Pecha Kucha Returns to the Seacoast to Support Disaster Relief in Japan
Calypso Communications (www.calypsocom.com), a strategic marketing and public relations firm today announces the upcoming Pecha Kucha Night (PKN), “Sakura: A Night of Creative Reawakening,” to be held this Thursday, May 26, 2011, in the third floor night club of the Portsmouth Gas Light Co. at 64 Market Street. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the program will begin at 7 p.m. The PKN event will collect donations that evening for Architecture for Humanity’s reconstruction efforts in Sendai, Japan.
“The word ‘sakura’ denotes not only the famous springtime cherry blossom season throughout Japan, but also the spirit of rebirth and renewal,” said Pecha Kucha organizer Mike Teixeira. “In light of the recent devastation in Japan from the earthquake and tsunami, we thought it was the perfect theme for the night’s presentations as a symbol of hope for Japan.”
PKN Sakura will feature local artists and innovators presenting on the over-arching themes of springtime, renewal, rebirth, reconstruction, and/or reawakening. The speaker line up for PKN Sakura includes Alfonso Fabrega, Pixel Media; Pam Ikegami, UNH Professor of Japanese Language and Culture; Matt Talbot, Illustrator; Lars Trodson, Roundtable Pictures; Jim Roldan, Illustrator; and Stephanie Cornell, Photographer. Each will bestow unique insight and thought provoking interpretation on their topic via Pecha Kucha’s signature presentation style: 20 PowerPoint slides, with 20 seconds of explanation per slide, for a total of six minutes and 40 seconds. The Pecha Kucha presentation style creates an interesting challenge while providing a fun and relaxed atmosphere.
“Our community has responded so strongly to these events in the past. They have been a source of insight, laughter, and new business connections and we are proud to be a part of it,” said Teixeira.
PKN Sakura is free and open to the public. For more information visit the event Facebook page or follow @nhpk on Twitter. To present at a future Pecha Kucha event, contact Mike Teixeira at 603-431-0816 or visit www.calypsocom.com.
About Pecha Kucha
Pecha Kucha (Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown. This concept has grown into global demand – without any pushing – as Pecha Kucha Night has spread virally to more than 250 cities across the world. For more information visit www.pecha-kucha.org.
Calypso Communications Expands Creative Talent
Stephanie Cornell, Art Director
Calypso Communications (www.calypsocom.com), a full-service strategic marketing, corporate communications, and business development consultancy, recently expanded its creative services department with the appointment of Stephanie Cornell as the firm’s art director. With 15 years of experience in media, marketing, and public relations at both the national and international levels, Cornell will be responsible for visual direction and implementation across Calypso’s growing client roster of energy, healthcare, and technology clients.
Cornell comes to Calypso after four years in Asia where she worked as a copywriter and project manager with consumer electronics giants such as LG Electronics and Sony Corporation for public relations firm Burson-Marsteller in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan.
This international business perspective has refueled her design and adds valuable experience as Calypso continues to add to its international presence. Prior to her move to Asia, Cornell worked as a graphic designer and art director to create advertising, merchandising, and marketing tools for consumer retail, food, and healthcare clients.
“Energy is an international industry and having her global insight will be a huge benefit to our client base,” says Mike Teixeira, Calypso’s creative director. “She is one of those rare creative folks who excels in multiple disciplines. She writes like a photographer, shoots like a story-teller, and designs with a passion-backed intellect. I’m excited to have Stephanie on our team.”
Cornell also brings ten years of experience in television and film production, having worked on numerous television commercials and motion pictures. Most recently, Cornell produced two television programs in 2010 for broadcaster Discovery Channel Asia, including a documentary about Korean figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Yuna Kim.
Cornell holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from Emerson College in Boston. She has recently relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
New England Fertilizer Company Taps Calypso Communications’ Industry Expertise for Brand Identity Revitalization
Calypso Communications (www.calypsocom.com), a strategic marketing, corporate communications, and business development consultancy, today announces the recent launch of the new website www.nefcobiosolids.com for New England Fertilizer Company (NEFCO), a leading developer and operator of heat drying and pelletization facilities in the United States. NEFCO selected Calypso to design and develop the site as well as a new logo, messaging, tradeshow booth, and collateral materials as part of an integrated brand revitalization campaign to position the company competitively as it significantly expands its strategic business objectives.
“As we approach two decades of operation, we’re confident that Calypso’s marketing expertise will help solidify our brand persona and introduce new areas of focus, differentiating ourselves from the competition,” said Jim Sullivan, NEFCO’s general manager.
Bold, colorful design reflective of NEFCO’s new brand image merges the vitality of nature and the company’s role in sustaining the environment. Targeted key messaging and integrated search engine optimization (SEO) improve user experience through intuitive navigation and interactive elements. Calypso developed the site on open source software to facilitate integration with current online technologies, incorporating a robust control panel for easy in-house editing.
Serving Boston and 43 surrounding communities for the past 18 years, NEFCO currently operates one of the world’s premier biosolids dewatering, drying, and granulation facilities in Quincy, Massachusetts. Additional facilities are located in North Andover, Massachusetts; Shakopee, Minnesota; West Palm Beach, Florida; and Cumberland, Maryland.
“NEFCO is poised to become an industry leader in the next several years,” said Kevin Stickney, founder of Calypso Communications. “We’re delighted to be working with such an innovative pioneer in the biosolids industry, a company that is rapidly reshaping the way communities manage and renew their water and wastewater resources.”
The PORTSMOUTH HERALD features Calypso’s 10 Year Anniversary
At a moment when many public relations firms seem more interested in the platform used to deliver messages than the content of the message itself, Calypso Communications remains intensely focused on ideas and the language used to convey them… Click here or on the adjacent icon to read the full article.
Boston’s New Waterworks Museum Selects Calypso for Online Engagement Campaign
Calypso Communications (www.calypsocom.com), a strategic marketing, corporate communications, and business development consultancy, today announces it was selected to develop and implement a comprehensive marketing campaign for the launch of Boston’s new Waterworks Museum (www.waterworksmuseum.org). The campaign will leverage Web and social media platforms as well as partnerships with other local museums and educational institutions to engage volunteers and drive support affordably and efficiently. Calypso will collaborate with the project’s lead agency Graphic Details (www.graphicdet.com), which designed the museum’s logo and website.
“Portsmouth offers the highest caliber talent in marketing, design, and public relations – typically at more reasonable rates than similar agencies based in the Boston,” said Calypso’s vice president Sharon Delaney. “We’re thrilled to partner with Graphic Details on this project and look forward to continuing to provide the Museum with marketing support following its March 2011 grand opening.”
The 22,000 sq. ft. Waterworks Museum is located at 2450 Beacon Street on the site of the historic Chestnut Hill Reservoir and High Service Pumping Station. The Museum is home to a number of collections that preserve the history and traditions of the Boston region, including three steam-powered pumping engines, each standing more than three stories high, which provided the rapidly growing metropolitan area with clean, portable water at the turn of the 20th century. It also provides a variety of hands-on educational experiences in history, science, engineering, and technology, from both self- and staff-guided tours and expert-led lectures to school field trips and teacher professional development workshops. The grand opening of the Waterworks Museum in Chestnut Hill is scheduled for Sunday, March 27, 2011.
Calypso Executive Elected to Chair Leadership Seacoast Board of Directors
Calypso Communications, (www.calypsocom.com), a full-service strategic marketing, corporate communications, and business development consultancy, recently announced Angela Carter, senior vice president, has been elected to serve as chair of the Leadership Seacoast Board of Directors. Carter will use her management expertise to oversee all governance issues and assist the organization in improving its performance, infrastructure, and strategic planning. Carter will work closely with the non-profit’s executive director and committee chairs to ensure the organization is moving forward with its 2011 planned initiatives.
Angela Carter, Senior Vice President
Since 1988, Leadership Seacoast has provided its members with programming that offers the opportunity to engage with the people and organizations that shape the Seacoast’s economic structure and social fabric. Carter has served on the Board of Directors since 2006 and has helped the non-profit organization further its mission of positively impacting the communities of the Seacoast by developing a base of effective, knowledgeable, and engaged leaders. In June, Leadership Seacoast graduated its 22nd class increasing the alumni count to more than 600 community leaders.
Living and working throughout the region in corporate, non-profit, public, and private sectors, graduates are diverse in their interests and community involvements. “The power of our people is a driving force for Leadership Seacoast,” said Carter. “As we enter 2011, we remain on task to re-engage the many talented alumni in our ranks and continue to provide opportunities to enhance the communities we live in.”
The Leadership Seacoast Board is comprised of 12 members including vice chair Carol Walker Aten of Tegwe Consulting, board secretary Rick Dexter and treasurer, Cindy Boyd, Managing Director of the Greater Seacoast United Way.
Calypso Communications Celebrates 10th Anniversary with POWERpoints: The Next Decade of Energy
Calypso Communications (www.calypsocom.com), a full-service strategic marketing, corporate communications, and business development consultancy, today announces the upcoming Pecha Kucha (PK) Night, “POWERpoints,” will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the third floor night club of the Portsmouth Gas Light Co. at 64 Market Street. The Seacoast’s seventh PK event will feature local leaders and innovators in the energy and sustainability fields as they share insights and perspectives on the next decade of energy.
“In recognition of Calypso’s tenth year, we focused the theme of this great networking event on the issues most important to our clients and our community,” said Kevin Stickney, founder of Calypso. “As an agency that specializes in energy, environmental, and sustainable communications, we look forward to sparking conversations at Pecha Kucha Night.”
The speaker line up for PK7 includes Wendy Lull, Seacoast Science Center; Bill Soupcoff and Rob Carty, TMS Architects; Jerry Monkman, EcoPhotography.com; Ryan Kanteres, JSA Architects; Clay Mitchell, New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association; Jack Ristau, Wheelabrator Technologies; and Megan Keogh and Elise Weeks, Pixels & Pulp. Each will offer unique insight and thought-provoking commentary on topics ranging from “transforming natural curiosity into ocean stewardship” to “photography and climate change in New England” in Pecha Kucha’s signature presentation style: 20 PowerPoint slides, with 20 seconds of explanation per slide, for a presentation totaling six minutes and 40 seconds.
“The power of PK has always been the conversation that comes after the slides,” said Mike Teixeira, event organizer and creative director at Calypso. “A theme gives us the chance to bring together people from all types of industries that wouldn’t normally cross paths around a topic of mutual interest. That’s the fire that inspires true innovation.”
PK7, “POWERpoints: The Next Decade of Energy” is free and open to the public. For more information visit the event Facebook page or follow @nhpk on Twitter. To present at future Pecha Kucha event, contact Mike Teixeira at 603-431-0816 or visit www.calypsocom.com.
About Pecha Kucha
Pecha Kucha (Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown. This concept has grown into global demand – without any pushing– as Pecha Kucha Night has spread virally to more than 250 cities across the world. For more information please visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113464338708615&ref=ts or follow the Twitter handle @nhpk.
Calypso Communications Expands Emerging Media Capabilities and New Market Development Expertise
Calypso Communications (www.calypsocom.com), a full-service strategic marketing, corporate communications, and business development consultancy, today announces its expansion to serve a growing client roster of energy, healthcare, and technology clients. PJ Solomon and Caitlin Evvard join the agency as director of market development and emerging media specialist, respectively, bringing highly sought-after expertise to Calypso’s integrated team approach.
PJ Solomon - Director of Market Development
Solomon will focus strategic growth efforts in the energy and alternative power industries to boost Calypso’s already robust practice. Having previously held several senior level sales and marketing positions at tech-savvy firms such as Facebook and Monster, his 15 years of experience will add valuable business and technology insight. Solomon will tailor the agency’s offering of specialty services, including media training and crisis management, to create effective, customized solutions for prospective clients.
Evvard will focus on social media and Web marketing initiatives, leveraging the latest technology, tools, and communication trends to offer clients online opportunities that impact their competitive growth. A recent recipient of an Inbound Marketing Certification from HubSpot, Caitlin will integrate her knowledge of the dynamic landscape of online communication and Web presence management with the agency’s suite of expert marketing, communications, and creative services.
Caitlin Evvard - Emerging Media Specialist
“PJ and Caitlin bring fresh perspectives and insights essential to developing effective communication strategies and, most importantly, measurable results,” said Kevin Stickney, founder of Calypso Communications. “Their energy and expertise will fuel our continued growth. We’re thrilled to welcome them to the team.”
Solomon holds a B.A. in Advertising from Syracuse University and resides in Amesbury, Massachusetts with his wife, two sons, and Chocolate Labrador, Crosby. Evvard graduated from Keene State College with a B.A. in Communications. She resides in Rochester, New Hampshire.
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