Quick but enlightening: Listen to Ignite Seattle

Ignite Seattle is a volunteer-powered event that started back in 2006. The concept is simple: Enlighten us, but make it quick! Puget Sounders of all stripes go on stage to share something that inspires them for five minutes.

This time around the talks ranged from robots and the impact of social proximity to burial planning and making Seattle your own. There really is something for everyone. If you’ve never been to an Ignite event, listen in. Maybe you’ll be up there on stage next time.

Ignite Seattle 34 featured the following talks:

• The Unusual History of Volunteering– Amy Faulkner
• The Proximity Principle – Rupi Sureshkumar
• Robots are Not Coming for Your Job – Patrick Rauland
• Dead 2.0 – Jeremy Dragt
• If You Want to Create Change, Host a Pageant! – Abari Charles
• 4 Signs Your Friend or Loved One Is a Birder – Jeremy Schwartz
• Sofas Are (not) Scary– Rebecca West
• I Never Look The Part: Embracing Obstacles As Opportunities – Alicia Crank
• How to Make Seattle Your Own in 10 Easy Steps – Monica Guzman
• Sleeping with Specters — How Designing the Dead Changed My Life – Patrick Blanchard
• Leading the Majority Minority – Eugene Hsu
• Doorstops & Bicycles: Why We Humans Keep Making Things – Jeremy Bowen
• How to Stay Calm Around Impossibly Annoying People – Susan Fee
• From Tech to Texas –Jack Timmons
• Disruptive Play: The Trickster in Politics and Culture – Shepherd Siegel

This event took place on October 19 at the Egyptian Theatre. Sonya Harris recorded the talks. The emcee was Scott Berkun.

Please note: This recording contains language of an adult nature.

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