SparkCon Planning Site

Info resource and tracking for organizers

General Meeting June 15 – Call for Talent

Greetings Sparkers! Thank you for a fantastic meeting last week! I know a lot of you have been meeting in small groups to plan the next steps. We are hoping to get our group “Call for Talent” ready to go next week – so would like to use this meeting to cover any [...]

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Wed, June 10 2009 » BugSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, SparkCon09 » No Comments

Here Comes SparkCon 09!

Spark Con 09
Sep 17-20 (tentative)

Monday May 11: General Meeting @ Designbox, 6:30 pm

You are invited to join us for the first general meeting of Spark Con 09. We are excited to take this year’s event to Fayetteville Street! Once again we will join up with the VAE’s street painting Festival and the Museum of Natural [...]

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Wed, May 6 2009 » BugSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, SparkCon09 » 3 Comments

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

All- this was a fantastic experience and certainly the best SPARKcon yet! We connected to more creative talent than ever with a much larger attendance. We certainly ’sparked’ some interest in the media as well and loved the attendee quotes in the N&O article Sunday. It seemed they understood all of our intentions quite well.
We had [...]

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Tue, September 23 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » 1 Comment

City Council Invitation

As per tradition, we will be formally inviting the Mayor and City Council to join us for SPARKcon at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The meeting starts at 1 pm. We are not scheduled to speak until 2 pm, but they may shift the schedule forward for us. Wear your SPARKcon shirts and represent!

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Mon, September 15 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Quick meet tomorrow night!

It is the week of SPARKcon! It has been a long road of planning, organizing, networking, and preparing. Now it time to enjoy everyone’s hard work!
SPARKcon’s hosting one last meeting tomorrow night at Designbox at 6pm.
Any last minute concerns or questions you may have, this is the opportunity to voice them!
See you then.

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Mon, September 15 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Final SPARKcon Meeting Tomorrow Night!

Okay everyone, we are less than two weeks away!
Our final general meeting is tomorrow night at designbox at 6pm!
It is very important that everyone attends so we can work out final details before next Friday.
See you all there!
323 W Martin St
Raleigh NC, 27601

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Mon, September 8 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

fundraiser for musicSPARK Saturday Sep 6….

Chico Scott has put together some exciting stuff for this weekend. Check out the details…
First Friday kicks off tonight all around beautiful downtown Raleigh, and as far as I know all the galleries are doing their regular thing tonight in spite of the weather. I’ll be at Flanders Gallery @ Seaboard (6pm) DJing for [...]

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Fri, September 5 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

fashionSPARK desinger roster online…

Be sure to check out this years list of talented designers who be showing original works on the runway at fashionSPARK 2008!
Visit the fashionSPARK page to view the designers!

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Thu, September 4 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Tell Greg what you need….

Attention all SPARK organizers. Greg needs to know what you need to put on your SPARK (shopping list), what your budget is (how much $ you need vs. how much $ you raised) , and what your absolute final schedule is.
Please send this info asap! The sooner it comes, the sooner we can secure all [...]

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Tue, September 2 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

be sure to bring your bike to SPARKcon!

Most of us have heard about the new bikeSPARK initiative in previous posts. Matt Huffman has rocked out with this idea and has a great concept prepared for experiencing SPARKcon on two wheels.
Check out this schedule of themed group rides planned, and visit the links to the facebook posts that are spreading the word:
Group bike [...]

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Thu, August 28 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, bikeSPARK » No Comments