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| - I attend a lot of networking events, and frankly, the thought of going to one more "event" on a work night, when I could be home snuggling in my pjs and drinking pina coladas did not thrill me. But I thought, "Hey, I'll try it once, sounds interesting."
And golly, was I glad I attended. It was the most fun I have had since, well since I don't know when.
The purpose of Ignite is that random people, (who have previously applied and been accepted by Ignite) get up and speak on random subjects for appropriately 5 minutes. Seriously I thought it would be really boring. You know; a bunch of really bad speakers umming and ahing all over the stage, but it wasn't. All of the speeches were insightful and interesting, even the ones that I didn't think I'd be interested in like solar power, or comic books.
The audience was huge. I was amazed that so many people showed up to an event that was only advertised through word of mouth.
I also met some really interesting people there. The most memorable was the man that sat on my right, Chris Halloran, photographer to stars and presidents. From looking at him you wouldn't have known, but he was one of the few photographers allowed in to photograph President Obama when he came to Mesa.
Anyway, I had so much fun, I applied to speak at Ignite 4. Hope I get picked!
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