Ignite Lansing!

We cannot thank you enough for coming to the event on Friday night. Thank you for supporting the essence of Ignite and for bringing new life into the Knapp Building. We couldn't have been more pleased with the turnout and the livelihood that it brought to Washington Square and Michigan Avenue!

Many have asked about Ignite 4.0 and our answer is: we don't know yet! But we will let you know as soon as we have it set! We have heard a lot of feedback about some things you liked, and some things you didn't. We will take that into account as we plan the next event.

These events are not possible without the generous support of our volunteers and sponsors. Please, take a moment to thank our sponsors, or better yet, visit their website and give them some business!

Gold Sponsors:

Silver Sponsors:

Bronze Sponsors:

Individual Donors:

City of Lansing Council Vice President, Kathie Dunbar
Aaron and Emily Matthews
Amber Shinn
Sarina Gleason

In-Kind Sponsors:

Arriving at the event:

Please enter via the doors on Washtenaw St., located between S. Washington and Captiol. The doors open at 6:30, with the event starting shortly after. There is plenty of street parking and parking garages near the Knapp’s Building, located at 300 South Washington Ave, Lansing, MI. To keep the event greener (and to save some cash!), we encourage attendees to carpool and take CATA to the event. The CATA bus-depot is located one block south and one block east of Knapps, and most bus lines go there!

Please bring your printed ticket stub (this was attached to your confirmation email) to help speed our check-in process. The event is SOLD OUT, so if you do not have tickets, unfortunately we will not be able to accommodate you in person. Make sure to check out the video stream above.

Food and Drink:

There will be limited food and snacks at this event. We encourage participants to enjoy the offerings of the various food vendors in downtown Lansing. There will be a cash bar available during the event featuring beer and wine (along with free soda and water). We encourage participants to bring their own water bottles for water.

The Show!

We are honored to have ProDynamics and Touch Audio and Media provide us with our show opening! Make sure your ontime for this awesome laser light show!

We have posted our speaker line-up online. Make sure to check them out at http://www.igniteLansing.com

Click here to see the event schedule.

The entire show will be broadcast live, and recorded by our friends at the Adobe Community Program and LCC TV. Make sure to tell your friends (you know, the ones who weren’t on the ball and didn’t get tickets) to check it out online at http://video.igniteLansing.com and eventually on LCC TV (check your local listings for channel numbers). We will post all the sessions online on our website and YouTube as soon as we get a chance.

The Contest:

Brush up on your Lansing history – you’ll need it!

The after-party:

The official after-glow will be at the Michigan Brewing Company, located on the corner of Washington Square and Kalamazoo St. Make sure to join all the fun late into the evening!

Sponsors!

We would like to thank all of our sponsors for helping make this event a go! Without their continued support we just plain can’t do it. Make sure to thank them by patronizing them early and often.

Let the count down begin! IgniteLansing 3.0 on March 5 is coming up fast! You've voted, we've listened! Here's your line-up of speakers and topics for IgniteLansing 3.0!

Presenter and Topic Title

Ricke Ainsworth - How you can become an amateur astronomer (and why you should)
Scott Augustine - Tips and Tricks to Make Life a Little Easier
Gavin Craig - Lansing Literary Magazines: past and possible future
John Hayner - It's all About Serving Others
Daniel J. Hogan - How to Survive Writing a Novel
Liz Kudwa - The Library: Not What You Think
Jason LaFay - Transforming the American High School for the Creative Economy
Jeff McWherter - Building a Community That's Worth Belonging To
Bil Moore - How to REALLY get a job!
Dave Mulder - Simple Rules For Eating Real Food
David Murray - Why Living With Depression is Hilarious
Chris Singer - How To Survive Being a Stay At Home Dad
Uma Umakanth - Reaching Beyond
Francis Wilmore - Building Character
Eve of Ignition Student - Topic TBA

If you are unable to attend or didn't get a ticket, you can still participate! Tune in to our live stream at http://video.ignitelansing.com/ And, we will be recording the presentations so you can watch at a later time as well.

GeoCache Tickets Miss the chance to get tickets? Still want to go to Ignite? Here is your chance!

Over the next week we will be GeoCaching 6 pairs of tickets at various places in Lansing. First person to find them gets the tickets!

Check out our "Contest for Tickets" page above for details.

We will also be doing a "Dead Drop" contest soon as well. A dead-drop contest is a game where you have to break codes or find clues to find the final location. Think of it as a GeoCache, but without the GPS coordinates :)

Good luck to everybody who wants to participate!! The contest will begin Friday, 2/19

In less than 24 hours, our entire lot of tickets have been reserved! That's 500 people that were on the ball before we even noticed it! Holy cow!

If you didn't get yours, please put your name on the waiting list. We are working with our different partners to get additional tickets available for the community. If you are a company that can help the event by sponsoring us, please let us know! We projected the number of people based on our sponsorship dollars -- any more sponsorships we get in will only help us admit more people to the event!