About a month ago I received an invitation from my friend Peter Yesawich, Jr. to talk to the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism. We put together a conversation about where digital/interactive is heading, the semantics behind digital and interactive, and approaching what we do by first asking ”What If and Why Not?” At the end of the day, the students broke…
our thinking about Inspiration…
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2 March 2010
What If and Why Not: the University of Oregon Presentation
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7 December 2009
Thoughts from the New Communicators
A little more than a month ago, Substance made a choice to take part in the New Communicators series of events. Truth be told, we did a bit more than take part… we kind of encouraged the idea, promoted it, and organized the Show & Tell event and the Love of Cycling event during the New Communicators series. I missed the…
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30 November 2009
Passion+Trust: Three Years Later
I’m writing this while returning from a family vacation, my wife and daughters asleep as we cross the country through the nighttime sky, returning home. Three years ago I was in the same situation, yet very different. I had just left my previous job and was unemployed with no definite plans, no job opportunities, and no income. Over the course of…
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5 November 2009
Show and Tell: the New Communicators edition recap
“Great ideas are useless if they’re not shared.” – David Lowe-Rogstad, paraphrasing Chad Rea from ecopop Last Wednesday kicked off the New Communicators series of events, and as part of the festivities we held our third Show & Tell. With the theme of “what are you doing to change the world,” a variety of people and organizations came and shared their…
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23 October 2009
Show and Tell: Changing the World/New Communicators line-up
We’re pleased and proud to announce the third iteration of Show and Tell. To coincide with the New Communicators series of events, this time around we’re focusing on the idea of “action as communication.” We asked you to submit presentations on how you’re changing the world through your actions, and we were blown away by the quality and number of…
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20 October 2009
The New Communicators – October 28 / 29 / 30
A little less than three months ago, a group of people sat down, had a cup of coffee, and came up with an idea. Two months ago, this idea had a name: the New Communicators. And now we’re about a week away from this idea being put into action as a “three-day series of events intended to inspire and educate on new…
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16 October 2009
Creating Conversations Through the Love of Bicycles
Yes, we’re already doing an event for The New Communicators. But why stop at one event when we could do two? Which brings us to our second New Communicators event: Creating Conversations Through the Love of Bicycles There are many people who love bicycles. But how many can take this love and turn it into a business? And once they’ve started their…
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14 September 2009
Interbike 2009 – Substance Style
Substance’s very own David Lowe-Rogstad will be headed down to Las Vegas on September 23 – 25 to take in the scene at Interbike. He’ll be meeting and greeting and talking bikes with folks in the industry, as well as showing off Substance’s most recent bike-related projects (Ride Oregon and Beloved Cycles/Oregon Cycle Works) and non-bike related projects (Oregon Bounty). As…
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17 August 2009
Coffee with Likemind – August 21st
We’re back for what will probably be the last back patio coffee with Likemind of the summer at Tiny’s (after this Friday, we’ll be moving back to the Stumptown Ace for the Fall/Winter/Spring coffee season). As of today, Friday looks to be a spectacular way to close out the outdorr coffee season. Based on the great group and engaging conversation we…
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28 July 2009
Taking matters into our own hands.
The most interesting subject discussed at Coffee with Likemind a couple weeks ago wasn’t the Noseys. It wasn’t the Roseys. The most interesting – and important – conversation was about responsibility and empowerment. It was about creating our own future. It wasn’t about what we’re saying, but what we can, should and must do. From the conversation came an amazing idea:…
RT @gunrack: @substance's very own @dlowe93 is pictured on @BikePortland's blog RE: the Bike Summit in D.C. Check it! http://bit.ly/9aH9OD
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