Here are the videos of the first five speakers at Ignite Detroit #2. The speakers are: Mike McClure – How to be a Better Boss by Encouraging Failure Ken Wohl – The Mysterious Community that Controls Viral Emily Doerr – Hostel Detroit Dixon’s Violin – Doing the Impossible Groovebox Studios – The Sugar People Mike [...]
Here are the videos of the first five speakers at Ignite Detroit #2. The speakers are:
Mike McClure – How to be a Better Boss by Encouraging Failure
Ken Wohl – The Mysterious Community that Controls Viral
Attending Ignite Detroit 2? Here is what you need to know! Location and Time Ignite Detroit 2 will be held at Sound Board inside MotorCity Casino Hotel. Doors open at 6:30 PM (1st floor entrance of Sound Board, follow the signs). Talks will begin at 7:30 PM. Click here for directions to the venue. Parking [...]
Attending Ignite Detroit 2? Here is what you need to know!
Location and Time
Ignite Detroit 2 will be held at Sound Board inside MotorCity Casino Hotel.
Doors open at 6:30 PM (1st floor entrance of Sound Board, follow the signs).
Talks will begin at 7:30 PM.
Click here for directions to the venue.
Parking
MotorCity Casino Hotel offers free parking and valet inside their structure.
Registration
Registration will take place just outside the 1st floor doors of Sound Board. Since this is a public event, security and metal detectors will be on site. Just a reminder, this is a 21+ event and there are no exceptions. Once you make it past security, our volunteers will check you in.
We will have the names of all registered attendees at the event. You are not required to print and bring your Eventbrite ticket stub.
If you have reserved multiple tickets under one name, please have your party check-in under the ticket owner’s name.
Seating
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early if you want the best view, but there’s not a bad view in the house!
Refreshments
Ignite Detroit 2 will feature a full-service cash bar and some great drink specials!
MotorCity Casino Hotel is also supplying light snacks for the event. All food will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Computers, Cameras and Other Technology
Feel free to bring whatever electronics you like to event. We definitely encourage you to tweet, take photos and shoot video while attending. However, please note that access to power outlets will be limited due to the seating arrangements.
Afterparty
The Ignite Detroit 2 afterparty will be held at Overdrive, outside the 2nd floor Sound Board entrance, from 10 PM till 11 PM
Need a Room?
Why leave when you can stay and play? MotorCity Casino Hotel is offering attendees a $99 room for the evening! To receive your discount, book your room by following this link (bottom of the page).
Hashtag
The event hashtag is #ignitedetroit.
“I have tickets, but can’t make it.”
No worries. We’ll make sure your tickets are given to someone else.
Thank you so much for supporting this event. Your Facebook likes, tweets and blog posts have really fueled all the marketing for Ignite Detroit and we truly appreciate it.
See you tomorrow night!
Motor City Casino Hotel is offering a substantial discount on hotel rooms for the night of Ignite Detroit 2. There are a limited quantity of rooms available at only $99/night. This is a great deal, and we encourage anyone who is planning to drink at the event to take up this offer if you’re not [...]
Motor City Casino Hotel is offering a substantial discount on hotel rooms for the night of Ignite Detroit 2. There are a limited quantity of rooms available at only $99/night. This is a great deal, and we encourage anyone who is planning to drink at the event to take up this offer if you’re not going to have a designated driver to take you home. This is going to be an epic night, with amazing presentations, musical guests and memories that will last a lifetime!
Click here to book your hotel room now!
We’d like to thank Motor City Casino Hotel for all the hard work they have put into Ignite Detroit 2 to make it a success, and we can’t wait to see you all there. Remember to drink responsibly!
After receiving more than 6,500 votes in just 10 days, we’ve narrowed down our Ignite Detroit 2 speakers to 15 awesome topics. Ken Wohl – The Mysterious Community that Controls Viral James Lu – Social Entrepreneur Leslie Blackburn – Transformation from Engineer to Sacred Sexual Healer: Learning to Let Go! David “Dixon” Hammond – Doing [...]
After receiving more than 6,500 votes in just 10 days, we’ve narrowed down our Ignite Detroit 2 speakers to 15 awesome topics.
Ken Wohl – The Mysterious Community that Controls Viral
James Lu – Social Entrepreneur
Leslie Blackburn – Transformation from Engineer to Sacred Sexual Healer: Learning to Let Go!
David “Dixon” Hammond – Doing the Impossible
Shawn Neal – The Sugar People present “Live From GrooveBox Studios”
Adam Kempa – Time Travel for Lazy People
Dan Redford – The Glocal Life
Dave Linabury – How I Beat a Billion Dollar Company with My Blog
Evelyn Chou – China’s No Panda Express
Emily Doerr – The Creation of Hostel Detroit
Hubert Sawyers III – “Cool as Ice?” Universal Life Lessons to Learn from Vanilla Ice’s Folly
Laura Farms – You Like Trivial Things, And That’s Okay!
Mike McClure – How to be a Better Boss by Encouraging Failure
Henry Balanon – Dad’s Guide on How to Handle the Birth of Your First Child
Daniel Eizans – Bringing Game Models to the Workplace
Similar to Ignite Detroit 1, the online community was responsible for picking seven speaking topics via UserVoice. The remaining speakers were selected by the event organizers and our partners.
Thank you all very much for supporting the event. As of today, we have more than 830 people registered to attend! Oh, and if you need to book a room the night of the event, MotorCity Casino Hotel is offering attendees an awesome deal on hotel rooms!
Speakers – You should have received an email from the Ignite Detroit 2 team yesterday.
Attendees – You will be receiving an email with information next Monday.
See you on April 14th!
Motor City Casino Hotel and the Ignite Detroit organizational team are proud to announce another musical guest for Ignite Detroit 2! DJ Psycho from Detroit Techno Militia will be spinning on the Sound Board’s main stage from 6:30-7:30pm, before the presentations begin. For more than a quarter of a century, DJ Psycho has spun records [...]
Motor City Casino Hotel and the Ignite Detroit organizational team are proud to announce another musical guest for Ignite Detroit 2! DJ Psycho from Detroit Techno Militia will be spinning on the Sound Board’s main stage from 6:30-7:30pm, before the presentations begin.
For more than a quarter of a century, DJ Psycho has spun records and amazed crowds all around the world. A Flint native, Psycho got his start in Gennessee, MI and became well connected in Pontiac and Detroit’s underground music scenes. He has toured with the likes of Naughty By Nature, Ice Cube and Digital Underground, and won the Midwest DMC Finals Championship three years in a row. Later in his career he would join Detroit Techno Militia, and provides every skill a good DJ can possess. He can scratch, mix and juggle like a pro, but watch out when he takes off his shoe.
From detroittechnomilitia.com:
Records don’t make him. He makes THEM do what he wants them to do! – Mike Banks
Between the awesome venue, talented musical guests and the incredible speakers, we certainly have an amazing show lined up, and we can’t wait to see you all there!
It takes a lot of work to throw a good party. So, we’re on the hunt for a few good volunteers. Think you can help us out with check-ins and making sure things run smoothly? Can you be at the event by 6:30 PM on Thursday, April 14th? Do you like adventures? If so, e-mail [...]
It takes a lot of work to throw a good party. So, we’re on the hunt for a few good volunteers. Think you can help us out with check-ins and making sure things run smoothly? Can you be at the event by 6:30 PM on Thursday, April 14th? Do you like adventures?
If so, e-mail us at crew@ignitedetroit.net. Your help will ensure that Ignite Detroit 2 is a success!
The second installment of Ignite Detroit is well under way. The community is finding it hard to choose between all the great speakers that submitted their topics, nearly 700 people have RSVP’d to attend the event, and everyone is buzzing about the great musical guests that will be performing between each session. The Ignite Detroit [...]
The second installment of Ignite Detroit is well under way. The community is finding it hard to choose between all the great speakers that submitted their topics, nearly 700 people have RSVP’d to attend the event, and everyone is buzzing about the great musical guests that will be performing between each session.
The Ignite Detroit organizers and MotorCity Casino Hotel are happy to announce the official Ignite Detroit 2 Afterparty, which will be held immediately after the program at Overdrive Lounge, with music provided by DJ Meph. Overdrive will provide a relaxed atmosphere to fellowship and network with other attendees, and talk about the presentations as the deejay spins lounge-style House music.
Overdrive Lounge is located in MotorCity Casino Hotel, directly upstairs from Sound Board’s main floor. Hotel specials will be announced soon!
If you attended last year’s Ignite Detroit, you may remember being serenaded by the stylistic sounds of Lune Noir. This year, for Ignite Detroit 2, we have an even better lineup of musical entertainment to keep you grooving in between sessions. Passalacqua During the first break, Detroit local hip hop duo Passalacqua will perform. Passalacqua [...]
If you attended last year’s Ignite Detroit, you may remember being serenaded by the stylistic sounds of Lune Noir. This year, for Ignite Detroit 2, we have an even better lineup of musical entertainment to keep you grooving in between sessions.
During the first break, Detroit local hip hop duo Passalacqua will perform. Passalacqua is a relatively new project made up of Mister and Blaksmith from Cold Men Young. Their songs feature heavy samples and are produced by Dr. B, with DJ Primeminister the ‘Scratchtracknologist’ on the cuts. They recently performed together at The Metro Times Blowout and are sure to give another stellar performance at The Sound Board. These guys are really blowing up, so attendees of Ignite Detroit 2 will have the unique opportunity to see one of Detroit’s freshest up-and-coming music acts perform.
Check out Passalacqua’s self-titled EP on Bandcamp:
Pato Margetic will be performing during the second break. Many of you probably already know about Pato from his recent Youtube fame, in which he released a music video for the song “Detroit” that was heavily circulated through Detroit’s social media community. In addition, his song “Cold” has made it into the top 10 videos on MTV.com. For those who don’t know of him, he is an acoustic rock/soul singer and songwriter. If there is any word that can describe Pato Margetic’s live performances, it’s “captivating”. He has the unique ability to draw in his audience and evoke an emotional response. It is not uncommon to see him performing for a completely silent crowd, with every eye and ear on him, followed by an uproar of applause when he’s finished. It is a truly amazing experience that will stay in your memory for a long time.
Pato Margetic – Detroit (Music Video)
Finally, during the last break we will see one of Detroit’s newest hip hop stars, Ro Spit. A Pontiac native, Roland came up in Detroit’s hip hop scene as a DJ and rapper, and opened up a sneaker shoppe in Royal Oak called Burn Rubber. From deejaying at St. Andrews Hall back in the day, to rocking out at the 2011 SXSW Music Festival, Roland has spent a great deal of the last decade representing Detroit and melting faces all over the country.
Ro Spit – Rennaissance State Of Mind
Help us choose who will speak at Ignite Detroit #2! Saunter over to http://ignitedetroit.uservoice.com/ and click “vote” next to the top topics you’d like to see presented at Ignite Detroit #1 (or use the handy link on the right). You have 6 votes total. You can give each topic up to 3 votes (but you can [...]
Help us choose who will speak at Ignite Detroit #2!
Saunter over to http://ignitedetroit.uservoice.com/ and click “vote” next to the top topics you’d like to see presented at Ignite Detroit #1 (or use the handy link on the right).
You have 6 votes total. You can give each topic up to 3 votes (but you can only vote once per topic), so you can give 3 votes to your #1, 2 votes to #2 and 1 vote to #3 or disperse 1 vote each to 6 topics. You’ll need to sign up to vote, but you can use your Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. account to sign up.
Be sure to check out all 30 entries. Decide on your favorites. Vote with your mouse!
Voting ends at midnight on Apr 1st (April Fools! No, for real).
Speakers can vote for their own presentations, encourage friends to do the same. Vote it up!
Anyone can vote (even if you’re not planning on attending or don’t even live in Detroit). No need for a ticket to the event!
Speakers will be chosen by community votes and event organizers and will be announced on April 7th.
The Ignite Detroit team is very proud to announce that Ignite Detroit #2 will be hosted at Sound Board inside the luxurious MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit on Thursday, April 14th. Tickets will be available starting March 18th. Admission to the event is FREE. We moved. Check out our new space. Yeah. We know. WOW. [...]
The Ignite Detroit team is very proud to announce that Ignite Detroit #2 will be hosted at Sound Board inside the luxurious MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit on Thursday, April 14th. Tickets will be available starting March 18th. Admission to the event is FREE.
We moved. Check out our new space.
Yeah. We know. WOW.
MotorCity Casino Hotel has been nothing short of amazing and has provided us with an incredible space used by some of the world’s most popular entertainers. (Side note – Hall & Oates is coming on June 23rd. Who wants to get tickets? – Brandon)
Additionally, because of MotorCity Casino Hotel’s support, tickets to Ignite Detroit #2 will be free!
Help us say thanks by heading over to Facebook or Twitter and letting MotorCity Casino Hotel know that you appreciate their support of our community!
Submit Speaking Topics NOW
The call for speakers is now open and will close on March 15th. To submit a topic, visit our speaking page. Before submitting your topic, please read the speaker guidelines. The topic description you submit WILL be used for public voting, so make it count!
Oh, and if you spoke at Ignite Detroit #1, we are going to ask that you sit this one out so others have a chance to speak. We will gladly accept new topic submissions from you for Ignite Detroit #3
Speakers will be announced on April 7th.
Any questions – Contact Us
