Envolve is growing nicely.

With 7 new topics presented last Monday May 24, 2010, at the amazing Skylight Coffeehouse, both speakers and attendees were busting the “don’t care” myth once again.

Next event is as soon as the end of June 2010. If you have something going on, make sure you shout it out – lafayettech.com/envolve.

Facilitating Early Literacy Experiences: Good Outcomes for Lafayette

Stacia Pleasants – Literacy Initiative Coordinator, Book Cycle

OurTown.com Lafayette/West Lafayette

Clyde Hughes – Local Editor, OurTown.com Lafayette/West Lafayette

Should I Repurify?

Matt Hunckler – Technology Evangelist at BlueLock, and Entrepreneur at Repurify

Demystifying Youtube

Nina Vintila – PhD Student, Purdue University, Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Ukulele Ladies

Jodi Taylor and Emily Carter – The Ukulele Ladies

IFN (Indiana Filmmakers Network) Lafayette Chapter

Nathan Bechtold – Board Member/ Operator, Indiana Filmmakers Network

Education as Entertainment: why the future of entertainment lies in stimulating and engaging talks

Shea Hack – Founder, Greater Lafayette Intellectual Entertainment

John Fry, co-founder Envolve – wrapping-up

Jay Patzcshke of JP Video Productions in Lafayette, Indiana – making Envolve #2 memorable

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Envolve has now officially kicked off in Greater Lafayette, Indiana. You may find more details on the official web page from now on: http://lafayettech.com/envolve.

What I wanted to highlight here about this event – and I may sporadically quote the other organizers – is that we really hope that the dreams discussions that actually happen every day around us anyway will eventually be heard louder due to this megaphonic local performance. We are anxious to see most of the best ideas spreading their wings and people returning on stage with outstanding results.

The current plan is to schedule this for the last Monday of each month.

Here is how the first edition of this local dreams igniter, engager and involver looked like.

John Fry @Electricelm introducing the Envolve event #1

@NeluLazar giving some insights on the Envolve event #1

Localism. What it is.

Duke Long – Real Estate Broker/Owner

Tippepedia, an encyclopedia for Tippecanoe County

Zachary Baiel – Archivist, The Media Collective

Building your dream on a cloud

Matt Hunckler – Technology Evangelist, BlueLock LLC

The current and future potential of community gardens

Ian Thompson – North 10th Street Co-op Garden Coordinator

Smart bikes and public bicycle lending

Zoe Neal – Owner at Virtuous Cycles

Center for Entrepreneurs

Diana Morris – Social Entrepreneur

7 Ways to choose the right contractor

Chris Voglund – Owner @ Artisan Electric. Self-proclaimed community activist!

Tags: community, dreams, envolve, ideas, people, visions

There are so many ways people can express their visions, and O’Reilly Media’s Ignite framework is an amazing one of them.

20 slides. 15 seconds auto-advance. 5 minutes.

This is one of the perfect recipes that keep us connected to breathtaking stories of other people. They break news about how they think the world is evolving, publish their opinions on various topics or products, revolutionize things, or point to sensitive aspects of life.

I’ve enjoyed every presentation last night at Ignite Indianapolis and, judging by the intense and realistic applauses each speaker had received, I am positive that everyone in the packed Indy Fringe Theater felt the same way. I am looking forward for the next editions already.

Pat Coyle giving the intro

Fueling Creativity: Lessons From A Former Imagineer

Ken Christie – President, The 543 Group

Anime In America: One Of America’s Secret Obsessions

Dustin Wortman – Student, Ivy Tech

Designing Innovation

Ann Edwards – Design Strategist, Point Brake

iPad: iMportant or iRrelevant?

Joe Wikert – General Manager & Publisher, O’Reilly Media

Revolutionizing Education Through Technology

Stacie Porter-Bilger – Chair & CEO, Hoosier Academy

Six Degrees Of Awesome

Daniel Poynter – Founder, GNIC.org

Platforming The Empty Middle: Opportunities In A Post-Recession Economy

Jason Moriber – Principal, Wise Elephant

Getting Along With Our Robot Overlords: How To Approach Design Of Human-Robot Interaction

Kevin Makice – PhD Candidate, IU School of Informatics & Computing

Why Houses?

Bob Mattax – Developer, Developer Town

Bison: Back From The Brink

Brian Shafer – Co-owner, Walnut Valley Bison

Viruses: The Seventh Ring Of Computer Hell

Dan Miller – Owner, VCS Indy

Meet Or Die

Douglas Karr – CEO, DK New Media

Pat Coyle, wrapping-up

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