October 2014
Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Friends,
We're always glad to share some of our client and partner activities.
Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative presents the first ever film and media Expo in Western Massachusetts on Friday, October 24 at Baystate Health’s Conference Center in Holyoke, MA. Headliner is award-winning director and special effects guru Douglas Trumbull.. http://www.berkshirefilm.com/
The Big Broadcast, The Jazz Ensembles at Mount Holyoke College’s annual recreation of a live 1940s radio broadcast, celebrates its 10th anniversary on March 8, 2015. Music Director Mark Gionfriddo will recreate some of the showstoppers from “Big Broadcast” performances of previous years. New website coming this fall.
Chamber Music Plus joins our client roster. The Arizona-based chamber music and theatre group, formerly based in Hartford, has presented a unique blend of theatre performances with chamber music, and chamber music performances with theatre, all written by playwright Harry Clark. We’re writing copy for their new website and materials to showcase Clark’s works. Their old website: http://www.chambermusicplus.org/
The David Pakman Show now airs five days a week on radio, TV, Youtube and the web. www.davidpakman.com
Kurn Hattin Homes for Children hosts its 23rd annual Conference “What About The Kids ? Substance Use Treatment and Recovery in Families” Development Conference on Friday, October 24. They also host a Financial Planners Symposium, “Financial Planning: The Road Ahead” on November 14. For details on both. www.kurnhattin.org.
Suffield Academy, Suffield, CT. hosts its annual Fall Open House on Saturday, October 25. Prospective students and their parents will get campus tours, an opportunity to meet faculty, staff, and students. Reservations required. www.suffieldacademy.org.
Victor Acquista MD, author of “Pathways To Health: An Integral Guidebook”, will give a series of Integral Health workshops in Copenhagen on January 30-February 1, 2015. . Pathways Integral Health has moved from Silver City, NM to Rio Rancho, NM. Victor’s October column for PRIME Magzine., “Dealing With Negative Emotions: Your Plan for a Happier Life: http://www.primeontheweb.com/primehealth/dealingwithnegativ/
As for me.:
Mark On-Air. I’ will be talking about the Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative’s Western Massachusetts Film Exchange on 89.5FM/WSKB on THU October 16 at 8AM on Westfield News’ community radio program, and onThom Fox’s “The Engine: Entrepreneur Radio” Show on Saturday, October 18 on 560-AM/WHYN at 10AM.
Mark on the Podium: I will present my introducton to public relations workshp, “PR 101” for Brenda Garton’s Communications class at Western New England University on Monday, October 6. I will be the featured speaker at the Hartford Springfield Speakers Network on Saturday, November 1. I’ll be doing a presentation on how to brand yourself as an expert, author, and go-to resource. http://hartfordspringfieldspeakers.com/
Mark In Print: My theatre reviews for Westfield News are now picked up by the national theatre website, BroadwayStars.com. http://broadwaystars.com/
My weekly Arts Beat column for Westfield News now appears in print in The Longmeadow News and The Enfield Press. Read them online at www.westfieldnews.com.
My September interview with Kevin Rhodes, Springfield Symphony Orchestra Maestro, for Westfield News. http://thewestfieldnews.com/rhodes
I contributed an article on the Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative to the October issue of PRIME Magazine. http://www.primeontheweb.com/travel/mediacollaborative/
and an article on video to the September “Succeeding in Small Business”: http://www.succeedinginsmallbusiness.com/for-your-small-business-a-videos-worth-10000-words
