Ignite Portland 4 proposals / Ignite Portland: Sharing burning ideas in Portland, OR

Ignite Portland 4 is coming on November 13, 2008. Visit Ignite Portland for more information about the event.

The submission deadline has passed and we are not accepting any new proposals for this event. The selection committee has begun choosing presentations and will announce their decision soon. We thank all those that submitted proposals and helped spread word of the event.

Submitted	Speaker and title
10/15/2008	Matthew Douglass — Legends of Rock
	Samantha soma — What can I do to help?
	Amber Case — A Short Introduction to Cyborg Anthropology
	M. Edward (Ed) Borasky — Ten Reasons Why I Use Linux, and Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn't
	doc normal — How To Write A Fugue
	Steve Morris — Starting a company these days - A crazy idea, or not?
	David Kominsky — Spirituality in Community: It's not just for religion anymore
	Nate DiNiro — "But honey, I never go anywhere anymore": How to make the transition from "free" geek, to comitted "Other" and/or Parent with as little pain as possible
	Eric Anderson — Juice Up any Conversation or Presentation with 5 Impressive-Sounding Theories that Apply to EVERYTHING
10/14/2008	mark dunst — What's everyone looking at?
	Amy Matteson — How to be an eBay Ninja
	Carolynn Duncan — How To Make People Think You’re A Portlander—Without Actually Living in the State of Oregon
	Abraham Hyatt — Divided we win: 5 reasons why Fox News is saving our media and democracy
	Stacy Westbrook — Is the world going to hell in a handbasket? Relax, have a homebrew!
	Mary Anne Thygesen — Don’t worry be happy, an over the top look at the current economic situation.
	Sarah Nelson — ADD in the Workplace: Harnessing Chaotic Creativity
	Katherine Gray — Cooking with the Seasons: The Garanimals Method
	Bram Pitoyo — Portland Tweeples Is Your New Bicycle
	Cami Kaos — How to Bluff Your Way Through Life or a 5 Minute Presentation
10/13/2008	Geordie Duckler — On Finding Brand New Things Inside Old Zoo Tiger Heads - And What It Probably Means
	Sarah Allison — Viewing the World Thru Rainbow Colored Glasses
	Nate Angell — You Are (Already) Cyborg
	Josh Collins — Novelty Urinal Cakes Are Going to Make Us a Fortune! Or, How You Should Invest Your Venture Capital Dollars In This New Economy
10/12/2008	Christopher Logan — What! you mean we had $700B all along
10/10/2008	Geoff Kleinman — Sex is Not A Four Letter Word
	Matt Garland — Non-Dumb Direct Voting
	Alexis Rehrmann — Dating Rules for the Actual World
10/09/2008	Jeff Hardison — Five Things Portland Can Learn From Kentucky in Five Minutes
	Collin Ferguson — Co-founder
10/08/2008	sarah gilbert — a case for cooking food
	Nova Newcomer — 7 One-Night Stands with a Baseball fan
	Gary Walter — How to Save a LIfe: or learning to laugh at yourself, part 1
10/07/2008	J-P Voillequé — Sir Gawain and The Green Web
	Scott Kveton — Banking 2.0: Power to the People's Bank
	Alex Williams — 10 Karaoke Commandments
	Melissa Lion — Story as Bloodsport: Battling to craft narrative
10/06/2008	Betsy Richter — How to get people to do what you want them to do...
10/04/2008	Adrienne Fritze — Interspecies Survival: What I Learned from Portland Artists, Technologists, Entrepreneurs and Thought Leaders About Saving Our World
	Brandon L. Keene — The (nearly) Naked Truth About Public Speaking.
	Mike Sugarbaker — How to enjoy an episode of great story with your friends every week and still kill your television
	jason gallic — Email Ain't Dead...and it doesn't have to Kill You
10/03/2008	Jerry Ketel — How to be creative
	Tyler Sticka — Why People Pirate
10/02/2008	Paul Reiter — How to Survive Working Your Ass Off and Getting an MBA at the Same Time
10/01/2008	Nathan Childs — Ray DeFir True PacNW Grit
	Devon Barrett — The Fox and The Scorpion: Building Better Banks Through Artificial Selection
09/30/2008	Scott Davis — Sleeping Soundly in a Jacked Up World
	Aaron Tersteeg — What can Hugh Hefner teach us about Community Management?
	Marie Deatherage — The remarkable story of an X-rated plant
	Bridget Pilloud — How to Get your Dog to Stop Doing That
	Rebecca Shapiro — Motherhood and Sustainable Art
09/29/2008	Peat Bakke — A Little Box