Below is a photo of Carole James, Leader of the BC NDP and friends at the Firehall Arts Centre @ 280 East Cordova Street, Thursday, May 7th 11:00am in speaking about Support the Arts and Take Back Your BC
” Ms. James took her campaign to a busy Vancouver SkyTrain station and later ventured into the Downtown Eastside. Although she has talked about homelessness throughout the campaign, the event in the epicentre of the country’s poorest neighbourhood had nothing to do with the people lying on the streets nearby. Instead, she spoke inside the Firehall Arts Centre, where she pledged that her government would boost funding for the arts.
“It’s a smart investment in tough economic times,” she said, estimating that a tax dollar invested in culture will be paid back “tenfold.”
Convergence `09
Part of Vancouver Digital Week
http://www.vancouverdigitalweek.com
May 11: CONVERGENCE ’09
http://www.cossettewest.com/convergence2009
(7:30 AM to 4 PM – at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre – 1055 Canada Place )
Brought to you by the People from Cossette West.
A gathering of digital-savvy marketing and communications thought-leaders from across North America sharing ideas on how to stay competitive in the ever-shifting digital landscape. This year we focus on digital branding through social media and why you should integrate it into your marketing strategy…starting now.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Obama’s Unsung Hero
DAVID PLOUFFE, Campaign Manager, Obama for America
After winning the election on November 4, 2008, President Obama called Plouffe “the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the… best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.” Credited with achieving one of the biggest upsets in American political history, his campaign generated a brand loyalty program with unprecedented success. Plouffe shares with the audience the election story and the process of developing a winning social media strategy that inspired millions to engage in the Obama campaign.
Below is a photo of the entrance way to Convergence 09
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Below is Jean Herbert of Mobile Muse guiding Peter Davies and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA, working as livestreaming camera operators for Fearless City Mobile ( http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile and W2 http://www.creativetechnology.org at Convergence 09 for Vancouver Digital Week 09
Below is an example of mobile phone technology
Below is April Smith text messaging and twittering on a HTC Touch phone for community engagement at Convergence 09 at the Fearless City and W2 booth
Below is Suez Holland aka VJ Electrabelle mixing all the text and twitter messages, photos and videos together to appear on the big screens.
Below is Roland Tanglao ( red Fearless T-shirt) giving mobile tech support to Fearless and W2. Suez Holland’s live Vj work appears on the two LCD screens wth livestreams coming in from Peter Davies and Hendrik Beune’s HTC Touch Cameraphones
Below Hendrik Beune holds an HTC Touch phone to livestream
Below Peter Davies explains what livestreaming is to his neighbour while getting ready to film a panel
In this video, Peter Davies, reporter for AHA MEDIA and also livestreaming camera operatorfor Fearless City and W2 answers some questions after livestreaming the Widget Smidgets panel at Convergence 09 forVancouver Digital Week
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobilecameraphone. 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.
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Below is local Vancouver social media manager Rob Jones ( middle ) of BuildDirect http://www.builddirect.com a speaker in “The intersection of search marketing & social media.
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In this video, Irwin Oostindie, Executive Director of W2 explains about the Fearless City Mobile Project, the remxing on the live vj screen and the sift tool for Fearless City http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile and W2 http://www.creativetechnology.org at Convergence 09 for Vancouver Digital Week.
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionateand 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.
Below is the wonderful support team helping us ( April Smith, Hendrik Beune and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA ) to livestream Convergence 09
From Right to Left ( Back Row ) ( Fearless City http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile and W2 http://www.creativetechnology.org mentors and leaders!)
Roland Tanglao http://www.rolandtanglao.com
Jean Hebert http://www.clicknoise.net
Suez Holland http://www.electrabelle.com
Carla Bergman http://www.rainzine.org
Irwin Oostindie http://www.creativetechnology.org
Kris Krug ( sitting in front ) http://www.kriskrug.com
To view the livestream, being streamed by Hendrik Beune and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA ( also working as members as Fearless City http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile and W2 http://www.creativetechnology.org) using HTC Touch phones, using Livecast software from Mobile Muse, please go to Jean Hebert’s site http://www.clicknoise.net
Our next event is to livestream NextMedia in Vancouver! 🙂
At Vancouver Digital Week, join nextMEDIA for an afternoon program that includes a Keynote and reception, and connects the digital worlds of Music, Advertising, Broadcast and more.
Robert H. Reynolds, Manager & Attorney – The Killers
Ethan Kaplan, Vice President of Technology, Warner Bros.
Kris Krug, President, Raincity Studios
David Gratton, VP Products and Business Development, Workatplay
Adaline, Singer/Songwriter
Elise Estrada, Singer/Actress
AHA MEDIA noticed this poster near our neighborhoods.
AHA MEDIA thinks that the look to our neighborhoods is about to change very soon!
As AHA MEDIA is growing and learning more about Mobile Media Production everyday, we are humbly honored by Kris Krug ( KK+), a local Vancouver Social Media Rockstar and his offer to be a Media Consultant to us 🙂
My name is Kris Krug. This is my personal website. I blog here, post photographs, link to my friends, talk about things I’m interested in and generally just use it as an R & D lab for my personal slice of the internet.
I’m a fashion, music, and portraits photographer, technologist and author based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I am currently working on Raincity Studios, a full service interactive agency and I’m tinkering with a few other projects too including a 2010 Vancouver Olympics community site, a fashion, portrait and music photography studio and a top secret science project/fanboy site dedicated to my favorite TV show.
I’ve also recently started a Vancouver photoshoot locations directory and a Vancouver photographers directory. Please go create a free account and add to this resources.
Thanks for checking this place out and for reading this far. I hope you found whatever you came looking for. You should drop me a quick note… I’d love to hear from you. Use this form to email me or find me as ‘kriskrug’ on Skype.
AHA MEDIA thanks Kris Krug very much and looks forward to all his advice! 🙂
Join visionaries from games and digital entertainment, social media, interactive design, and animation and VFX from May 11-14, 2009 in Vancouver. Get access to international business match-making, big picture conference sessions, high-level seminars and workshops, as well as loads of networking parties.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Brought to you by the People from Cossette West.
A gathering of digital-savvy marketing and communications thought-leaders from across North America sharing ideas on how to stay competitive in the ever-shifting digital landscape. This year we focus on digital branding through social media and why you should integrate it into your marketing strategy…starting now.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Want to meet key influencers in the music industry, advertising and broadcasting fields? Then join nextMEDIA to explore the importance of brands, bands and audiences. Find out how modern technologies can help you to connect with your audience in a meaningful way. Understand what it takes to successfully promote and market brands and artists in the 21st century. Sessions will be followed by plenty of discussion and interaction, plus networking drinks.
May 12-13, 2009
The Game Developers Conference® Canada (GDC Canada) is a forum for Canadian developers to share best practices for fostering ingenuity and quality games. GDC Canada emphasizes studying the challenges and opportunities of creating games with long production cycles, large development teams, and multi-platform releases. Produced by Think Services and Reboot Communications Ltd.
May 12-13, 2009
The VIPF is an exclusive event offering your company the opportunity to meet industry veterans and decision-makers, cutting edge creators and emerging players in digital media through networking sessions and hand selected one-on-one meetings. Presented by New Media BC.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The People’s Choice PopVox Awards honour the best and brightest in BC’s digital media sector. Join us at Gastown’s Workspace to celebrate the winners, meet the Individual Stand Out Award Finalists and enjoy a drink or three with all your new Vancouver Digital Week friends! Hosted by Buzz Bishop.
Thursday May 14th, 2009
Representatives from Vancouver’s gaming and digital entertainment industry, university researchers, policy makers and regulators will meet to begin a conversation on the needs of the interactive gaming sector with respect to innovation and talent development.
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Get your digital black belt during a day of intensive training and workshops at the Centre for Digital Media (CDM). Bringing together experts and leaders from an array of sectors in digital media, this workshop helps inspire new ideas and provides tools to develop them into realizable goals. Participants will be treated to insider techniques for the conceptualizing, visualizing, prototyping and pitching of ideas, as well as insights into current industry trends and technologies. This is your opportunity to get a crash course in digital martial arts – Register Today!
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