We thought the following information regarding Ignite the West might be relevant to those who attended and are interested in Northwest Connects. Ignite the West takes place next Friday May 7th in Westport.
In the seanchaí tradition, tales were never written down. They were passed on by word of mouth by a seanchaí through storytelling conventions peculiar to the Irish folk tradition, fusing all the imaginative skills and lyrical power to keep the audience engaged.
For the seanchaí, storytelling was a business. He used his skills to earn his living. A glimmer of those old seanchaí ways is re-emerging in the new networking phenomenon, Ignite the West– a new series of talks to showcase the region’s resources of imagination and entrepreneurship which kicks off at 8pm on Friday 7 May at the The Mill Times Hotel in Westport.
Ignite the West promoters Steve Daley and Dermot McCabe are bringing the sensational Ignite formula – that has spread like wildfire across over 200 cities across the world – to the West of Ireland. Ignite The West is a cabaret event that harnesses our collective imagination to champion new business opportunities, inspiring lessons learned, ambitious social projects and some hilarious gibberish to make everyone laugh at breakneck speed. Ignite aims to become the social event in the West’s calendar for those who want to share new ideas over a beer; encapsulated in the Ignite motto: “Enlighten us, but make it quick.” Speakers have 5 minutes to get their idea across – with twenty slides which revolve every 15 seconds on the screen. There’s no time for waffle. You get up there and tell your tale. The range of speakers at the first Ignite The West gig is guaranteed to fire your imagination.
Here’s just a few of our intrepid speakers lined up for the opening night:
Ex-drummer with the Saw Doctors, Johnny Donnelly, will be rattling off his personal story of Galway’s Volvo Ocean Yacht stopover in 2009. As founder and managing director of event productions company Arcana, Johnny was responsible for the hugely successful celebrations that showcased Galway as an entertainment mecca second to none in the world.
All the way from Dublin, the man steering the national ideas competition Your Country Your Call – PR man Padraig McKeown of Drury Communications – will be explaining what makes a PR man tick; as will the inimitable brand guru Mark Conguista, Head of Interactive at Irish International BBDO and Proximity in Dublin. Web technologist Alastair McDermott – a native of Newport – will be enlightening us on his own journey from programming geek to internet entrepeneur.
Mayo woman Clare Carroll will be sharing her vision for oddjobgiant, a new website that helps you find local tradesmen for odd-jobs at home and in the office. Furniture designers Alan Flannery and Colin Gannon - who don’t take either the world or themselves too seriously – will showcase ideas behind their new start-up Groove Furniture. Then Travis Zeray, founder of ClewBayOutdoors.ie, will whizz through his vision for outdoor tourism in Mayo.
Achill artist and surfer, Shane Cannon, will enlighten us on the zen of creativity. Before local optician Clodagh McGovern makes a spectacle of herself. Other Mayo speakers will include Fintan Conlan (One Man and His Van), smart energy pioneer Colm Rochford of Powersavvy, and Fiona Hoban who wants to take a weight off your mind! Justin Knecht, a self-described design evangelist and entrepreneur, born in the US but brewed in Ireland since 2006, is based at the Centre for Design Innovation in Sligo and will be revealing how good design can help you find the perfect pint.
Other confirmed speakers from the North West include creativity trainer, Heather James; serial entrepeneur and social media trainer, Johnny Beirne of downloadmusic.ie; and telecoms & broadband evangelist, David Mullins.
Ignite the West is for anyone who wants to laugh, talk and be inspired. Whether you want to start your own business, find local partners for a new opportunity or have a wild and wonderful passion that you want to share, – or simply fancy a fun Friday night out; these talks are designed for you. Come along and enjoy the buzz!
Admission is a nominal €5 – and the enlightenment is free!
An Explosion Of Ideas Promises To Enlighten The West Of Ireland
Ignite the west: incendiary talks ignite Westport
We thought the following information regarding Ignite the West might be relevant to those who attended and are interested in Northwest Connects. Ignite the West takes place next Friday May 7th in Westport.
In the seanchaí tradition, tales were never written down. They were passed on by word of mouth by a seanchaí through storytelling conventions peculiar to the Irish folk tradition, fusing all the imaginative skills and lyrical power to keep the audience engaged.
For the seanchaí, storytelling was a business. He used his skills to earn his living. A glimmer of those old seanchaí ways is re-emerging in the new networking phenomenon, Ignite the West – a new series of talks to showcase the region’s resources of imagination and entrepreneurship which kicks off at 8pm on Friday 7 May at the The Mill Times Hotel in Westport.
Ignite the West promoters Steve Daley and Dermot McCabe are bringing the sensational Ignite formula – that has spread like wildfire across over 200 cities across the world – to the West of Ireland. Ignite The West is a cabaret event that harnesses our collective imagination to champion new business opportunities, inspiring lessons learned, ambitious social projects and some hilarious gibberish to make everyone laugh at breakneck speed. Ignite aims to become the social event in the West’s calendar for those who want to share new ideas over a beer; encapsulated in the Ignite motto: “Enlighten us, but make it quick.” Speakers have 5 minutes to get their idea across – with twenty slides which revolve every 15 seconds on the screen. There’s no time for waffle. You get up there and tell your tale. The range of speakers at the first Ignite The West gig is guaranteed to fire your imagination.
Here’s just a few of our intrepid speakers lined up for the opening night:
Ex-drummer with the Saw Doctors, Johnny Donnelly, will be rattling off his personal story of Galway’s Volvo Ocean Yacht stopover in 2009. As founder and managing director of event productions company Arcana, Johnny was responsible for the hugely successful celebrations that showcased Galway as an entertainment mecca second to none in the world.
All the way from Dublin, the man steering the national ideas competition Your Country Your Call – PR man Padraig McKeown of Drury Communications – will be explaining what makes a PR man tick; as will the inimitable brand guru Mark Conguista, Head of Interactive at Irish International BBDO and Proximity in Dublin. Web technologist Alastair McDermott – a native of Newport – will be enlightening us on his own journey from programming geek to internet entrepeneur.
Mayo woman Clare Carroll will be sharing her vision for oddjobgiant, a new website that helps you find local tradesmen for odd-jobs at home and in the office. Furniture designers Alan Flannery and Colin Gannon - who don’t take either the world or themselves too seriously – will showcase ideas behind their new start-up Groove Furniture. Then Travis Zeray, founder of ClewBayOutdoors.ie, will whizz through his vision for outdoor tourism in Mayo.
Achill artist and surfer, Shane Cannon, will enlighten us on the zen of creativity. Before local optician Clodagh McGovern makes a spectacle of herself. Other Mayo speakers will include Fintan Conlan (One Man and His Van), smart energy pioneer Colm Rochford of Powersavvy, and Fiona Hoban who wants to take a weight off your mind! Justin Knecht, a self-described design evangelist and entrepreneur, born in the US but brewed in Ireland since 2006, is based at the Centre for Design Innovation in Sligo and will be revealing how good design can help you find the perfect pint.
Other confirmed speakers from the North West include creativity trainer, Heather James; serial entrepeneur and social media trainer, Johnny Beirne of downloadmusic.ie; and telecoms & broadband evangelist, David Mullins.
Ignite the West is for anyone who wants to laugh, talk and be inspired. Whether you want to start your own business, find local partners for a new opportunity or have a wild and wonderful passion that you want to share, – or simply fancy a fun Friday night out; these talks are designed for you. Come along and enjoy the buzz!
Admission is a nominal €5 – and the enlightenment is free!
An Explosion Of Ideas Promises To Enlighten The West Of Ireland
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