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Pulitzer Prize Winner Renée Byer to Speak at Third-Annual Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference July 18-20

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Bellingham, Wash. (PRWEB) June 12, 2008 -- Rene Byer of The Sacramento Bee, 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Photography, will speak at the third-annual Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference sponsored by Western Washington University's Department of Journalism. The conference will take place at Western on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 18-20. Leaders in the field of visual journalism, including photographers, multimedia producers, designers, and online editors, will share their expertise. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore new avenues for visual storytelling, upgrade their skills, and have their portfolios critiqued by professional visual journalists. Among the presenters will be Seattle Times photojournalist Steve Ringman, two-time Newspaper Photographer of the Year; Kevin Jackson, executive director of ESPN.com; and Jane Seagrave, senior vice-president for global product development at the Associated Press. Also, Janet Jensen, NPPA Region XI 2007 Photographer of the Year; Steve McKinstry, graphics team leader at the Oregonian; Julie Simon, graphics editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Andy Clark, photographer for Reuters; Bellamy Pailthorp, reporter for NPR's KPLU; and multimedia producers Tiffany Campbell of the Seattle Times, Sarah Rupp of the Post-Intelligencer, and Judy Siviglia of the Oregonian. The multimedia workshop, "Taking Your Audio Slideshow to the Next Level," will be Friday, July 18, and will be limited to 15 students. Cost is $25, and registration is first-come, first-served. The conference will have two panel discussions this year: multimedia and sports shooting. Among the speakers on the sports-shooting panel will be Elaine Thompson of the Associated Press, Dean Rutz of the Seattle Times, Jay Drowns of the Sporting News and Chris Anderson of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. The conference will again include a silent auction of photographic prints to benefit the Jimi Lott Memorial Scholarship. Lott, an award-winning photographer for the Skagit Valley Herald, Spokane Spokesman-Review and the Seattle Times, died in 2005. Registration deadline and fees: • Fees for professionals (includes lunch Saturday and Sunday): $105. • Fees for students: $50. More information: http://www.wwu.edu/visualjournalism/ Contacts: John Harris, journalism department assistant professor, (360) 650-6140, john.harris @ wwu.edu Marissa Doiron, event coordinator, (360) 650-4436, marissa.doiron @ wwu.edu Carol Brach, journalism department manager, (360) 650-3252, cbrach @ hope.journ.wwu.edu ### read less

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Renée Byer to Speak at Third-Annual Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference July 18-20

Tue June 17 2008

Bellingham, Wash. (PRWEB) June 12, 2008 -- Rene Byer of The Sacramento Bee, 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Photography, will speak at the th... read more

The Second City to Keynote Prestigious Forum On Innovation -- The Front End of Innovation Conference

Tue April 29 2008

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 29, 2008 -- Second City Communications, the innovation and learning division of the world famous improvisation theater com... read more

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 29, 2008 -- Second City Communications, the innovation and learning division of the world famous improvisation theater company, The Second City, will feature its unique innovation expertise as part of a prestigious roster of keynote speakers at the international innovation forum, the 2008 Front End of Innovation Conference that runs from May 19-21 in Boston. The Front End of Innovation Conference is an annual thought-leadership conference focused on advanced thinking and methods for innovation and product/service development. "Innovation is about killer ideas, not idea killers - the dime-a-dozen naysayers and well meaning skeptics who often erect the biggest hurdles that derail innovation at most companies," said Tom Yorton, President of The Second City. "Innovation means change - and we excel at helping clients across the Fortune 1000 embrace change - using improvisation methods to empower people to see their way through inertia to accept what's new," added Yorton. "Comedy is hugely effective at helping to change the way people think about their current situation, so they can let go of what they're holding on to and be open to new ideas," he said. The Second City joins this year's roster of prominent keynote presenters at the Front End of Innovation Conference, including A.G. Lafley, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Procter & Gamble; Dean Kamen, inventor and entrepreneur; Ray Kurzweil, technology expert, inventor and NYT's bestselling author; Peter Guber, Founder and Chairman of Mandalay Entertainment Group; and Deborah Ancona, MIT's Leadership Center Director and professor of management at MIT's Sloan School of Management. "To improvise is to innovate on the spot, and for 50 years, our audiences have served as co-creators and focus groups, telling us 7 nights a week what material is hitting and what isn't. We're applying what we've learned from the stage to the practice of innovation with hundreds of Fortune 1000 clients," said Tom Yorton. "Innovation thrives in an environment that supports risk and tolerates failure. We give our clients skills to create such environments, because we know they foster original thinking and inventive problem solving," added Yorton. "What's more, we teach clients to co-create innovations with their customers - so that they're deeply grounded in the reality of people's lives," Yorton said. The Second City uses its trademark high-energy methods grounded in improvisation training and communications, Second City helps clients go beyond business as usual and set the right conditions for innovation with: Powerful Customer Connections; Deep Insights Beyond Numbing Data; Precise Problem Solving; Innovations Outside A Vacuum; Company Buy-In & Empowerment. "Improvisation connects so strongly with people because it's based on real life and insightful observations," added Yorton. "We have a lot to offer clients who are looking to become more agile in developing breakthrough innovations that delight customers and meet real needs," he said. Twenty-year innovation veteran, Chris Miller, the Founder and CEO of the innovation firm - Innovation Focus - added, "Second City excels at getting companies to go beyond business as usual and formulaic methods. They're focused on helping companies develop deep cultures of innovation where new ideas, creativity, and trust fuel breakthrough products and services." The Front End of Innovation Conference is co-sponsored by the Product Development Management Association (PDMA)... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/secondcity/frontendofinnovation/prweb895324.htm read less

BASF Chemistry Optimizes Performance of Mainstream GreenHome™

Thu January 10 2008

Florham Park, NJ (PRWEB) January 10, 2008 -- BASF demonstrates once more that innovative chemistry is the underpinning of sustainable homebuilding, ... read more

Florham Park, NJ (PRWEB) January 10, 2008 -- BASF demonstrates once more that innovative chemistry is the underpinning of sustainable homebuilding, providing materials and technical support for the National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHome™ -- a demonstration home created to provide a lesson plan for mainstream sustainable building. The project is being led by Cherokee, the leading investor in the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields. "We invited BASF to participate in this project because we were looking for a partner who understood sustainability from an inner core, corporate culture perspective and participated in the manufacturing of products that are key elements of the building science needed to establish a methodology for mainstream green homebuilding," said Jonathan Phillips, Senior Director of Cherokee. "We believe that the scientists at BASF are clearly ahead of the curve in this area." For this project, BASF chemistry enhanced products, including BASF COMFORT FOAM spray-applied insulation and air barrier; CHROMIX Admixtures for Color-Conditioned Concrete; Sherwin Williams Duron Low VOC paints; and Styropor expandable polystyrene insulating foam. The National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHome will serve as an idea laboratory for thousands of homes on remediated Cherokee properties, as well as for the building industry and public at large. It will produce more energy than it demands for operational use; be made from building materials that limit air pollution during material transportation; maintain healthy indoor air quality; reuse and reduce the need for water; and will have minimal impact on the environment. "We believe that environmentally-conscious building practices go hand-in-hand with durability, energy efficiency, speed of construction and affordability," said Jack Armstrong, manager of Building and Construction Markets for BASF. "Our participation in the Mainstream GreenHome is one more component of the BASF Better Home, Better Planet™ effort designed to educate builders and home owners about the advantages of high-performance construction technologies used to build both high-end custom homes, as well as affordable homes like the ones currently under construction in devastated areas, such as post-Katrina U.S. Gulf Coast and post-tsunami Sri Lanka." Other BASF Better Home, Better Planet projects include the BASF Near-Zero Energy Home; BASF High-Performance Philadelphia; BASF Rensselaer Wildlife Refuge; and projects in China and India, to name a few. For more information, please visit betterhomebetterplanet.com and highperformancecommunity.com. BASF - The Chemical Company. We don't make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better. BASF Corporation, headquartered in New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF employs more than 15,500 in North... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/1/prweb614021.htm read less

Midwest Capital Launches New Correspondent Loan Program for Mortgage Brokers

Wed January 09 2008

Indianapolis, IN (PRWeb) January 10, 2007 -- Midwest Capital Corporation, one of the Midwest’s leading provider of conventional and U. S. Smal... read more

Dream Design Builder Founder Loses Home in Wildfires Yet Celebrates Winning BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics

Fri January 04 2008

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 4, 2008 -- President and founder of Dream Design Builders, Jay Riordan lost the family's Rancho Bernardo home dur... read more

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 4, 2008 -- President and founder of Dream Design Builders, Jay Riordan lost the family's Rancho Bernardo home during the October San Diego wildfires. Yet on Dec. 4 at the Town and Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center in San Diego's Mission Valley, he celebrated with his wife and company employees. The residential remodeling firm won the 2007 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics in the category of five to ten employees. Dream Design Builders specializes in designing and building room additions, kitchens and bathrooms. Awakened by their cat on the night of Oct. 22, the Riordan family fled from their home as the fires raced through the Rancho Bernardo community. Over 1650 homes were lost in San Diego County. "We are blessed with the support we have from our family, friends, employees, clients and vendors. It happened, and we will start anew. The heartache comes and goes as you look for that favorite photo. The Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics couldn't have come at a better time for all of us," said Riordan. Each year, thousands of U.S. businesses are entered in local Torch Award competitions conducted by BBBs in every region of the country. Winning entries from the San Diego competition will be forwarded to the Council of Better Business Bureaus, the parent organization for the BBB network, for an international competition. "The Torch Awards is the way San Diego annually rewards and celebrates ethical business practices in our marketplace," stated BBB CEO Sheryl Bilbrey. "Each honoree exemplifies that adhering to a fair and honorable marketplace gives a company a competitive advantage, and that BBB ethical standards are the hallmark of a successful, competitive company. The Torch Awards program is designed to promote not only the importance of ethical business practices, but the willingness and efforts made by outstanding businesses to ensure that our marketplace remains fair and honorable," added Bilbrey. For additional information on the Riordan family rebuilding plans after the destruction of their home during the San Diego wildfires or Torch Award Winner Dream Design Builders, contact Jay Riordan. About Dream Design Builders: Founded in 1987 Dream Design Builders is located in Rancho Bernardo, California. The firm specializes in designing and building room additions, kitchen and bathrooms. Remodeling Magazine named Dream Design Builders one of the top 2007 Big 50 Remodelers in the U.S. Jay Riordan is president of the San Diego Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. ### read less