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New Video Talks

David Armano, Critical Mass
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 genuine is more important that presenting yourself in an artificially glossy manner. It used to be important for bloggers to "find their voice" -- now it's relevant to all of us."

Eric Easter, Johnson Publishing and EbonyJet.com
The Talk: 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.


These and other inspired talks from The Chicago Convergence
(Chicago Nov 4, 2008) - If you missed the Chicago New Media Summit, there is finally an opportunity to see some of the presentations.

There are two 18-minute presentations currently posted and 32 more coming your way. There will be another 12 filmed at the Motion Graphics Festival in January 09 and 40-50 filmed at The Chicago Convergence on Sept 21-23, 2009. 

The final home (coming soon) for these videos will include embed codes and other ways to show off the best of Chicago.

Come collide with me.

John Patterson
Founder & President of The Chicago Convergence

Click Image for link - Summit Video Highlights now available online

Chicago Sept 9, 2008 - The long-awaited video from the Chicago New Media Summit is beginning it's life on the Internet.

Summit organizers secured a sponsor relationship with Microsoft to provide streaming of the HD Video content shot by Pixel Brothers, Inc during the 2-Day event. 

In all there will be 34 video talks posted from the 2008 event (Jane Hirt, Chicago Tribune, pictured).  In addition, there will be new content shot at the November 20th PhizzPop Design Challenge, the January 20-25, 2009 Motion Graphics Festival, the HD Expo in June and The Chicago Convergence 2009 returning to the Museum of Contemporary Art for three days on September 21st-23rd.

These videos will be posted here and many other sites (YouTube, Veoh, etc) to help brand Chicago as The New Media Capital of the World.

The Chicago Convergence 2009 Sponsor Pack is now available and there are new prices for our pre-reel sponsor opportunity.   For more information email to newmediasummit@gmail.com.

Enjoy!

When will I see the Video content filmed at CNMS08?

At this moment, the video shot at The Chicago New Media Summit (now The Chicago Convergence) is being edited by Pixel Brothers, Inc., the production company sponsor of The Chicago Convergence.

While this is happening, Microsoft's Chris Bernard is working with us to stream this content, using Silverlight technology.

Mr. Bernard is posting the highlights reel, sponsor and launch event in a high-res format (similar to what was used on the NBC Beijing Olympics site) so we can see samples and engage additional sponsors.

One of the biggest corporate sponsor opportunities still available is to own the pre-reel position on the presentations shot at CNMS08 (34 in total) plus all additional presentations shot throughout 2009; Microsoft PhizzPop, etc.  Similar to any TED Video (where Autodesk or BMW holds the pre-reel spot), our content will begin with The Chicago Convergence brand motion graphics, a 10 second pre-reel spot, then the edited content from the summit. This will be marketed through the participants and companies involved.  Important stats to date: Google "Chicago New Media Summit" and you will see over 25,000 pages of content, comments, blogs and tweets.  We expect the video content to increase exposure to Chicago and The Chicago Convergence significantly.

The site where this content will ultimately live is being built in a partnership with PrimeMover, Microsoft and Cramer-Krasselt. As this is being completed and there are new talks to see, we will let our members know through the weekly newsletters.  If you are not already a member of The Chicago Covnergence, you can sign up to network with the community (1800 and growing) and recieve the newsletter.

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