Cusp Conference: The design of everything

On a mission to help people imagine and design a better world

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Cusp Conference 2009 is on a mission to help people imagine and design a better world. Taking place on September 16-17, 2009 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theater in Chicago, IL, Cusp "isn't a conference about graphic design or interior design or industrial design. It's a conference about the 'design of everything,' bringing together thinkers, innovators, skeptics, believers, visionaries, and explorers from the arts, sciences, technology, business, design and government," says Dave Mason, co-founder of Cusp and principal of SamataMason, a strategic design firm based in West Dundee, IL. The inherent strategic advantages in design and design thinking are gaining importance among business leaders and innovative business schools. During the two-day Cusp Conference, participants experience presenters ranging from cartooni…… Read More

Choose the Top 50 Tweeples to Follow

Tweet your nominations now through August 18

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 edition of The Top 50 Tweeples to Follow on Twitter. First launched in September 2008, the concept was to develop a resource for new Twitter users, a “people’s choice” of Twitter. The nomination process takes less than five minutes and requires only the Twitter username (@name) of the person(s) nominated and the appropriate expertise. Users can be nominated in areas of expertise ranging from Technology and Environment to New Media. Nominations begin: Immediately Time frame: Now through August 18 at 12 noon CST HOW TO NOMINATE …… Read More

Protect Technology in Illinois via Social Media

And Five Reasons Illinois Software Tax Not a Good Idea

A software tax is proposed by Governor Quinn and is included as part of the state budget to be approved by July 1. The tax is part of Senate Bill 750. If this software tax is passed into law it will be a major blow to the state’s economy. In response to the proposed tax Protect IL Tech, a social media campaign, has launched in opposition. As part of the efforts, the campaign brings together several social media platforms. The ultimate goal is to have the t…… Read More

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A public relations and new media consultant at Sevans Strategy, Sarah has worked extensively in the non-for-profit, higher education and healthcare sectors, focusing on media relations, message management, coalition building, deployment strategies and organizational change. But it’s her personal mission - to engage and employ the use of emerging technologies in all communication. A self-described “social media freak,” she initiated and moderates #journchat, the top-trending weekly live chat between PR professionals, journalists and bloggers on the microblogging platform, Twitter. She is a guest writer for Mashable, one of the most popular social media blogs in the world, runs her own blog PRsarahevans.com and is a partner on namechk a web tool used to identify and secure brand names across multiple social media platforms. She most recently worked with a local crisis center to raise more than $160,000 in three weeks with the help of social media. A graduate of Millikin Univeristy in Decatur, Illinois, she is a life-long St. Louis Cardinals fan living in Chicago.