Open House: Archives

Before dashing off to the beach Wednesday night, I stopped by this Ignite event that our own Bryan Zug has been promoting. Pretty cool. Anybody who has anything worth sharing takes 5 minutes of their life, and gives a sort of mini presentation - could be about anything. There were about 20 short talks on topics ranging from networking tips to an insider's view on a personal addiction to Legos (yeah, the kid's toy).

The networking was as its best, and with Bryan's kind introductions, I handed out an entire stack of business cards and made quite a few new connections.

Who wants to hear a bunch of random people talk about random things? Well, that's exactly the beauty of the event to me. Our brains work like filter feeders, they need to be exposed to new ideas to grow. Ignite offers a perfectly random stream of fresh content, that is guaranteed to give you something to think about, probably something to write down, look up, look into or try out - whether personal or professional (note pad highly recommended). At only 5 minutes per talk, if you're really not interested in a particular topic, it's over quickly.

Here's a great example of one of the presentations that I found valuable, which just happens to reinforce why you might want to attend an event like Ignite.

Phinney Bischoff was a proud sponsor. I'm not sure the nature of the sponsorship, but I'm sure it was worth it on both ends of the deal.

Thanks, Bryan for sharing. Thanks, Matt for the beer. I hope to attend again and probably give my own 5-minute talk one of these days.