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Political views aside, from a strictly grassroots marketing point of view, I'm really blown away by some of the creative innovation i'm seeing around the Barack Obama campaign. Probably most of you have seen the Yes We Can video remix of this Obama Speech. It was made independent of Barack's campaign by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas who felt inspired, got some people together, and made it happen.
Juli came by the office today and created an account for us on DooGooder.tv, a new platform for non-profits that are using video and technology to reach out to supporters. DoGooder TV is currently featuring our intro video on their homepage, which is really awesome! Check it out on DoGooder.TV
And check out some of the other cool videos, like this one from Witness:
I've been researching for grant writing for the Collaboration Foundation.
One of the first tasks is to define the social need the organization will address. Juli, Dana and I were discussing this the other day, and defined the need as a response to the challenges of globalization; globalization creates a world were we are all connected, whether we realize it or not. The connections may seem invisible, but they are very tangible. while this creates a host of challenges, i.e. climate change and conflict, it also offers new opportunities for people to exchange ideas and work together in ways that have never been possible. The potential solutions to the issues will come from the same collective actions that create the problems.
Incredibly, Kieffer is pushing the 1 second film promotion envelope in ways not previously thought possible.
I just saw The 11th Hour yesterday and it was incredible. The only disappointing thing, for me, is that neither The 11th Hour nor An Inconvenient Truth really got into the tremendous impact that factory farming has on the environment, deforestation, etc.
There are allusions made to it visually, but no one in these films ever TALKS about the connection between the massive meat consumption in the US, the degraded conditions of the animals, chemicals that go into the food and the land/air, and the tremendous waste, both in the land being used to grow grain for animals that feed the few, whereas the farming land could be used to feed the many, and in the "means of production" of the meat industry itself.
There's a lot going on in Juli/Evangenitals land these days. The "day job" is just crazy as hell, so I won't go into that particular mouth of madness at the moment. The rest of it is full to bursting and only getting puffier every day.
This past weekend I went up to Vegas to meet up with my brother, Jaisen Crockett, the bomb-ass photographer, who was flown out there from New York to shoot a band -- KOR! Kinetic Origins of Rhythm (website, myspace page, and really awesome band photo taken by my brother forthcoming). I also got to see "Spamalot" which was lots of fun, play some video poker, go to the Ghost Town Calico, and take a bunch of silly photos with Ptryxxx, who was paying his first visit ever to sin city and did not leave disappointed.
Hiya, partner.
I need your help; or rather your body. :-)
If you be in the Greater Los Angeles area this Saturday night, the Evangenitals would offer you our eternal thanks and many a good character reference for years to come if you would come to see us perform our musical magic at Molly Malones at 11pm.
You see, this show is what is called a "great opportunity" in that "business" called "showbizzness".
The booker at Molly Malones also books for a bunch of other clubs on the western side of Hollywoodland, and this is our first and last chance to make a first impression.
It seems when a band ventures over to Hollywoodland, the band must "draw" at least 20 people in order to not be considered a "catastrophe" by the club owners.
This weekend I really wished that I had some 1 Second Film producer materials and a videocamera on me, as I found myself staring at a triple-threat celebrity opportunity to convert some more folks to the great cause of the 1 Second Wonderfulness.
Last week I had gotten an email invite from Environment California (one of the many environment/animal rights/superfriends peace on earth for All groups I belong to) to go to a panel discussion called "Sustainable LA" this past Sunday that was part of the Silverlake Film Festival.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
- Aristotle
"Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations."
- Federico Fellini
a film by The Collaboration Foundation  2008 |
