We just picked up 12 Webawards, including Best of Show for Bank of America - Morris on Campus!
Everything we entered picked up an award. Not only that, we picked these up from some pretty good company WPP, JWT, Tribal DDB, Digitas, Firstborn, TBWA, Euro RSCG, Whittmanhart Interactive, Siegel+Gale, Razorfish, Arnold, Agency.com.
The winners are below. Congrats to all of those involved in the work. This is pretty impressive.
Hats off!
--Conor Brady
Organic Inc.
Advocacy Standard of Excellence
National MS Society
Da Vinci Awards website
http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=13698
Organic, Inc.
Automobile Standard of Excellence, Mobile Standard of Excellence
Chrysler LLC, Jeep
http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=13707
ORGANIC AT INDUSTRY EVENTS:
· OMMA Social 6/23, New York: Anna Banks rocked the "Choosing the Right Social Monitoring Tool: How to Find the Right Fit" panel http://www.mediapost.com/events/?/showID/OMMASocial.06-23-09
· Cannes Lions 6/21-6/27: Conor, Shane Ginsberg and Jonathon Cohen lead a successful "What you see is not all you get" http://www.canneslions.com/
· IAB Marketplace, Mobile 7/13, New York: Chad to moderate "Planet of Apps: Is This the Future of Mobile Advertising?" panel http://www.iab.net/events_training/mobile2009/agenda
· OMMA AdNets, 7/28, Los Angeles: Steve Kerho on "The Buyers' Market: Vetting the Nets" panel http://www.mediapost.com/events/?/showID/OMMAAdNets.07-28-09/type/Agenda/itemID/433/OMMAAdNets-Agenda.html
·
Flash
on the Beach, 9/20-9/23,
Brighton: Hugh Elliott presenting "The 10
Best Excuses to NOT do Amazing Work" www.flashonthebeach.com
·
Design
Thinkers 11/3-11/4,
Toronto, Conor Brady is presenting twice: "Platforms not Sites" and "Consumer
Empathy." http://www.designthinkers.com/index_2008.html
--Tracy Cote
NEW YORK
As well as the cubicles and desks. See all that blue tape all around? Well, you need it to see the footpaths so you can get around. The eastside is currently a destruction zone while the other side seems like a small city.
Many new relationships are forming while working in these close quarters. What else have we uncovered? Half painted walls from previous years and a receptionist desk in a middle of a poorly used space. Discoveries!
More to come...there's even talk of some time lapse photography in our future.
--Nicole Goldman
NEW YORK -- It's happening. Everyone is scrambling to get everything together as we shift floors a bit to allow for a re-furb of our NY offices. Here's some pics to set the scene. I'll be providing weekly updates of our adventures throughout the building.--Nicole G.
People are telling me you don't sleep. That got me thinking maybe should I stockpile some for reserves. I tried to go to bed earlier last night, but got sucked in by the Oscars. And tonight there is no reprieve either. We have a live chat inside the Customer Advisory Board with Stephen Bartoli, Chrysler's VP of Regulatory Affairs and Product Strategy. I won't be out of here until 11 or later. Then, I'll go home and lament about what to pack in the morning. Throw in an early morning natural alarm clock (read: toddler) and I'll be lucky to get 5 or 6 hours in the bank. Maybe this will be like that first week home with the newborn all over again.
--Sarah Jo Sautter
Full coverage coming from Nicole Goldman, an All Hands favorite from Camp O's gone by. And if you have any questions...just ask her.
So that's why we ate buffet style at Camp O...aha!
Courtesy of: Jocelyn Startz
PERLMAN, MA LED QUARTET REPLAY POSSIBLE THANKS TO YOUTUBE
I thought the inauguration ceremony was beautifully organized and Obama's speech very uplifting but my favorite part was actually "Air and Simple Gifts", the music composed by John Williams and performed by Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano), Itzhak Perlman (violin) and Anthony McGill (clarinet). The same evening I went on YouTube to listen to it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ao9jyq5Vk. I thought it was a beautiful piece.
--Laure G.
"THIS AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND, MAN"...CHENEY REPRISES LEBOWSKI?
My favorite part was watching Cheney come out looking like exactly like David Huddleston in the Big Lebowski. I couldn't get over that.
--Tyler Griffis
(Eds note: This is done with full sympathy for the former vice president, as getting injured moving is something I have personal experience with. Stupid awkward stairs. But seriously...he's a dead ringer for this cult classic star! "MY WIFE IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE!")
CHIA OBAMA: YES WE CAN...HAPPY POSE OR DETERMINED?
My favorite inauguration item:
http://www.chiaobama.com/
--Adrienne LaBonte
DETROIT
PIZZA AND PLUCKINESS LETS NATE, COWORKERS WATCH IN COMFORT
The Detroit office had a pizza party for the inauguration in our auditorium downstairs. It was pretty cool of them to do this, considering that most companies wouldn't dare attempt something that could be taken as pushing political viewpoints on their employees. Not satisfied to sit downstairs, some of us in the creative department set up the flat-screen TV in our area to show the streaming webcast. We grabbed a pizza from downstairs and sat around eating it while watching the ceremonies and making playing commentator. After "the big moment" passed and Obama was sworn in, we returned to our desks but kept the feed going for the rest of the day. It was a pretty good way to ease into the week, and I'm glad we didn't have to miss a very significant historic event due to work -- or have to be sneaky and watch the feed on our individual computers.
--Nate Rogers
NEW YORK
ORGANIC TRAVELS...WITHOUT CAMERA?
I was not in the office, I had a ticket and was in DC.
No, not any of the good tickets, but a tix to 'sit' in the back. Left the camera at home! WT(heck) I know!
--Anna S.
TORONTO
A STEP AWAY FROM PLAGUE OF RACISM FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD
As an Asian-Canadian, I have experienced racism throughout my life. I've gotten past all that negativity and learned how to deal with all of this. Seeing the inauguration yesterday gave me hope that this world can and will change for the better. My parents are proud that their descendants can now live a place that promotes equality, regardless of race or sex. Life is changing for the better, and I am glad I could say that I have witnessed this milestone in my lifetime. Yet, as it was implied during the inauguration, we all must change ourselves to make Obama's and Martin Luther King's dream into a reality. The most we can do as individuals is be less negative and more supportive of our peers. Although it won't happen instantly, we must not lose hope that one day the global community will become safer and more unified for our unborn children.
--Peter B.
Here's some pics from a friend on the rescue boats:
$800 Raised for Bay Area Food Bank from Candygram Sales
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sort of like elementary school all over again, but
with a twist: Last week, the SF office had people send candy canes to
one another as "candy grams" (anonymously or otherwise), for a donation
of one dollar. We figured we might raise a couple of hundred dollars,
and we planned to donate the money to a local charity.
Dawn did a great job marketing the sweet initiative internally. I know I
had way too much fun doing this; I think I sent over 40 anonymous
candygrams to unsuspecting coworkers! Apparently I wasn't the only one
who got into the spirit: As a result of this effort, we have netted
close to $800 and counting! All proceeds will go to the SF Food Bank to
help feed those in need.
Going to do this again next year, for sure!
Tis the season,
-Tracy
NEW YORK -- A group of folks got together last Thursday and watched the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from the office windows as the big ballons floated through Manhattan. Here's some quick pics...more to come.
T-day dinner pics available upon request.
--Nicole Goldman
NEW YORK -- So. You want a new camera. There's hundreds of cameras out there, and almost as many places to buy them. Where do you start?
Or, you have a camera, and you've snapped a few thousand pictures of kids, bugs, animals, weddings, sunsets, vacations. Everything. What can you do to shake things up? How do you improve your skills beyond documenting events, and into photography as an art?
Hello,
It's been a while since I last posted.
I spent time at the auction houses this weekend. A dealer pointed out while people are looking to sell, what you see now isn't necessarily people rushing to sell because of the financial climate as these decisions are made well in advance. I told her the Fuld's as in Lehman Bros. have work for sale. I'm told there are bargains to be had at the gallery level in private, of course. I feel times like these are especially good for the emerging artists, the prices are just right for collectors who are curbing their spending.
I went to the Print Show on the Sunday before the election, at the Old Tunnel disco. At the Brand X Projects booth there was a wonderful print titled Michelle O by Mickalene Thomas, an emerging artist of note. So, I whined to myself about the price, $750.00, the dealer told me the price would not be affected by Obama's win or loss but the price would go up as more prints are sold. So, again, I waited too long and bought the print today for $1,250.00.
Lesson:
Buy when you see something you really like buy it, you can tell it's affordable if you can pay it in 3 payments over 3 months without putting a strain on your expenses. Note: I'm paying this one off in 6 months since it's over $1000.00, that works for me.
Yvette Durant
