So many pre­sen­ta­tions are like real­ly real­ly weak broth, with only a hint of actu­al con­tent float­ing around in far too much weak sauce. If only we could turn up the heat on that soup and sim­mer it down to a con­cen­trat­ed jus burst­ing with flavour and taste. Would­n’t that be awe­some? No filler, just killer! That’s what the Ignite series of talks aims to do: 

Have you ever been to a 60-minute talk and lament­ed that there was only five min­utes of good con­tent?  Imag­ine if you could hear only that five min­utes…

that’s Ignite Welling­ton!

Come along to the sec­ond Ignite Welling­ton and be inspired, amused, edu­cat­ed and amazed!  We have an array of tal­ent­ed Welling­ton speak­ers, who will each speak for five min­utes on top­ics that range from couch­surf­ing and Ernest Ruther­ford, to Out­doorKnit, wall­pa­per and build­ing the dream!

At the heart of Ignite is its fast-paced for­mat.  All pre­sen­ters must give their talks in just five min­utes — using 20 slides that appear on screen for only 15 sec­onds.

The evening will start with an Ignite Con­test, which will help par­tic­i­pants unleash their inner cre­ativ­i­ty.  The last event had teams build­ing the tallest pos­si­ble struc­tures out of spaghet­ti and marsh­mal­lows

Ignite is hap­pen­ing on Tues­day August 3, at the Para­mount The­atre from 6.30pm-10pm. Ignite is free, but you need to reg­is­ter in order to guar­an­tee a seat. For more infor­ma­tion, includ­ing the full list of speak­ers, check out their site. You can fol­low also them at @ignitewelli and become a Face­book fan