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huber+co. interactive and TEDx Columbus

Bryan Huber — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:50:22 +0000

I’ve been a fan of TED for a long time. I’ve never had the chance to go to the annual TED conference, but would jump at the chance if the opportunity was presented. A few months back, I was talking with one of huber+co.’s strategic partners, Ruth Milligan, and she told me that she was bringing TED to Columbus! Yep, we’re going to have a TEDx Columbus. Ruth brought together an incredible team to help her bring the event to life. I’m eagerly awaiting the announcement of the speaker line-up for the evening.

Ruth called me yesterday and wondered if huber+co. would be interested in underwriting tickets for students to attend. Absolutely! I didn’t want the $50 ticket price to be a barrier for the future leaders in Columbus, so, I’m pleased to announce that we are giving away 4 tickets to full-time students to attend TEDx Columbus on October 20, 2009.

Just go here to apply. We’ll notify the winners on October 16th.

Good luck and prepare to be inspired!

Going Digital in Cincinnati

Bryan Huber — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:14:10 +0000

Didn’t know this event even existed until this week, so I wanted to pass on the info. The event is The 2009 Digital Hub Non-Conference in Cincinnati. We have lot of a great digital events going on in Columbus, but the thing that caught my eye is how 9 different professional organizations came together to create this event. This post is not a personal endorsement for the event as I haven’t attended in the past. It is an endorsement for local, professional groups to get together to create something that truly benefits the community.

I’ve been saying for awhile that traditional and digital agencies need to understand how to work together to create value for their clients (even within one agency with both disciplines!). These type of ‘all in’ conferences are a great start. So, take a look. In my opinion, brand marketing is never going to realize it’s full potential until traditional and digital get on the same page.

What do you think, are these events a good idea?

Tweet My Time

Bryan Huber — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:40:07 +0000

Just wanted to quickly touch on TweetMyTime here. It’s a cool twitter app we developed for the Columbus Marathon. However, it can work for any event that relays electronic information of participating athletes. Here’s a great synopsis from Sarah Irvin-Clark, Irvin PR:

Twitter is all the rage these days, and your experience in the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon can be cutting edge thanks to this technological phenomenon.

For the first time ever in a running or walking event, participants in this year’s race can have reports of their progress automatically “tweeted” at each of five checkpoints along the course! These updates will include the athlete’s progress and estimated finish time, and can even be sent to Facebook!

TweetMyTime is a FREE service that works with the ChampionChip timing device each registered athlete will wear on race day to record his or her time.

To participate in this free service, registered participants in the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon can sign up at TweetMyTime.com. For those not yet registered, visit columbusmarathon.com for registration information (may take up to 48 hours to verify registration). Once registration for both the marathon and TweetMyTime is confirmed, the program will kick in as soon as the start line is crossed on race day!

You can also read a blog post about why you should use TweetMyTime.

So there you have it! If you’re running the Columbus Marathon sign up today!