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By Katherine Dodds On February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments
It hasn't been ALL rosé champagne* and freshly harvested oysters here on Salt Spring... just a healthy dose! While Lizzy continued our Olympics coverage back on the mainland, David, Sandy and I 'retreated" to this nearby island paradise to spend a few days considering our 'vision', and in particular new opportunities arising from the recent upsurge in interest in The Corporation around corporate personhood. We also talked about the upcoming LACE Campaign, and how to use our previous successes to launch this campaign.
On the way we saw a large pod of Orcas setting the tone for what has been a great getaway from the street action in Vancouver. But we are coming back tonight!
One of the things we discussed was how to build our 'fan-base', those who sign up to get our email alerts, and in some cases want to do a lot more.
Inspired by reading the book "Be The Media" (which I recommend to all indie producers of anything) we contemplated what it would take to seek out and cultivate our '1000 true fans". This idea was in Kevin Kelly's forward to the book, which is compiled by David Mathison, and includes info about self production & distribution from many experts including the much quoted Peter Broderick.
Tag(s):
Alternative Economics,
Big Picture,
Blogging,
Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction,
HelloCoolWorld,
Media Activism,
Social Marketing,
Social Justice,
Strategy,
Technology,
The Corporation,
Be The Media
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
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By Katherine Dodds On November 06, 2009 | 0 Comments
Hello Cool World's Colette Gunson, and Founder Kat Dodds are going to be joining many other media activists to give a workshop during the day-long event at the Vancouver Public Library. Read on for details of who is going to be there and what is going on...check out our HCW email (which can be forwarded) about the event and our participation.
By Katherine Dodds On April 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
NEWSFLASH: VANCOUVER FLOWER ACTION IS AT 3:30 PM ON SATURDAY MAY 2 at THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY ... WATCH THIS SPACE FOR PICS FROM MAY 1st EVENTS IN OTTAWA AND TORONTO!!
OTTAWA, TORONTO, VANCOUVER: As the saying goes, “Every mother is a working mother!” On May Day or International Workers’ Day, with Inter Pares we are hitting the streets in Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto as part of the build-up to our own Mother’s Day campaign.
Samantha McGavin of Inter Pares holding fair trade carnations, and dressed as one of the founders of Mother’s Day.
By Katherine Dodds On February 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
I'm at the Making Your Media Matter conference in DC listening to a panel on Money and Mission. Interesting times to try to promote and produce social issue work. I'm networking to find support for our own Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction, for our work with Bevel Up, and also to promote the recent Sundance hit, Prom Night in Mississippi.
Tag(s):
Alternative Economics,
Blogging,
Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction,
Film Launch,
Focus Testing,
Graphic Design,
HelloCoolWorld,
Marketing,
Podcasting,
Social Marketing,
Strategy,
TechnologyWith just a week left before Christmas, we are in the midst of our last big push to promote Inter Pares' "Give Something Big" alternative giving campaign. We'd love your help!
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Colette joined Hello Cool World Team back in 2003 and was a key organizer for The Corporation and The Take's grassroots outreach efforts across North America. After being inspired by the organizing and awareness building potential of the internet and social issue films, she returned to school to study Communications and sharpen her skills. Having completed her studies last summer, she has joined Hello Cool World once again to assist with the Give Something Big campaign.
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By Katherine Dodds On December 08, 2008 | 0 Comments
We're thrilled to be launching this project with Inter Pares and hope that all our supporters will help build a world of equality, social justice, and peace.
By Katherine Dodds On September 25, 2008 | 0 Comments
The VIFF Is happening... last night DOC and POV celebrated 25 years with a party at the VanCity Theatre. Next week don't miss World Premieres of FEIRCE LIGHT, and BLUE GOLD ... watch this blog for info! TONIGHT join us at Radical Entertainment for a FREE evening of short online political films...
"Politube"includes a screening of our own Feminist Heritage Minute animation (created for Inter Pares a Social Justice organization based in Ottawa), our cohort Naomi Klein’s viral short film to promote The Shock Doctrine, our GNN pal Stephen Marshall’s "Channel Surfing the Apocalypse", and more!
5:30 -8 pm: NEW MEDIA BC Networking sessions (and I hear there is free beer if you get there early) 8-9:30pm “Politube” -- screening. Location: Radical Entertainment
By Katherine Dodds On March 06, 2008 | 0 Comments
Short dating violence awareness messages directed by youth launch online. Meanwhile Canadian senate considers bills to censor violence on TV and to restrict tax credits to filmmakers whose content is deemed "not in the public interest'.Dialogue anyone??
Tag(s):
Aboriginal,
First Nations,
Focus Testing,
Graphic Design,
HelloCoolWorld,
Marketing,
Sexual Health,
Social Marketing,
Strategy,
Technology,
Teens and Dating,
Video Workshops,
Violence Against Women and Girls,
YouthGood Company Communications and Women Against Violence Against Women receive cheque for their project from the BC Ministry of Community Services.
By Katherine Dodds On April 18, 2007 | 0 Comments
Check out www.TheFembotMystique.com
By Katherine Dodds On August 31, 2006 | 0 Comments
Earlier this month I traveled to Sao Paulo and Rio, in Brazil, to participate in the Visible Evidence Documentary Conference. Invited by Concordia Communications Professors Liz Miller and Tim Scwhab to be part of their panel "Branding Politics — Emerging Forms of Distributing Political Documentaries", this was an opportunity to reflect on what we are trying to achieve with HelloCoolWorld and our work as idea distributors and net workers. (Or "discourse networkers" in more academic parlance!) Thanks to a travel grant from the Canada Council I was able to attend this conference and it was a real opportunity to think our collective project through in an inspiring setting.
By Katherine Dodds On June 17, 2006 | 1 Comments
Today's New York Times Headlines (that conveniently pop up in my inbox around 4am PST every day) has one that caught my eye: Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy.
By Katherine Dodds On June 16, 2006 | 0 Comments
Hello. When I first envisioned the possibilities of Hello Cool World, the web wasn't making things as easy as they are right now. And even before I even started trying to do we are trying to do, all to often, there I was, all heady with crazy-sounding visions of what could be done, but when I talked to progressive leaning folks this excitement was dampened by omnipresent back-ground whine about "access".
