Ed will discuss quadrocopters, one of the hottest geek/tech trends right now. What began as an expensive hobby for the most technical minded among us, has become more accessible and mainstream as our technology has evolved. Ed will demonstrate how he is currently combining his passion for robotics, photography, and all things geeky…and how he anticipates these machines will change our world.
BIO: Ed Schipul, CEO of Schipul – The Web Marketing Company, is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and software programming. His Houston based company developed the Tendenci software which powers more than 400 web sites and has over 1.4 million users. The company’s broad client base includes the Houston Zoo, the Society for International Affairs, YMCA Houston, the National Pharmacy Technician Association and Tony Chachere’s. Schipul has been the recipient of awards such as the Aggie 100 (2005-2009), the Houston Fast 100 (2007-2009) and the Houston Fast Tech 50 (2005).
As a speaker, Ed has engaged audiences all over the country. He has presented at the Bulldog Reporter National Conference, PRSA’s International Conference, the Sarasota International Design Summit, Mom 2.0 and SXSW Interactive. Groups he has spoken to include the Public Relations Society of America, the American Advertising Federation, the Southeast Texas Museum Association, The Houston Technology Center, the International Association of Business Communicators and the American Creativity Association. Ed has also served as a guest lecturer at Texas A&M, the University of Houston and Rice University.
Ed has been published in national journals including The Public Relations Strategist, PR Tactics, Houston Business Journal, Association News and Nonprofit World. He blogs for Hearst Newspaper’s Houston City Brights and has been interviewed on NBC and ABC news as an expert on Social Media and Technology.
Ed blogs on The List on the Chron, has a CNN iReport Profile and has a personal blog at eschipul.com. Ed’s CV is athttp://schipul.com/eschipul/
How could we change the world—or even just our own lives—with a “no pain, no pain” approach? What if we could get stronger without soar muscles, could recover from injury without increasing pain, and could improve without suffering insults.
BIO: A life coach and a student of the Feldenkrais Method®, Gika is passionate about inviting people to come out and play—to be who they were meant to be and do what they were meant to do.
A fiber artist for more than 20 years, Gika Rector combines creativity, an education in psychology, and her role as a personal coach to facilitate transformation in individuals and organizations. Once described as “the quietest storm that ever blew through town,” Gika is known for her nonjudgmental and supportive approach to hearing the truth, eliciting clarity, and opening up new possibilities.
She offers individual and group coaching, teaches Awareness Through Movement® and feltmaking, serves on the boards of directors of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and The Woodlands Waterway Arts Council, and is the former board president of the Dispute Resolution Center of Montgomery County.
People come in myriad colors, shapes, sizes, senses, visions, purposes, abilities and spirits. I will discuss how we are each individual works of art, and how we paint and sculpt ourselves into collective works that achieve amazing depth, breadth and perspective.
BIO: Grace’s mantra is “Live By Design”: creatively and strategically, approaching the world with attention to detail and intention towards the bigger picture, peeling problems down to their roots and solving them through a form+function lens. A cognitive neuroscience enthusiast, she is passionate about driving positive behavior and helping people grow great ideas and great causes (so if you have either, ping her on Twitter – @gracerodriguez – and let her know). Grace “Accelerates Design and Marketing Culture” with Culture Pilot, kickstarts startups at DFJ Mercury, and cultivates creative commerce and community though C2 Creative. Honored with a Texas Statesman Social Media Award and a Prism Award for producing “Destination Houston,” Grace is proudest of her service on the boards of nonprofits like C2 Creative, Youth Leadership Council, OCA Greater Houston and Spacetaker, her adventures in crafting, and helping grow all of the things that no one knows she’s had a hand in…which she won’t bother blathering on about, because sometimes, simply making things happen is its own best reward.
Getting Personal: or Economics- not just for dead white guys and pundits by Christyna Lewis
February 21st, 2012
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In Christyna’s Words:
I am passionate about choice – you know what matters to you, and yet usually we find it difficult to make choices that are in line with your values. Simple economic principles make succeeding within your own definitions easier.
BIO: My passion is empowerment, especially financial empowerment. I believe that everyone can have peace and ease in their financial life, even- no, especially- creative, vibrant, heart-forward idealists, nurturers, and healers! The amount of money in your bank accounts matters much less than knowing you are using (or saving) your money as an expression of your unique values and principles.
I am a compassionate and intuitive financial coach. I am a gardener, Reiki healer, bicyclist, partner. I culture vegetables. I have studied non-violent communication for 10 years. I ran Houston’s first organic vegetable co-op, growing with it to serve over 260 families per week & seeing it become a quarter of a million dollar business. I am unabashedly optimistic.
Mass extinctions happen roughly every 62 million years. Yet every ecosystem that emerges is qualitatively superior to the one which came before. What does this mean for the way we organize our economy, and choose our political leaders?
BIO: Ian Overton was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he developed a deep appreciation of both the great outdoors, and the importance of science and infrastructure in supporting human life in extreme environments. After finishing interdisciplinary studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2004, he became very active in the political fight over science, in the LaRouche Political Action Committee, where he developed a love for both Mozart and astrophysics. In 2010, he joined the Kesha Rogers congressional campaign to “Save NASA Impeach Obama” and helped her win the Democratic Party nomination. Today, Ian is currently working as the campaign manager and choral director, for the Kesha Rogers 2012 campaign.
The real intent of business success is to be “successful.” But, what does that mean, when have you reached that level, and what is necessary to get there?
BIO: Gene has co-founded five technology based companies over the last 17 years, starting his entrepreneurial career at 23 years of age. Gene has owned three of the largest web services companies in the Gulf South, generating well over $250mm in revenues, experiencing several successful exit events, and participating, originating, or managing more than a dozen M/A transactions. He has been featured in numerous national publications including INC. and Entrepreneur magazines. He has been a member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO/YEO) since 2000 and is currently running Pop Labs, Inc., a four–time Inc. 500/5000 winner, and one of the largest regional Interactive / Online Advertising, Marketing & Branding Agencies. In 2011, PopLabs announced a brand incubation strategy, along with the acquisitions of BrightBox Online and Voodoo Controllers.
In 2006 and 2008 Gene was honored by the City of Houston in the Celebration of Entrepreneurs Gala event and he has been a finalist or nominee in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 3 times in the last 6 years. He is heavily involved in non-profit work, sitting on the Boards/Advisory Boards of both Crossroads for Youth and Defy Ventures: organizations working with juvenile offenders and post-release felons. He speaks frequently at university, MBA, sales, and entrepreneurial programs.
Install-and-forget technologies for energy efficiency leave a great deal of savings on the table. To capture optimum energy savings, you must engage *people*. In this talk we’ll look at ways to use cutting edge behavioral science to motivate people toward better energy behaviors – and like it. I’ll demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in an environment in which people typically have the least incentive to practice such behavior: the office.
BIO: Bryan Guido Hassin, founder and CEO of Smart Office Energy Solutions, is a cleantech executive with global experience. He has led businesses around the world, including Poken, R7 Solutions, and Antmachine Technologies, and is dedicated to aligning economic value with social value. Bryan received his MBA with Honors and Leadership Distinction from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also has a Master’s in Computer Science and undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas, where he played football for the Owls. When not working to reduce energy consumption, Bryan is teaches entrepreneurship at Rice and is dedicated to producing cleaner energy in developing countries as a founding director of givewatts.org.
Let’s face it, “the” company (“the” one you work for, “the” one you own, “the” whatever opinion you have about “the” company) needs marketing. And there are always “the” ways to market and then there are “THE” ways to market. I like “THE” ways to market – subliminally. It’s sneaky, it’s fun, and sometimes it’s just downright pushing buttons.
Whether you “force” your employees/co-workers to tweet/Facebook/etc. a new status message, brand your team with company t-shirts or tag yourself in the corners of your client’s work (hehehe), encourage talent and then “the” company takes credit for it – at the end of the day, there are ways, so many ways, to go about disguising your company in a lieu of arenas to get your message out there that isn’t cramming another snailmail send down prospective client’s throats.
BIO: With a background stemming from account management, sales, and online and business writing, Kristin Baker continues to grow her passion in the interactive marketing sphere honing in on her creative services capabilities. Her intuitive ability in content creation and marketing campaign development has diversely expanded client campaigns in a variety of vertical markets. Outside of the work realm, she enjoys freelance writing and has become an amateur cartoonist.
In this talk Juston will describe some creative ways to leverage the cloud to accomplish your parental tasks and be a hero to your kids.
BIO: Juston Western is a noted writer, technologist, and amateur photographer/musician. His successes include founding the New Orleans Electronica Digest (NOLAED), a leading online music publication that captured the essence of the vibrant electronica underground in pre-Katrina New Orleans. While serving as a Communications Officer in the United States Air Force, he provided consult on emerging mobile and web technologies, in addition to spearheading public affairs video outreach efforts for Dover Air Force Base. After separating from the Air Force, Juston began as a Shared Systems Analyst with Aon Hewitt, and was the principal technical consultant for benefits administration on 7 clients representing over 1 million healthcare participants.
During his years at university, Juston gravitated towards tackling issues that blurred the lines between technology and sociology. Notable papers include his work on virtual communities while studying Computer Science at Tulane University, and later his assessment on mobile computing ethics while finishing his MBA at Auburn University.
Juston currently resides in The Woodlands, just north of Houston, TX. In his role as Director of Delivery for ChaiONE, he is leading development on iPhone/iPad/Android apps, and mobile web endeavors. His most recent side project is coordinating New Orleans-centric iPhone app development, under the Fleur De Lagoon banner. He has a passion for jazz and electronica, a voracious appetite for consumer electronics, and is generally known to be “that guy” friends and family go to for tech advice. Juston’s wife Ashley is a successful Commercial Business Development Manager with Cravens Warren Insurance. Their companion, Puggles, Texas Ranger, has his own bedroom and spends his days watching Animal Planet.
In Katrina’s Words:
Everyone knows email sucks but no one really knows why.
I’ll show why email suck, illustrate how a good email gets you what you need; and provide an anatomical breakdown of the best email ever written.
I will change lives.
BIO: Katrina Esco is an Account Executive on the Creative Services team at Schipul—The Web Marketing Company.
She develops and implements social media strategies for Schipul clients to increase brand awareness and consumer engagement. Katrina consults with clients on their day-to-day outreach, creates optimized web content for blogs, oversees website content, and provides training to clients on how to collect and use data from their websites and social media outlets for offline consumer engagement.
Katrina is a native Houstonian and a graduate of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX). She a has a BA in Public Relations.
Katrina is passionate about closing the digital divide, exercising cultural consideration in advertising and public relations, promoting literacy, and quelling the up rise of leggings worn as pants.
