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1. Make the appli­ca­tion process harder. Require video or some sort of slides with voiceover. Only the very inter­ested peo­ple would do that, and, well, that’s what peo­ple want, right?

2. Make the vot­ing process pub­lic, but don’t let the pub­lic vote on the submissions.

3. Make it your absolute goal never to have the event in a venue that doesn’t have great cell/WiFi ser­vice ever again. Being con­nected online breeds bet­ter dis­cus­sion dur­ing and after the event.

4. Have the after-event party at the same loca­tion as the pre­sen­ta­tion. Keeps momen­tum going.

5. Arrange follow-up meet­ings with speak­ers and inter­ested audi­ence mem­bers. Keep the fire hot.

6. Have awards, but not for entire pre­sen­ta­tions. Best Slide, Best Joke, Best Use of a Prop? Award them at the after party.

7. Have the audi­ence vote on #6.

8. No one per­son can present at suc­ces­sive Ignites.

9. Require a prop. Micro­phone doesn’t count.

10. Stop tak­ing crit­i­cism so damn personally.

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