Tag: Team Travels
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Layers of Design and Technology
This summer, John, Megan, and Chris hit the west coast to attend Layers, an annual conference dedicated to exploring design and technology in today’s leading industries. Running alongside Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Layers approached design from a different angle as attendees heard from Disney Imagineers, AR experience designers, tech CEO’s, and much more. The NMI gang…
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John Speaks at Communications Summit
This summer, John was invited to deliver a keynote address at Lockheed Martin’s annual Communications Summit located at the company’s Center for Leadership Excellence just outside of DC. Speaking to hundreds of communication professionals from around the globe, John covered new media best practices and strategies for continuous innovation with a talk titled “We Are Disruptors.” While not on…
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Showing Off to Federal Staffers
In August, the New Media Institute was invited to the UGA Federal Legislative Staff Retreat. Federal staffers from the Office of Government Relations explored campus in an annual retreat dedicated to learning about some of UGA’s most innovative programs. The NMI is honored to have been invited to show guests how we’re impacting the state, the university, and…
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Lights, Camera, Interview: Taylor Visits the West Coast
Last month, Dr. Taylor Cole Miller headed to the west coast to film a one-on-one interview with Norman Lear, a TV icon and nonagenarian. Lear is the legendary creator of the 1970s’ biggest shows including All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, and Maude. The two sat down at Lear’s Beverly Hills production…
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Building in Boston
Just before the Thanksgiving break, our Jamestown Capstone Team had the exciting opportunity to travel to Boston to meet with their client and explore project possibilities. The motivated team comprised of Sophie Ryland, Jared Dangremond, Lydia Megdal, and Lyman Chen is working with Jamestown Properties, owner of the Atlanta favorite Ponce City Market, to create a…
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TED Team at PechaKucha 20×20 Pittsburgh
In the midst of final preparation for TEDxUGA, the curation team traveled to Pittsburgh to attend a PechaKucha Night. Since 2003, PechaKucha Nights have celebrated the art of concise presentations. PechaKucha 20×20 was born from the fact that when given a stage, most creatives talk too much. Instead, this now global presentation format challenges speakers to present using 20 slides,…
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What Happens in Vegas…
What lasts four days, covers nearly 2.5 million square feet and has over 170,000 tech-passionate folks in one place? It can only be the Consumer Electronics Show! Chris Gerlach and John Weatherford kicked off 2017 by heading to Las Vegas to take on the largest CES yet. On a mission to scout emerging technologies and…
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John Goes to Chick-Fil-A
John Weatherford was recently invited to the Chick-fil-A headquarters in Atlanta to present to the University of Georgia Alumni Association’s Chick-fil-A Corporate Chapter about user experience design (UXD). He had a blast discussing the increasing importance of UXD to business strategy and mobile experience. After his presentation, he took a tour of Chick-fil-A’s campus, learned…
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ATV Field Trip
Recently, Chris, Emuel, John, and more than a dozen of our fabulous NMI students piled into a van and headed down 316. Their destination? Atlanta Tech Village, which was hosting its semi-annual Start-up + Student connection. NMI students met with dozens of start-ups, learning first-hand how they could apply their digital skills to build innovative new products…
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John Takes the NMI International
John recently visited the Canadian Consulate in Atlanta to host and contribute to a digital brown bag lunch panel discussion on social media in government. Speaking to a highly international audience (including several attendees from remote consulates!), John was joined on the panel by Grady alums Brian Robinson and Jenn Dennard. The discussion covered a wide range…