Ignite Boise | Boise’s best ideas in 5 minutes, 20 slides

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The submissions are in. Thirteen have been selected to present at IB|6. But we need your help to fill the remaining three slots.

Go to our Vote! page and cast your vote for your favorite presentations. The three with the most total votes will enjoy the dubious distinction of presenting at Ignite.

Thanks for the help!

As in this Friday, March 18th.

Don’t be afraid. Don’t get all worked up about having to have a detailed plan. Just submit. Just think about the things you love, hate, know, want to know…and submit.

The process is easy. Step 1: Think of an idea. Step 2: Fill out this easy form (found here). Step 3: There is no Step 3.

Ignite Boise is nothing without you. Time to stop procrastinating and become part of it. You won’t regret it, promise.

Ignite Boise 6 is set for April 21, 2011 at the Egyptian Theater. It is going to be rad. The cool (and a few uncool) kids will be there. Please join us.

Never been to an Ignite Boise?! Watch some videos from Ignite Boise 5.

Are you an interesting company doing interesting things? You should sponsor Ignite Boise 6.

The cost is $350 and gives you love on our website, at the event and through various tweets, blog posts and the like. Plus, you’ll get to create a sponsorship video that will run during intermission and get a handful of early-admission tickets.

Absolutely every nickel we raise goes back into the event. Ignite Boise is 100% volunteer-run — nobody makes money off this deal. We do it because we think it is important to spark creative/critical thinking in our fair city. Hopefully, you’ll agree and become part of it.

Interested? Send us a note at igniteboise@gmail.com.

One last note: demand generally outstrips supply when it come to IB sponsorships. So if you want to get involved, please let us know ASAP. We can’t accept everyone and expect to close sponsorships well before the event itself.

Thanks for your support!

The votes are in! Below is a complete list of the Ignite Boise 5 speakers — congratulations and thanks to all who submitted! Ignite Boise can’t happen without great submissions. This is not the final order presentation. That gets announced the day of the event.

Here’s the list:

Using Notepad in a Word World — Darrin L. Woods

How To Be An Unsuccessful Independent Filmmaker – Dave Yasuda

Lawyers As Peacemakers — Michelle Crosby Michaud

The History of Automobiles — Bob Shaver

12 Million Hardons — Nathaniel Hoffman

It’s All About the Benjamins… and 9 *Other* Myths About Entrepreneurs — Norris Krueger

What monsters do when I’m at school — Mia Mclenna

Commit 65!!! — Matt Pipkin

The Female Voice:  Women Who Vote & Why — Gail Hughes

Duane Was Here — Duane Quintana

LEGOs and Burning Man — Richard Mussler-Wright

I challenge you to a Duel! — Gray Battson

What Are You Afraid Of? — Mike Shipman

Seasonal Eating: Adventures in  Food — Karen Ellis

Ignite Boise is absolutely free to attend. That’s cool. But, of course, it’s not completely accurate. Nothing is free. The Egyptian Theatre costs $$$ to rent, t-shirts cost $$$ to print, and  insurance costs $$$ to protect. The only way these and other expenses get covered is because of the great support of our  sponsors.

So please, support the companies and organizations that support Ignite Boise. Thank them, talk about them, or buy from them. Without our sponsors Ignite Boise wouldn’t be the same.

Here’s a bit about each of them:

• Boise Commercial R.E.: simply one of the most knowledgeable real estate firms in Boise. Headed by the affable @scott_nicholson.
• Boise Young Professionals: a diverse, connected, involved and prepared reservoir of world-class talent who are prepared to lead, create, innovate and influence as the community evolves. Twitter handle: @byp.
• Buchanan + Nipper: intellectual property gurus. At least on the legal stuff (but really a whole lot more). Find them @patent.
• Cradlepoint Technologies: cool technology that helps you create mobile hotspots. Hence, their Twitter handle: @mobilehotspot.
• Custom Home Solutions: installing safe baths & bathrooms. We’re talking everything from roll-in showers to walk-in tubs & more.
• EO Idaho: Idaho’s chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a dynamic network of business owners from around the nation.
• FusionSet: full-service marketing & PR firm based in Boise. Led by author & marketing wiz Donna Geisler.
• Ibis NW: great web development & analytics company. Find them on Twitter at @ibisnw.
• Red Sky Public Relations: Idaho’s largest PR firm involved in some of the State’s most recognized campaigns. @redskypr
• rizen creative: a Boise advertising, design & idea studio focused exclusively on underdog brands. @rizencreative
• Sybase: creators of enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyze and mobilize information for business intelligence.
• Urban Agent: Not your parents’ real estate company — waaaaay better. Led in Boise by @urban_lindsay & @urban_nick

We’re working on getting the link working directly on our site. In the meantime, you can click here to get tickets now!

Thanks to everyone who voted for the speakers. We will post all the IB5 speakers soon (like, probably tomorrow), so stay tuned!

Some of you sticklers may recall that IB5 tickets were going to be released this Friday. Well…how does Monday morning at 9AM sound instead? We extended the submission deadline, which in turn bumped our schedule back a few days. No worries, though. Head to the tickets page on Monday morning at 9AM to reserve your (FREE) seats at IB5.  They sell out fast, so no slouching!