“A Serious Comic Book about Alaska History” – Sarah Hurst

Sarah Hurst discusses her graphic novel of Alaska history A Native Lad: Benny Benson Tells Alaska’s Story.

“GoogifiAK” – Lance Ahern

Lance Ahern discusses GoogifiAK, the Anchorage community response to the RFI for Google Fiber for Communities.

“Bootstrapping Technology Startups” – Jeremiah Dunham

Jeremiah Dunham discusses bringing a 3 Day Startup event to Alaska.

“Frame by Frame: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Festival” – Dawnell Smith

Dawnell Smith discusses the history and culture of independent film festivals, including the Anchorage International Film Festival.

Ignite Anchorage 4 Live Stream

We’re streaming live at http://ustream.tv/channel/ignite-anchorage for those that couldn’t make it to the event.

Ignite Anchorage 4 Final Lineup

Ignite Anchorage 4 will be held at the Alaska Experience Theatre on Thursday, October 21st, 2010. [Google map] There is ample parking on the north side of the building off of W. 3rd Ave. Admission is $10 and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Anchorage Schools Foundation. Seating will be limited in the theatre so buy your tickets now!

Get there early for the StickerGiant Social Hour from 6pm to 7pm in the banquet room next to the theater. StickerGiant is generously providing beer and pizza Ignite Anchorage 4! There will also be sodas and other non-alcoholic drinks for the non-drinkers, and wine for the non-beer-drinking-drinkers. The speakers will start at 7pm.

Fundraiser

100% of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Anchorage Schools Foundation. We’re going to have some great door prizes too, and every attendee will receive one entry for the door prize drawing*. You can increase your chances in the drawing by donating even more to the Anchorage Schools Foundation – for each additional $1 donation you make at the event you will receive one additional entry for the drawing. Door prizes will include:

• Anchorage International Film Festival All Films Pass donated by SplatDot.com
• Kaladi Gift Cards donated by Kaladi Brothers
• Orso Gift Cards donated by Ranna & Associates
• Beart Tooth Gift Card donated by Apex Logic
• Ignite Anchorage Coffee Mugs donated by @jdfrankl

*You must be present to win.

Speakers

We have some great speakers lined up and Karl LeRay [ @hogbiker ] is going to be our emcee for the evening.

PowerPoint Karaoke

Back by popular demand is the PowerPoint Karaoke challenge, or as Ryan Lawton [ @redrummy ], our emcee for the challenge, prefers to call it – the Suicide PowerPoint Karaoke challenge. PowerPoint Karaoke is an impromptu presentation based on a random selection of images, a sort of Improv for the Ignite scene. For Ignite Anchorage 4 our competitors are:

Sponsors

We are always grateful to our sponsors because they make our events possible. They also make our events more fun! Give our sponsors some love and tell them thank you.

• StickerGiant [ @stickergiant ]
• SplatDot.com [ @SplatDot ]
• Rasmuson Foundation [ @rasmuson ]
• Alaska Experience Theatre
• Kaladi Brothers [ @KaladiBrothers ]
• red bradley consulting
• Ranna & Associates [ @rannacozyhomes ]
• Apex Logic [ @apexlogic ]
• Dean Franklin [ @jdfrankl ]

Cindy Franklin

“Ginger – the new ‘ism’”

Great Britain continues to astound the world with its relentless prejudice against the much maligned class they call “Gingers” Will America follow suit? Find out how the blogosphere is responding and whether redheads will fight back or just get really pissed off.

About Cindy Franklin
Cindy Franklin was born afflicted with the ginge. Despite her debilitating condition, she currently maintains a family, a job, and a small red car. On Twitter she is @CAFrankl.