Ignite Chicago 1 Recap

IG1 - Inside A Box

Squares rule our lives. From screens to signs, books to boxes, the rectangular form has triumphed visibly and culturally. This talk will explore the dominance of squares and the impact they have on our personal, creative and collective lives. An attempt to get outside the box will be made.

IG1 - Satelites, Software, & a Bucket of Water

Thousands of satellites orbit our planet every day, yet very few fall to earth. Why? What can software developers learn from the discipline of satellite engineering? The presenter will draw parallels between software development and satellite engineering using a tiny bit of humor and a bucket of water.

IG1 - Elephant Hunting

Have you noticed that a lot of people don't like what they do for a living? Do you know why you were born? Do you know your purpose for being? What do these last two questions have to do with the first question? Everything! Have you ever been overwhelmed? I have the solution. Elephant Hunting is a life philosophy that teaches you how to accomplish large goals and dreams by knowing the answer to one of life's most important questions, "How Do You Eat An Elephant? I have a simple formula that is...

IG1 - Microfinance in the US

What is your annual interest rate for your student loans, mortgage, or credit cards? 5.00%, 7.00%, 15.00%, 25.00%, or even 36.86% Multiply that by 100. Would you borrow money at this rate (3686%)? Or allow anyone you know to do the same? This is happening today. Here in America. In a neighborhood near you. ----------------------------------------- I would discuss the payday loan and check-cashing situation in certain neighborhoods, aka the lack of access to non-predatory financial institutions...

IG1 - Inevitable Formula for Making Progress

Businesses and people in them make countless efforts to respond to, lead, and manaage change, and many of them fail to go anywhere. There is an approach that guarantees not just change, but progress, and a guide for self-correction along the way. The model - while having many deeper and complex implications - is easily grasped, intuitively obvious. It organizes the relationships between factors of dissatisfaction with present conditions, aspects of a effective vision/direction, impelementation...

IG1 - Project Management for Start Ups

Project management is a process of planning, organizing, leading, controlling, monitoring, and measuring a project’s activities throughout a project’s lifecycle, making sure that what ever has been planned we have accomplished. If you bear this definition in mind, you will see that our lives, professional and personal, are made of small and large projects. Since you were born, like it or not, you have had to undertake different projects in order to grow, learn, and make a living. Among these a...

IG1 - Plan B

Arbonne International is a 29 year old Swiss health and wellness company that focuses on holistic, botanical, pure & safe products. The products are filled with nutrients and offer healing effects. So how does this become my Plan B? Life takes us down many roads and if we're open to the path of discovery, opportunities like Arbonne will present themselves. It's a great opportunity to build a business, a 2nd income and an empowered life. Network marketing is an industry whose time is now. Durin...

Ig1 - Mashups

Way back in the day, BASIC was a hobby programming language of choice. Anyone would program in BASIC because it was fairly easy to do. After Apple succeeded with Hypercard and AppleScript, Microsoft countered with Visual Basic. Once again, UI design and programming was within reach of ordinary people and programmers alike. Fast forward to now...do regular people ever think about making a web mashup? Why is it a hodgepodge of technologies that are generally difficult to piece together? Microsof...

Ig1 - Resume Black Hole

Finding a better job as fast as possible is the goal of most people in transition. But often their focus is on putting together the perfect resume and cover letter into a perfect package. But research shows that diligence, follow-up and, frankly, effort, matter much more than skills. So, when should you mount that alternate job search technique (cue picture of guy in sandwich board with his resume printed on it). If your resume is in a black hole, what kind of effort and energy will get it out...