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    1. How to Negotiate; Tricks to Win Arguments, Seal the Deal, or Get Out of Tickets

      We negotiate every day, but could we be more successful in our bargains? This ignite will combine stories of successful real world negotiations with tricks and tips you can carry with you when you leave.

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      • The (Wo)Manchild Manifesto

        The adult/kid construct is an artificial dichotomy impressed upon us by a majority that lacks the imagination to bridge the divide. Yes, you are growing hair in odd places and/or your stick figure has turned into an hourglass, but that is no reason to leave the spontaneity, wonder, and joy of your youth behind. Adulthood does not have to mean staid dinner parties, a sensible diet, an early bedtime, and a job that crushes your soul. You can drive, you can eat ice cream for breakfast, and you've finally figured out what causes all those noises coming from your parents'… more

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        • Gaming the System: How Gameplay Can Revolutionize Education, or just about anything.

          The "system" is broken, we cannot possibly produce students of tomorrow using techniques that resemble the industrial assembly lines of yesterday. We live in a new frantic, information overloaded, plugged in double half caf whole milk hold the foam add soy just because I like to say it, world, that "traditional methods" are lagging far behind. In this new world we need to engage, foster communities and share knowledge. Quoting Einstein: "games are the most elevated form of investigation." I think there is hope, I think we can work at play and play at work. Won't you give me 5… more

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          • Top 10 Reasons Why it's More Fun to Hate Your Job

            Why do 55% of Americans report job dissatisfaction? Because it's more fun to hate your job! Yes, there are potential dangerous side effects like disease and heart attack, but what fun activity is 100% safe? Is there hope for all of us job junkies? Yes, find out in five minutes.

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            • Got Stress? If you’re human, you’ve got it. But what can you do about it?

              The leading edge of neuroscience and human performance point the way to self-mastery—even for the average stress-monkey! Learn how the brain and body adapt to chronic tension and what you can do to regulate and re-set. Vital in this day of dysregulated madness. Transform stress into strength in just 5 minutes.

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              • Avatar, BOTOX, & Winter Park - The Children's Hospital's unique Rx for kids with cerebral palsy

                You could call it a prescription for mobility, for independence, for confidence, for self-esteem . . . a prescription for hope. A biomedical engineer from The Children's Hospital tells the story of his favorite patient and good friend Evan - the nicest kid you will ever meet. Evan has cerebral palsy (CP). CP is a term used to describe a group of chronic disorders impairing control of movement. CP makes walking and other everyday tasks a challenge for Evan. Find out how The Children's Hospital is using the same motion capture technology (a.k.a. MoCap) used in Hollywood blockbusters like Avatar,… more

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                • The Tao of Johnny Cash: Essential Wisdom from the Man in Black

                  Life throws many obstacles in your path. Sometimes you have to shoot those obstacles just to watch them die.

                  Join me for an exploration of lyrics, life, and lessons from the most badass musician of all time.

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                  • How my grandmother escaped the Nazis during WWII- Lessons Learned & Why You Should Give a Crap

                    This is a true story about my grandmother's experience in Nazi occupied Austria as a translator for the Germans in a work camp...they had no idea she was Jewish. I haven't told this story to many folks, so I figure I would share it, along with the lessons I have taken from it - in my life- with 800 of my closest friends.

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                    • Let the kids blow things up.

                      Tired of hearing about how bad the US is doing at science? I think it's high time we start letting kids blow stuff up. I'll explain why everyone needs a shed, basement lab, or backyard where they can do all sorts of cool, dangerous things.

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                      • Colorado Mushrooms You Should Not Eat Under Any Circumstances

                        So it happens to us all. You've just spent four nights in the backwoods summiting five 14ers in four days when suddenly your iPhone GPS gives out and you eat your last Clif bar. Now what? Well, whatever you do, DON'T EAT THESE MUSHROOMS, no matter how magically delicious they look. Trust me now, thank me later. Lessons learned by a trained mycologist who's spent five years scavenging the woods for mushrooms – and even survived her own 4 a.m. bout of “Oh my God, what did I just eat?”

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                        • Embracing Mediocrity: A Realistic Pathway to Happiness

                          After a life time of unremarkable, ordinariness, I obtained my DM (Doctorate of Mediocrity) in coffee shop philosophy here in Boulder and pioneered nonscientific research in unavoidable human averageness. Many are frustrated with the long held notion that hard work equals success and achievement which leads to rewards that in turn bring happiness in the modern world. I will present exciting, unsubstantiated - yet not entirely fabricated - data, research and statistical analysis that shows why the popular success/achievement world view is so prevalent despite its ineffectiveness AND how embracing our own inevitable mediocrity will inspire a new freedom, passion… more

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                          • Surviving a breakup: Lessons from the Zombie Apocalypse

                            One day you wake up to find that your life has turned upside down. You don't recognize someone you once cared about and you don't know where to turn. Has your loved one become a Zombie, or an Ex? Either way, your survival relies on similar strategies...

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                            • How To Advance Mankind By Voting The Dummies Off The Island

                              Can man and woman kind change its nature? If we expect to truly advance as a civilization we are going to have to move beyond debate on certain issues. We have already changed to some extent, just look at the difference between a caveman and David Beckham. I will give real world strategies on how to end debate on issues from the BCS National Championship to more quickly recognizing and rooting out true evils in the world. It's fun. It's serious. It will light a fire under your ass to make change.

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                              • Boulder Computer Geek rides bike across USA for charity and to honor his mother-in-law w/ cancer.

                                In September and early October 2008 this unemployed software engineer rode my road bicycle 3343.7 miles from Disneyland to Walt Disney World to raise money for two different non-profit charities, and in honor of my mother-in-law who was battling cancer. As one friend described it as "a cross country trip in the ultimate convertible."

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                                • 10 Ways Geeks Have Doomed Us All - The Importance of the Prime Directive

                                  The Prime Directive is the most important principle we can ever learn from Star Trek. It's the principle of non-interference in lesser-developed cultures.

                                  We break this rule every day as Geeks, usually helping people to fix their computers.

                                  But what about real, world-changing implications? There have been quite a few. Let's examine how Geeks have Doomed Us All.

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                                  • Hope Plays Baseball: I'd Totally Hit for the Same Team if I Could Do Joan Holloway

                                    Men will always harbor fantasies about women with other women...

                                    "What would it take for MY girl to hit for the same team?"
                                    "Do I have a chance in hell of seeing this in my lifetime?"

                                    Gentlemen, have no fear: hope plays baseball. Personally, I'd totally hit for the same team if I could do Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) - find out what it takes for women to indulge your hope and turn fantasies into realities.

                                    What's a single? A double? A bunt? Where do two drunk girls making out in the bathroom at Jet figure into the equation?

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                                    • Sex on Ice: Should You Fear Subliminal Advertising?

                                      When an advertiser subtly imbeds the word “sex” in the ice cubes of an alcohol advertisement, does it cause you to run out, buy the product, and get wasted? Peter McGraw, the moderately funny CU professor, returns to Ignite to answer this question and tell you what you really should fear from the world of advertising.

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                                        • Mom Got An iPhone - User Strategy Crosses the Chasm

                                          Watching The Madre explore her new iPhone has taken me back to the fundamentals of new product UX - how does user behavior change when a product crosses the chasm? As product managers, how should we anticipate and support the leap? And how do you make sure a leopard-print-loving 63-year-old woman uses her new toy for good instead of evil? All this and more...

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                                          • 20 questions for a creative first date

                                            Find out who you're REALLY dating by asking better questions. Instead of, "So, where were you born?" try, "What 5 foods would you want on a desert isle?" Transform "What brought you to Boulder?" [insert yawn here]... into "When was the last time you had sand in your pants?" Uncover hidden hopes and dreams, and find out what's in their freezer. Better questions make for better answers, which make for all the difference in the search for your possible suitor.

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