12 posts tagged “www.lisadevaney.vox.com”
Joy, joy, joy! I’m sporting a new hairstyle now. My head is topped off with a retro-fabulous flashback look that reproduces the styles of the 1920s flappers who wore finger waves. You’ll find modern celebrities with similar coiffs, all inspired by the original Hollywood divas of days long gone by, like one of my favourites -- Mae West.
I put my mess of a curly mop of big volume, frizzy hair that tends to look more hippy than I’d prefer, into the skilled hands of a stylist in Soho. I expressed my love for old fashioned styles, so he suggested a more manageable, bob cut, and combined it with a bit of razzle dazzle for me by adding finger waves. To instruct the shampooist, he told her that he’d be “doing a Gwen Stefani.” This made me laugh, because clearly this new look for me is a fairly off-the-shelf cut that must be popular among many London ladies.
I absolutely marveled at the talent the stylist had for producing finger waves. He molded my hair with his fingers, sculpting it with a bit of hair gel, so that it formed gently rolling waves that remind me of being at the seaside, watching the waves lap against the shore. It isn’t something I can easily replicate, but my hair naturally waves on its own anyways. I found some basic instructions on how to do it, so if you want to experiment, here’s a quick reference guide another fan of the look suggests:
Get the Look! Finger Wave It
Step 1: On towel-dried hair, apply the correct styling product for your hair type from hair roots to ends.
Step 2: Pre-dry hair with a blow dryer.
Step 3: Set up hair with desired part. Dividing hair into 1-inch sections, work a curling iron through, section by section. Starting from close to the scalp, spiral hair unto the iron's barrel, hold briefly, then release. Work through hair until complete.
Step 4: After allowing hair to cool, test curl - if curl has not taken, take the curl and pin it up to the scalp with a pin, rolling as you go. If curl is firm, separate with fingers and finger comb to desired look.
Step 5: Take hair accessory and pin back hair on one side back, away from the face
The website She’s A Betty also has some good tips here.
I’m thrilled to now be finger waving it, along with the likes of Renée Zellweger,
who carried the look in the movie of the musical Chicago, and, the fabulous Gwen Stefani. I lilke to think that I just might be keeping the spirit of Betty Davis and her era of gorgeous glamour flapper babes alive with my hair. Or, at least I hope so.
I hold no illusion about being able to take centre stage
with proper divas, and certainly can’t hold a candle to the silver screen
stars I admire so, but I am pleased with my new look.
Lot’s of thanks to Ricky at basecuts in London’s Soho on
Berwick Street, who I’ll definitely be returning to for help with my hair.
If you want to the look, ring up basecuts on 02072876807 and tell them that you want Ricky to finger wave you.
I’m finger waving it,
Who’s Lisa Devaney?
I head the Hai Media Group, a multimedia communications company based in London, offering client’s traditional public relations, combined with new technology marketing strategies. I also perform, creating original Cabaret-style comedy skits for festivals, theatre and parties. Find out more about me, and the talented entrepreneurs I collaborate with, by visiting: www.haimediagroup.com
Performing two sold-out shows over the weekend at The Jazz Club in Soho, London got
the welcome return of one the city’s own sisters, the
jazz singer Tessa Souter. Seducing audiences with a fully packed repertoire of
classics and original material, this daughter of an English mother and
Trinidadian father, offered up a glimpse of her soul and passionate style that
combines Flamenco and world music.
Lingering on lyrics and notes, she transforms familiar songs into new experiences, like dipping them in chocolate fondue. Of her set, my favourite was her rendition of classic rock favourite White Room by Cream, because she brought attention to all the beautiful poetic verse and stunning imagery contained in the song, making us pause, be in the songwriter's moment, and wonder about being “in the white room with black curtains near the station.”
Her interpretation of other compilation choices offered a night of rich musical story-telling,
with highlights that included The Island by Alan Bergman, Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles and her signature number Listen Love, which is also the title of her CD. With her voice as her brush, Tessa painted the audience vivid pictures and dropped countless images of beauty, love and sometimes sadness into our minds. Her expressive body movements match the impressive notes she carries and her show hails back to the bygone era depicted in Casablanca when the film’s stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman begs the pianist to "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake." Tessa will give you that feeling of being somewhere that is dripping with glamour, gorgeous décor and plenty of dry martinis on the offer. Joined by her drummer Winston Clifford for one number was a highlight of the evening, with him backing her up with beautiful vocals.
Only A Lifetime Of Good Times And Bad Can Let You Sing With This Kind of Depth
Getting her start ten years ago, she’s an artist that has quickly earned praise, accomplishing success that some have to plod along for a lifetime before achieving. Now making her base in New York City’s Harlem, clearly the jazz influences that ooze out of the cracks in the pavement in her adopted home have made their mark on this artist’s vision. Having seen Tessa first perform in New York City about five years ago, I thought she was very experienced, someone who had been delivering mouth-watering lyrics from the earliest days of urban jazz. As it turns out, I was lucky to catch one of her first performance ventures when she was just beginning her new journey to become a professional jazz singer. Tessa hit a turning point, following a long career as a writer, and a busy time raising her son, and decided to focus on her strongest dream that had nicked in her head for many years – to sing. It is rare when any of us have the chance to realize that we are, in fact, actually doing what we dream about all the time, as a fulltime pursuit. Along the way, she’s earned the attention of major music critics, receiving positive reviews and the respect of jazz legends, some who have helped wean her talent:
"Extraordinary authenticity. Musical sophistication. A must-see for lovers of world class jazz vocalizing." -Los Angeles Times
"Talented English jazz singer who runs her set through various kinds of territory."-New York Times
"British-Caribbean jazz vocalist Tessa Souter brings new life to time-honoured standards, while also mining a creative spark from the unlikeliest quarters.'"-TimeOut New York
Soul jazz singer Jon Lucien said of her CD Listen Love. "Magnificent! I couldn't stop playing it over and over. She blew me away!"
Observing Tessa’s personal journey has been fascinating to watch, and very
inspirational to anyone who is trying to accomplish anything creative that
doesn’t follow an obvious path. Tessa shares her own personal inspirational
journey in her book Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better, available for
purchase here. Still a correspondent journalist for prestigious titles,
Tessa’s by-line appears in top media outlets from time to time, with her
occasionally serving as The Guardian’s Brit-Eye-View to New York City,
with her penning articles in between gigs on her increasingly busy touring
schedule.
Tessa comes to London at least twice a year to perform, and is on stage regularly in New York and San Francisco, so sign up for her mailing
list at www.tessasouter.com to catch
her next show. You can also find her on MySpace at www.myspace.com/tessasouter. In London, Tessa usually performs at The Jazz Club, a respected
London venue that plays host to many jazz legends who keep this style of music
alive for its millions of fans, having opened in the basement of the Pizza
Express restaurant on Dean Street in 1976. Pizza Express’s venues showcase live
music for hundreds of fans, with also performing at Pizza On The Park, near
Hyde Park.
Here’s Tessa Souter’s full biography:
Born in London of Trinidadian and English parents, New York-based vocalist, composer, and lyricist Tessa Souter (soo-ter) infuses jazz with the soul and passion of flamenco, Indian and Middle Eastern music. There's no one doing what Tessa does," enthused Village Voice and New York Sun critic Will Friedwald. "One of the most imaginatively programmed vocal sets of recent memory." said the Los Angeles Times, in a rave review of her California debut at the Catalina Bar and Grill in 2002. And it's not just the critics who admire her. Taught to sing at the age of three by her mother, Tessa took up the guitar at 12. She was encouraged in her early teens to pursue a singing career, but took a detour - early motherhood, university and journalism. In 1992, she moved to San Francisco, where she wrote for the British press, including Vogue, Elle, The Guardian and The Times, and became one of the original six members of The Writer's Grotto, along with Po Bronson (who cites her in his best seller What Should I Do With My Life), Ethan Canin, Ethan Watters, Josh Kornbluth and David Munro. After moving to New York in 1996, she started sitting in at jazz jams, before winning a scholarship to study at New York's Manhattan School of Music in 1998. She left to study privately with jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy.
Since her professional debut in 1999 Tessa has performed with some of the world's jazz greats, including Mark Murphy, Joe La Barbera, Marvin Sewell, Larry Koonse, Latin Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria and jazz tuba legend Howard Johnson. WNPK Radio FM says: "It's hard to believe she only recently became a vocalist, because she sings with the authority and passion that usually comes from long experience." To quote Los Angeles-based guitarist Larry Koonse, "Tessa Souter has all the qualities I value most in a musician: great time, beautiful phrasing, gorgeous sound, a respect for silence, an emotional connection to the moment, and a wonderful ability to tell a story. She is the 'real thing' in every way."
Do you have an artist you would like to see featured on this blog? Email me :
lisa@haimediagroup.com
Listening to Tessa Souter,
I head the Hai Media Group, a multimedia communications company based in London, offering client’s traditional public relations, combined with new technology marketing strategies. I also perform, creating original Cabaret-style comedy skits for festivals, theatre and parties. Find out more about me, and the talented entrepreneurs I collaborate with, by visiting: www.haimediagroup.com
This week the whole wide world is watching London, where the city has been on top form
showcasing Great Britain’s home grown talent in film,
music and fashion. It began Sunday with helicopters swarming in to bring in film
stars for the British
Academy Film Awards, where British film Atonement took best picture. With the
writer’s strike still in full swing that night, it seemed that Britain’s biggest film award
ceremony might be the only glimpse of big screen glitter we'd get this year. Next, London girl Amy Winehouse jetted over to the USA to clean
up at the Grammy awards, bringing back five trophies, giving one to her husband, to
display in prison. In the backdrop of all this high profile attention to UK talent, London Fashion Week was in full swing.
Straight From the 2008 London Fashion Week Catwalk!
Throughout this week style lovers got to check out the catwalk shows as
international designers rolled out this year’s Autumn/Spring collections across the city. Today I caught three shows at the Royal Academy of Art venue for OnOff, where focus is on new talent. Drama influenced many of the collections on view, such as Berlin-based designer Bernadette Penkov, who offered tribute to the Art Deco style of Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 film Metropolis. She draped models in luxury silk satin and hand-applied sequins, embroidery and ribbons, to construct the catwalk show's retro-futuristic theme packaged in powerful V-shape forms. Penkov's palette choices of mostly grey and black, managed to lend her creations elements of the robotic, capturing the dominant, masculine feel of Lang's own Metropolis styling.
Australian Jacqui Demkiw told British Vogue that
she too found inspiration for her White Suede collection to be the Art Deco era, old black and white films, as well as other vintage throwback styles from the 70s and 80s and 20s. Her denim jeans collection and long flowing floral dresses gave the audience that disco fever feeling. Hurray for her high-rise trousers, a look that is, thankfully, appearing more and more in High Street stores. Down with low-rise waists, exposing thongs and bellies, may that trend soon become extinct!
Hurray for High-Waist Jeans!
The theme was masculine vs. feminine on the Spijkers en
Spijkers catwalk with voluminous taffeta capes and flirty ruffles mixed with
distinctly male fashion visuals of a tie and tuxedo shapes. The duo-designers
describe the philosophy of the look to be ‘empowerment dressing’ rather than
‘power dressing’ in their press
material. Again plucking from film classics for design
influences, they mirrored looks of Gone With The Wind heroine Scarlett O’Hara. I liked the red patent leather shoes the models balanced in on their catwalk journey.
In the OnOff showroom I met madhatter Yasmin Rizvi of Rizvi Millinery and checked out Deborah Henning and Reem’s collections, among others. The catwalk shows are fast, and I did my best to capture as many photos as possible, which you can see on Hai Media Group's Flickr page here.
Thanks to Abbey at Blow PR for the invite to OnOff.
Thinking Brits were absolutely amazing this week,
-Lisa
Who’s Lisa Devaney?
I head the Hai Media Group, a multimedia communications
company based in London, offering client’s traditional public relations,
combined with new technology marketing strategies. I also perform, creating
original Cabaret-style comedy skits for festivals, theatre and parties. Find out more about me, and the talented entrepreneurs I collaborate with, by
visiting: www.haimediagroup.com
There it was, dressed in shiny patent leather and resting peacefully on a display shelf in the middle of Shepherd's Bush Market in London, off of Goldhawk Road. I spotted a
Bathing Ape 'Bape Sta' in the window, and found out that the store showcasing the rare breed of Japanese trainers (American translation = sneakers) is one of only two places in London that sells the brand. Plenty of Bathing Ape lovers have been visiting Global Sports US to check out, and buy, the coveted kicks from Japan, most being hip-hop fans. The shop's owner Ismail Khan, recognizing his customer's taste for music and fashion, has set up turntables in the store for your listening pleasure and even brings in local DJs on the weekends. His store's collection includes trainers covered in Swarovski crystals, hard-to-find issues of Nike, Adidas, and urban street wear with a USA style focus.
The Bathing Ape clothing line, also known as 'BAPE', got its start in 1993 in
Tokyo, by Tomoaki Nagao, a young fashion editor turned designer who is better known as
Nigo. Nigo's direct influence for the line comes from the 1968 classic movie
Planet of The Apes. With his heroes also being Run DMC and other East Coast USA
hip-hop greats, he seems to have followed a Russell Simmons business model, having sold limited edition t-shirts to launch the brand, and got artists to
wear his clothing while performing. All being similar tactics used to launch the Phat
empire. Nigo's Bape Sta design captures a lot of the
retro flair of old skool hip-hop attire and is highly valued among trainer afficinados.
Purposefully elusive, Nigo produces limited edition one-of-a-kind merchandise that has increased its street value because it is hard to find. The brand has also branched out to include hair salons, cafés and rumour has it a Bape hotel will be opening soon. A-listers maintain loyalty to the brand, knowing that their fans won't be able to easily rush out and copy their wardrobe because Bathing Apes original products are nearly extinct once they hit the shelves.
I love the Wonder Woman pair, and will be saving my pennies to buy these someday, as at Global Sports US the retail
price is £160. The other location in London for Bathing Ape is at the official store found at 4 Upper James Street, Soho London, W1F 9DG, a posh address. I'd suggest visiting Global Sports US first to check out Bathing Apes, and make an afternoon of discovering the Shepherd's Bush market, where, after shopping, you can stop for a middle eastern lunch at one of the many international food stalls.
Saving up for a pair of Bape Stas,
-Lisa
Who’s Lisa Devaney?
I head the Hai Media Group, a multimedia communications company based
in London, offering client’s traditional public relations, combined with new technology marketing strategies. I also perform, creating original Cabaret-style comedy skits for festivals, theatre and parties. For a reference key to this blog, visit this post. Find out more about me, and the talented entrepreneurs I collaborate with, by visiting: www.haimediagroup.com
Here on my blog I’m introducing a few new things to have some fun. Here is a reference guide to what’s going on:
Spotlight On:
These posts will feature artists, individuals, business people and whoever catches my fancy out there. If you are in a band, make art, have an entrepreneurial business or would like to suggest someone to feature on my blog (doesn’t have to be a celebrity!) drop me a note about them at: lisa@haimediagroup.com
What if?
In these posts I’ll let my imagination run wild and contemplate all kinds of wild ideas.
Guest Post:
I’m inviting other bloggers to write a post for my blog. Some will be from Vox neighbors I’ve gotten to know, and others will be from other bloggers I enjoy. If you want to participate by writing a Guest Post for my blog, email me. I’m also happy to ‘Swap Post’ with you and give you a write-up to use on your blog.
Stuff:
There is a lot of stuff I like out there in the world of gadgets, products, clothes and more. I’ll be occasionally featuring some things I like. If you have a new product or service that you would like me to check out, I’m open to suggestions. Just email me.
Random:
Posts for random things that don’t fit in any category.
That’s about all the labels I plan to give my posts for now. I may add other labels as things come up, and I'll also be leaving a footnote on all my blog posts, stating:
Who’s
Lisa Devaney?
I head the Hai Media Group, a multimedia communications company based in London, offering traditional public relations, combined with new technology marketing strategies. I also perform, creating original Cabaret-style comedy skits for festivals, theatre and parties. Find out more about me, and the talented entrepreneurs I collaborate with, by visiting: www.haimediagroup.com
Getting organized on this blog,
-Lisa
With the launch of my new company the Hai Media Group, this means I've got a great new website at www.haimediagroup.com and a place to send people to find out all about what I have to offer professionally, along with my media partners services that we are providing to clients as a collaborative team.
Now over here on my Vox blog, I can start having a little more fun. I'll be continuing to write about many random topics and occasionally highlighting some of my client projects. I hope my readers have enjoyed what I've been posting publicly in this blog. Now, things are going to start getting really fun here on Lisa Devaney's blog, so I hope old and new neighbors will enjoy some of the ideas I'll be unveiling here soon. Thanks for reading and I hope you keep on reading.
like a butterfly,
-Lisa
With the launch of my multimedia public relations company the Hai Media Group this past week, my email inbox and phone has been buzzing with lots of positive feedback. All the praise and love that has come in was more than I could have hoped for in making the announcement that I set up my creative shop 'officially', here in London.
I've heard from all corners of the planet including Hong Kong, Japan, Dubai, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Dublin, Italy, Germany, Spain, Americans sent joyous wishes from New York, Virginia, New Hampshire, California, Hawaii, Florida, Ohio, Conneticut and I've gotten many supportive responses from people throughout the UK. Here is some of what people had to say:
WOW!!!!!!!
Lisa,
I'm siting here in tears. You know this Mom is always looking for an excuse to be emotional. We are so proud of you, I see why your always saying I'm toooo busy these days. I hope this will bring you $$ success but even more then that artistic fulfillment. You've earned it!!!!!
Love you-Mom
Lisa,
An impressive site. Good luck with its promotion; we look forward to
word of how things develop.
Jim (step-Dad)
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Love, Dad
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Hurrah indeed! A virtual bouquet of flowers and a glass of champagne for my entrepreneurial wife!
Virtual for now, anyway.
Kisses. Yer man.
John (partner)
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JOHN (brother-in-law)
We love you!!!
-Karen (other sis), Dallis & Whitney
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It looks great!
Steve Double
www.double-whammy.com
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That's fantastic to hear! Congratulations to you babe! Let me know if
you ever need anything.
xxx
APB (Andrew Paine Bradbury)
Take care!
Nicolas
Good luck lisa. Gambate neh.
-Dan Illet
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Thanks
Susan
Hi Lisa,
Bruce and I were so pleased to hear from you and to see that you have created your own public relations-communications company. The home page looks great. Congratulations. Do tell us how it all came about and how everything is there. We have thought of you often.
Linda
(Author, researcher, publisher of Bob Roseveare's geneology research of my family's Cornish history -- the Rosevear Family History)
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Look forward to seeing or hearing from you soon, best
Niki x
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Lisa!
I wish you all the best with your adventures on the Hai-side! Ben and I are looking forward
Super proud of you!
congrads!! high fives and polar bear hugs lisa!
wishing you tons and tons of success this year and there fore after!
ill spread the word...
patrick
making life a masterpiece, raising personal standards every single day!
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well done you! That's awesome. looks hot.
I'm working on some stories for British Vogue (which I'm very proud
about), and I'm back from an amazing holiday. looking forward to fashion week here.
xxx
K
Good luck - nice video, and I'll let the team know as well.
Best justin
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Hi Lisa,
Hope all is well. Good luck with this!
Gillian x.
What a beautiful website!
Good luck!
Margaret
Raymond
Congrats Lisa. The site looks good and your Agency looks huge. I wish you
all the success in your company. I am sure you will do well, this is where
you excel.
Barb
Barbara Anglisz
www.adepttech.com
x
Kate Risker
-Bena Roberts
GG
Skill-Pill
www.skill-pill.com
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Hi Lisa,
All the best with the company. Would love to hear more about it and see if
there is anything I can pass your way.
Where are you based now?
Speak soon
Robin
Prashant Agarwal
Mippin.com
Congratulations. I'm going about a bit of change myself. Move to nYC tomorrow and start a new job with a new business.
Bill
Best,
JF
Hugs from sunny but cold NYC!
Marc
-Ellie (my cat)
Best of all -- there has been some new business leads and even a new client that will have HMG representing them in 2008.
Feeling entrepreneurial,
-Lisa
Today I've officially hung up an OPEN for business sign in my virtual shop window.
I've started telling the whole wide world about the Hai Media Group, my London-based agency offering traditional public relations and multimedia communications services to a variety of clients. Find out all about HMG here:
View HMG's launch press release here.
Why hai?
Yes! keeps the show going. Yes! lets the amusing script emerge and yes is a word that overcomes stage fright, welcomes others into your show, and is the absolute key to opening your mind to creative possibilities. For me, I began using the word yes much more often, beyond the stage. The impact was transformational. It was the word YES that got me here to London, when I said yes to my husband Dr. John Fraser Laird Devaney's proposal of marriage. Oh, by the way, the .com URL for calling my company the Yes Media Group was taken. I like hai better anyways. :-)
I'm sipping a bit of champagne right now and giving myself a hard earned huge pat on the back for this committment. I've been working really hard since late August 2007, to get everything I need in place for this moment. I'm now at a point in time where I feel confident enough with HMG to let everyone, even my Mom, know about this entrepreneurial venture. I've been operating as an independent PR consultant since 2002, but my business has grown to include collaborating with other professionals in a variety of exicting fields, and I felt strongly that it was time to hang a brand on what I've been doing. Setting up this business has meant that I've had to spend a lot of quality time with my computer, often on weekends and late into the night over the last six months. In addition to creating the HMG brand and business plan of action, I've been keeping up existing work and personal life responsibilities - and blogging here on Vox.com! I've heard it a million times from independent business people about how working for yourself is a 24-hour job, and I certainly now know exactly what they are talking about. It's like I'm pretty much working all the time! The good part is that pushing yourself to be entrepreneurial and self-sufficient can also be extremely self-motivating.
HMG is allowing me to do a lot of very positive things and has opened up really exciting potential opportunities. While I am the founder and director of this young company, I do not work alone! I've teamed up with some really great media partners, all who I've worked with in some capacity during my career both in the USA and here in the UK. So, here is my big thanks to the following very supportive people who have been encouraging in helping me with the steps I've needed to take with this business:
- Sarah Platt and Ben Styles with Kinura.com
- Barbara Anglisz and Nick Cordua, who run Adept Technologies. Barb, who is among my BFF crew, has been a long term pal who I met waaaay back in my Silicon Alley days, a client, and a very skilled business person I emulate and respect.
- Dr. Richard Barbrook, political science lecturer at the University of Westminster, and author of Imaginary Futures, who early in our friendship and professional association working with Cybersalon and its festival Cybersonica, spotted that I had a blazing creative and entrepreneurial spirit and helped me culture this to better fit the London community. He also figured out that I'm an artist and performer, in addition to my PR profession, and has enjoyed, and encouraged, my occassional impromtu showcases of odd spoken word poetry, improv ballad singing and comedy performance art.
- Kate Risker, who, in my opinion, and experience of working nearly 15 years in promotions, is London's absolute most amazing event organizer. She's a delight to be associated with here in London, and in a lot of ways reminds me of myself -- about, well, a long time ago. Her enthusiasm and passion for the event's industry is infectious. She keeps a blog on Vox at www.missrisk.vox.com
- Vijay Chattha who heads the high-tech public relations firm VSC Consulting in San Francisco, and who I've worked with as a virtual 'ambassador' for his company here in London for a few years now. What I most like about Vijay is that he is not at all just a PR guy, he has fantastic intelligence, a big multicultural heart, and entrepreneurial skills and experience that very few PRs possess. Vijay also DJs, and sings, with a fantastic Punjabi-hip hop jazz funk band called Black Mahal, who bring bhangra beats to the masses, and he supports the beautiful charity Project Ahimsa. Did I mention he is a really nice guy as well?
- Gerry Griffin, the founder and CEO of Skill-Pill, who truly delivers a very important leadership characteristic of being a person who 'shows' rather than 'tells' as he is freely sharing knowledge with people, and in this way is someone I am learning a great deal from about the business world.
- Helen Keegan, who is a mobile marketing expert and writes the popular mobile industry blog Technokitten.com and who I give a heck of a lot of credit to for how I developed the name and branding of the Hai Media Group, as, tough critic though she can be in business, totally steered me in the absolute right direction with what I've been up to in my professional life over the last few years, and continues to be a navigator through what is inevitably the rough, rough, seas in the oceans of start-up business and self-employment
- Dan Boultwood, a rising comic book star in Britain, who helped me develop a logo and branding for HMG. I've been his fan since meeting him in my early days of living in London. And got very enthusiastic about his work, as I am a lifelong fan of comic book-style art in all its forms. Look for his comic series Hope Falls, which he produces with the writer Tony Lee, and view his mind-blowing portfolio at: www.shedmanor.co.uk
- Steve Double who is a total A-lister portrait photographer. Wow! - check out his photographs at www.double-whammy.com
- Heather Luttrell who is the founder and president of IndieClick.com, based in LA, an amazing digital visionary, who also happens to be a long term BFF (yes, you can have lots of BFFs and I have a few) from back in my Alley days, and a business mentor who has helped me learn a lot about the digital world in the last decade +
- My adored friends in New York City: DJ Mark Flynn and my beloved BFF soul sister Karin Louise Mahoney who I am now allowed to tell the whole wide world this news --- Mark and Karin are GETTING MARRIED!
- My husband Dr. John Fraser Laird Devaney (a PhD in physics that is!) who is my absolute secret weapon especially in swat team problem-solving IT needs and emotional support for this scary adventure
- & many, many, many more people on earth!
I may try to list all the other people I value (who don't mind being exposed online) in a separate big praising, big love post - all who have offered both really good business counsel and ongoing friendly, trustworthy support. Some of these people even go back to my childhood days growing up in the New York City metro area! HMG is a testament to the kinds of service and creative work I have delivered over the years, but more importantly - it is a beginning for what I aim to bring to the world moving forward.
My simple mission with HMG is to offer sensible service to my clients that makes full use of my two decades of communications experience in traditional PR, while keeping a very alive eye toward the future of how best to reach out to target audiences in ways that hopefully do not feel intrusive, or piss them off. With HMG I'll be folding in new technology marketing approaches where possible with client campaigns, which is why I'm defining my service offerings as being multimedia communications. In my opinion, the best approach to delivering messages is through multimedia that mixes up a variety of tools and tactics. I'll write more about what multimedia communications means to me professionally, but it is basically what ever single one of us live with, use and for the most part enjoy, every single day. Multimedia might mean being struck by an awe-inspiring still photograph, a hilarious YouTube video or an SMS text message that you get on your mobile phone. Multimedia is everywhere and everything around us and is changing every single day.
I'm a participant and creator in the emerging multimedia media landscape -- and so are you.
Welcome to my multimedia garden and I'm looking forward to adventures with my Hai Media Group.
Grow With HMG
You may also notice the plant theme going on here with the Hai Media Group. Nature and plants and the symbol for growth that they represent are central to what I am all about. Green also happens to be my favourite colour. I may live in the big bad city, but in an urban environment it is the green growing plants that mean so much to me -- even if it is just one struggling weed growing up between the cracks in the pavement. That struggling weed is representative of who I am, and what this business is all about. Plants also symbolize so much of my own artistic endeavours over the years, as well as the works of so many of my artistic friends. HMG is here to support the struggling weeds that show amazing potential. We will never STOMP on the growing creative energy that struggles to force its way up through the cracks in the pavement, because to do so is to kill spirit and energy that might emerge to fantastic potential and benefit everyone. HMG is a a watering can, a stake to hold up your business, nutrients for growth and supportive wall you can lean on when the fruits of your labor get a little to heavy to bear.
-Lisa
With my new business I am also happy to share my direct office contact information for you. Email me at: lisa@haimediagroup.com
Holiday greetings to all! My Dad happens to live in the North (of America) and looks just like Santa - even in the summertime. I got him to do a bit of a holiday wish for everyone in my life, with his Banjo - and to offer a sample of some of the prankster performances he keeps up his sleeve. In this video, my Dad introduces you to the Pirate Alphabet, and offers his own original script for a Naughty Santa routine for your holiday amusement.
And if anyone is looking to book an authentic Santa in 2008 -- my Dad is up for it, and looking for Santa gigs. He can play Banjo, fiddle, penny whistle, trumpet, bugle, piano and many, many other intstruments. Dad's can also host barn dance evenings, as he is a Square Dance (actually an authentic Old Tyme contra dance caller). Email me via Vox.com if you have interest in casting my Dad as Santa and to get more details about Lloyd William Rosevear's talents.
Ho, Ho, Ho!
-Lisa
This week a new service called Mippin launches.
What's a Mippin? It is simply something that will make it much easier for all of us to surf the mobile internet with our mobile phones. (cellphones for you Americans!)
I'm giving all my blog readers a head's up about this sneak preview, a:
24 HOUR NOTICE
- to let you know that:
I'll be Mippin it:
The Soho Hotel, Richmond Mews, London, in the library room
When?
Wednesday, 10th October @ 3 PM
Why?
Come by to get a sneak peek at Mippin - and to improve your mobile life!
*Got a blog? Mippin will show you how it looks on the mobile screen.
NOT IN LONDON FOR THE SNEAK PEAK DAY?
No problem - just point your mobile phone's browser to:
www.mippin.com/preview
Mippin offers news, entertainment, sports, gossip and a whole lot more. Most interesting, I find, is that Mippin has looped in many niche blogs (more than 1,000 to to start), and other publishing partners including the BBC, that will now be easily accessible and viewable on the small mobile handset screen. In being part of the lucky early beta testers of Mippin, I've been catching BBC News headlines, reading the latest dish from Perez Hilton and enjoying amusing tidbits from Boing Boing - among others, and even friend's blogs such as Helen Keegan's Technokitten.
I believe Mippin will help speed things forward for everyday people like you - and me - who want to use our mobile phones to get information. It is pesky to try and get onto the internet on your mobile, and if you have tried to do it, you may have gotten frustrated with how many of the websites you try to visit appear poorly in your handset's screen. This is where Mippin steps in to rescue us from small screen annoyance. Mippin transforms content sites from the Web into attractive, easy-to-read, pages, leaving you to enjoy what is there to read rather than fool around with settings.
Prior to Mippin’s official global launch date this Thursday, 11th October, they want you to have a chance to check out the service before the rest of the world discover:
- How Mippin can offer surfers of the mobile internet an easier way to find and view content from favourite news sources, blogs and others
- How Mippin allows personalization of what content you receive via your mobile phone with ‘Mipplets’ and ‘MyMippin'
- How Mippin keeps you updated on the day’s most read headlines and content, through what is most popular in the Mippin community
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Who's Mippin?
The folks behind Mippin are Refresh Mobile, who brought us Mobizines, and they are backed by Accel, the people who also bring us Facebook. The Mippin team's main players include Scott Beaumont and Robin Jewsbury, Prashant Agarwal, and Accel's Judy Gibbons. I've posted more about them below, and if you are in the mood for a more technical review of what Mippin is all about, I point you over to David Cushman's Faster Future blog here. David, with Emap, got one of the very first peeks at the service, and had a few things to say about it, including:
“I love the way I can use
Mippin on a Blackberry to keep me up-to-date with my favourite blogs and sites
when I’m on the move.” -Judy Gibbons, Accel, who is Mippin it!
“I love Mippin because it
introduces me to lots of quality content that I never knew existed!” -Scott Beaumont, Co-Founder and VP Commercial, Refresh Mobile, who is Mippin it!
Scott has over 15 years’ experience in the mobile
space. He began as an Equity Analyst looking at European telecoms during an
intense period for industry – the liberalisation of the fixed telecoms markets,
launch of mobile telephony and the early evolution of the Internet. In 2000,
Scott moved to T-Mobile to take on the extremely varied and rewarding role of
EVP for Business Development and was a contributor to the group’s Leadership
Team. In March 2005, Scott led the management buy-out of a trial piece of
software called NewsExpress and was part of the team that subsequently founded
Refresh Mobile. Scott is a graduate of the University of Sheffield
and currently lives in London. He enjoys trekking and playing sport, but is
currently coming to terms with having young children!
“Mippin gives me built-in content variety through my list of
Mippsites.” -Robin Jewsbury, Co-Founder and VP Development, Refresh Mobile, who is Mippin it!
Robin is co-founder of Refresh Mobile and the
inventor of Mobizines – an application written specifically for mobile
phones in Flash and Java. He previously worked for T-Mobile International,
where he ran the T-Zones Innovation Group that launched revolutionary products
such as the first multi-country, pay-per-event download platform – the
“International Download Centre”. Other career highlights include roles at Reuters,
where he created the initial prototypes for Reuters Messaging (based on MSN
Messenger), and Logica, where he consulted for several industries including
defence, telecommunications and finance.
“Mippin quickly displays the freshest content from my favourite
sites rather than trying to load the whole web page on my mobile.” -Prashant Agarwal, VP of Product Management, Refresh Mobile who is Mippin it!
Prashant has over 10 years’ experience in web and mobile products. Prior to joining Refresh Mobile, he held a number of senior positions with Yahoo! including European Product Manager for Mail and Messenger. He also launched Yahoo!’s first official Series 60 IM application and its official FIFA World Cup 2006 mobile application. Previous experience also includes roles with Dow Jones, CNET and Beyond.com as well as launching Techdirt Wireless – a popular daily blog.
If you get a chance to get Mippin it - wherever you are in the world! - please let me know what you think of the service. Leave me a comment, send me a note via my blog here on Vox.com.
& I proudly present to you...
More People Who Are Mippin it!
*More than 200+ received a sneak peek of Mippin during London's Mobile Monday,
8th October 2007, and others checked out the service during this last week for Mippin's sneak preview.
Looks like EVERYONE is Mippin it!
Are you?
mippin.com
