Last week I attended Ignite IT, a networking opportunity for the information technology community around Ames IA.  I didn’t spend too long at the event, but I walked away with two

I have a new appreciation for OpenID which worked just great for registering for the event and updating my profile.

The format was for a series of 5 minute presentations – 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide – and yes they kept to the format.  Your slides would change every 15 seconds whether you were ready or not.  This was a great way to generate a lot of quick learning opportunities… and it worked.

And the community voted on the presentations.  I think it would be an interesting format to try during a lunch session or another type of short session at a conference – like say the next National Extension Technology Conference (NETC)?