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Ignite London 5 Featured on BBC Radio 4′s Word of Mouth Programme on 17th Jan

AndyK — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:00:34 +0000

Those observant amongst you at our Ignite London 5 event last November may have noticed a chap wandering around with a BBC Radio jacket and a microphone. Well this gentleman, Toby Field (also a previous Ignite Bristol Organiser), is a Producer of BBC Radio 4′s Word of Mouth Programme. He attended our last event to record and interview for a programme about the new wave of public speaking events such as Ignite and TED etc. So if you would like to hear yourself on National Radio then tune into the show entitled “Public speaking, show & tell” on Tuesday 17th Jan at 4pm or listen to it on BBC iPlayer.

The link to the individual show is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019fx9q

The videos for Ignite London 5 are now available to view. We hope you enjoy them and look forward to welcoming you to Ignite London 6 later this year in Spring. If you would like to know more about this event or to submit a speaking idea etc. then please sign up to our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our RSS Feed from this website. Please note that Ignite London has chosen not to fill your email in-boxes so we don’t have an email list. We would rather you decide how and when to receive information about Ignite London 6.

Thank you! Top words: talk, speakers and beer!

Claire — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:16:15 +0000

Just about recovered from a brilliant Ignite London 5! We need to say a big big thank you to you all!

To all of those who came along and had a jolly good time, to all the amazing speakers, to 93 Feet East for being a most excellent venue, to the Eventbrite London team who came and scanned tickets with the great Eventbrite app and to Internet Week Europe for the heart shaped stickers. Also to everyone who let us know beforehand if they couldn’t make it, so we could give their ticket to someone on the waitlist. And finally a very big thanks to our very own Andy taking to the stage with a kilt! Every one of you has made Ignite London #5 what it was, an absolute blast!

The tweets using #igniteLDN5 have been archived by The Archivist can be found in detail here, with the top three words being Talk, Speakers and Beer. That sums up Ignite London quite well I think!

If you have any photos from the night we have a Flickr Group crying out for your lovely images of IgniteLDN5!

In case you want to hear more, we thought we’d give you a list of the speakers on Twitter so you can check them out. You can also follow the musings of our lovely organisers @andykervell @smithylad @chichard41 @clairey_ross

Speaker videos will be put online as soon as we have edited them!

Remember, Remember the 8th of November!

AndyK — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:10:54 +0000

Because that is Ignite London 5 Night!!

We can’t wait! Things are getting exciting as we receive the slide-sets from our speakers. We know that you are going to have a great evening from the quality of the slides so far!

Remember that if you were lucky enough to secure a ticket, please be inside 93 Feet East by 7:30pm. After this time (if you are not in the queue) your place may be given to someone waiting on the door. If you know you won’t be able to make it then please email us on tickets@ignitelondon.net so we can reallocate your ticket to one of the many eager people on our waitlist.

Looking forward to welcoming our audience and speakers on Tuesday for what should be another top evening of rapid enlightenment! If you tweet about us please use our hash tag #IgniteLDN5.

See you there!

Introducing our Key Speaker – Dr. Chris Lintott

AndyK — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:36:02 +0000

If you have been to any of our previous Ignite London Events, you will know that we have had many well known presenters from the worlds of print, TV and radio. We have had Cory Doctorow, Ben Hammersley, Steve Bowbrick and Jamilah Knowles to name but a few speak at our previous events. Well Ignite London 5 will be no different and we have the privilege to announce that the Co-Presenter of The Sky at Night, Dr Chris Lintott will be speaking in two weeks time!

Chris will be telling us what to do with 500,000 scientists. You can find out more about Chris over on http://chrislintott.net/ or even on his wikipedia page! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lintott

Friday afternoon treat: How George Lucas’ empire destroyed the British toy industry.

Claire — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:08:16 +0000

The first batch of tickets sold out in under 3 minutes! Speedy fingered folk out there. If you haven’t got your tickets yet or don’t know why you should, well here’s a reminder just how awesome Ignite London is! We give you Steve Berry’s brilliant IgniteLDN4 presentation about How George Lucas’ empire destroyed the British toy industry. Perfect friday afternoon viewing!

How George Lucas’ empire destroyed the British toy industry – by Steve Berry from chichard41 on Vimeo.

You definitely want tickets to see what Ignite London 5 has in store!

There’s still two more opportunities to get your hands on some tickets. Batch number 2 and 3 will be made available on:

Sunday 30th October 2011 at 1900

Tuesday 1st November 2011 at 1230

Head on over to our Eventbrite page to get some.

Tickets are limited so please only take one if you are able to attend. Previous events have shown ticket holders not informing us they would be unable to make it. This meant that people on the waitlist were unable to have a chance of attending in their place.Therefore if you are unable to attend please inform us as soon as possible via tickets@ignitelondon.net so we can redistribute the ticket to someone able to use it.

Look forward to seeing you at Ignite London 5.

Ticket Release Dates for Ignite London 5

Richard — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:10:42 +0000

: Ryan O’Connell at Ignite London 4 (© paulclarke.com)

We are happy to announce details of how you can get tickets for Ignite London 5 at 93 Feet East on 8th November 2011.

If you didn’t already realise tickets are free and only guarantees admission for one person until 19:30, after this point we reserve the right to let other eager people in who have waited or tried their luck at the door.

As tickets have previously sold out in record time of 5 minutes or less, we have decided to continue releasing them in 3 batches to give everyone a fair chance of grabbing one. We will announce each batch release again closer to the time to help remind you.

So head on over to our Eventbrite page and keep a close eye on this site and our twitter account as tickets will be made available on:

Thursday 20th October 2011 at 1230

Sunday 30th October 2011 at 1900

Tuesday 1st November 2011 at 1230

Therefore if you are unable to attend please inform us as soon as possible via tickets@ignitelondon.net, thus allowing us to redistribute the ticket to someone able to use it.

We wish you the best of luck in getting a ticket and look forward to seeing you at Ignite London 5.

Get your IgniteLDN proposals in quick! deadline 7th Oct 2011

Claire — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:00:55 +0000

With a week to go before the speaker submission deadline, there is still time to get your speaker submissions in! Get your thinking caps on over the weekend. Deadline hits at 6 pm on Friday 7^th October 2011.

Now to get those creative juices flowing here is some inspiration! This is one of my favourite Ignite London talks from the very first Ignite London.

The Renaissance Masters and their Mistresses by Ben Hammersley – Ignite London 18 November 2009 from chichard41 on Vimeo.

Think you can do better? Yes? Awesome. Now go and complete the online submission form on our Speak page.

Announcing Ignite London 5: 93 Feet East, 8th November 2011

Claire — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:51 +0000

We’ve been quiet for a while, but the tinder has well and truly been lit! We’re back and raring to go! Ignite London will be back at 93 Feet East in Shoreditch on the 8^th November!

We are now looking for speakers. If you had five minutes on a stage what would you say?

If there’s a topic you are passionate about and you want to spend five minutes telling a very enthusiastic audience all about it then this is your chance. We’re after a mix of high-energy, funny and serious, social and personal, high and low tech, crafty, webby, environmental, quirky and mainstream. Making us laugh is a good thing, making us think is even better! The only thing we insist on is No Sales Pitches. To get an idea of the wide range of previous talks take a look at the videos of previous Ignite Speakers.

So go on, “Enlighten us, but make it quick.”

How to submit a Proposal

Complete the online submission form on our Speak page.

Please include as much information about your proposed talk as you can, as this will help us determine who is chosen for the line-up. We will endeavour to respond to your proposal as soon as we can to confirm we’ve received it.

By submitting a proposal, you are agreeing that we may use your name and the title of your talk within Ignite London promotional material.

Deadline

Proposals must be received by 6 pm on Friday 7^th October 2011. Based on the previous events we expect to receive many more submissions than can be accommodated so the more information about your talk you can give the better.

The Selection Process

Talks will be selected based on whether the topic is interesting, inventive, creative and unique. We will also make an attempt to select a wide range of topics, so that there isn’t too much overlap in terms of content and subjects that have been covered at previous Ignite London events. We’ll let you know soon after the deadline whether your proposal has been successful in order to give you as much time as possible to prepare.

We look forward to reading your proposals and good luck!

Oh What A Night! Thankyou!

Claire — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:46:54 +0000

Wow-wee! What a night! In the glow of a brilliant Ignite London 4 we need to say a big big thank you to you all!

To everyone who came along and had a jolly good time, to all the superb speakers, to Sean and his team at 93 Feet East for being a big brilliant venue, to FatDUX:
Wall Of Tweets for our shiny wall of tweets, and Flip for letting us borrow a couple of UltraHD video cameras, to O’Reilly for donating some prizes and to everyone who let us know beforehand if they couldn’t make it, so we could give their ticket to someone else. Oh and the cupcakes! (thanks very yummy #knightpatisserie @jemimah_knight and @designjuju for the eating photos)

Every single one of you has made Ignite London #4 what it was, an absolute blast! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!

In case you want to hear more, we thought we’d give you a list of the speakers on Twitter so you can check them out.

You can also follow the musings of our lovely organisers @andykervell @smithylad @chichard41 @clairey_ross and @davejoyner. Ignite wouldn’t happen without these guys. Andy our MC, smooth talker, keeper of the peace and locations man, Richard the technical expert & powerpoint king, Craig the man who knows everyone whos anyone, Dave and myself on front of house, tickets and coms. A big thanks to the igniteLDN team!

oh and if you took any photos from last night add them to our flickr group!

I bet you cant wait to see the videos! We will get the videos of all the talks up as soon as we can.

Roll on IgniteLDN5 in the Autumn!

Only Hours to go! IgniteLDN4 is here!

Claire — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:33:04 +0000

Ignite London #4 hits the 93 Feet East tonight! Doors open at 7 pm. Make sure you are in before 7.30pm or your ticket is no longer valid. We are very excited about it, and we hope you are too! We have a superb line up of speakers and it going to be a great and very interesting night! We hope you enjoy it! IgniteLDN4 is also taking part in Global Ignite Week (#GIW) where Ignite goes global— all week! from February 7-11, 2011, over 50 Ignites will take place in cities around the world. Spread the Ignite love!

We have a twitter hashtag so you can follow along with the action in 140 characters its #igniteLDN4 and you can find us at ignite_london

Location:
93 Feet East
150 Brick Lane
E1C 6QL London
United Kingdom

You can find the directions to Ignite London 4 on the 93 Feet East website

If you have a ticket but are unable to use it, for whatever reason, please let us know so that we can make additional spots available to the many people who would like to attend. You can let us know by emailing tickets@ignitelondon.net.

See you tonight!