Today marks the beginning of International Justice Mission’s summer campaign – 5 Weeks for Freedom. I was thrilled to be asked to be a part of helping getting the word out and stoked to be the first stop on their blog tour, click for the link. That post was the intensely personal side of the [...]
This past fall I was invited to the campus of Pepperdine University to talk with students in the PR/Marketing major and those involved in the local PRSSA chapter abut what life after college looks like. After several visits I was struck with a notion. What if I walked with a class through some real world [...]
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Join Social Media maven Mark Horvath (@hardlynormal) for your morning cuppa at South by Southwest in Austin, TX. (SXSW) Each morning Mark will chat about using Social Media for Social Good with a panel of genius communicators in the world of tech and non-profit. His guests have each set the standard for “now communication” within [...]
Another stop on the road to the Academy awards for Gregg Helvey and crew as this mornings nominations came out. I was absolutely elated that this fine, fine film is now considered one of the best from the last year! If you get a chance to see it, please do. I’m not new to the [...]
Collide Magazine just announced their nominations for best of the web according to their readers and we couldn’t be more pleased. Several of the projects we’ve been involved with this year are up for nominations and we’re thrilled for them. COLLIDE readers, we need your help! Every year in COLLIDE we ask you to nominate [...]
The end of September kicked off with a bang as International Justice Mission’s (IJM) Premiere for their first Documentary – At The End of Slavery. Today kicks of the Weekend to End Slavery and we encourage you to click here and watch Gary Haugen via Livestream at 8PM EST. At the premiere, Portnoy Media was [...]
I got the chance to check out Gary Vaynerchuk (AKA @GaryVEE from WineLibrarytv.com, Crush It!). The event held at Vromans in Pasadena was part of his Crush It book tour. It was a great time since it was the same day as the book debuted on the NY Times/Wall St. Journal’s bestseller list. Plus I [...]
I had the opportunity to attend the 140 Conference and to hear from media aficionados like Mark Horvath (InvisiblePeople.tv), Renee Hamilton (Mobile Matters, former Operation Smile), Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post), and Tim Kring (creator of Heroes) talk about how they use the power of NOW with information. This bi-annual event, held at The Kodak Theater [...]
International Justice Mission (IJM) launched their new site to support their first documentary, At The End of Slavery. (www.AtTheEndOfSlavery.com) The site is just a piece of the promotion that’s been put forth from this powerhouse NGO battling the terrible tragedy of human trafficking. IJM is providing a lot of opportunities for abolitionists to come along [...]
