Tim Kelly did his Ignite talk on Chaos Theory. It’s a complicated topic on its own, let alone to explain in 5 minutes. Tim has a personal interest in Chaos Theory and he pulled it off remarkably.
Watch the video below to learn about Chaos Theory in 5 minutes!
We hope everybody is enjoying their summer and apologize for the delay in posting Ignite 3′s presentations. Hopefully we can get them all up here so you can take a look in between your summer trips to camp.
Luc Duchesne has participated in Ignite Sault since the beginning. He presented the first ever Ignite Sault talk at Ignite Sault 1 back in June 2009 and keeps coming back for more. His talks are always a hit, always funny and always entertaining. In Random Acts of Humour Luc deconstructs things from every day life (where’s the popcorn in popcorn chicken?) resulting in many laughs. Just listen to the track on the video, everybody was bursting with laughter!
Another note on Luc, he really set the tone at Ignite Sault 3 when he warmed up the crowd right before the first speaker went up. He had every audience member practice their cheering skills so that each speaker finished with a lot of supportive cheers. What energy this brought to the room!
Check out Luc’s talk “Random Acts of Humour” here:
One of the things that makes Ignite Sault such an interesting event is the diversity of topics. They range from the humorous to the informative, the quirky to the serious (though these aren’t all mutually exclusive. Humorous topics can also be informative. Quirky topics can also be serious).
Neil McLean did his talk on something he is truly passionate about. Polio. His talk told us how just over 20 years ago a Rotary Club in Indonesia started a project to rid the world of Polio. Now four countries and just a few thousand cases remain. But that still isn’t the end of Polio.
Watch Neil’s talk “End Polio Now” and learn how those few thousand cases can be prevented.
So Ignite 3 talks are going up and since Ignite 4 won’t be until October we’re going to take a moment to try to talk about each one of them.
This talk was done by one of the guys behind Ignite Sault, Gerry Kirk. Because of Gerry, Ignite Sault was the first Ignite event to be held in Canada! Since Ignite, Gerry’s been planning other events and movements such as Soo PodCamp and soon Change Camp. In his talk below, he talks about everyday heroes and how you can change your community.
Want more talks? They’re coming! 
We keep saying that Ignite Sault is about community. One of the great things about community is that everybody supports each other, whether you’re a presenter or participating in an icebreaking activity, if you put yourself out there at Ignite Sault people will cheer you on.
Another key thing about Ignite is that it’s fun. It’s a night to have fun, hear some quick presentations, interact and enjoy.
Ignite Karaoke is one of the fun, interactive activities you can expect at an Ignite Sault event. Introduced in the Soo at Ignite Sault 2, it’s quickly become one of the highlights of any Ignite evening.
It’s not your average karaoke. What happens is, people attending Ignite, who aren’t presenting, can volunteer for Ignite Karaoke (if you put your name in by accident don’t worry! You can just let us know and you don’t have to do it). These brave volunteers are then picked randomly and have to improvise an Ignite talk to random slides they have never seen before. The audience then votes for their favourite, using the “applause meter” app on Gerry’s iPhone (very scientific:)) to decide the winner.
Want to see what it’s all about? Check out this Ignite Sault 3 Karaoke video:
Special thanks again to our volunteer Ignite Karaoke presenters! It’s not easy to stand up in front of a crowd and improvise a talk, especially to slides you have never seen before! We had fun and hope they had fun as well.
Stay tuned for more videos from Ignite Sault 3!
