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About Me
Cutler & Company was founded in 2003 with a particular focus in helping innovative companies and institutions tell their stories to the audiences that matter most to them. We offer a wide range of services including editing/writing services (including web content, marketing collateral, bylined articles and opinion/editorials), web design, media relations, media training, audio/video production, message development and relationship building with key audiences. Our clients have included, Afferent Corporation, Andera, Bioprocess Technologies, Business Innovation Factory, Concordia Fibers, Design Awareness, ecolect, EpiVax, Global Alliance to Immunize against AIDS, NABsys, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Rhode Island Science & Technology Advisory Council (STAC), Slater Technology Fund and Tizra.
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Title: Maker Faire COMES TO RHODE ISLAND IN SEPTEMBER (Forum)
Submitted: September 14th, 2009 - 8:08am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Cutler (401) 743-7842 Rhode Island’s First Ever Maker Faire to Take Place in Providence and Pawtucket in September, 2009 A Celebration of New Englanders’ D.I.Y (Do-It-Yourself) Ingenuity and Innovation September 14, 2009 (Providence, RI) – Beginning at the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, Slater Mill in Pawtucket, and culminating in the Creative Capital, Providence, Maker Faire Rhode Island is a celebration of everyday people’s inventive and creative abilities. Taking place over the course of three weeks in September, this mass mash-up of technological-scientific-artistic-gadgetry-crafting will feature hands-on workshops, building and hacking competitions, culinary crafting, garage technology, arts and creativity for sale, robot gymnastic demonstrations, and more. “Nothing of its kind has ever been experienced in New England before,” said Kipp Bradford, co-founder, Maker Faire Rhode Island, and Brown University faculty member. “Maker Faire is a festival celebrating the spirit of personal ingenuity and innovation that thrives here in Providence and Rhode Island, and highlighting the impact it makes in our daily lives. It is also a spectacular showcase for the cool projects local people are working on in their garages and gardens, kitchens and basements, work rooms and community centers.” “As an affiliate of MAKE Magazine and Maker Faire, we are bringing this event to Rhode Island and New England to gather together our community of Makers and practitioners of Do-It-Yourself. Our goal is to catalyze the sharing of ideas, make connections between those with similar interests, and create opportunities for learning technology through a series of workshops at Slater Mill, the birthplace of American technical and industrial innovation,” said Brian Jepson, co-founder, Maker Faire Rhode Island, and a contributing editor to MAKE Magazine’s Make: Online. “I am honored and excited to welcome Maker Faire Rhode Island to Providence, our Creative Capital. From its earliest days, Providence has fostered creativity and innovation, and events like Maker Faire Rhode Island show that is still true today,” said David N. Cicilline, Mayor of Providence. “Slater Mill, the birthplace of industrial innovation, is an ideal setting for Maker Faire Rhode Island’s workshops. We welcome the public to come to Slater Mill in Pawtucket to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity,” said Janice Kissinger, CEO, Slater Mill. Maker Faire RI is expected to draw dozens of exhibitors, with hobbyist builders, inventors, innovators, hackers, tinkerers, gadgeteers, designers, artists, fabricators, welders, craftspeople, fabric technologists, bricoleurs, engineers, scientists, garden wizards, and others, from across New England. The festival is free (with the exception of one fundraising party) and is open to all, participants and spectators alike, including families and children of all ages. Submission forms can be found on the event website: www.makerfaireri.com Maker Faire Rhode Island consists of a series of events held over three weeks in September coordinated with other partner organizations. It will begin with a kickoff party September 6th, during the Rocktucket Block Party, part of the Pawtucket Arts Festival. From September 14th through the 17th, there will be hands-on D.I.Y. Workshops in Pawtucket at the Slater Mill, a building and museum steeped in the history of American industry and innovation. The workshops will wrap up with a celebration at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket. Moving back to Providence, there will be Meet the Makers at JTJ Investment’s Eco Office, at 27 Walcott St on September 18. This is the only “Net-Zero” office building in Rhode Island, and now the new home to Alteris Renewables. Finally, Makers will showcase their projects, gadgets, inventions, products, designs, technologies, fancy foods, and much more at the Maker Faire at Waterfire on September 19 at 2pm. Attendees are encouraged to visit the Steel Yard in Providence on September 19th for the organization’s Iron Chef fundraiser. With an audience ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 attendees, organizers anticipate a fantastic family friendly finale to this extraordinary festival. The Iron Chef fundraiser requires a ticket purchase. All other events are free to attend. Workshop instructors may provide kits for sale at the Slater Mill D.I.Y. Workshops. About Maker Faire: Started in San Mateo, California in 2006, Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. Maker Faire Rhode Island is affiliated with, and inspired by, Maker Faire in San Mateo, bringing this grassroots event to New England for the first time in September. www.makerfaireri.com ###
Title: Blogging Conference Comes to RI (Forum)
Submitted: September 4th, 2009 - 7:09am
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Title: MAKER FAIRE COMES TO RHODE ISLAND IN SEPTEMBER (Forum)
Submitted: August 7th, 2009 - 1:06pm
MEDIA ADVISORY
August 7, 2009
Contact: Andy Cutler 401-743-7842
Rhode Island's First Ever Maker Faire To Be Held September, 2009
A Celebration of New Englanders' D.I.Y (Do-It-Yourself) Ingenuity and Innovation
WHAT:
Beginning at the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, Slater Mill in Pawtucket, and culminating in the Creative Capital, Providence, Maker Faire RI will feature hands-on workshops, building & hacking competitions, culinary crafting, garage technology, arts and creativity for sale, robot gymnastic demonstrations, and more.
WHO:
Builders, inventors, innovators, hackers, tinkerers, gadgeteers, designers, artists, fabricators, welders, craftspeople, fabric technologists, bricolaurs, engineers, scientists, garden wizards, and others, from across New England, will showcase their creations, share techniques, network and have fun. All events are open to the public. Events are free, except for the Steel Yard's Iron Chef fundraiser.
WHEN and WHERE:
September 6, 4 - 11pm: Kickoff Party with the Makers at the Rocktucket Block Party, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860.
September 12, 1 - 5pm: Iron Chef at The Steel Yard, 27 Sims Avenue, Providence, RI 02909. Teams of artists and fabricators compete in a head-to-head sculpture competition, plus barbeque and the Iron Chef sculpture auction. This event is a fundraiser being held by the Steel Yard. An entry fee is payable at the door.
(Rain date: Saturday September 19th, 1 - 5pm)
September 14-17: D.I.Y Workshops at Slater Mill, Pawtucket. Four days of hands-on, how-to workshops, finishing with a celebration September 17th at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, RI. Two pairs of workshops per evening will be conducted from 5:30pm until 9:30pm. Each workshop will run approximately an hour and a half and cover a range of topics and technologies, from early technologies such as weaving, to modern technologies like microcontrollers. Part of the Pawtucket Arts Festival.
September 18, 7pm-11pm: Maker Meet-Up at Rhode Island's only net-zero energy commercial building, the Wolcott Eco Office, 28 Wolcott Street, Providence, RI 02909.
September 19, 11am-10pm: Maker Faire RI at WaterFire, the plaza at the intersection of Westminster St and Weybosset St, in front of the Turks Head building, downtown Providence, RI 02903. Makers, inventors and artists will showcase their creations, plus art, crafts, food and entertainment. The Waterfire portion of the event runs from sunset (6:10pm) until 12:30am.
ABOUT MAKER FAIRE:
Started in San Mateo, California in 2006, Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. Maker Faire Rhode Island is affiliated with, and inspired by, Maker Faire in San Mateo, bringing this grassroots event to New England for the first time in September. www.makerfaireri.com
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Title: Are you an All Star? Apply for Mass High Tech All Star Awards. (Forum)
Submitted: June 24th, 2009 - 3:11pm
Here's the link to the MHT All Star Awards. Submissions are due by July 31, 2009.
Good luck!
Title: Everything you wanted to know about research parks... (Forum)
Submitted: June 2nd, 2009 - 7:04am
Just read this piece on research parks in BusinessWeek and thought others may be interested in checking it out too--
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/di_special/20090601research_parks.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories
Title: STATS THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED! (Forum)
Submitted: May 5th, 2009 - 10:06am
Recently, Dow Jones had reported that U.S. venture investment worst since '98, down 50% to $3.9 billion in Q1 as VCs hibernate. Fast Facts + Just 477 deals completed in Q1, lowest quarterly total since 1996 These stats cannot be ignored as an indicator to how weak our economy is right now. AC
+ IT industry hit hard: Just $1.7 billion in 231 deals, off 52%
+ Health care investment down 34% to $1.35 billion in 188 deals
+ Even hot renewable energy sector cooling with $117 million in nine deals
+ Median deal size shrinks 73% to $2.4 million
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Yes. This is Wolcott Street near the VA. Actually, it is one block past the American Locomotive Works (ALCO) development off of Valley Street.
Thanks.
AC
Jack:
Thanks for your posting. Your "connecting the circles" metaphor, I believe, is our single greatest challenge and opportunity moving forward. Finding ways to cross-fertilize people of different backghrounds, and skill sets is an essential component in building an even stronger foundation for cool things to be happening here in the future. As the communications chair of the IDSA-RI Chapter, our chapter will be on the forefront of such interconneted activities. Again, thanks for raising this important issue!
AC
Has anyone seen or heard about this?
http://www.brainwavenyc.org/
According to the group putting this on--
BRAINWAVE asks how art, music, and meditation affect the brain and offers countless answers in more than a hundred public events, ranging from an exhibition of contemporary art and a cinema series to cutting-edge concerts, performances, talks, and panels.
This "only in New York" cultural festival is organized by six New York institutions: Rubin Museum of Art, Exit Art, Science & the Arts at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, The Philoctetes Center at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and the School of Visual Arts, in association with the Public Programs/American Museum of Natural History.
After also seeing Lisa Carnevale's last post on "Freeze Grand Central", it also got me thinking that we could probably do something similar to BRAINWAVE, but maybe focusing our efforts on the arts and design world (with so many various perspectives, our academic assets and cool entrpreneurial community), we may be able to do something equally as cool (without being a copycat).
If anyone would like to explore this further over a cup of coffee, let me know.
This is very cool Lisa. Thanks for sharing this link.
It makes think that with such a creative community as we have here, things like this could take hold here too. It is through these kinds of actions (as depicted in the video you shared) that we learn a lot about ourselves, and our society.
Tattoos and Suits....
I went to today's forum on Next Generation spaces hosted by the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) and RI Nexus. It was really refreshing being in a room of people as diverse as this; once again showcasing Rhode Island's talent and interest in this subject matter.
I especially enjoyed observing folks with tattoos sitting next people with suits and ties sitting next to IT and digital media entrepreneurs sitting next to developers sitting next to architects sitting next to artists. Quite refreshing and again highlighting the hip factor we sometimes take for granted here. Over 100 people registered for this event!!!!
As an owner of a PR/communications business working with academic/government/technology and design ventures and co-located with an industrial design firm, a green design company and a graphic design shop, it was helpful to learn about the next generation of spaces/projects coming online in this marketplace and what is happening in other places like Phillie, Boston, and Portland (ME).
Thanks to Adam from BatchBlue for starting this very important discussion on RI Nexus, which led to today's forum! Great example of taking discussions off of this site and creating a live and in-person discussion (creating further networking opportunities).
AC
Having attended the previous two BIF Summits on Collaborative Innovation, I can say this is a one-of-a-kind event and we are fortunate to have Providence serve as the host city. The list of storytellers and hosts reads like a who's who in the world of innovation. What's even cooler is that these storytellers are coming here to participate in a truly unique discussion about collaborative innovation (and lessons learned).
What better than Rhode Island to have this discussion? We are uniquely positioned (and therefore gathering more national attention) because of our ability to recognize our size and use it to our collective advantage; between our academic, entrepreneurial and public sector networks, access to potential collaborators exist at an increased rate here. It's easy to connect with people here. I have found it to be a "one degree" of separation type of environment where no one is ever more than one call or email away. If you need/desire to find partners, collaborators, soundingboards, and support for new, innovative ideas you may have than this is the place to be.
For those that are considering going to the Summit, you will find it time well spent; listening to engaging tales of innovation from the "best of the best" while at the same time being able to network with a group of leaders from virtually every sector, with whom you may be able to forge new collaborations. It's a great program that has an equally great group of attendees and speakers. Business, community and government leaders from around the country will be on hand as participants. Take advantage of this Rhode Island jewel of an event!
Hope you can make it!