Tim Reha, Social Media, SEO, Video, Seattle, WA USA



Seattle Wine Awards, Creating a Real-Time Event

About the Seattle Wine Awards

The wines that earn recognition in the Seattle Wine Awards must achieve tasting panel consensus where they earn one of the following awards ~ Double Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze Grand Awards of Excellence in their respective price/wine categories. The wines that do not receive a Medal of Excellence, earn our Vintner’s Honor ~ Outstanding Washington Wine Award. This means we recognize the Washington wines that are truly outstanding! Our experienced Tasting Panel employs a modified 20-point system to score each wine. Wines are reviewed in flights that reflect the same price and varietal. Each wine is tasted and considered on the following criteria: Color / Aroma / Flavor & Palate / Balance / Finish / Overall Impression.


Invitation to TEDxSeattle Discussion, Real Time Event Synthing, February 5th, 5:30pm, Seattle

Please accept this invitation to the TEDxSeattle Discussion.

TedxSeattle Discussion
February, 5th, 5:30pm-8pm
Rat and Raven (http://www.ratandraven.com), University District.
5260 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 - 206 524 3166

Complementary, No Registration Required.

Street parking up there on the Ave is free and available at that time.  Happy hour specials include $2 off the entire menu (bar food, mostly standard with some twists); $3 wells, $3 domestic drafts and $4 imports (and $2 PBR if that is to your taste). We have reserved the *upstairs deck* (covered year-round and heated.

As part of this discussion, I will present ideas for filming, streaming and live synthing the event using an integrated internet dashboard approach.  We will be looking for student volunteers to learn about this approach and work on the TEDxSeattle event.  If all goes well, we will pitch this work to the main TED based on our efforts here.  This presentation will go on around 6:00pm .

Filed under: Augmented RealityEventsTEDxSeattleInternet DashboardsReal Time WebReal Time EventsSocial MediaSocial Media IntergrationVideoInternet Video BroadcastingInternet Video

Multi-Touch, Interactive Visual Synth, Market Data Mirrors and More - NWAV.org Portland 2010 Event

The Future - When New Media and Social Media Collide

This month we hosted the NW Audiovisualist’s (NWAV.org) monthly event in Portland, Oregon to highlight creativity and technology. Below is a summary of the event to spark new ideas that tie into the above notions social + real-time intereractive media. 

I believe that we are in a massive cycle of convergence that will re-create the notion of “social media”. Today, social media is more about “social” than “media” because the media production tools are still somewhat fragmented, expensive and hard to integrate quickly.  This next year we will see this rapidly change with the launch of the Apple iPad and downward pricing pressure on multimedia laptops, Pico Projectors, HD video cameras and other converging technologies.

Soon we will start to see collaborative music and media production across social networks in real-time. WiMAX wireless broadband penetration and increased broadband over cable and fiber will add velocity to the new “social + digital interactive media” convergence. Multi-Touch screens, computer vision, gestural inputs via FLIR thermal…

Interview at Gnomedex with Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb.com

Interview at Gnomedex with Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb.com



Creating TechFlash HDTV, Video Motion Graphics, Live Streaming, HD Videos

From from 2001 to 2005 John Cook was always on my press list for Venture All Stars and Investment Forum events. Well almost always on the list, accept or the private investor pitch events where zero press were allowed due to SEC regulations.

This year I caught back up with John as he was the host for the WTIA 2010 Predictions event (I produce WTIA TV).  A few weeks later at the DEMO Innovation Meet-up in Seattle, John and I decided to shot an impromptu video interview with VC and angel investor guests. Since we both travel in the same circles John invited me to collaborate to shoot TechFlash’s 1st Anniversary Party and Trival Challenge.

For the project, it was clear that TechFlash needed a birthday gift. I created a new “corporate imaging package for TechFlash that included custom branded motion graphics package with sound effects. This was used for the intros and outtros for each video.  At the event Colin Christianson and I setup both a live stream and HD video studio used to interview guests at the even to tell their stories and the 2010 Outlook.

TechFlash HDTV Videos

2009 TechFlash Holiday Party & Birthday Bash



TechFlash’s John Cook Interview at the DEMO Innovation Meetup in Seattle

TechFlash is the Puget Sound Business Journal’s technology and venture blog that has grown into a must read on both the local and national news front.

I had a great time working with John Cook to create HD Video for the DEMO Innovation Meetup in Seattle. Here is the video.

John Cook from Tech Flash interviews Andy Sack, Founder’s Co-op and Bill McAleer: Managing Director, Voyager Capital at the 2009 DEMO Innovation Seattle Meetup.

The DEMO Experience: http://www.demo.com

DEMO Conference Format: The feel…

Every Organization Needs A Video Strategy - Get Moving Now!

With the rise of ubiquitous broadband, inexpensive HD cameras, HD computer monitors and customer acceptance, it is time for every organization to develop a video strategy.

According to the recent Forrester Research Report “The Forrester Wave™: US Online Video Platforms, Q4 2009 “, It is predicted that by 2013 the number of video streams will double. Today, 71% of the US online audience watches video on the Internet.

Update: 84.4% of U.S. Internet users watched at least one online video in October and the average person watched 10.8 hours of video

YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world with Google Sites surpassing 10 Billion Video Views in August. TEN BILLION VIDEO VIEWS!

Update: Comscore announces nearly 28B Videos Viewed in October!

YouTube just a few weeks…

Podcast Interview - Michael Surkan Interivew - How to Leverage Video

Michal Surkan and I recorded a podcast to cover the use of online video for marketing.

Here is the link:

http://surkanstance.blogspot.com/2009/11/epnw-say-it-with-video-indispensible.html



New Media Ideas for Bands and Events - Live Visuals with Sound Reactive Twitter Streams & More!

Music transcends languages and is one of the most ancient forms of human communication and culture. Even other animals like birds and organic life forms such as plants respond to music. Humans use music to make love and war as a psychological tool.

“In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the music industry was dominated by the publishers of sheet music” - (Wikipedia). Today, music is big business and used by global advertising agencies to create campaigns that target people of all ages. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony, News Corp, Disney, Universal, Warner and EMI all have their fingers in the music business. 

Since the advent of the internet and the “Napsterization” of music with digital peer-to-peer services, YouTube and portable “iPods”, the music industry is in a rapid state of convergence and change. Search engines and social media “trending” list music as a primary topic and media type that is passed around the planet at the speed of light. Thus, with rapid global changes in social behavior created by new technology and digital connectivity, bands have to react quickly to develop new music business…

YouTube and Facebook eat Yahoo and MSN’s lunch for Traffic - The Killer Combo

Take a look at this chart to see the explosive growth of YouTube and Facebook over time. Yahoo and MSN are loosing major ground with a massive exodus from Myspace.

See the chart here

For business owners the take away is that you should setup a Facebook Fan Page immediately and start to build out your social media network.

Next, invest in the production of short format web video clips at the rate of one per week or at least two per month to use as content to feed your Facebook social network. Online videos have a force-multiplier and added ROI when used your website, blog, mobile site and universal search engine optimization campaigns.




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