CMMA 2020 National Conference – Day 1
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San Francisco Metro MeetUP
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TRANSFORMING THE WORKPLACE WITH VIDEO
San Francisco
September 18. Sponsors Kaltura, Team People
Location, 25 Lusk restaurant
Attendees gathered and socialized; trading stories, learning about what others do. The panelists, Gregg Moss from Bank of America and Diana Nordrum from Mayo Clinic provided overviews of their teams. The moderated panel discussed challenges, projects, and scalability of their respective teams. Great questions from the audience for our panelists, asking about which platforms and tools are in use, keys to successful growth, and any lessons learned from the decades of experience in the room.
Event sponsors Kaltura and Team People presented briefly on their solutions. The session wrapped with lunch and some additional social time for our guests to interact, engage and share.
Dallas Metro MeetUP
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AR/VR What’s what?
Augmented Reality (AR) – any instance where you’re overlaying a virtual environment or digital objects on a device (such as your phone) and mapping it to the real world. It’s Pokémon GO, Snapchat filters. AMP Creative uses their own application (available at the app store!) to launch your phone’s camera, giving you access to their augmented business cards – in addition to contact info, it seamlessly links to and plays their demo reel.
Virtual Reality (VR) – A fully immersive experience where you’re cutting yourself off from the real word and entering a completely created environment.
The stats on learning and retention in a VR environment are impressive.
This highly educational experience was followed up by a VR demo and a tour of AMP’s studios.
Special thanks to our event sponsors, Kaltura and PayReel for a cutting edge experience.
Featured Speakers
Russell Johnson – Creative Director
Russell Johnson began his career in Los Angeles working with a variety of media organizations including Upper Deck New Media, Studios USA, and Sam Raimi’s Pac Renaissance. He managed production for the physical effects house Optic Nerve Studios during their Emmy Award-winning season of the cult science fiction series Babylon 5. Afterward, he served for many years as a visual effects producer before returning home to Texas. There he worked as a writer/editor for a number of reality television projects at Brushfire films before signing on with AMP Creative. Initially their lead editor and post-production manager, Russell now operates as one the boutique agency’s Creative directors, developing and executing projects for Fortune 500 companies nationwide. He was an early advocate for AMP’s expansion into the world of immersive video, and has developed, directed, and edited several projects in this exciting new field.
Bowie DeShazo – Director of Innovation
After studying production and new media at Rowan University, Bowie developed his skills as a director, producer, and storyteller. In his current role as Director of Innovation at AMP Creative, he leads emerging technology projects. Bowie works with clients to facilitate the creation of learning ecosystems through many different forms of media, including VR, AR, interactive multimedia, custom app development, interactive signage, and immersive video. His passion is collaborating with clients to bring value by developing and implementing new ways to interact with information.
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Philadelphia Metro MeetUP
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Philadelphia Metro MeetUP
Philadelphia
September 23. Sponsors Kaltura, Maslow Media Group
Location, Comcast Technology Center
Attendees gathered at the new Comcast Technology Center in downtown Philadelphia. The tour began with a brief history of the company by a Comcast Ambassador. Our host, Carol Berman brought us to Comcast’s Technology Center, which included various spaces including a Town Hall venue for executive broadcasts and other events. We then experienced the Universal Sphere, an immersive theater experience similar to IMAX. The tour concluded with a Studio C tour, where the Comcast Communications team records video projects and originates live broadcasts. Finally, the group went across the street from a hosted lunch courtesy of our event sponsors Kaltura and Maslow Media Group.
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Northern Region Metro MeetUP
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The Northern Region gathered for a great Metro Meetup on Thursday April 18, 2019 at the Cargill Headquarters in Wayzata Minnesota. 24 participants joined with a mix of members, partners and some guests attending a CMMA event for the first time. This audience included a handful of past CMMA Presidents and Conference Chairs.
The day started out with attendee networking time before the program. CMMA Partner, Kaltura, was the sponsor who provided a catered lunch plus
lined up keynote speaker, Devin Drake, from Virtuvent who presented via videoconference from South Africa on Managing Risks for Live Events and Engaging Audiences. Devin used polling to interact with the group while leading an interactive discussion on best practices for live event production. He then shared insights on tools for engaging live audiences. Warren and Mitch then took the stage to provide information on the upcoming CMMA Connect Webinar on May 2 and an overview of the annual conference in San Diego.
The group finished up with a tour of the Cargill Global Media Production Studios and had another networking opportunity. Following the time at Cargill, Kaltura hosted a happy hour. A big thanks to Kaltura for their partnership in planning and sponsoring this event and for the great Northern Region community who participated to make it a success!
What a great turnout, and so many familiar, happy faces! Thanks so much to Mark for hosting and to Dave and our sponsoring partners for organizing.
ENJOY SOME IMAGES FROM THIS SUCCESSFUL MEET UP!
