Ignite Portland 4 proposals

Ignite Portland 4 is coming on November 13, 2008. Visit Ignite Portland for more information about the event.

The submission deadline has passed and we are not accepting any new proposals for this event. The selection committee has begun choosing presentations and will announce their decision soon. We thank all those that submitted proposals and helped spread word of the event.

Submitted Speaker and presentation
10/14/2008 Matthew Douglass — Legends of Rock
Samantha soma — What can I do to help?
Amber Case — A Short Introduction to Cyborg Anthropology
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky — Ten Reasons Why I Use Linux, and Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn't
doc normal — How To Write A Fugue
Steve Morris — Starting a company these days - A crazy idea, or not?
David Kominsky — Spirituality in Community: It's not just for religion anymore
Nate DiNiro — "But honey, I never go anywhere anymore": How to make the transition from "free" geek, to comitted "Other" and/or Parent with as little pain as possible
Eric Anderson — Juice Up any Conversation or Presentation with 5 Impressive-Sounding Theories that Apply to EVERYTHING
mark dunst — What's everyone looking at?
Amy Matteson — How to be an eBay Ninja
Carolynn Duncan — How To Make People Think You’re A Portlander—Without Actually Living in the State of Oregon
Abraham Hyatt — Divided we win: 5 reasons why Fox News is saving our media and democracy
Stacy Westbrook — Is the world going to hell in a handbasket? Relax, have a homebrew!
Mary Anne Thygesen — Don’t worry be happy, an over the top look at the current economic situation.
10/13/2008 Sarah Nelson — ADD in the Workplace: Harnessing Chaotic Creativity
Katherine Gray — Cooking with the Seasons: The Garanimals Method
Bram Pitoyo — Portland Tweeples Is Your New Bicycle
Cami Kaos — How to Bluff Your Way Through Life or a 5 Minute Presentation
Geordie Duckler — On Finding Brand New Things Inside Old Zoo Tiger Heads - And What It Probably Means
Sarah Allison — Viewing the World Thru Rainbow Colored Glasses
Nate Angell — You Are (Already) Cyborg
Josh Collins — Novelty Urinal Cakes Are Going to Make Us a Fortune! Or, How You Should Invest Your Venture Capital Dollars In This New Economy
10/12/2008 Christopher Logan — What! you mean we had $700B all along
10/10/2008 Geoff Kleinman — Sex is Not A Four Letter Word
10/09/2008 Matt Garland — Non-Dumb Direct Voting
Alexis Rehrmann — Dating Rules for the Actual World
Jeff Hardison — Five Things Portland Can Learn From Kentucky in Five Minutes
10/08/2008 Collin Ferguson — Co-founder
10/07/2008 sarah gilbert — a case for cooking food
Nova Newcomer — 7 One-Night Stands with a Baseball fan
Gary Walter — How to Save a LIfe: or learning to laugh at yourself, part 1
J-P Voillequé — Sir Gawain and The Green Web
Scott Kveton — Banking 2.0: Power to the People's Bank
Alex Williams — 10 Karaoke Commandments
10/06/2008 Melissa Lion — Story as Bloodsport: Battling to craft narrative
Betsy Richter — How to get people to do what you want them to do...
10/04/2008 Adrienne Fritze — Interspecies Survival: What I Learned from Portland Artists, Technologists, Entrepreneurs and Thought Leaders About Saving Our World
Brandon L. Keene — The (nearly) Naked Truth About Public Speaking.
10/03/2008 Mike Sugarbaker — How to enjoy an episode of great story with your friends every week and still kill your television
jason gallic — Email Ain't Dead...and it doesn't have to Kill You
Jerry Ketel — How to be creative
Tyler Sticka — Why People Pirate
10/02/2008 Paul Reiter — How to Survive Working Your Ass Off and Getting an MBA at the Same Time
10/01/2008 Nathan Childs — Ray DeFir True PacNW Grit
Devon Barrett — The Fox and The Scorpion: Building Better Banks Through Artificial Selection
09/30/2008 Scott Davis — Sleeping Soundly in a Jacked Up World
09/29/2008 Aaron Tersteeg — What can Hugh Hefner teach us about Community Management?
Marie Deatherage — The remarkable story of an X-rated plant
Bridget Pilloud — How to Get your Dog to Stop Doing That
Rebecca Shapiro — Motherhood and Sustainable Art
Peat Bakke — A Little Box