Last night Todd and I attended an event called IgniteATL at the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta.

If you’re not familiar with the concept it’s an evening filled with delicious snacks, drinks, and 15-20 presenters who each have exactly five minutes to pitch or sell their idea to the audience of several hundred. Their slides auto-advance every fifteen seconds whether they like it or not, which keeps the pace fast and the tone light.

Subjects ranged from music discovery to human trafficking to farming in urban environments.

It was our first such event and it sparked a conversation between us. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GomEHCP_F3M

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3PpQ2fVy4s

With all of that said…we’d love to hear from you! How do you generate new ideas? Do you work best in isolation, or when crowdsourcing?

Stay tuned for Round 14 (and maybe 15?) filmed live from Nashville, TN this weekend where we’ll be running the Country Music Half-Marathon. (A half-marathon is 13.1 miles.)

This is Todd’s first ever half, and my first in several years, and promises to be quite the experience!

Wish us luck…

Todd is…

Thankful for | Publix and Whole Foods

Not thankful for | Kroger

Thankful for | the marketing revolution

Not thankful for | most businesses not realizing it is happening

Thankful for | my friends on Twitter

Not thankful for | that some of them send me crap I don’t ask for

Thankful for | my dog LittleMan

Not thankful for | losing him this past year

Thankful for | my Blackberry

Not thankful for | that it never works because of Sprint

Stephanie is…

Thankful for | Target

Not thankful for | Walmart

Thankful for | the “hide” feature on Facebook

Not thankful for | Farm Town

Thankful for | my friends on Twitter

Not thankful for | spammers, hackers, and auto-DMs

Thankful for | my dog Jake

Not thankful for | the mud and dirt he tracks in the house

Thankful for | my iPhone

Not thankful for | the 5 minute battery life