Thanks to everyone who made it to Pecha Kucha 12 last night. We had a great time and hope you did as well.
Thank you to the speakers, the sponsors and the volunteers.
And now, the recap according to Twitter.
Pecha Kucha 12 is TODAY and will be held at The American Theater.
The American Theater is located at 446 King Street. Doors will open at 6pm. Speakers to begin at 7pm.
Concessions:
After Party! Head across the street after the show to:
Need to find an extra special gift for that hard-to-shop-for person? There will be special stocking stuffers and holiday pricing on Parliament schwag. T’is the season.
We couldn’t pull of this Pecha Kucha Night without the help of our awesomely creative, talented and generous sponsors. Big up’s to you all!
Official Poster for Charleston’s Pecha Kucha 12 by Steve Stegelin.
Pecha Kucha 12 will take place at The American Theater on Wednesday, December 14th.
Doors at 6pm. The show begins at 7pm.
Beer from Westbrook Brewery will be available. 12 oz pours for $4. Popcorn, Soda and water will be available for purchase at $2. CASH ONLY. There is an ATM at the theater.
Josef Myers – Co-Founder, Visualive
Having studied under icons such as Michael Jackson and Bruce Lee (They were on the second floor. He was on the first.), Josef aims to reestablish popularity as a mere side effect of originality, talent, and influence. He’s energized by the thought of looking as interesting as his conversation. And he wishes to feel personally connected with as many people as possible, in order to inspire them with his ideas.
Josef is one of the co-founders of Visualive – a new medium and promotional tool, four years in the making, which enables individuals to promote their events on a network of TVs. He describes Visualive as “just the tip of the iceberg… lettuce, but the creativity of our users is what makes for the yummy salad”. In addition to Visualive, he has created a name for himself through experimental street dance. “Dancing is my passion,” he says. “Through movement, insanity becomes sellable. I get to convey extraordinary power and emotion through this seemingly restricted meat suit of mine.”
This Charleston native feels he still has yet to dream as big as he will. He is committed, however, to staying an ambassador of ideas, merging our environment with media. Whether or not that means programming the clouds to spell out messages, he is planning to be a huge player in creative entertainment media. All in all, he’d like to “get rid of the box, so that know one else has to think outside of it ever again”.
Will Willis – Co-Founder, Visualive
Will Willis is a co-founder of Visualive, a Charleston-based technology start-up that is advancing the way people promote and discover events happening in their city. Visualive is a network of TVs found in popular restaurants, bars, and local hotspots that showcases upcoming Charleston events with short promotional videos and images. Will was born and raised in Williston, SC where he mastered the arts of castrating cattle, driving tractors and hatching emu eggs on his grandfather’s farm. Will began developing Visualive in 2008 with his 2 partners while attending CofC where he earned his bachelors in political science later that year. He worked in politics as the assistant new media director of the SC New Democrats before becoming operations manager of Visualive full time. Will is obsessed with all things hip-hop, encourages people to listen to Bizzy Bone and he likes turtles.
John Smith – CTO/Chief Evangelist, SPARC
As serial entrepreneur John Smith has started several different technology focused companies ranging from a consulting services company, which created the world’s first international credit reporting system to Internet development companies serving major corporations. All of these companies have been acquired over the years. John has developed products, services and provided technology leadership to various Fortune 500 companies including TRW, MetLife, PSS and Rockwell.
John served as Vice President of Technology and CIO for Benefitfocus.com where as an early adopter of the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model was named the fasted growing software company in 2006. Under John’s leadership and direction, Benefitfocus was the enrollment and billing transaction platform for over 40 Million subscriber’s health and benefit transactions. In June of 2006 John received the honor of being chosen as one of the nation’s top 25 CTO’s by InfoWorld magazine.
In early 2007 John joined GE as part of a team dedicated to leading the overhaul and restructuring of many of the subsidiaries technologies teams and system directions.
In 2009 John became CEO of AcadiaHCS a SaaS based Learning Management System and after turning the company used it to found PeopleMatter. PeopleMatter is high profile VC back SaaS company focused on providing a strategic human resources software platform.
John’s entrepreneurial spirit began early when at age 22 he was the founder and CEO of the DunRite Consulting Company, a software development company based in Cleveland, Ohio. John has a Masters in Business Administration from Georgia’s Institute of Technology and a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Kent State University.
John is currently the CTO and Chief Evangelist at SPARC, LLC in Charleston, SC. This year, SPARC was named the 2011 Best Places to Work in SC (small-business division).
Stephanie Barna – Editor & Co-Founder, Charleston City Paper
Stephanie Barna is the editor and co-owner of the Charleston City Paper, which she founded in 1997 with her husband Blair Barna and their business partner Noel Mermer. Over the past 15 years, she has helped shepherd the growth of the City Paper from a 24-page weekly newspaper to a digital media organization that encompasses the newspaper, six annual specialty publications, a website, multiple blogs, and plenty of Twitter feeds. No matter the medium, Stephanie’s mission is to tell stories that inspire, enlighten, challenge, and entertain the City Paper’s avid and loyal readers. Lately, she’s been focusing on the food culture of Charleston. You can follow her on Twitter @CPeats.
Bob and Kris Galmarini – Neve Inspired
Children’s clothing company, Neve Inspired, is made up of local husband/wife design duo Bob and Kris Galmarini. Blossoming out of a love to create as a couple, a life changing date night at Redux, and an emotional realization that life is too short not to dive into what you love, Neve Inspired has flourished the past year since its humble beginnings and will be debuting a full collection, neve / hawk, this March in NYC.
Bob is an art director by day, surfer and cyclist by weekend. Kris is slowly paying off her degree in music while now teaching spinning, working at a cafe and channeling her creative energies into sewing and designing beautiful frocks. Together they are parents of a spunky toddler, Neve, and her little brother Shepard Hawk, who keep them laughing, inspired, and a few hours shy of a full night’s sleep.
Tickets for Pecha Kucha 12, on Wednesday, December 14th, are Now On Sale!
The venue (to be announced) is SMALLER so there will be LESS TICKETS AVAILABLE for this shindig. What we’re saying folks is, don’t wait to purchase your tickets – they are going to go quickly and then you’ll be left out in the cold (er, possibly 75 degree weather).
Doors will open at 6pm. Speakers to begin at 7pm.
Tickets are $5 each. Click the button below to get yours.
