Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Green Business Opportunities with Teddi Davis and TiE Rockies

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009


In This Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews Teddi Davis about green business opportunities and the TiE Rockies event Stimulus Funding for Energy, taking place this Thursday, August 6, 2009 in Broomfield, Colorado.

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Teddi Davis’ Bio

Teddi DavisTeddi is Vice President of Strategic Marketing for EcoAlign, a strategic marketing agency focused on energy and headquartered in Washington, D.C.  The near future will be full of fundamental changes for businesses, customers and regulators as we confront carbon legislation, smart and green homes, interactive technologies, clean tech products, re-engineering of value chains, changing customer preferences and values. There is a gap, however, between what customers say they want around energy and what they actually do.  Ecoalign was formed to help fill this gap and help align corporate and consumer behavior with the future of energy and environment

Before joining Ecoalign, Davis was Director of Customer Choice and Renewables Marketing at Xcel Energy, one of the nation’s most progressive and largest investor owned utilities serving customers in eight states. In her position she contributed to the company’s environmental leadership aspirations through the development and management of customer choice options for residential, commercial and industrial customers, such as payment and billing programs, optional rate programs, self service strategies, information programs that helped customers better understand their energy usage, and choice renewables programs such as Windsource–the #1 green pricing program–and Solar*Rewards–the #4 solar rebate program in the nation. She also helped develop marketing strategies for the company’s SmartGridCity program in Boulder, Colorado, and was also responsible for the company’s demand response programs including Saver’s Switch. During her tenure at Xcel Energy, Davis was responsible for Product Development for all conservation and energy efficiency programs, and managed residential DSM programs as Director of Consumer Product Marketing for the company.

Teddi is also co-chair of the TiE-Rockies Sustainable Energy Initiative, with the missing of supporting entrepreneurism in the clean energy space, including energy efficiency.

You can register or find out more about the TiE Rockies presentation: Stimulus Funding for Energy at their website.

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Cirque du Soleil is Not Your Average Circus with Luc Tremblay of KOOZA

Friday, July 31st, 2009


In This Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews Luc Tremblay, the Senior Artistic Director of KOOZA, a Cirque du Soleil production which will be opening in Denver on August 20th, 2009.

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About KOOZA

KOOZA LogoKOOZA tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world.

KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.

Tickets for KOOZA are available online.  The Denver performances run from August 20th through September 27th on the grounds of the Pepsi Center.  If you’re not in Denver, KOOZA is currently performing in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and will also be traveling to Santa Monica and Irvine, California.

Luc Tremblay’s Bio

Since 1980, Luc Tremblay has produced over 40 choreographic works for professional dance, theater and circus companies.  His choreographies for Danse Partout and his theatrical and choreographic direction for the circus company les gens d’R have helped establish his reputation with international audiences and critics.

Also a respected educator, Luc Tremblay has taught at many Canadian and internationally renowned institutions.  Since 1999, Luc Tremblay has worked with Cirque du Soleil as an artisitic coach, artsitic training supervisor and artistic director for the shows La Nouba, DELIRIUM and KOOZA.

For Luc, working at Cirque du Soleil is stimulating  because “excellence is a daily afair.  You have to know how to keep your work fresh, stay creative; you have to be able to work in a team.”

KOOZA Act 1 Charivari
Picture Credit: OSA Images
Costume Credit: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt © 2007 Cirque du Soleil

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Affiliate Summit West Tricycle Charity Race

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Way back in January, I had the pleasure of making a complete and total fool of myself, riding a tricycle (among other things) for charity at the Affiliate Summit.  The 2Newbies, Brian Williams and Marc Levin, sponsored me in the event.

Brian and Marc are on a mission to help new internet marketers make money easy online and have released some really fantastic, not to mention, FREE video training material.  Brian and Marc are cool guys, so check them out  at www.fuelingaffiliatewealth.com.  When you’re done there, take a minute to visit them at 2Newbies too.

But, before you go, check out a little video action from that tricycle race.  Just don’t hurt yourself when you end up ROTFL . . .

I’ll be sharing more about the Affiliate Summit and affiliate marketing, so check back to learn more about the masters of affiliate marketing.

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Blogging with WordPress Training in Denver

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

I just wanted to give all my readers and listeners a heads up on an upcoming event. My wife, Kristie McNealy, be teaching a class on Blogging with WordPress for Fun and Profit, on April 1st in Denver. You can check out our post at Contrived Media for more details, or head straight over to our event registration site for a class description using the button below!



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Sustainable Opportunities Summit with CORE Director Graham Russell

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

In This Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews Graham Russell, executive director of CORE, about the 2009 Sustainable Opportunities Summit taking place in Denver from March 17-19, 2009.

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Graham Russell’s Bio

Graham RussellA prior board member and president of CORE, Graham Russell has nearly 25 years of CEO experience, mostly in the environmental services industry. In the late 1980s he implemented a successful consolidation in the then-emerging environmental laboratory industry. Recently he has consulted in the recycling and environmental services sectors. Russell has a B.A. from Cambridge University and an M.B.A. from the Cranfield School of Management in the UK.

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