Julieanne Kost (May 23, 2011) 6:30pm – 9:30pm

LIGHTROOM 3 – A PHOTOGRAPHERS ESSENTIAL TOOLBOX
Spend an evening honing your Lightroom skills with Julieanne Kost, Digital Imaging Evangelist at Adobe Systems. We’ll begin by discovering how to streamline your workflow using Lightroom as the center for image management and organization by taking an in-depth look at the Import dialog and the Library module. Then, uncover the secrets of the Develop module and find out how to make the most of the many tools available including global and selective color and tonal corrections, black-and-white conversions and special effects including creative color applications. Discover how to work more efficiently by syncing images and creating presets and templates through out your workflow enabling you to to deliver images to clients that express your unique vision.

Register | $60

Enter the promotional code: “ASMP” to receive a $15 discount

Location:
Hilton Akron/Fairlawn
3180 W. Market Street
Akron, OH. 44333

Julieanne Kost (May 24, 2011) 9:00 – 5:00 pm

THE CREATIVE COMPOSITE
Somewhere between the decisive moment and moving pictures lies the world of digital compositing – where multiple images captured at different times, layer together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Join Julieanne Kost for a full day’s workshop in Akron, Ohio and discover how you can transform concepts and ideas into images. By mastering the tools used in compositing including adjustment layers, masking, selecting, blending, smart objects and more, you can build an entire new skill set and start creating a whole new level of imagery.

Register | $275

Enter the promotional code: “ASMP” to receive a $80 discount

Location:
Hilton Akron/Fairlawn
3180 W. Market Street
Akron, OH. 44333

NOCA ONEINDUSTRY Form – Choosing Cleveland

Why Major National Marketers Do Business with Northeast Ohio Marketing Firms.

Many prominent national and regional companies are choosing Northeast Ohio advertising and marketing agencies to develop their strategies and campaigns, even though they have their pick of creative and marketing teams around the world.

At the next NOCA Forum, regional agency leaders and the CMO of a large Midwestern bank will explore:

• Why so many major companies are selecting Northeast Ohio agencies;
• How Northeast Ohio agencies are delivering high value to clients;
• How Northeast Ohio agencies are finding success in attracting large marketers in other cities as clients;
• What marketers are seeking that Northeast Ohio agencies can offer;
• Ideas for encouraging Northeast Ohio companies to utilize the region’s vast array of advertising, marketing, and PR resources.

Moderator:
Lisa Zone, Senior Vice President, Dix & Eaton and President, AAF Cleveland

Panelists:
Tim Brokaw, Managing Partner, Brokaw Inc.
Joanne Kim, Partner/Chief Idea Officer, Marcus Thomas LLC
Julie Clemo Tutkovics, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, FirstMerit Corporation

Join us Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in The Plain Dealer Community Room – 1801 Superior Avenue.

Continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. with the program starting at 8:00 a.m.  Admission is $20.  Seating is limited.  Click Here for reservations, or call 216.999.4028.

These events are part of NOCA’s ONE INDUSTRY Forum Series sponsored by The Plain Dealer.

In the Looking Glass

At the next NOCA OneIndustry Forum, we hope to stare the devil right in the eye.  Our topic will be “Industry Brand: Putting a Face on the Region’s Marketing Communications Industry.”

How do you see the marketing communications industry in Northeast Ohio?  Better than Pittsburgh?  Pales to Chicago?  What is our niche?  What are our strengths?  How should we go about marketing ourselves as an industry… as an industry within a region?

Let the discussion begin… and let it begin on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 in the Community Room at The Plain Dealer.  Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the program at 8:00 a.m.  Cost is $20 per person.  Seating is limited.  Free parking is available behind The Plain Dealer off East 18th Street.  Register now!

Dodd Camera will have 16 Factory Reps on site to answer your questions.  Dodd is also offering 30 Minute Tech Sessions with the industry’s best teachers at no charge and no reservations required.

KEH has also been invited to the Dodd Camera Winter 2010 Trade Show and Sale. KEH is ready to buy your equipment during this exciting two day Trade Show and Sale.

Location:
Downtown Cleveland Store & Headquaters
2077 East 30th Street
Cleveland, OH 44115
216 – 361 – 6811

Dates:
December 3rd & 4th, 2010

Times:
Friday  8:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday  8:30 pm – 4:00 pm

At the next NOCA ONE INDUSTRY Forum peer into the future when a panel of industry leaders representing a broad swatch of Northeast Ohio marketing communicators expound on their expert insights as to what 2011 may bring.   Will business be up or down?  Hiring or firing?  What will the industry look like in 2011?

Join us Wednesday, December1, 2010 in The Plain Dealer Community Room – 1801 Superior Avenue.

Plain Dealer Business Editor, Randy Roguski, will moderate our panel of industry leaders:

Jim Nash, CEO, Marcus Thomas;

Andy Halko, CEO, Insivia;

Montrie Rucker Adams, President/Chief Visibility Officer, Visibility Marketing.

Continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. with the program starting at 8:00 a.m.  Admission is $20.  Seating is limited.  Click here for reservations, or call 216.999.4028.

Tom Feran, who for 15 years covered TV and electronic media as a Plain Dealer
 editor, critic and columnist, and was twice president of theTelevision Critics
Association of North America, leads an impressive panel of local industry executives:
 
Lonnie Gronek, Vice President/General Manager, Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting, and
Mark Smukler, Senior Director of Content, WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream.

The Forum begins at 8AM in The Plain Dealer Community Room (1801 Superior Avenue). Continental breakfast at 7:30AM. Admission is only $20. Limited seating.

Make your reservations at www.plaindealer.com/noca or call (216) 999-4028.
 
There will be ample time for questions. Interact with the individuals
on the “front lines” of broadcasting in Northeast Ohio.
 
NOCA’s ONEINDUSTRY Forum Series is presented by The Plain Dealer
with support from 90.3 WCPN ideastream.