Posted on 07.21.10

Announcing Mobile App Expo in Chicago

International trade show and event company Koelnmesse has announced MobileAppEx, a Mobile App and Business Solutions Expo that will take place in Chicago June 27-29, 2011 at Navy Pier. The event will showcase services and products of mobile app developers, ad networks, agencies, content providers, systems integrators, manufacturers, networks, and more. There will be two main conference tracks: @Dev and @Biz, each offering unique, interactive opportunities to share ideas, discover best practices, and network with industry associates. Numerous other activities, contests, and sessions are in the works as well.

Tim is co-chairing the arts and culture committee with Melanie Adcock and will be helping to coordinate several arts-related events and exhibits as part of the conference. The first Arts and Cultural outreach committee for MobileAppEx will meet Saturday July 24th at 2pm in the Chicago Art Department Gallery. This is the same gallery that was featured in the New York Times earlier this year for their exhibit entitled iPhone Therefore i Art. The gallery is located at 1837 South Halsted Street, in Chicago. 

Please feel free to come to this meeting and/or suggest it to other organizations that may have an interest in participating. We are looking for non-profit and arts and entertainment organizations who have an interest in creating mobile themed or related events to be co-produced by MobileAppEx or acting as a supporting organization to the trade show. We are looking for Chicago focused non-profits, tourism and arts and entertainment entities for this meeting. Preferably we would like to work with people who have coordinated events before and have a sense of what it takes to coordinate large projects successfully.

If you have a great idea for how mobile content and apps could be used in the name of arts and culture as part of this event, but cannot attend the first meeting, please drop us a line via our contact form.

For more information on MobileAppEx, check out their site at http://www.mobileappex.com

Posted on 06.29.10

Andersonville Green Week Events: July 17 and 18

Mightybytes is a proud co-sponsor of two significant film screenings as a part of Andersonville Green Week, a celebration of living green by its residents and businesses. Take part in food tasting, kids activities, tours, demos on composting and more. The entire week is filled with things to do, ways to help, and educational information on how we can take better care of our world.

Join us at these screenings during Green Week about agriculture, water and air toxicity.

Click to see more details on each event.

Chicago Theatrical Premiere:

GASLAND: A Film by Josh Fox

Special Jury Prize Winner - Sundance Film Festival 2010

"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination."

When: Friday, July 16, 8:00pm

Where: Chicago Filmmakers

5243 N. Clark St.

Chicago, IL

Highlights of Sustainable Agriculture in the Media and Film

Free from Harm is staging this multimedia event: a montage of footage from some of the leading films and non-profits of our time.

When: Saturday, July 17, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Where: Mary's Attic, 5400 N. Clark St., 2nd floor

Chicago, IL

Posted on 06.02.10

2010 Award of Excellence

The 16th Annual Communicator Awards honored two of our recent projects as winners of the Award of Excellence. This award, their highest honor, is given to those entries whose ability to communicate puts them among the best in the field. The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. Our work on the following projects was selected from over 7,000 entries from across the U.S. and around the world:

• Print/Design category: George Desort, Fortunate Wilderness DVD
• Interactive category: Arts Engagement Exchange website

Our site for Arts Engagement Exchange also recieved the 2010 Hermes Creative Award. 

Posted on 05.27.10

Return on Engagement Launch Party: June 11

Join us for the June 11th launch party for Return on Engagement, Tim Frick's newest digital marketing book published by Focal Press. Enjoy a new batch of Mightybrew with us at the party. After a long winter period of research, writing, editing, and marketing, it's time to celebrate with staff, client, colleagues, friends, readers, writers, everyone! Just a few hundred words shy of 100,000, this digital marketing tome is available from Amazon's Return on Engagement page and other online booksellers. 

When: June 11th, 6pm-11pm

Location: 5347 N. Clark St., 2nd floor, Chicago, IL, 60640

The venue is the unrehabbed new office space of Mightybytes! 

We really hope you join us for some fun and relaxing libations.

Please RSVP by June 3rd so we can expect you!

• RSVP on Facebook through the new Return on Engagement page
• Not on Facebook? You can RSVP via Eventbrite.

RETURN ON ENGAGEMENT FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Detailed real-world examples of companies and organizations who have implemented these techniques and reaped the benefits.

• Hands-on tutorials with screen grabs that cover how to use many of the digital marketing tools outlined in the book.

• Companion website that includes code snippets, links, resources, RSS feeds, profiles, community interaction, and more.

Posted on 05.27.10

Mightybytes Sponsors DrupalCamp Chicago

DrupalCamp Chicago is a two-day long conference covering all things Drupal. Organized by the Chicagoland Drupal community and members of the Chicago Drupal Meetup Group (CDMUG), the conference will be held June 26th and 27th at the University of Chicago Law School. DrupalCamp Chicago has everything you need to get skilled at implementing Drupal projects large or small. Plus, at only $40 for tickets it's a bargain! Mightybytes is proud to sponsor a room at the conference and be part of this community.

For more information or to register, go to the DrupalCamp Chicago website.