You bring the digital sparks, we'll supply the gasoline.
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John Patterson
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John Patterson's Discussions
Thank you!
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Connectors, mavens & salesmen
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What is ‘New Media’?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kevin Burrell Aug. 13, 2008.
John Patterson's Events
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Chicago Convergence Presents: HP Envy Music Video Editing Challenge
December 3, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm – OfficePort CHI
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Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival
December 12, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – Congress Theater
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Television Industry Meet-Up
December 4, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
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- New Media, Film, Video, Television
- About Me:
- John Patterson is a entrepreneur and Founder and President of The Chicago Convergence.
BIO:
In the late 80s, John birthed and led a citywide leadership council that declared Austin, TX “The Arts Capitol of the South”. From 1995-2007, he worked for a global leader in the field of training and development managing the Midwest office. Having facilitated leadership and community development programs for over 10,000 people, he joined Pixel Brothers (television production) in 2007 to break new ground for the media industries.
He is founder and president of The Chicago Convergence, an annual conference of select presenters and companies powered by a collective of journalists, entrepreneurs and organizations with noteworthy accomplishments in digital technologies, entertainment and design. In 2008 Mayor Daley welcomed the Convergence as the cities "new media glue".
In May of 2009, He made Los Angeles his primary residence with homes in both cities. He currently acts as director of The Chicago Convergence, and is as an independent producer working on the development and packaging of online media, television and mainstream motion picture content.
His blog: Genius+Power+Magic, is about leadership, performance and living a damn good life. With 23 years of training in a variety of leadership and performance disciplines, his focus is on existing and new distinctions and models which help people fulfill their primary personal, performance and financial ambitions.
- Company Name
- Chicago Convergence
- Website:
- http://www.chicagoconvergence.com
- Social Network:
- http://twitter.com/chiconvergence
- What I hope to gain from The Chicago Convergence
- To lead a tribe worth leading.
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John Patterson's Blog
Are you really free?
Since we are no longer exiting the cave to hunt for food, we have become a synapse in the ecology of a marketplace and must behave to get the help of those who offer us food, clothing and other forms of help or money.
If you understand the biology behind this, then you can perhaps begin to be the threat rather than be concerned for being threatened. However, if you are unaware of how quickly the market may vote you off the… Continue
Posted on November 14, 2009 at 10:42am —
Online networking the latest fashion in career building
Looking to climb the corporate ladder 140 characters at a time? General Motors and Southwest Airlines are looking for a few good Twitter and Facebook fanatics to help them sell more Buicks and cheap airline tickets. You can even drink beer wh… Continue Posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:30am —
The Influence Ecology - Architecture
[see primer for more definition]
Tending to the 'water' or ecology rather than simply tending to you requires an awareness of forces that shape and impact the You that you are.
That you were born in a specific place, time, country, race, culture, r
… ContinuePosted on November 10, 2009 at 12:10am —
Will Oprah throw us over for L.A. in 2011? If so, the local film industry will feel the pain
Over the 25 years Oprah has broadcast her daily talk show from Chicago, it was inevitable that one day she would move the show to Los Angeles.Apparently that day will arrive in 2011 when her CBS syndication contract ends and she will transition to her own Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on cable in a joint venture with Discovery Communications.
The world will await [… Continue
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:51pm —
Local investors are new $80 M studio owners - Mirkopoulos brokered deal, will manage the facilities
Steel plant to convert to stagesWhile it was believed the owner of three Toronto movie studios was also the owner of an $80 million movie studio for Chicago, it turns out that a local group of investors are the real owners.
Nick Mirkopoulos, chairman of Cinespace Studios, who is brokering the deal for the purchase of the Ryerson Steel property, said his company will simply manage the studio.
In fact,… Continue
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:44pm —
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Events
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The Naked Career: The Emerging Outsourced Workforce
November 17, 2009 from 5pm to 8pm – K&L Gates
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Social Media Marketing Challenge!! GAME ON
November 18, 2009 from 5:30pm to 9:30pm – Cubby Bear - Wrigley
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Washington DC Motion Graphics Festival
November 18, 2009 at 6pm to November 22, 2009 at 7pm – Washington DC
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TechThursdays@OfficePort
November 19, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – OfficePortCHI
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It's been awhile. As usual life is busier then ever imagined. Now I am finally emerging after starting a dialogue which I am afraid I dropped the ball. Well it's bouncing again and I want to pass it around. I won't be at the Convergence this year but I will be in Chicago for a gig with my main client Carey Ott. / 7 pm / Martyrs/ Sat. Sept. 19. I want to talk to you about doing a media partnership with Canadian Music Week. I think we can benefit each other. Are you familiar with Digital Media Wire. < http://www.digitalmediawire.com > We are associated with them. Good stuff developing. If you can make it we could meet for a dinner around 5:30pm. Meet at Martyrs.' We are doing a three day video shoot with Jim Quattrocki whom I met through your Summit. He is amazing! On and on. Hit me back please.
foolin' me, right? ha). I appreciate TCCs vision/focus, glad to be a part...
We are selecting people to speak at our Ethnic Marketing conference and have marketers from P&G and Pepsi. We'd love to get someone from Johnson Publishing given their deep history and authenticity in the African American community.
Thanks again for taking the time to meet with my students and talk about media convergence, it's opportunities and challenges. Their feedback was positive as they found your insights valuable and motivating. Hopefully you'll be available for a repeat sometime during the spring!
Happy New Year!
Mary
With your work in New Media, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.
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