Ignite Tulsa Thursday night: A wealth of perspective in five-minute pieces
If you've ever wondered, "Is Michael Bates capable of expressing himself concisely?" you and I will both have a chance to find out tomorrow night, Thursday, September 17, 2009, at Ignite Tulsa. The event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Blue Dome Diner, at 313 E. 2nd St., between Detroit and Elgin Aves. Admission is free, but Répondez, S'il Vous Plait.
Ignite Tulsa is a series of five-minute presentations on a variety of topics. Each speaker will have a slideshow with 20 slides, automatically advancing at 15 second intervals. Here's the list of presenters and topics (alphabetically by presenter's last name):
- Be Nice. Don't be Rude or Sad by Chris Barton
- The Greenwood Gap: Mythbusting pop history with contemporary documents by Michael Bates
- How Not to be Waldo: Brands that Stand Out in a Crowd by Emily Campbell
- Salvation in the Stacks: Tips, Rants, and a Patriotic Finale from a "Librarian 2.0" by Sarah Clark
- If someone gives you roses you should be pissed off by Matthew Galloway
- Visual Thinking: Boost Your Creative IQ by Sean Griffin
- P2P Anti-Piracy: A Skunk Works History given by Dr. John Hale
- Fighting Global Warming with Green Building by Craig Immel
- Why Truth is Overrated by Jeff Martin
- Top Ten Venture Capital Lies by William Paiva
- The iPhone & Future of Art & VisCom In Tulsa by Ray Pearcey
- Get your Head in the Cloud: Creating a lean organization by leveraging cloud computing by Nathan Phelps
- How to tell your boss to %@$# Off! by Scott Phillips
- Challenging Yourself by Geoffrey Thomas Simpson
- The United Linen Story - how to market a 20th century company in the 21st century by Scott Townsend
- Keeping Up with the Online Joneses by Brad Vernon
- Brain Research in Tulsa by William R. Yates, MD
I'll be talking about the post-1921 history of Greenwood and the sources of information that can debunk historical myths and tell us about the mostly-vanished African-American city-within-a-city. (I covered this topic in my June 13, 2007, column, "The Rise and Fall of Greenwood," but there will be some new angles and info in Thursday's talk.)
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This ought to be interesting. Think I'll head on over there tomorrow and check it out.
Sounds really interesting! Think you could have it on a Fri or Sat some time? It's tough for me to go out on a work night since I get up so early. Thanks!