Tonight is the free Ignite Bend Battledecks event and voting party, taking place at the Broken Top Bottle Shop starting at 7pm. This is a great, fun event that is a bit of a precursor to the Ignite Bend experience: there will be a slide projector set up with completely random slides and you can sign up to do a completely ad-libbed, impromptu presentation based on them—think of it as “PowerPoint karaoke”.

It’s also a voting party for Ignite Bend 9 and there will be paper ballots (and presentation descriptions) to allow you to vote on your top three choices for who you’d like to see up on stage next month. You can fill these out even if you’ve already voted online!

And as added incentive to come join the fun, one lucky Battledecks presenter tonight will win this awesome mug from Mug Revolution:

Some come on down to the Broken Top Bottle Shop tonight at 7, enjoy some great beer and food, and join us for Battledecks! And if you’re brave enough, sign up for a “PowerPoint karaoke” presentation!