Most ignites are held as social events with drinking and other activities , and dozens of these events have been held around the world . I’ve spoken at 5 different ignite events (Ignite Seattle x3, Gnomedex, Ignite Boston) and make much of my living from public speaking - here’s my advice on this special format: And for extra fun, the rest of my advice is in the form of an ignite talk from Ignite There’s this popular format for public speaking called Ignite - It’s an evening of short talks with some special rules.  Similar to, but

According the Ignite Seattle website, “Ignite Seattle is a geek event that combines on-site geekery, sharing, innovation (and drinking).” Tags: Uncategorized 20 x 20 Ignite Ignite Philly Ignite Seattle Pecha Kuch 8221; Oh and admission is free! What What more could you want? <smile> This

caught his seminar here in Seattle. The event is super popular, as the same course sells out year after year. didn’t count but by my guess he had nearly 800 people attend that day in Seattle. There are two factors at work explaining the dominance of all day, mostly lecture events: For years I’d heard about Edward Tufte’s famous all day lecture . I’d owned his books, but somehow never made it to the show.

20 tips for better conference speaking ~ 16 February 2009 ~ View from on stage as I’m preparing to speak at An Event Apart New Orleans 2008. To borrow a line from the An Event Apart Speaker’s Guide, always err on the side of being more advanced. Get to your engagement (conference) early so you’ll be both well rested and able to sit in on some events. I’ll be straight up with you: I don’t profess to be an expert speaker. I’ve had my share of presentations that have been total flops, along with some very successful ones.

June 11-12, Malmö (Sweden) According to the event organizers, Business to Buttons "is the meeting place in Europe for interaction designers, business strategist and usability experts. Pics from last year's seminars in Wellington on Flickr.  • Tableau's Customer Conference. July 20-23, Seattle (USA) This is a great conference not too far from my US hometown that's billed as "...three Next week I'll be up in Tokyo meeting with friends to talk about TEDx Tokyo. In the evening of April 7 I'll be giving a presentation in the Apple Store theatre in Ginza.

Redfin recently hosted a free event called The Naked Truth , for tech entrepreneurs. The event was held at the normally very cool Seattle Sculpture Park . The problem is the amphitheater on the grounds creates some odd problems for public speaking. They put the stage almost 30 feet from the front row.

really hope to meet you at one of these events below. From Business To Buttons Conference, Malmö, Sweden June 11-12 The 3rd annual Business to Buttons is the meeting place in Europe for interaction designers, business strategist and usability experts. Register here for one of the days. Tableau's annual Customer Conference in Seattle July 20-23 The Tableau Conference is a great opportunity to join colleagues and top analytics experts for three days of information, interaction, insight and inspiration ( the schedule ). Because I'll be spending most of the summer working on the next book ( Presentation Zen Design ), I'm keeping the summer travel schedule outside of Japan light.

TED talks are designed to inspire, poke, ask big questions--and they offer loads of role models for your storytelling practice. The Moth , a live storytelling event, started out in New York City and now has touring events, a live StorySLAM in Los Angeles and New York, and MothUp, a program that lets you host a Moth session in your own living room and upload the video online. says its Baltimore site, and in Seattle , where Ignite began, the motto is "Enlighten us, but make it quick." (Other Can you tell a great personal story? It's one of the most effective ways to

Since April 5th, I’ve also been in: Atlanta, New Orleans, Seattle, Albuquerque, Toronto, New York, Minneapolis, Charlotte, and now London. Add Add to that three events where I didn’t have to travel, but still had to stay in hotels in Chicago and work very hard: The three-day Ragan Fellowship meeting, the three-day Corporate Communicator’s Conferenc, and my two-day Advanced Internal Communication seminar with Jim Ylisela. Mind Well . . . hello again!

saw Stephen present in Seattle this summer at the Tableau Conference and we had a chance to spend some time together before the event. met Maureen Stone in Seattle this summer and saw one of her presentations. To learn how to design and deliver better presentations, we need to pull from many educational sources. Books are good, but which ones?