Posted by: Heather Coleman | October 21, 2011
Ignite DC (#ignitedc) No. 8 Recap
Another fantastic lineup of speakers! The event was held October 20, 2011 at Town Danceboutique (2009 8th St NW , Washington, D.C.)
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Ignite DC
Five minutes, 20 slides. What would you say? At every Ignite, 16 artists, technologists, thinkers, and personalities will take the stage to answer this challenge.
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Working the door at @ignitedc #ignitedc. Pay me to enter! |
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The room is filling up and some good connections being made #ignitedc. Let’s get this thing started! |
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Officially moved by Mahler. Thanks @coolmcjazz. #ignitedc |
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Yes @coolmcjazz I will seek out Mahler. #ignitedc great job! |
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Yea, I’ll check out Mahler. I trust any dude with cool in his name. How could he steer me wrong? #ignitedc |
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@coolmcjazz – killing it on the trumpet!!! #ignitedc |
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@coolmcjazz Making the 5 min, 15sec per slide format into an absolute artform. Your talk tonight was spectacular. #ignitedc |
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@coolmcjazz You killed it last night at #IgniteDC. Set the tone and the bar high. I went from not know what to expect to expecting greatness |
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Checking out Gustav Mahler today after Jason McCool’s ignite presentation last night. Excited! #igniteDC |
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I’m wondering how many of us from #IgniteDC 8 are this morning listening to Mahler because of @coolmcjazz? Hand raised here. Thanks Jason! |
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Here’s some #Mahler recs. Try sublime 5th Symph Adagietto (I sang it last nite): youtu.be/CFQQsu6VBYA (+read comments!) @brunosan #ignitedc |
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Here’s my slide with recommended #Mahler recordings from last night’s #IgniteDC: twitpic.com/73lf0g #classicalmusic @necentrepreneur |
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My dear @anandaleeke of @digitalsisterhd just gave an #ignitedc talk all about DC women biz owners. <3 |
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Ms @anandaleeke you rocked – in spite of tech difficulties. I didn’t think anyone could follow the first guy. LOVED you #ignitedc #wgbiz |
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. @anandaleeke great job tonight at #IgniteDC @digitalsisterhd |
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@anandaleeke your presentation at #ignitedc tonight was inspiring! I’ll be sure to follow @digitalsisterhd |
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Rewrite the solution, specifically for tech says @tbridge at #ignitedc |
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Design research – all about "listening to users" #ignitedc |
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1 billion people live in slums says #ignitedc speech from @chfindia |
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"We must stop planning for the poor and we need to start planning with the poor" to avoid further marginalization – @CHFindia at #IgniteDC |
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#ignitedc next speaker reminds us that we can’t solve problems of poverty without including those involved. |
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Great talk on how chf international is mapping slums and giving data back to residents at #IgniteDC |
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goodness catches says @carriefox #ignitedc |
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More businesses have been putting more kindness into their culture. Corporate and small. – @carriefox #ignitedc |
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If 1 out of 2 every small biz hired someone new tomorrow we could end joblessness in America #ignitedc says @carriefox powerful words |
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"business of business is changing" #ignitedc |
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Standing next to @wharman during #ignitedc preso about mobile fundraising, etc. Awesome. @wharman = hero. |
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“@Sisarina: I love this @carriefox chick. #smallbiz #rockin #ignitedc” thank you! |
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#ignitedc .. time does not always heal all wounds … Eva!!! |
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Next speaker talks about the loss of a child from a congenital heart defect. I could of been that child I can’t imagine the pain #ignitedc |
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#ignitedc @sandman_va bears his soul and touches all. Poignant David. |
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Trains, elevators, restaurants. Our most public places are the least social, many times. Feeling alone in a crowd. #remembereva #ignitedc |
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People what is his name? I am truly moved. #ignitedc |
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"Maybe I’m not the only monster or alien in the room." Powerful stuff. @sandman_va is an amazing dude. #ignitedc |
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.@sandman_va had a story about losing his daughter that makes the #hugtour need to start immediately at #ignitedc. |
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Thank you so much for that @sandman_va – #istoodup #ignitedc |
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Thats gonna be hard to follow up! #ignitedc |
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@sandman_va thank you. #ignitedc |
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But the most affecting one so far has been @sandman_va’s testimony about losing his baby daughter after 29 days. Well said, sir. #ignitedc |
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.@sandman_va Wow, Dave, thx so much for saying that. And thanks for introducing us all to Eva-I was standing w/you in your grief. #ignitedc |
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.@sandman_va ‘s #IgniteDC presentation last night was one of the most thoughtful and moving things I’ve ever witnessed. |
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@lostonroute66 hilarious #ignitedc |
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"pre-disposition to addictive behavior" #ignitedc #whoisnt |
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Health data rights, heck yeah! #ignitedc |
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The adopted @lostonroute66 learned about his genomes & figured out how to rock his life. Loooved the talk. #ignitedc |
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Great preso by @lostonroute66 about finding his past through analyzing his DNA. Awesome. #ignitedc |
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Great job @lostonroute66 humor weaved into a message #ignitedc |
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@lostonroute66 your #ignitedc was awesome. I also got @23andMe. They would be proud  |
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I’m adopted too!! #ignitedc |
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Minds up in the sky! #ignitedc |
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Thanks to @starryteller for reminding us to look up at the sky. The night sky is beautiful. Go out to the country & see! #ignitedc |
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Whats your story? #ignitedc Look up!!! |
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"Maybe that’s why we have so many problems here on earth. We’ve forgotten there is something bigger than us." #ignitedc talk star stories |
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I love the sky – definitely have an Inner Galileo. #ignitedc |
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Intermission
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#ignitedc stories are absolutely amazing. All of them |
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5-min talks at @ignitedc tonite range from deeply personal to slums in India to astronomy – Thank you speakers! #ignitedc |
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The #ignitedc presentations are so great I don’t even want to look down to tweet during them. |
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I should mingle, but omg crowded. #ignitedc |
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Feeling inspired. #ignitedc |
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@BeingPam so good to meet you at #ignitedc you have a great energy! |
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So happy to be hanging out with @Awapy and @angelambrown at #ignitedc! |
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The incredible fabulous ridiculously lovely @jillfoster is now up at #ignitedc. High stakes speech. <3 |
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Up now @Jillfoster .. 1 of the best!! #ignitedc |
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I LOVE @JILLFOSTER. Just sayin. She is my favorite. #ignitedc |
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@jillfoster up on high stakes speeches. Woo jill #ignitedc |
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History is cool #ignitedc |
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listening to @Jillfoster do her thing at #ignitedc starting w/ FDR’s Pearl Harbor speech. |
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High stakes speech is about impact. Roosevelt’s impact helped us lean on our patriotism in our war against Japan. – @jillfoster #ignitedc |
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Our very own @Jillfoster is schooling us on High states speeches – go Jill! #ignitedc |
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We’re all silently captivated by @jillfoster #ignitedc |
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Didn’t realize that Margaret Thatcher was ever unpopular #ignitedc |
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No matter the stakes, speak with conviction. – @Jillfoster #ignitedc |
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"Conviction drives impact in a high stakes speech." @Jillfoster #ignitedc |
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At #ignitedc on stage now @Jillfoster is killing it! Talking about High Stakes Speeches http://t.co/6wZQz7ol |
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good job, @Jillfoster. you lived your talk! #ignitedc |
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Gestures: NUI vs GUI #ignitedc |
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For the first time, the human body has been unlocked to control a digital interface. Talking #kinect, touch, etc. #ignitedc |
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Thanks to @Erik_muendel for insights on the future of digital gestures #ignitedc |
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gestures: "pretty cool stuff" #ignitedc |
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@glehel Stick figures will never not be funny. Good choice. #ignitedc |
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If you’re a startup you think you have Beauty but you probably have Beast – #ignitedc |
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"if you wanna raise a freak…" #ignitedc |
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Worst thing you can do is make your kids focus–that’s how you "raise a freak" says @glehel. Excellent point, lol… #ignitedc |
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.@glehel talking #startups at #ignitedc. As founder of a company you have to have laser focus. Do one thing well. @startupamerica |
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@glehel Your #ignitedc preso is hilarious! |
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@glehel one of my fave presentations at #ignitedc. Great stuff. |
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Didn’t Freud say "Meetings are the opiate of the people"? Well, he should have. #ignitedc |
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Down with all the meetings! I support this. #ignitedc |
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"Meetings don’t make decisions, leaders do." – @Pittampalli #ignitedc |
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"In order to innovate you have to take a risk." – @pittampalli #ignitedc |
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. @projectdomino author @alpittampali strutting the stage at #ignitedc – great talk on group decision making |
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Lesson here: STEP UP, DO SOMETHJNG. BE BOLD. #ignitedc |
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Leaders make decisions (not meetings) @pittampalli #ignitedc |
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The Ragu debacle teaches us why leaders make decisions–not executive meetings. Words of wisdom from @Pittampalli #ignitedc |
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"Constant innovation leads to stability" #Ignitedc |
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I remember a quote from church as a kid: "Freedom is not the chance to do what I want, but what I ought". I think it applies here? #ignitedc |
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We’re normally afraid of the things that are opposite of our values. #ignitedc |
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I like @mckeefloyd already. #sweetlife #ignitedc |
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Love @sweetgreen for going outside the norm for connecting with their community. #sweetlife #ignitedc |
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Novel. @mckeefloyd discusses how not talking about her company makes people like the #sweetlife #ignitedc |
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Re: blogging – the first rule of #sweetgreen is you don’t talk about #sweetgreen. Can’t place where that’s from. #ignitedc |
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Love it: "Let your content lead your brand." #IgniteDC |
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.@sweetgreen’s brand strategy is fascinating. Talking w/ @mollymali… Does it work? How do they know? #ignitedc |
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Cool. @istrategylabs and @Corbett3000 just got a @sweetgreen shout out at #ignitedc tonight. |
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Internetz telling me @mckeefloyd killed it on stage at #ignitedc! Nice work lady. Sorry to miss it! x |
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@GByehuda I’ve been trying to build up my #GenX deconstruction business. #whatever #ignitedc (apologies to @AndyKindler) |
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I LOVE THIS. Baby Boomers = Superman, Gen X = Batman, Millennials = Spiderman #ignitedc |
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Millennials = "shiny happy people." Love it. #ignitedc |
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Its true. As a GenXer, I really do hate everyone of other generations. #ignitedc |
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@gbyehuda let’s be friends and talk Batman. Ha! #ignitedc |
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Who was the Batman speaker at #IgniteDC? Want to tell him awesome job. |
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Fun presentation Bruce Wayne, I mean Batman! MT @gbyehuda: I’m Batman MT @exilauren: Who was the Batman speaker at #IgniteDC? Awesome job |
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And our closer is up @mkhammer. #ignitedc On Nielsen ratings. |
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@mkhammer rock on #ignitedc |
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@mkhammer making we want to stay an extra 10. #ignitedc I had a Neilsen product meter once. TV & #socialmedia big interest for me #ignitedc |
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What @mkhammer and @jakebrewer watched as a Nielsen Family #ignitedc Arrested Development ain’t it! |
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@mkhammer LOVED your #ignitedc preso! Funny and about a topic I hold dear!! |
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@mkhammer TMI- img all over FB. love it. #ignitedc |
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If I ever get married, I’d like @mkhammer to give a toast. About @ArrestedDevlpmt. And #Arbitron! #ignitedc |
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Love that @mkhammer can make Nielsen ratings interesting. Just add lesbian kissing in a prez. #ignitedc |
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Now my ratings will go up bc I tweeted that. Sigh.  #ignitedc cc @mkhammer |
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.@Tinu Thanks for listening! Didn’t you feel SO powerful when you had a Nielsen meter?! #ignitedc #socialmedia |
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@mkhammer Fantastic presentation tonight – you were the best note to end on! #igniteDC |
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@gbyehuda and @mkhammer closed with great stuff at #ignitedc. But only one of you has to be on the radio at 5 am. Lucky not me! |
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Leaving #IgniteDC, I just updated my Twitter @’s and there are 42 of them! Hopefully some #Mahleria going around? |
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@Sisarina on my way out of #ignitedc, I heard a girl ask a group "have you met Melanie Spring?". Felt so happy I had, but kept it to myself. |
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All of @alexpriest’s tweets are giving me event envy. Wish I could have made #ignitedc tonight! |
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Thanks to all of you #ignitedc speakers who shared your passions with us through your presentations tonight. |
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I’m so grateful for all the amazing people I know here in DC. Thanks for being awesome, guys. #ignitedc #dctech #smcdc #dmsm |
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So many amazing people, stories & passions at #ignitedc. Thinking about music, sharing, overcoming conflict, embracing best in self & others |
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Now following @sandman_va because I was so moved by his presentation at #ignitedc |
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Huge love to all the speakers at #ignitedc tonight. Even bigger props to friends @jillfoster @coolmcjazz @mkhammer @anandaleeke @glehel |
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Learned about @Give2Max at #ignitedc I am going to attempt to participate on 11/9 |
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My third #IgniteDC. Will never get sick of this crowd of people. Till the next one! |
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Thank you @geoffliving, the [i'm speechless to describe] speakers, and the #ignitedc community for being so present & so powerful tonight. |
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@technotheory @geoffliving @ignitedc Awesome job (Tracie too) and an amazing night! Thanks for letting me get up there. #ignitedc |
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So impressed by the quality of speakers and personalities at #IgniteDC. So nice to be on the presenting side this time around. Cheers, all! |
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What a great night, thx for motivation @Sisarina (congrats on your #ignitedc talks @coolmcjazz @mkhammer @anandaleeke @glehel ! |
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I’m tweeting about #ignitedc and Eva’s surviving twin just crawled into my lap. Funny how things work. And, yes, it is WAY past bedtime. |
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God I’m thinking a lot tonight. More than is probably healthy. #ignitedc has a tendency to do that to me. |
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I’m a such a people geek Had a total blast tonight at my 1st #ignitedc Amazing topics Amazing people! #HappyBrain |
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Listening to all the amazing speakers tonight makes me want to give a talk at the next #IgniteDC |
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@BeingPam I had the same feeling when I first went. The process of working on your own is potentially life-altering. DO IT. #IgniteDC |
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Last night’s #IgniteDC was wonderful @technotheory @geoffliving thx for bringing it to fruition (& the chance to be involved). |
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Thanks for a wonderful night last night, @technotheory and @geoffliving! #IgniteDC is one of the very best things going in this City! |
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[...] My favorite post for 2011 is the recap I did for the Ignite event held on October 20th. I was lucky enough to be selected to speak at Ignite DC back in February and have been hooked on them ever since. I used Storify to collect tweets and photos from attendees and shared it on my blog. It can be read here:- http://twistedturtle.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/ignite-dc-ignitedc-no-8-recap. [...]
By: Digital Sisterhood Month’s Guest Blogger Series – Heather Coleman « Digital Sisterhood Network on December 21, 2011
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