Upcoming Events
Social Networking: A Powerful Sales Tool Are You Missing Out?
The Hollywood Post Alliance presents a new luncheon event from the Sales Career Resource Group that focuses on how some professionals have been integrating social media into their businesses. Panelists include the following guests:
- Ben Benedetti, Modern VideoFilm
- Mark Kaplan, Technicolor Sound Services
- John Myers, Ring of Fire
- Bill Sewell, Wiredrive
Event details
Where: Sheraton Universal | 333 Universal Hollywood Dr. | Universal City, CA 91608
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 2, at 11:30 a.m. at Sheraton Universal
RSVP: www.scrgonline.com or www.hpaonline.com by November 25, 2009
Cost: $68 for HPA members | $88 for non-members | $10-$14 for parking
Event Recaps
Spot Goes Green
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Wiredrive and AICP brought advertising and film industry leaders together on Wednesday, November 18, for Spot Goes Green, a panel discussion intended to shed light on how businesses can reduce their harmful impact on the environment. Check out our event coverage at the following links: |
Belong: Building a Blog Community
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A panel of successful bloggers recently descended on the studios of editorial shop Therapy for Blog Out Loud’s Belong: Building a blog community even. The Wiredrive-sponsored evening yielded a bevy of information about climbing the social media mountain. |
SheSays LA
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SheSays and Wiredrive team up for women’s social media showcaseWiredrive a hosted a SheSays meeting on August 20, 2009, where 50 women came to hear a round table discussion about how our online lives are merging with our offline lives. Although only women were allowed to attend, everyone can benefit from our discussion. Girls on Films: Round table video from SheSays LA SheSays LA and Wiredrive Redefine Girls Night Out Social Media Tools and Resources Video of “Digital Diet” Presentation |
2009 Award Season Recap
2009 saw the creative industry staggering to its feet after a haymaker of a recession sent it to the canvas. Even so, Wiredrive customers still managed to wow critics and their peers with outstanding work. Congratulations to everyone who beat the count and garnered well-deserved recognition for their achievements.
CaT: Creativity and Technology conference wrap-up
Metropolitan Pavilion New York, NY June 3rd, 2009 Wiredrive proudly sponsored the recent inaugural Creativity & Technology (CaT) Conference in New York. The 400+ people energized the first-time conference and proved that people are hungry to better understand the collision of creativity and digital toolsets. We invite you to check out Bill’s article Top 10 ideas from the Creativity and Technology Conference. You can also read Creativity’s coverage — CaT: Wrapped. The following presenters lead discussions on topics ranging from the power and beauty of data visualization to the future of mobile and augmented reality to the upside of open source and more:
- Programming pioneers Ben Fry of Processing and Carlos Ulloa of Papervision 3D;
- Google’s Aaron Koblin;
- Scientist from the nth-dimension Joann Kuchera-Morin;
- Creator of the Allosphere;
- Facebook director of monetization product marketing Mike Hoefflinger;
- Digital Domain’s Ed Ulbrich
- Game innovator Area/Code’s Kevin Slavin
To check out the snapshots from Creativity and Technology, visit the Wiredrive CaT Photo Gallery. You can also view the Wiredrive photo gallery of the CaT kick-off dinner and party photos.