Welcome to the Waterloo Stratford Campus Newsletter!

Thu Oct 7 15:57:32 EDT 2010

DIGITAL MEDIA LEARNING IN STRATFORD
-We're not just programming for university students-
Last year the Waterloo Stratford Campus started free monthly lectures in
partnership with the Stratford Public Library. The Waterloo Lectures’
consist of Waterloo faculty visiting the local library to present on varying
topics of interest, find out how Waterloo faculty are impacting society
today and ask questions about their work. In September, the Waterloo
Lectures started again, with Tim Kenyon discussing political correctness.
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This month we are kicking off three new series: Digital Media lectures, the
Smart Start workshops and the Ideas Start workshops.

The Digital Media Series is another free series open to the public. Held
in the new space at the Waterloo Stratford Campus, this particular series
gives members of the community the opportunity to learn from leading
thinkers and discover which fields are innovating using digital media
including government, marketing, computing and community building. Aimee
Morrison will kick off the series October 27th to deal with privacy issues.
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The Smart Start Series consists of two-hour workshops focused on digital
media. Kayleigh Platz, our University of Waterloo social media expert, kicks
off the series with a workshop on Business Focused Social Media October 13.
In another workshop she will cover online privacy and how to keep social
media fun and safe. Stratford’s own Bob Telfer will also lead a Smart Start
workshop in November about trends in software services for smart companies.
The fee for each workshop in the series is $20.
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Tony Chapman, founder and CEO of Capital C was one of our keynote speakers
at Canada 3.0, and will be returning to Stratford to start our Ideas
Start Series. Tony’s session on October 13th is a half-day workshop called
Surviving the Perfect Storm. The series focuses on social media and
marketing, creativity and technology, and entrepreneurship and allows
attendees to learn about the newest innovations from proven experts. The
fees for these workshops vary.
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Please join us for the Digital Media Series and the Waterloo Lectures.
Registration is required for:
October 13 – Ideas Start with Tony Chapman: Surviving the Perfect Storm
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October 13 – Smart Start with Kayleigh Platz: Business Focused Social
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November 3 – Smart Start with Kayleigh Platz: Online Privacy
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November 17 – Smart Start with Bob Telfer: Information Everywhere
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November 18 – Ideas Start with Anita Gaffney: Marketing the Arts in the
21st century
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November 24 – Evening with an Author: Scott Stratten, UnMarketing
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WE'RE OFFICIALLY OPEN!
We had a great turnout for our Official Open House on September 20th. We
were very excited to see Dean Ken Coates, John Wilkinson, MPP -
Perth-Wellington, Mayor Dan Mathieson, Kevin Newman, and Tom Jenkins and Eugene
Roman from Open Text, and students currently enrolled in the mbet program.
Guests were invited from 6 PM - 9 PM to walk around the campus on
self-guided tours, sample food from our friends at Foster's Inn and visit
booths in the 2nd floor classroom. Here's what happened if you weren't able
to join us:
  * Professor Neil Randall had a show and tell from the Critical Media Lab
  * Colin Ellard and his research team turned one of the offices into a
    virtual beach
  * Jenn from the Conrad Centre had information about the mbet program
  * The research project Seed the Lead with Christie was showcased
  * Modevation Media had a green screen to demonstrate video technology
  * A sneak preview of our virtual tour video was shown
  * Guests received a special discount from our neighbours at the WildSwan
    Boutique & Spa

Thanks to everyone for your support!
Welcome!
Welcome to our first quarterly newsletter. We have so many exciting things
happening at the Waterloo Stratford Campus. This newsletter is one of the
many ways we aim to keep you up to date on our activities and plans moving
forward!

Our Open House was a great success and there's more to look forward to, such
as:
New technology - We're installing Christie MicroTiles and video/audio
editing equipment at the campus.
Monthly column - If you missed our first column on digital media in the
Stratford Beacon Herald, read '[13]Digital media has transformed how we live
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New collaborations - The Advanced Professional Development program
provides a high level overview of new technologies with the allowance for
reverse mentoring.
New opportunities - Be sure to attend our new workshops on Internet
Marketing for Business and Social Networking for Business through the
uWaterloo Centre for Extended Learning in Stratford.
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We want to hear from you, so let us know what kind of information you would
like to see in future newsletters. Stay connected with us through our
website, on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

-Tobi Day-Hamilton
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