Ignite OKC a Big Success–Dunlap Codding a Sponsor and Co-Host
The second IgniteOKC event held June 10, 2010, at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City, was a big success, with 15 presenters wowing the crowd in 5-minute doses. Ignite’s premise is 15 slides in 5 minutes—get your point across quickly or else. Dunlap Codding is one of several sponsors of IgniteOKC and Emily Campbell, an associate at the firm, is a board member and served as a co-host of the event along with Blake Jackson of Chesapeake Energy. One of Dunlap Codding’s legal interns, Vu Nguyen, delivered a presentation on offline networking—Becoming a Real Life Power User: How to Network and Connect with People without the Internet. Nguyen’s, a self-styled computer geek, shared the importance of face-to-face interactions.
Presenters included:
• Caleb Courtney—Overcoming Little Brother Syndrome: Why the Upside Down Longhorn Can’t be the Symbol of Our State
• Jill Simpson—What’s Going On in Oklahoma Film
• Michael Champlin—The Power of Visual Communication: Together, We Can Rid the World of Comic Sans
• Shelley Cadamy—Become a Foster Parent in 10 Easy Steps
• J.C. Mahan—How to Find the Right Hair Stylist
• Mandy Winton—From Soapbox to Ballot Box
• Erin Yarbrough—Go Ahead: Underestimate Me
• Brad Stone—Put a Little Boom Boom Pow in your 4th of July
• Christy Burcham: I Made it Myself
• Vu Nguyen—Becoming a Real Life Power User: How to Network and Connect with People Without the Internet
• Heather Spencer—Remember Where You Come From or How to Trip in Your Pageant Formal and Come Out Smiling
• Dan Lovejoy—Bringing WONDER Back Into Your Life
• David Burkus—Why Your Boss Sucks: And How to Avoid His Fate
• Amber England—Fat Talk: How Sweat Became My Catalyst to Find My Passion
• Geoff Eaton—Never Give Up, Never Surrender or My Ongoing Battle Against the Big Black Birds That Sound Like Robots
Sponsors of the event participate because of their shared vision of IgniteOKC’s purpose—to connect people of diverse backgrounds and knowledge through a series of entertaining, rapid-fire presentations.
Sponsors included:
• Traction Marketing Group
• Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
• Dunlap Codding
• BC Clark Jewelers
• Oklahoma Gazette
• QuiBids
• Moore Norman Technology Center
• Jason’s Deli
• Salsa Fever
• T Photo
• Lyric Theatre at the Plaza
• Iguana
• Café Evoke Catering
The next scheduled event occurs on September 16 in Tulsa (www.ignitetulsa.org).