Ignite Columbus

Ignite is an idea-sharing competition held in over 100 cities worldwide. These events are a venue for innovative thinkers to share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of just five minutes.

Participants will be competing in two judged categories, “Most Enlightening” and “Most Innovative.” One presenter will receive People's Choice Award, which is given to the audience’s favorite.

Enjoy a lively evening of free food, cash bar brews and wine, and enlightenment as we watch our community's innovators and entrepreneurs compete for cash prizes in a fast-paced format to see who has the next great idea!

Presenters for our Spring 2024 Ignite Columbus

Enlightening:

Dara Bidwell: Do Your Insides Match Your Outsides?
Tristan Watkins: Rethinking Wellness
Rachel Hunt: Tiny Kindness Lessons
Rama Yepuri: Consciousness, Life and Supply Chain - Purpose and Meaningful Work
Stella Neil: Downhome Deliciousness
Rishabh Rajesh: AI in 5: Shaping Our Tomorrow

Innovative:
Jessica Bowman: Farm to Table, a Rural Feast!
Stephanie Strothmann: How to Become the Biggest Mutha Clucka of Them All!
Jonathan Isbill Redefining: How We Practice Medicine
Chaitra Shekar: What's the buzz about?
Vachel Hudson: Columbus Black Professionals: Activating Local Potential
Andres Nieto: Indiana Zoning Atlas

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