Ben is an eight-time Emmy winning producer and host of hit shows like Wild Chicago, Ben Loves Chicago, and Ben Around Town. He steps up to the mic this time to talk about his new museum! www.wiltby.com
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Summer in the city with PechaKucha Night.
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Sprinkling Pixie Dust
BY GREG BAUGUES
@ APRIL TABLE TALKS
ON APR 18, 2013
Greg Baugues is the Director of Client Service at Table XI, but his training started decades ago, at Disney, where he served as a janitor and got an unexpected education in customer service.
"Presentation of the Day" on May 7, 2013.
Be THE expert
BY MANA IONESCU
@ APRIL TABLE TALKS
ON APR 18, 2013
Mana believes in purpose and storytelling as the keys to online marketing success. At Lightspan, Mana and her team focus on driving traffic to clients’ websites and building profitable connections through social media and content marketing. In this presentation she talks about how her relationships with customers have helped drive her business success.
Customers in Context
BY JANA KINSMAN
@ APRIL TABLE TALKS
ON APR 18, 2013
Doing live artwork is new territory for a traditional behind-a-desk or through-email type of creative. I'll talk about the new challenges, disappointments, and what I've learned about my client in this new context.
"Presentation of the Day" on May 13, 2013.
Finding Your Fanboys
BY MATT MCNAMARA
@ APRIL TABLE TALKS
ON APR 18, 2013
Drawing on my his experiences as the DicksonOne Product Manager and, more specifically, running a beta test for the new platform, Matt discusses how he went about gathering information and ultimately what he learned in the process
Process Hacks: Iterating to Excellence
BY JOSH GOLDEN
@ MARCH TABLE TALKS
ON MAR 14, 2013
What's the ROI on employee benefits? Josh explores the business case for employee perks, and the iterative process of building company value (and culture) throughout 11 years in business.
This presentation was recorded at March's Table Talks, a "Powered by PechaKucha" event series hosted by Table XI in Chicago. View more Table Talks presentations on the Table XI Channel.
"Presentation of the Day" on May 6, 2013.
From the Kitchen to the World
BY ARAM REED
@ MARCH TABLE TALKS
ON MAR 14, 2013
Chef Aram Reed is a personal chef and the chef at Table XI. In his Table Talk he takes us on a cullinary exploration, and reveals his inventive perspective both inside and out of the kitchen.
This presentation was recorded at March's Table Talks, a "Powered by PechaKucha" event series hosted by Table XI in Chicago. View more Table Talks presentations on the Table XI Channel.
"Presentation of the Day" on March 26, 2013.
Galvanizing Nerd Cred
BY BURTON RAST
@ MARCH TABLE TALKS
ON MAR 14, 2013
IDEO (pronounced “eye-dee-oh”) is an award-winning global design firm that takes a human-centered, design-based approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow.
This presentation was recorded at March's Table Talks, a "Powered by PechaKucha" event series hosted by Table XI in Chicago. View more Table Talks presentations on the Table XI Channel.
"Presentation of the Day" on March 25, 2013.
Do Shit You Love: Innovations of the Heart
BY DAWN HANCOCK
@ MARCH TABLE TALKS
ON MAR 14, 2013
Firebelly is committed to cultivating connections between human beings and ideas, inspiring conscious thought and action. As early advocates for socially responsible design, they pioneered an ethic that values honesty, empathy and Good Design for Good Reason™.
"We rely on our intention, intellect and instinct to guide us as we build effective communication tools that encourage conversation and engagement in and across communities to effect positive social change."
Firebelly is also responsible for the UX design of the PechaKucha website.
This presentation was recorded at March's Table Talks, a "Powered by PechaKucha" event series hosted by Table XI in Chicago. View more Table Talks presentations on the Table XI Channel.
"Presentation of the Day" for March 27, 2013.
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About the City's Organizers
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Peter Exley
Advocate for architecture for children, Peter Exley FAIA has created an internationally recognized architecture and design practice, which elevates the standards of design for public space and learning environments through the construction of new paradigms in pedagogy, play and participatory experience. Hailing from Yorkshire, he arrived in Chicago for a year in 1985. He has been there ever since, and founded ArchitectureIsFun on April Fools' Day 1994. He is an adjunct associate professor of Architecture and Interior Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the co-host of PechaKucha Night Chicago and the 2013 President of AIA Chicago.
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Thorsten Bösch
President and Co-Founder of visualizedconcepts inc. in 2003, he arrived in Chicago 1996 via Hamburg, Passau + Konstanz.
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Sharon Exley
Procurer of Beautiful & Curious Stuff
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Tess Landon
Tess Landon is the Director of Education and Outreach for ART WORKS Projects. She earned her bachelor’s degree in art history from Bard College with a focus on museums and education and has worked in the collections at the Field Museum and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Tess has taught in a range of arenas, including her many years as a children’s art teacher at Lill Street Art Center. She is currently teaching poetry at a correctional facility in Illinois and previously taught a reading and writing seminar at a facility in New York. She is in charge of the ART WORKS arts education initiative Workshop to Change the World.
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Steven Haulenbeek
I am a Chicago based designer and artist working in the fields of furniture, lighting, accessories, experimental/process-based objects and events.