Submissions for Ignite Boise |04 are now OPEN.  See the submission page for details.

By the way…if you aren’t already following us via FaceBook, here’s the URL to our page.

We’re kicking off the first Ignite Boise of 2010 with some absolutely great sponsors.

Our venue sponsor for this event is Great Western Barbecue Supply/Traeger Grills, headed up by @ShermTV.  Sherm was a presenter at IB|3. It’s great to see the community rally around Ignite in every form. The venue sponsor is very critical — all their sponsorship dollars cover the cost of base rent for the night of the event.

We’re  welcoming first-time sponsor Sybase iAnywhere, a provider of mobile enterprise, database and RFID software technologies.

The Urban Agent Team, whose motto is “We’re not your parents’ real estate company,” has also signed on for another sponsorship.

Please let these sponsors know you appreciate them. They are what allow Ignite Boise to be a free, community-based event.

We’ll be announcing a couple more sponsors in the coming weeks. If you’re interested in sponsoring (we only have a couple spots left), please let us know.

The Ignite Gods gathered on Mount Olympus last week and have set these dates for Ignite Boise 4:

• Presentation Submissions open: February 20, 2010.
• Presentation Submissions close: March 19, 2010.
• Presentations announced: March 25, 2010.
• Tickets released: April 2, 2010.
• Presentations due to Ignite crew: April 12, 2010.
• IGNITE BOISE 4: APRIL 22, 2010!

Like last time we plan to have a lunch event for current and past presenters. Details of that will be announced as we finalize plans for that.

If you are interested in volunteering for the event, send an e-mail to any one of us – contact info is on the ‘about us’ page.

Also, there are still a few opportunities to sponsor Ignite Boise 4. If you are interested in sponsoring, also please let us know by sending Jeff an e-mail.

We’ll see you there!

Get out your calendars right now.  Pencil it in.  Ignite Boise | 04 will be April 22, 2010 at the Egyptian.

If you have comments, questions, complaints, praises, etc…please let us know by leaving a comment below.  Thanks!

What’s the speaker order for tonight you ask?  Oh.  Well, I’ll tell you anyway:

1. Ignite Introduction
2. How to Win 1-ups in Super Mario and Influence People
3. Consider Design
4. Weasel Words: How to Keep from Committing to Anything (Without Even Trying)
5. “Mad (Wo)Men”: The Women of ‘Mad Men,’ the Modern Women Who Love Them, and How to Know Which Mad (Wo)Man You Are
6. A $1 Trillion Loaf of Bread; or Backup Your Brain
7. Every Springfield Needs a Shelbyville
8. A Quick Primer on Slow-Cooked Barbecue (then Intermission)
9. How Eating Guinea Pigs Can Save the World (Or At Least Part Of It)
10. ADD-tastic
11. Science Quickies
12. Don’t be lazy, SAVE THE PLANET!
13. Draining the Swamp
14. The Farmer Who Went Postal
15. Hate What You See On the News? Well… It’s Your Fault.
16. All Aboard the Soul Funky Train (a.k.a. Fundamentals of Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication)

Answer:   See “How to Enjoy Ignite Boise 01.”

To get “early admission” tickets you needed request a ticket at this web page a few weeks ago.  The 600 “early admission” tickets were all snatched up within a couple hours.  If you are one of 600 who requested “early admission” tickets, this post on the blog discusses what you need to do next.

Most of the remaining 150 tickets were set aside for speakers, volunteers, and sponsors.  These tickets were emailed to the speakers/volunteers/sponsors already.  There is no “will call.”  If you don’t have a printed Eventbrite ticket…you don’t have a ticket.

Remember:  you will need the print-out of your ticket to get in the door.   If you are a greenie, you can show us an electronic view of your ticket on your smartphone.  If you forget…you’ll need to get in the “general admission” line.   Sorry.

If you do not have an “early admission” ticket or a sponsor/speaker/volunteer ticket, you will need to wait in line at the door to get a seat.  When 6:30 arrives, all tickets are null and void and we’ll open the doors for general admission (until we reach capacity).  We don’t know if we’ll reach capacity or not…so the closer to the front of the line you are, the better your odds of getting a seat.

It’s gonna be a great show! See you there.

Follow the Ignite Boise 03 speakers on Twitter:

• A $1 Trillion Loaf of Bread; or Backup Your Brain – Jason Denizac – @jdenizac
• Don’t be lazy, SAVE THE PLANET! – Holli High Woodings – @hollihigh
• How To Start a Company in 52 Hours! – Andre Nosalsky – @an
• Draining the Swamp – Jeff Almeida – @npja
• “Mad (Wo)Men”: The Women of ‘Mad Men,’ the Modern Women Who Love Them, and How to Know Which Mad (Wo)Man You Are – Lisa McGrath – @tweetmcg
• Weasel Words: How to Keep from Committing to Anything (Without Even Trying) – Brian Harrison – @brharrison
• Consider Design – Justin Kuntz, Ryan Lascano, & Steve Norell – @justinkuntz @ryanlascano @stevenorell
• Hate what you see on the news? Well… it’s your fault. – Thanh Tan – @uscthanhtan
• Every Springfield Needs a Shelbyville – Kevin Richert – @KevinRichert
• ADD-tastic – T.J. Anderson – @tjsonofander
• Science Quickies – Woody Sobey – @twsobey
• How to win 1-ups in Super Mario and influence people – Ryan Donahue – @donapuke
• How Eating Guinea Pigs Can Save The World (or at least part of it) – Matt Miller – @eatguineapigs
• The Farmer Who Went Postal – Colleen Kohler – @IPsecretary
• A Quick Primer on Slow-Cooked Barbecue  -  Sherman Leibow  – @ShermTV
• All Aboard the Soul Funky Train (a.k.a. Fundamentals of Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication) – Tony Harrison – @tonystweets

Or, follow our IB3 Twitter List:  http://twitter.com/IgniteBoise/ib3

As we’ve mentioned before, Ignite Boise would be nowhere without its sponsors. We owe a special thanks to the gang at Valitics for coming aboard as the venue sponsor for IB|03. As the venue sponsor, they are covering the base costs of us renting the Egyptian Theatre — by far the largest expense of holding an Ignite event.

If you don’t know them, Valitics is (as they put it) “an interactive communication studio in beautiful Boise, Idaho. We are design junkies, analyzers, problem solvers, techy-tinkerers, and creative thinkers.”

Bottom line? They build cool, functional web sites and other useful interactive stuff. Please support them and let them know you appreciate their sponsorship of Ignite.