Chicagoconvergence
About this original series
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# Episodes
10 episodes -
Rating
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Episodes of Chicagoconvergence
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Chris Bernard, Microsoft & David Wolf, Cynergy; ...
The Talk: Join Chris and David for a journey into the past, present and future of media. Starting with the (recent) past and one of the biggest milestones in digital media. The streaming of over 3200 hours of live and on demand content of the 2008 Olympics in the US via NBC. We’ll then take a look in the present and see how advances in digital imaging are going to have a profound influence on the social and community-driven experiences that are driving current revolutions on the Web. Finally, ...
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Release date
Feb 3, 2010
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Runtime
15:16
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Ross Kimbarovsky & Mike Samson, crowdSPRING, Com...
The Talk: We are witness to an underground creative community forming on the Internet, and they are becoming a force to be reckoned with. They're writers and inventors, photographers and designers, musicians and marketers. And there are sites where they can share their work with the world - from Wikipedia and Dell Idea Storm to iStockPhoto and Threadless. The establishment has long held that these 'amateurs' - students and stay-at-home moms, freelancers and fed-up corporate refugees - are noth...
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Release date
Dec 30, 2009
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Runtime
13:54
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Carey Lundin, Citizen KateTV, VivaLundin Product...
The Talk: Citizen Kate: the outsiders’ view of inside politics, is really the story of the little woman that could. Citizen Kate has been called “the future of political journalism” and has been seen by over a million viewers. It is a model for the marriage of new and traditional media working together to change history. Carey Lundin has got issues. That’s why she quit her job as creative director at a political ad firm. She channels her angst, mistreatment as a child and social fears, through...
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Release date
Dec 17, 2009
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Runtime
18:21
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Future in Motion, A History of Tomorrow's Interf...
Bio: A dropout from University of Texas's Advanced Communications Theory Laboratory, Mason Dixon, then Sfear Bebopanaut, went to work for a small internet start-up, iChat, designing the first version of Yahoo's chat community. After iChat's IPO, Sfear organized a team of hackers to detect vulnerabilities in electronic voting systems before the 2000 presidential election. After 9/11, Sfear changed his name to Mason Dixon and moved to Chicago, where he now resides as an instructor of Motion Grap...
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Release date
Dec 3, 2009
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Runtime
20:34
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Eric Olson, Draper Fisher, Uncertainty and Start...
The Talk: Uncertainty and Startups Bio: Eric Olson is Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners' first Associate. His responsibilities include sourcing deals and working on due diligence. Prior to DFJ Portage Olson worked in Partner Development at Google and in Business Development for DFJ Portage backed startup FeedBurner which was acquired by Google in June 2007. Olson started his career as an analyst at Cambridge Associates in Boston, MA where he focused on alternative assets and par...
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Release date
Nov 11, 2009
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Runtime
15:26
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Andrew Mason, Groupon, Collective Activism
'The Point' has evolved to become an innovation called Groupon. This is a talk about the collective opportunity in Andrews vision and the foundation for what has become a new model of internet business.The Talk: The Internet has a proven ability to shift the balance of power between individuals and organizations. But for online activism to reach its full potential, we need to do more than port offline tactics to the Web. We must step back, revisit the challenges of collective action, and consi...
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Release date
Nov 4, 2009
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Runtime
16:13
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Tom Yorton, Interactive Comedy, The Second City
The Presentation: The Second City is the original interactive company: creating memorable characters and biting sociopolitical satire based on audience input for nearly fifty years. Second City Communications, the corporate services arm of the legendary theater, has leveraged SC's core comedic beliefs, philosophies and methodologies to create insightful, hilarious and effective video, animation and web design for its many corporate clients. Come learn how SCC is porting the laughs from the sta...
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Release date
Nov 3, 2009
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Runtime
24:39
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Marshall Ross, Cramer-Krasselt, The Branding Pow...
When you think of iconic advertising campaigns, a few brands are bound to come to mind: Corona, Target, Apple, Marlboro, Nike. Why? Because these brands have managed their communications so precisely and consistently over the years they've formed a fictional brand world every bit as convincing and recognizable as any we might find in a richly textured novel, video game or Hollywood movie. Chief Creative Officer of C-K and chief brand stewards of Corona for 10+ years, Marshall Ross will take th...
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Release date
Nov 2, 2009
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Runtime
24:25
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David Armano, Brand U.0, The Dachis Group
The Talk: "The hallmark of any great brand is authenticity -- just ask Harley-Davidson, Coke or Apple, especially when all of these brands lost their way and learned from it. Same thing applies to Brand You. In every tweak of a template, upload and keystroke, you have an opportunity to be authentic or disingenuous. Know what makes you special and unique, and tap into those qualities as you build your personal brand online. Most people can spot a fake when they see one, so remember that being g...
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Release date
Oct 18, 2009
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Runtime
19:52
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