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AHA MEDIA is pleased to present BOB’s local Green Inner-City Cluster Kickoff Event
Green Inner-city Cluster Kickoff Event
Join Building Opportunities with Business and local green business leaders such as Toby Barazzuol of Eclipse Awards and Louise Schwartz of the Recycling Alternative to learn how being green can be a competitive advantage for your business. Topics covered will include:
- Marketing Sustainability
- Greening Your Business
- Green Buildings and Green Roofs
- Recycling and Waste Reduction
- Collaborating to increase efficiency
- Urban Agriculture
There will be presentations but also peer learning opportunities where attendees can share what has worked most successfully at their own business.
Time: June 10th 10:00-2:00
Location: Japanese Language School, 487 Alexander Street
Cost: Free (includes lunch, coffee, etc.)
RSVP: andrew.mckay@bobics.org
See what efforts are already underway to green Vancouver’s inner-city at the blog we started.
** NEW UPDATE **
We are pleased to have Councilor Andrea Reimer giving the opening address. She is a leader in BC’s environmental movement and a member of the Mayor’s Greenest City Action Team.
AHA MEDIA to be Media sponsor for Vancouver Bloggers Meet – May 28th at St. Regis Hotel
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608 Dunsmuir
Vancouver, BC V6B 1Y6
604-696-5558How to find us
“It’s in the Regis Room (downstairs) in the St. Regis Grill & Bar (Anducci’s)”
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Who is organizing?
Raul
LOCATION, DINNER, DRINKS AND RELATED STUFF ANNOUNCEMENT
I booked the Regis Room downstairs in the St. Regis Grill & Bar (formerly Anducci’s). The St. Regis Hotel is at the corner of Dunsmuir and Granville. It’s directly located outside the Dunsmuir exit of the Skytrain Granville Station, so it’s plenty accesible, and in a downtown location.
I’ve been warned that it might be noisy as the kitchen is right besides the room, but we’ll have to test how things go.
I’ve also been asked whether everybody will want to place dinner orders at the same time. I said that my bloggers were usually very flexible with that.
Drinks and dinner are usually placed on separate bills for each participant (you don’t have to buy dinner OR drinks, but I’ve noticed that many people ask for that, so that’s why I wanted to make sure to hold the meetup at a restaurant/bar).
I hope everyone will like this option. I’m going to be testing different locations through time.
Below is the agenda for the meetup. Starts at 6:00pm (SIX) regardless of when the Meetup.com site says it starts.
Just FYI.
AGENDA
6:00-6:15 pm – Welcoming remarks (Raul)
6:15-7:00 pm – Shane, Lorraine and Raul opening commentary
7:00-7:45 pm – Discussion and moderation (Colleen and panel)
7:45-8:15 pm – Open discussion
Raul Pacheco http://www.hummingbird604.com
Shane Gibson http://www.closingbigger.net/
Lorraine Murphy http://www.raincoaster.com
Colleen Coplick http://www.missmanifesto.com/missmanifesto
ABSTRACT
Rules, Norms and Web 2.0: Etiquette in an Era of Evolutionary Social [Dis]Organization
Etiquette is frequently seen as a constraining set of behavioral rules, delineating what behaviors are appropriate within a certain social arena and which are not. But in a context of online multiverses, each with its own culture and demographic, what is truly the “right” thing, and how can we know it? Culture clashes and rapid evolution of social norms are ubiquitous in social media: why? What is appropriate etiquette? Is it portable across platforms? What are the ‘right’ kind of rules and norms in an unruly arena such as the online social media world? The participants in this panel will engage in a conversation about what constitutes etiquette, whether or not it relates to a moral imperative, whether it emerges as self-appointed leaders create specific sets of norms and discuss the evolution of etiquette in emergent social media. The implications for codes of behavior and etiquette in Web 2.0 are also discussed.
AHA MEDIA is pleased to meet Travis Bernhardt, Magician on Robson Street in Vancouver
Travis Bernhardt, mesmerized his audience on Robson Street in Vancouver over the weekend with his magic act!
AHA MEDIA recently saw Travis aka Dr.Steelhand with the band Creaking Planks at One Cool Word at Biltmore Hotel.
What a small and wonderful world, the Vancouver entertainment scene is!! http://www.myspace.com/tbernhardt
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
Where’s the Money in the Media? – Event on Wednesday May 27th – VIVO Media Centre in Vancouver
Register here to guarantee you a seat at the panel, and save some money. Only $7.00 here, $12.00 at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds.Where’s the Money in the Media?
*Wednesday, May 27 6:45-9:00 pm
VIVO Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main St. near 3rd close to Main Street/Science World Skytrain and Main Street #3 bus
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*Charlie Smith*, Editor, The Georgia Straight
*Marika Swan*, Interim Manager, Redwire Native Youth Media
*Colin Preston*, Library Coordinator & Canadian Media Guild Secretary, CBC Vancouver
and other special guests
Seating is limited – register online to save a seat
At this critical time when the new media environment is being molded and the traditional news industry is in a state of decline, creative approaches to journalism are urgently needed.
Yet politicians and policy makers are poised to further support the big conglomerates that got us into this mess in the first place. Canwest and other corporate media may even get a government bailout. At the same time, CBC is slashing jobs and programming under unprecedented cuts, and there is no end in sight.
-If news financed by big business is failing, what alternatives do we have?
-What role could/should CBC play?
-What other models for media are available?
-What can we do?
Vancouver’s leading independent media makers lead a panel and discussion about proposed government bailouts of corporate media, the impacts of cuts to the public broadcaster, and exciting alternative models for media.
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Suggested Donation $7 in advance, $12 at the door
no one turned away for lack of funds.
Snacks will be served
bus tickets available
Free childcare available onsite with advance request
*Seating is limited! To save your spot, please R.S.V.P. by net, phone, or email:*
to register by email: naava.smolash [at] gmail.com
by phone: (604) 875-8455 (please leave a message)
For more information and updates, check out the Facebook event page
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94149873120:
Babyface Brass on Robson Street in Vancouver
BabyFace Brass, a jazz trio was filmed by AHA MEDIA playing a lively song at the corner of Robson and Burrard, near HMV in Vancouver. They are trying to get to Japan! 🙂 http://www.myspace.com/BabyFaceBrass
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
Another unique thing was that BabyFace Brass played right near a mosaic that was sponsored by Tom Lee Music
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