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Ignite Philly 9 Speakers!

  • Tuesday, 7 February 2012
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)

 Here's the line up for Ignite 9!

  • Tim Bennet
  • AJ Beyer
  • Ali Blum
  • Sarah Clark Stuart
  • Keya Dannenbaum
  • Emaleigh and Aine Doley
  • Doogie Horner
  • Darla Jackson and Justin Grant
  • Simon Kim
  • Diana Lind
  • Dave Martorana
  • Varissa McMickens
  • Jessica Moore
  • Yasmine Mustafa
  • Pam Selle
  • Andrew Simonet 

Photos from Ignite Philly 8

  • Tuesday, 4 October 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)
    • Geoff D
    • Dana
    • David
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Photographer Kevin Monko has been making sure we have incredible shots to remember Ignite Philly. 

Check out his full Ignite Philly 8 Flickr set. 

If you'd like to use any of these pictures, make sure you contact Kevin directly!


Ignite Philly 8 Speakers

  • Thursday, 22 September 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)

Can I get a drum roll please?

As a sneak peek to tonight's event, here are your Ignite Philly 8 speakers!


  • Melissa Morris Ivone "Civility in the City of Brotherly Love"
  • Christian Kunkel "Startup Corps"
  • Danielle Redden "Boating the Tidal Schuylkill"
  • Michelle Bland "Ig(nerd) Nite Philly"
  • Krista Peel and Zak Starer "Philly Art Hotel"
  • Alex Hillman and Geoff DiMasi " K House"
  • Theresa Rose, Jordan Rock and Brett Mapp "Philly Stake"…

Thank you Ignite Sponsors!

  • Wednesday, 14 September 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)
    • freckle logo large

I love being able to organize Ignite Philly. Each event brings a new wave of inspiration and motivation. We've been trying to get our act together to make the after event experience better for everyone. Sponsors have been contributing to help raise funds so we can have better quality videos, photos and a website to…


And the check goes to...

  • Tuesday, 13 September 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)
    • West Philly Hybrid X outside the Kimmel Center

For upcoming Ignite Philly 8, we have decided to give our Big Check donation to the West Philly Hybrid X team! During Ignite Philly 6, Azeem Hill with mentor Simon Hauger took the stage to tell us about how an after school program has been making waves in West Philadelphia. 


The Mission of the…


Announcing Ignite Philly 8

  • Monday, 15 August 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)
    • Farmer Patrick

Ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, Ignite Philly 8 is about to happen. I can already hear your excitement buzzing through the air. Johnny Brendas has once again donated their fantastic venue to our cause. On September 22nd at 7pm another round of speakers will be telling us what is igniting Philadelphia.


The details:…


Ignite Philly 7 in Photos

  • Sunday, 13 February 2011
  • Posted By: Geoff DiMasi (geoffd)
    • Suckless Consulting
    • Farmer Patrick
    • Crowd at Ignite Philly 7
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In the past, we relied on members of the audience and our occasional snaps from our iPhones to record the action at Ignite Philly. This time while sharing some whisky, good friend and fantastic photographer Kevin Monko agreed to shoot the event.

Since we focus on giving away all of the money we collect at…


Global Ignite Week Loves Charity

  • Wednesday, 9 February 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)
    • donors choose gift codes

February 7-11th is Global Ignite Week. About one hundred cities all over the world are holding Ignite Events this week. This year Global Ignite Week has paired up with  Donor's Choose to help out schools in need. Bing and Redu donated $5,000 for Ignite to distribute. Ten cities were picked to participate and give…


Ignite Philly 7 Sponsors!

  • Monday, 7 February 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)

Thank you, Thank you to all the sponsors of Ignite Philly 7!


 

I Love Ignite Philly Sponsors:

Freckle
I-Site 


Individual Sponsors:
Thomas Fuchs
Johnathan McKarney
Alex Hillman
Kara LaFleur
Duran Goodyear
Edwin Watkeys
Mike Zornek
Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy 
Sok Be


In Kind Sponsors:
Ticket Leap
Johnny Brenda's
P'unk Ave
Monko Photo
Wharton Technology


You guys really make it possible for us to make this…


And the big check goes to….

  • Thursday, 3 February 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)
    • speakers

 For Ignite we choose a previous Ignite speaker to donate our ticket proceeds. This time we have chosen the South Philly Food Co-op!  If you missed their presentation, you can catch ithere.

We try to choose an organization that the money will have a meaningful and immediate impact. The South Philly…


Ignite Philly 7 Speakers!

  • Thursday, 3 February 2011
  • Posted By: Dana Vachon (Dana V)
    • crowd

 Here’s a sneak peek at the upcoming Ignite Speakers! To keep some mystery, I’m not giving them to you in the speaking order! Mwahahahaha.



Come and get ‘em! Ignite Philly 7 tickets and sponsorships are officially on sale!

  • Monday, 31 January 2011
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Tickets are now on sale for Ignite 7! As usual the proceeds from the $5 ticket sales will be donated to an amazing past Ignite speaker. You are all supporting the amazing on-going work in Philadelphia by your ticket sale.

Here’s something a little different…..

We are now offering the chance to ! With sponsorship money we’re looking to get some of our own equipment and have some funds to make…


Ignite Philly 7 is on the way!

  • Thursday, 20 January 2011
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    • Ignite Philly 6

Another round up of awesome Philadelphia speakers are coming your way!

February 10th 7pm at the usual spot (Johnny Brendas)

We are busy recruiting speakers and getting those ticket sales in order, stay tuned!

This Ignite will be part of Global Ignite Week.


Tickets on Sale!

  • Thursday, 20 January 2011
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    • The Food Trust

Tickets are on sale for Ignite Philly 6! The tickets serve two purposes, they guarantee you a spot to come to Ignite, and ALL the proceeds go to a previous Ignite speaker with a worthy cause. We started the donation process with Ignite Philly 4, donating to the Food Trust, and it’s been a big success!…


Ignite Philly 6

  • Thursday, 20 January 2011
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It’s that time again! Everyone get ready for Ignite Philly 6!! Yes, I know it’s hard to believe we’ve already done five.

We will be gathering for a new round of presentations on October 26th at 7pm (doors at 6).

The usual spot at Johnny Brendas 1201 N. Frankford Ave [map] Philadelphia, PA 19125

Tickets…


THANK YOU, PHILLY!

  • Thursday, 20 January 2011
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    • ignite crowd

We had another sold out crowd at Johnny Brenda’s and our efforts raised over $1100 for Girls Rock Philly!

We would like to thank everyone who helped make Ignite Philly 5 awesome, especially Councilman Bill Green and Allan Frank for kicking off the evening. Our graciously hosts Johnny Brenda’s, along with Eventbrite, the 8-Static crew…


Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

  • Thursday, 20 January 2011
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We have sold 160 tickets! There are only 40 left. They won't last. Get yours today: http://www.ignitephilly.org/?p=174 #

@johnkanesmith if you want to get a sense, watch some of the videos of past events: http://www.ignitephilly.org/?p=142 in reply to johnkanesmith #

Only a few tickets left for tomorrow night's Ignite Philly 5! Proceeds to benefit @girlsrockphilly: http://www.ignitephilly.org/?p=174 #

This just in… Councilman Bill Green will be making an appearance at Ignite…


Ignite Philly 5 Tickets!

  • Thursday, 20 January 2011
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    • ignite philly beth warshaw duncan of girls rock philly by okwagon

Ignite Philly events 1, 2, & 3 were sold-out… or more accurately (since they are free) were filled to capacity. Translation: if you got there a little late, you probably had to stand in line waiting for someone to leave to take their spot or never got in.

At Ignite Philly 4, we raise $750 from…


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