Jeff Moriarty @jmoriarty Writer, tech geek, ex-Intel drone, Ignite Phoenix organizer, dog lover, coffee addict, perpetually amused
Joey Robert Parks @joeyrobertparks Biography: In August 2004, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Within a month, over a hundred symptoms ? which had plagued me since grade-school ? vanished. I?ve learned much about the art of conversation since then and have built a successful ghostwriting career because of it. Description: Every 30 seconds, I?ll share significant discoveries I?ve made about the art of communication, organization, focus, motivation, self-este...
Katie Charland @katiecharland Biography: By night I am a social media maven. My passion, promoting nonprofits and giving social causes a fighting chance. Day job yet to be determined. Description: Teachers, social media need not be your enemy. Embrace technology. Retake the classroom with enticing, engaging lessons that turn under the desk texts to your advantage.
Preston Lee @prestonism Biography: Preston is an technologist, academic, entrepreneur, and founder of OpenRain Software. He has completed MBA, BS, AA and AGS degrees and carries a well-rounded technical, business and customer focus strongly suited for leading OpenRain?s strategic decision making process. Description: How lessons taught by an ancient Chinese military commander and Taoist strategist can be applied to 21st-century American business.
Faridodin "Fredi" Lajvardi Biography Mr. Lajvardi has been teaching at Carl Hayden H.S. for 21 years where the robotics team has won many national robotics competitions. Dr. Cameron has been teacing for 30 years and partnered with Mr. Lajvardi to create a robotics team dyansty that has been featured in Wired magazine and ABC Nightline. Both gentlemen have been recognized as IEEE educators of the year. Description Creating a Robotics team has revolutionized S.T.E.M. education at Carl Hayden h.s...
Robert Hoekman, Jr. http://www.miskeeto.com Bio: I'm a user experience specialist and author, and while none of that has anything to do with playing taiko, playing taiko has everything to do with being a user experience specialist and author. Description: Acting with intent, breathing through the spaces, making connections, and having good posture are just a few of the brilliant things I've learned about through the Japanese art of taiko drumming. See what beating on a big rawhide drum head ca...
Pamela Slim Twitter @pamslim Biography: I am a coach, writer, and former badass martial artist. My Linda Hamilton Terminator arms have since developed turkey flaps from chasing after kids and defining typing as exercise, but I still carry a gigantic flame for my art. Description: Capoeira (ka-po-eh-rah) is a dance/martial art developed by African Slaves in Brazil. Called ?the art of survival? and ?chess for the body,? it is a powerful and transformational art form. In this talk, I will share b...
Nicholas DiBiase Twitter @hepnova Biography: Nicholas DiBiase is a producer for Hepnova. Description: The upshot : Improve food and nutritional security for Phoenix through radically simplified urban agronomy. Let?s promote community health and self-reliance by giving folks the educational tools to escape dependence on the institution of inefficient (and often not very nutritious!) food supply chains. It?s time now to change the focus of urban food security thinking from rhetoric and politics ...
CJ Cornell Twitter @cjcornell Biography: CJ Cornell is Professor of Digital Media and Entrepreneurship at ASU; He has been an executive at television and new media companies, started and sold 4 entrepreneurial ventures and has been a venture capital investor and mentor to over 40 ventures. Description: Almost every city wants to be the next Silicon Valley spawning the next Google ? yet no city comes close. CJ Cornell will discuss how local government, academia and local business leaders try to...
Stacy Holmstedt Twitter @stacebass Biography: My mom worked in the mortuary industry for 15+ years. I know more about this topic than I?d like to know. Description: Sometimes people die peacefully of natural causes. Other times, mortuaries have to artfully put Humpty back together again. Your weirdest questions about your body ? after death ? answered without really disturbing visuals.