Ignite is free. Since we started over two years and eight events ago, we have managed, through the wonder of ‘asking nicely’, to get our venues, camera equipment, chairs and whatever else we needed for no charge. All of which has meant that tickets to our ‘sold out’ events have never really been sold. We’ve given them away. We feel good about this – about there being no barriers to anyone who wants to coming along for an evening of stimulating talks. We want to keep it that way. However for our next event at the Colston Hall, we do need to raise a little bit of money, over and above what our existing sponsors already give us.

So we need to raise a little bit of sponsorship money. Not much. But a bit. So if you would like to become a sponsor of Ignite Bristol – it costs only £50 and you get, well, you get as much as we can possibly give you. It might not seem a lot – but then, we’re not asking for a lot of money (we hope!). We will put your logo up on this site, write up a lovely story about you, tweet that to our huge(ish) following, and make many and plentiful references to how wonderful you are on the night.

We appreciate that this is late notice, it was one of those things that just slipped through the tight mesh of our organisational net….

Anyway, if you can help, drop us a line on twitter or at theteam@ignitebristol.net

Many thanks.

Talks – If you’ve submitted an idea for a talk for Ignite Bristol #9 then by the end of today you’ll know if you’ve been successful. We’ve had a lot of applications across a huge range of subjects and it’s been a very difficult process narrowing them down to the last 15. E mails to all applicants will go out today – good luck if you made it, and get writing and rehearsing! For those who missed out – we hope we make it clear why in each e mail, and that it won’t put you off applying again in the future.

Tickets – the first 100 free tickets for the event will go live on our own eventbrite page at 11.00am on Friday 8th November. This is the only way to book tickets – they are not available anywhere else. The second release of tickets (exact number depending on speakers + guests + Ignite staff) will be made a week later on Friday 15th November at 11.00am.

We’re back. The date for your diary is Wednesday 27th November. The place to be is the new Lantern at the Colston Hall. Tickets will go ‘on sale’ – they’re still free of course – toward the end of October. Of course the best way to guarantee you a place (plus a guest) is to speak, so submit your ideas and learn about our speaking guidelines here.

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