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I am the quintessential Gen Y’er! The past 5 years of my life have been meticulously chronicled on Facebook, I believe text messaging is a totally acceptable means of keeping in touch – with everybody, I catch all of my favorite shows online and commercial free, I am constantly multitasking and I am determined to somehow make the world a better place – and I will. I am the quintessential Gen Y’er. …continue reading "5 ways to view and love Gen Y" ›

Before my time at TPN, I chose not to exercise my freedom of speech, in regard to politics, in the work place. As a youth my parents guided me toward some pretty strong political views – but also told me to never discuss politics or religion at work. [the same parents that told me to never give out my social security number – I still hate all banks for using my social security number as my account name – but we’ll save that nugget for a blog about the death of privacy…] With age, no surprise, I began to spend more and more time at work – getting pretty darn serious about my career. Lack of political conversation, focus and stimulation slowed my political interest. Political action never blossomed and eventually my attention died altogether. If I thought about politics at all – it was by identifying myself as a victim of the George’s (which of course was me being lazy, needing to have an opinion, no real time to form one except that I truly did loathe the Bush family).

Then I came to TPN. …continue reading "politics in the workplace…yes!" ›

The world is chock full of content and information – and sifting through it for my own personal inspiration could easily become my third full time job! A website that has always inspired me is Presentation Zen. Marketed as “Garr Reynolds blog on issues related to presentation design”, it has always seemed much richer than that. The current posting has links to the best of the 2009 TED talks – which are always amazing and inspiring. How do you give the “talk of your life” in 15 minutes? These presenters bring their passion, their expertise, and often bring the audience to their feet, or to tears. Presentation Zen always has something that makes me pause, think, and consider how we tell stories, how we present ourselves, and how we create that emotionally connected experience.

What inspires you?

Posted by Cindy Krueger

Savvy marketers have been ready for the shift from consumerism to generosity for months – but I don’t think anyone could have predicted how aggressively these campaigns would be embraced. Starbucks is proving their genius once again with their own give vs. get campaign: http://adage.com/article?article_id=133988 …continue reading "power to the people hang on…" ›

With the current state of the economy, we TPNers take comfort in each other, getting together for artist receptions, our own version of Top Chef, baby showers, holiday parties, etc. You name it, we celebrate it. …continue reading "the upside of a down economy" ›

2008 ended with some fun, small, one-off events for Xbox.  They asked us to produce numerous consumer and press events showcasing games they wanted to promote for the holiday shopping season.  Members of our team spent some days in San Francisco, LA, and NYC this Fall to …continue reading "closing out 2008" ›

Robert here. Today I’m thinking about technology. Right – ok – everyday I am thinking about technology. For one client of ours we’re leveraging projected capacitive touchscreen technology to provide an interactive element to a physical portal. Touchscreens honestly aren’t anything new …continue reading "forward" ›

As TPN continues to forge ahead in event technologies, my interest in the subject all together has peaked; but maybe not in the way you might think. What most interests me, is the way people learn and how technologies tap into individual styles of learning. …continue reading "the characteristics that unite generations" ›