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Vancouver Digital Week

March 19, 2009

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New Media BC is excited to announce its second annual Vancouver Digital Week will be held May 11-14, 2009 at the brand new Vancouver Exhibition and Convention Centre. Partner events include the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Canada, marking the first time the famed gamers meet up has come to Canada; Cossette West’s Convergence Conference, a […]

Tax Tips for Artists Workshop

March 19, 2009

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From the Alliance for Arts and Culture: Tax Relief: Making Tax Preparation Painless Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:00 -4:00pm Alliance for Arts & Culture Boardroom Suite 100 – 938 Howe Street BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! This workshop will be ideal for self-employed artists and craftspeople that have little or no experience preparing taxes. If you […]

Anne Michaels in Vancouver April 3

March 12, 2009

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reposted from the Shebeen Club: Friday April 3rd, 7:30 pm St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church 1022 Nelson Street (at Burrard) From the Vancouver International Writers Festival also on Facebook. Fugitive Pieces catapulted novelist Anne Michaels into the forefront of literary superstars. It won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and has been translated into more than 20 […]

Techforms: Contribute, Communicate, Connect!

March 5, 2009

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EXPERIENCE Starting at 9PM PST on the night of March 6, 2009, the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver will be connected live to SAT in Montreal via fibre optic cable and mobile camera operators streaming live footage to in-house projection screens at both locations. With VJs mixing new and archival footage, the two cities […]

Twitter Tools: announcing our newest class

February 24, 2009

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Twitter Tools is a hands-on seminar designed for beginning and intermediate Twitter users who want to learn improved ways to manage their accounts. Who: Raul Pacheco (@hummingbird604) is our guest instructor What: Twitter Tools, a two-hour introduction to Twitter, HootSuite, Twhirl, TweetDeck, and Power Twitter When: 12-2pm, Saturday, February 28th. Repeats every fourth Saturday (next […]

Shebeen Club Meeting Monday, September 15: Intro to the Federation of BC Writers

September 14, 2008

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This month we’ve moved our meeting to Monday, September 15th instead of Tuesday and across the street so that we can have the brand-new Shebeen all to ourselves! We’ll play host to Sylvia Taylor, President of the Federation of BC Writers, who will give us an overview of the Fed and what it can do […]

Blogging for Beginners January 5th

December 3, 2007

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OUR NEXT CLASS RUNS Saturday, January 5th Current course: Learn to Blog   What: a hands-on learn to blog workshop Current course: Learn to Blog Upcoming Courses: Blog Promotion (Pimp My Blog) January 12th, Blogging for Nonprofits and Community Groups, January 23. What: a hands-on learn to blog workshop When: 10-2 Saturday, January 5th, 2007 […]

Fundraiser for Trevor Greene tonight!

September 25, 2007

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Save the date for No Turning Back – A Fundraiser For Trevor Greene Date: Wednesday September 26 Time: Doors open: 8pm, Show starts: 9pm – 12am MC: Todd Battis CTV News Reporter Band: So Tight Band & Brickhouse the Band Place: The Yale Hotel – 1300 Granville Street Price: $20 On September 26 we are […]

how cheap is life?

August 10, 2007

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To murderer Geraldine Beasley of 2500 block of Victory Parkway, even the phantom of an imaginary quarter she might give away was worth more to her than the life of 44 year old Donald Francis. He asked her for a quarter. She shot him dead. Donald Francis, who police believe was homeless, stood outside a […]

Blogging for Beginners: August 18-25th

August 7, 2007

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Just a quick note to let everyone know that raincoaster media (ie me!) will be giving the popular course Bloggging for Beginners again. This will be split into two half-day sessions, a week apart, to give students time to work with their blogs and develop specific questions and fluency. Let’s face it: we were all […]

Blogging for Beginners Class Saturday, July 28th

July 24, 2007

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What: Blogging for Beginners: from Zero to Technorati in 7 hours When: 9:30am-4:30 pm, Saturday, July 28th, 2007 Where: Tradeworks Training Society, 2nd floor, 87 East Pender Street at Columbia, Vancouver Why: Get your blog up and running in one day: strictly limited to no more than 8 students, this course covers blog basics like: […]