So there’s this guy Ben Arment that chased his own dream a couple of years ago. He left the Catalyst organization in 2009 with the dream to launch the STORY event. In 6 months, Ben was able to raise $125,000 to bring this dream of his to fruition.
Ben certainly knows how to build up suspense and I know I was one of the people that was anxiously awaiting, not only the release of the Story 11 website, but also the list of speakers and musicians that would be appearing. The site was built in Flash, which probably ruffled some feathers (“I can’t see it on my iPad!!”), but Ben says:
We built a flash site because HTML isn’t epic. I really don’t care if you can’t open it on your iPhone. I want to curate your experience with STORY from the minute you see this site. =)
Here are a few screen shots:
The lineup of speakers (and Ben says there are more, but can’t say until they iron out the details) include:
- Kyle Cooper
- Esther Havens
- Tim League
- Ed Dobson
- Lauren Chandler
- Ian Morgan Cron
- Ann Voskamp
- Mark Pierson
- Naima Lett
- Jon Tyson
- Darren Whitehead
- Matthew West & Angela Thomas
Musical guests will include:
- All The Bright Lights
- John Mark McMillan
- Daniel Bashta
It’s going to be awesome.
Are you going? If so, what are you looking forward to most?
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