Every fall, organizers of Ignite Bend can be expected to start the event with a couple of jokes about the surprising number of people who are gathered there to watch PowerPoint presentations. With a beginning like that, it’s a wonder anyone comes at all—but Ignite is far more than the sum of its parts. Ignite […]
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Light My Fire
Ignite Bend 11 sparks local idea mill
Ignite events are presentations for the attention inept. A hybrid of TEDx Talks and storytelling events, Ignite invites non-professional speakers to present bite sized stories, five minute in length with 20 PowerPoint slides that rotate automatically every 15 seconds, on the topic of their choice. It’s a simple idea: just share something worth sharing. Bend […]