Banff New Media Institute upcoming programs

February 5, 2010

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And the Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition, which I find out about precisely one day too late to go to the launch of. And don’t tell me about dangling my participles! Where I come from, it’s a competitive sport! Banff New Media Institute Multimedia Web Magazine Launch and Upcoming Programs The Banff New Media Institute launches […]

Posted in: art, Artist Calls, Artist Residencies, computers, Conferences Unconferences and Retreats, Cultural Olympiad, education, Film and Video, Olympics, Social Media, Technology, workshops

The 5 Ways to Become a Social Media Douchebag

February 3, 2010

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And listicles. Listicles are HUUUUUUUUUGE. Seriously, could this be any more brilliant? Particularly the “I just retweet Mashable” comment? That happens to remind me of one of my pet peeves: people who just rt stuff they themselves never bother to read, just so they look smart. Let’s face it: nobody goes to Twitter to find […]

Posted in: blogging, Etiquette, Facebook, Followers, humour, popularity, Social Media, The Janet Jackson Rule, trolls, Twitter, Videos, YouTube

Vintage Clothing Sale at W2

February 2, 2010

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Attention Alcoholic Fashionistas! You’ll want to check out this super-affordable, super-rad sale downtown at W2’s boho digs on Hastings, across from the Woodwards building. I’m probably going, because at least my head and my feet are still model-sized! And even I can afford those prices. Deets: The clothing sale is happening at W2 this Sunday […]

Posted in: bargains, creativity, Downtown EastSide, events, Fashion, Lower Mainland, Vancouver, W2

Poverty Olympics Torchbearers Wanted

January 31, 2010

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The Poverty Olympics are an annual event in Vancouver that leverages the media and public attention paid to the Olympics to draw attention to the ongoing, systemic problems of the inner city environment of the Downtown Eastside. The picture of Vancouver that outsiders have is often skewed, and the Poverty Olympics organizers seek to generate […]

Posted in: Downtown EastSide, events, Festivals, Fraser Valley, Homelessness, Justice, Lower Mainland, Nonprofit, Olympics, Politics, socioeconomics, Vancouver, Volunteer

Havana Theatre Available for Bookings

January 28, 2010

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FYI another from the SEARCHgrads list. The Havana Theatre has been home to some outstanding productions and is a terrifically intimate room connected with the bustling Havana Restaurant on the Drive. They favour avant-garde works over yet another staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Havana theatre would be available on the following dates for […]

Posted in: art, Artist Calls, call to action, community, Lower Mainland, Opportunity, The Drive, Theatre, Vancouver

Social Enterprise Dragons Call for Entry

January 28, 2010

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Got this from Cavelle on the SEARCHgrads email from the Alliance for Arts and Culture. Please note that you MUST be a social enterprise owned by a registered nonprofit to qualify for this. If you’re a sole proprietor of a business, for instance, however impressive your social mandate (like me) you’re SOL and have to […]

Posted in: call to action, community, Competition, Funding, Grants, inspired work, Lower Mainland, money, Nonprofit, Vancouver, work

Socialize at the Sociable! Book Launch!

January 26, 2010

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I’ve done a full post on this over at the Shebeen Club blog, but here are the quick and dirty details for the launch of Sociable! the new book on effective social media marketing by local gurus Shane Gibson and Steve Jagger. Come out to the plus V Lounge in Yaletown to support local authors […]

Posted in: blogging, books, community, events, Free, Lower Mainland, money, publishing, SEO, Social Media, Vancouver, Yaletown

The Living Society Art Show and Flashmob: Call for Artists and Participants

January 26, 2010

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Stole this off Facebook, where it was passed to me by my old friend Darryl Hopkins, one of the most talented artists I have ever had the pleasure of meeting (and meeting and working with Darryl are true pleasures, trust me, and not just because he’s good-looking). The Deets: On Saturday January 30th we are […]

Posted in: art, Artist Calls, community, creativity, Downtown EastSide, events, Free, Fundraiser, Lower Mainland, music, Parties, Street Art, Vancouver

Revitalizing a Media Reform Movement in Canada by OpenMedia

January 26, 2010

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OpenMedia, a cross between an activist group, a think tank, and a startup, have released the results of their study of the potential for a broad-based media revolution in Canada. It’s available as a PDF download or a Scribd document (also below) and they have a related online survey that you can fill out to […]

Posted in: blogging, call to action, censorship, change, communication, computers, inspired work, Justice, Lower Mainland, Nonprofit, Open Data, Philosophy, Politics, Social Media, social responsibility, Technology

Hell is Other People

January 24, 2010

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on Twitter. via TheGoliathFile

Posted in: humour, Social Media, Twitter

Hot Meals, Warm Hearts Dinner

January 22, 2010

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From social media mover and shaker Jeremy Lim comes news that this Saturday the St. Vincent de Paul society will be handing out hot dinners and warm clothing to the needy at Davie and Burrard in the West End of Vancouver. If you have spare winter clothing, lightly used or new, that you would like […]

Posted in: call to action, community, food, Free, Homelessness, Lower Mainland, Nonprofit, social responsibility, Vancouver, Volunteer, West End

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