What is StayFresh?

StayFresh is a series of monthly gatherings for those that work in the interactive community. if your job title is:

• Interactive Developer
• Visual Designer
• Information Architect/Interaction Designer
• Freelance Web Developer/Designer
• Production/Project/Business Development Manager
• Creative Strategist

then our meetups are for you. Through our StayFresh series, Refresh Events promotes learning, collaboration and interaction in an open and informal environment. Admission and membership is free, and drinks are on the house.

Agenda

• 7:00-7:30 Mix & Mingle
• 7:30 Ignite Talks
• 8:15: Jonathan Dunn, “Talking You Down From the Bleeding Edge: Making Mobile Work for All Communities”
• 9:00 Post Event Networking

Featured Speaker

Jonathan Dunn

“Talking You Down From the Bleeding Edge: Making Mobile Work for All Communities”

The early days of widespread telephony often involved “party lines” where a community shared a single phone connection. Conversations would be shared, sometimes unintentionally; gossiping was practically a sport but important news could also be spread quickly.

Simpler times, but doesn’t it sound familiar?

Communities today are empowered with powerful digital tools and platforms for connecting, sharing, expression and organization. Increasingly, the mobile channel is extending and complementing the community experience bringing it with you anywhere you go and available at all times.

Whether you’re managing a brand or a community of interest, mobile can assist in acquiring, connecting, empowering and mobilizing your constituents. This talk will provide some tangible, practical solutions for engaging communities of all levels of sophistication proving that mobile is not just personal, it’s social.

Ignite Speakers

• Adil Dhalla, "Citizens, Creativity and Killing the Recession"
• Justin Kozuch, "Lessons Learned in Community Building"
• Jenmy Huynh, "Finding Opportunities"