We’re sending Joe Smith to Ignite Portland 4 at the Bagdad Theater. Ignite is a rapid-fire presentation format that originated with Pecha Kucha in Japan, and has taken off with the geek/tech crowd in the U.S.

Presenters get 5 minutes and 20 slides. The slides rotate every 15 seconds.

Among the topics tonight:

• 7 One-Night Stands with a Baseball Fan - Nova Newcomer

• Dating Rules for the Actual World - Alexis Rehrmann

• Divided We Win: 5 Reasons Why FOX News is Saving Our Media and Democracy - Abraham Hyatt

• 10 Karaoke Commandments - Alex Williams

Ignite starts at 7, and Joe’s live shot hits at 7:15, so he’ll be in the lobby. Hopefully we’ll snag a presenter or two to help us out.

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