Ignite Salt Lake is part of a worldwide speaker series entitled Ignite. The slogan for Ignite is "Englighten us, but make it quick!" The idea is that regular folks from around the world have a chance to speak about something they are passionate about ... in five minutes!
After submitting a proposal and being accepted to present, each speaker prepares a powerpoint presentation on their topic with the following guidelines: You must have 20 slides which will turn automatically every 15 seconds for a total presentation time of 5 minutes exactly. The range of possible topics is unlimited, so the audience is sure to be engaged and entertained as the ideas fly at them all night. The speakers this year presented on topics ranging from communicating directly with astronauts in space to hunting underwater. You can see a list of the speakers and their topics here.
In 2011, Ignite hosted its seventh event in Salt Lake City, Utah. Other Ignite events took place around the world in cities such as Dublin, Mumbai, Bucharest, Amsterdam and up to 100 more! I found out about Ignite through another friend's Facebook wall. She was attending this Ignite event in Salt Lake City and I was intrigued. After finding out there was a call for proposals, I decided to give it a whirl and my topic would be "What happens when you say "Yes" to the request of a village Chief?" The presentation was fun to plan and exciting to deliver - and at the risk of sounding overly confident, I think I nailed it! I even recieved some donations in the days that followed from people who were there and were impressed by the work we're doing in Tanzania! Thank you very much to those fabulous supporters and all of you who have contributed along the way!
So, without further ado - here is my presentation, which tells the story of Project Wezesha.
