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Wow.

IgniteOKC was an absolute blast.  All the planning and hard work that went into it definitely paid off – I think everyone who came had a great time, especially those of us on the leadership committee.  I’ve been hard at work today preparing the individual videos, and it’s given me a chance to experience it all over again!

Honestly, I wasn’t sure how it would feel to be on the other side of this project.  24 hours later, I feel just as excited as I did a few hours before.  I think that’s due to the fact that every single person I met last night had so much energy and enthusiasm (and it didn’t matter for what) that I couldn’t help but be inspired to do my best.  I’m really proud of this event and all the people with whom I had the privilege to work bringing Ignite to Oklahoma City.

Of course I have many more thoughts on the matter, but I’ve got to get back to editing the video!  In the meantime, here’s a video from NewsOK.com’s Tanner Herriott covering our event!

Way back in September, I joined the leadership team for IgniteOKC. Tanner and I had just attended the first Ignite event in Oklahoma at the Blue Dome Diner in Tulsa. We had so much fun, and met oh-so-many interesting people (like @yoyology and Emily Campbell). I was super-excited to get to work with a diverse group of people on a similar event in Oklahoma City, and tomorrow is the big day!

We’ve been planning for months, and throughout the process I’ve really thought about how important this event will be for OKC. Ignite is really about building your community and sharing ideas with others in a way that is open-minded, enthusiastic, and original.

The gist is this:
1) people from the community submit their idea;
2) people from the community vote or decide which ideas they want to hear;
3) the chosen ideas are presented at the Ignite event in a very specific way – each presenter gets exactly 5 minutes and 20 timed slides.

There are plenty of great Ignite talks on the parent website, but I would really encourage you to look for the Ignite group in your area. There’s no telling what you could learn about your community from some really interesting, passionate people.  Moreover, you find out about what other people think is important – and hopefully find yourself inspired to help that community develop.

Unfortunately, IgniteOKC is sold out – we have no more room in the Lyric Theater! But, we will be Live Streaming the event here and I plan to have the video of the individual talks up over the weekend.

If you’re already going – come say Hi! I’ll be the girl in the Ignite t-shirt with the video camera :)