Effective communication is everyones job - whether you are trying to sell in a concept or convince a client. Visual Thinking can help us take in complex information and synthesize it into something meaningful. In an increasingly fragmented and cluttered world, simple imagery, metaphors and mindmaps can get people to understand the abstract and make your ideas tangible. Find out why why thinking visually may be one of the most sought after abilities of the 21st century.
18:06
Social Media Marketing, Leah Jones, Edleman
The Talk: Let’s go beyond tactics and buzz words to talk about real conversations -- with real people and in real life -- for companies and organizations in the changing media landscape.
05:25
PhizzPop Design Challenge, Chicago 2016 Olympics
Winner: Manifest Digital www.manifestdigital.com Special recognition goes to Brian Henkel, Kevin Panke, and Dan Thompson, Manifest Digitals design challenge team members. Congratulations on their excellent design collaboration and creative solution to Chicagos 2016 Olympic Bid Awareness challenge!
The Talk: Content is the new currency in new media, especially in advertising circles. Predictions about the end of advertising as we know it feel as if they’re coming true. As the agency model shifts from interruptive bursts toward creating original content, some guidelines are beginning to appear. Advertisers and their agencies need to define content archetypes during this transitional period. Examples are already all over the interactive space.
22:59
Digital Publishing, Eric Easter, Johnson Publishing
Legacy magazine publishers are struggling with the digital world for reasons that might not always be so obvious. Minority publications have an even greater challenge. But once they embrace that digital is not just a new publishing medium but a platform to reinvent the brand and “re-contextualize” a wealth of assets for a whole new audience, the opportunities are endless.
14:53
Monetizing New Media, Greg Koerner, Media Bank
Monetizing New Media, Greg Koerner, Media Bank. The Talk: The Dynamic state of Marketing: How agencies are redefining the way they do business and how content providers can take advantage.
The Performance: The Dark Knight Project. Jerry will talk about the challenges creative people face turning negatives into positives and learning how to rely on themselves in creating their own opportunities. How to guerilla market ideas so that they find their audience, knowing where an audience is to successfully market and promote to, as well as learning how to master the tools necessary to create and distribute your own work to build reputation and visibility are what can help artists build their careers.
Jason Fried is the co-founder and President of 37signals, a privately-held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary. 37signals' products include Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, Campfire, Ta-da List, and Writeboard. 37signals also developed and open-sourced the Ruby on Rails programming framework. 37signals' products do less than the competition - intentionally. Jason believes there's real value and beauty in the basics. Elegance, respect for people's desire to simply get stuff done, and honest ease of use are the hallmarks of 37signals products.
20:47
Television 2.0, Greg O'Brien, Comcast
The Talk: “Interactive TV” and the extraordinary impact it would have on product marketing has been a topic of conversation for more than 40 years--long before the emergence of the Internet. European nations have had narrowband interactivity for decades but the US has been slow to deploy. No longer. Driven by many economic and technological factors, Interactive TV is being realized right now. Americans spend more time with TV than any other medium—more than 4.5 hours per day. As consumers are able to do more with their remote controls—learn, shop & buy—the world of product marketing will be revolutionized (again).
16:15
Social Search Optimization, Josh Palau, Avenue A | Razorfish
The Talk: This Session will explore how a company’s social media profile and tactics are now appearing in the search engine results with greater frequency. No longer is a company website the only asset that the search engines have to choose from, but now we are seeing results being pulled in from Facebook, Twitter, PR and videos. In addition to this, consumers are stating to use social sites as search engines.
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