!
The Secret Life of Type