Introducing nextMEDIA Exposed
Posted in Conference, banff, nextmedia, nm08 on Jun 7th, 2008
Category Archive for 'Conference'
VIDFEST Back On Granville Island
Posted in Conference, Technology, VIDFEST, Vancouver on May 23rd, 2008
Not to knock any of the content, speakers, sessions, people I met, old friends I enjoyed seeing again, but I just have to say: thank-you VIDFEST for coming back to Granville Island this year. It’s one of the reasons why I think this conference is *extra* special. That, and the lack of the ocean of [...]
VIDFEST: 2008 Coverage
Posted in Conference, Digital Media, Technology, VIDFEST, Vancouver on May 21st, 2008
I am quite certain there will be a decent amount of coverage on this year’s VIDFEST across the various channels.
Starting with the mobile, check out cellmap for mapping out your whereabouts and getting VIDFEST right onto your cell.
Moving into the internets (slash mobile to some extent), you can keep up with various bloggers and writers [...]
Bridging Media: Where Broadcasting and Digital Media Converge
Posted in Bridging Media, Broadcasters, Conference, Digital Media, Technology, Vancouver on Feb 19th, 2008
“Help me help you.”
Bridging Media is a new event that Erica Hargreave and I are organizing for March 29th, 2008.
To register, please visit the Bridging Media event page - we have a limited space for numbers, so head on over there and stick your name up.
What is Bridging Media?
In a nutshell, over the past 6 [...]
One Week Left To Submit To PopVox: You Could Win A Big Fat Award, And It’s FREE TO SUBMIT!
Posted in British Columbia, Conference, New Media BC, Technology, VIDFEST, VIDFEST2007, Vancouver on Aug 30th, 2007
SUBMIT NOW!
For those of you that have superfantastic projects under your belt and have not yet submitted to Popvox, get on it! It’s free to submit, you could be adorned with the title “International Award-Winning Firm” - wow! - the morale of your award winning team goes shooting through the roof and you crank out [...]
“LIVE” Blogging: Notes From nextMEDIA 2007 Sessions In Banff
Posted in Conference, banff, blogging, nextmedia on Jun 13th, 2007
Sessions for nextMEDIA in Banff took place over the course of 2 full days at the Banff Springs Hotel. For a complete look at the schedule, check here.
The following are my notes, roughly jotted as things rolled along, on a few of the sessions:
Keynote: Joanne Drake Earl, Current TV
Current is a global television network that [...]
Massive Technology Show 2007 in Vancouver
Posted in Andre Charland, Bryght, Captain Ajax, Conference, Massive Technology Show, MassiveTech, Nitobi, NowPublic, Technology, Vancouver, Yahoo! Canada on Mar 30th, 2007
I attended The Massive Tech Show this week at Canada Place in Vancouver, where local businesses can explore technology through the various scheduled events at the interactive exhibits and daylong flurry of presentations. It’s a great event where participants can take advantage of the networking opportunities from the businesses involved and the many sponsors in [...]
Publishing Your Work Online: The Pacific Festival of the Book in Victoria
Posted in Conference, Festival of the Book, Media Net, Publishing, Social Media, Speaker, Victoria, Web 2.0 on Mar 26th, 2007
I was honoured to be asked to participate in The Pacific Festival of the Book in Victoria this past week-end, and to conduct an afternoon workshop on publishing work online in an introduction to social media.
MediaNet asked me to visit Victoria to give a presentation at the festival, and to hold a workshop afterwards with [...]
Hey Internet: Saskatchewan’s Got It Goin’ On!
Posted in Conference, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Interactive, Saskatoon, Social Media, zu.com on Mar 13th, 2007
I just got back from sunny Saskatoon (sunniest city in Canada: fact.) and let me just say that this “Paris of the Prairies” town of 200,000, in a province that’s 700,000 square km., has a lot happening and much to offer. Talk to anyone from there, and this, they have always known. It’s time [...]
Heading To Saskatoon: Speaking At The Saskatchewan Interactive Conference
Posted in Conference, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Interactive, Saskatoon, Social Media, Web 2.0, blogging, citizen journalism, crowdsourcing on Mar 7th, 2007
Tomorrow I am off to Saskatoon, and I can’t WAIT!
I am speaking at the Saskatchewan Interactive conference, which is pretty damn exciting, and I hope to share some useful knowledge and insight with the participants in attendance. I will be speaking about social media and user-generated content, in general: what is it? how do you [...]
