http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:43:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/good-ideas-salon-with-seth-godin-recap.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:32:06 +0000 PSFK's Good Ideas Salon with Seth Godin, held last Thursday at the Soho House, provided to be an inspirational and thought provoking morning where Seth shared ideas from his new book Linchpin.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/good-ideas-salon-mexico-communities.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:51:23 +0000 On Tuesday, February 2nd, PSFK, Leonardo and Mandalah will present Good Ideas Salon Mexico: Communities.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/linchpin-are-you-indispensable.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:59:17 +0000 Seth Godin's new book Linchpin comes out today, and we wanted to remind everyone to get tickets for our Good Ideas Salon with Seth Godin, as they are going fast.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/draft-social-media-week-2010.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:54:46 +0000 Social Media Week is coming up, taking place between February 1st – 5th, 2010 simultaneously in New York City, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto and São Paulo.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/good-ideas-salon-sao-paulo-collaboration.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:43 +0000 With Collaboration as its motto, the Good Ideas Salon São Paulo was the first to happen in South America.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/video-psfk-talks-to-danny-choo-about-pure-living-nissan-zero-emission-mobility.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:46:47 +0000 PSFK caught up with Danny Choo at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/video-good-ideas-in-pure-living-with-francois-bancon-of-nissan.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:15:24 +0000 In this video, Francois Bancon, Nissan's General Manager, Marketing and Communication Group, Global Zero Emission Business Unit, took a few minutes to chat with the audience about Nissan's vision for a zero-emission future. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/pics-good-ideas-in-pure-living-tokyo-nissan-zero-emission-mobility.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:52:17 +0000 We will be publishing video from the Good Ideas Salon and also one-one-one interviews with the panelists throughout next week. In the meantime, here's a selection of the images from the first talk by Marc Alt, Mark Dytham and Peter Rojas; the second talk with Rie Azuma, Danny Choo and Hiromi Matsubara; plus the talk between Piers Fawkes and Francois Bancon of Nissan.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/good-ideas-salon-brooklyn.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:00:37 +0000 Next week, PSFK will be hosting Good Ideas Salon, Brooklyn. We'll be enjoying local fare, and featuring a panel of guest speakers discussing small batch culture and local entrepreneurship.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/pics-handmade-good-ideas-salon-tickets.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:06:27 +0000 The Mandalah team down in Sao Paulo has created some interesting handmade tickets for next week's Good Ideas in Collaboration Salon. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/good-ideas-in-advocacy-tampa.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000 On November 5th, PSFK and 22squared will host a Good Ideas Salon in Tampa Bay exploring explore perspectives on engaging brand advocates for insight, story telling, relevancy and fan hood.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/good-ideas-salon-tokyo-3-questions-for-peter-rojas.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:46:02 +0000 PSFK asks Peter Rojas, one of our panel members at the upcoming Good Ideas Salon Tokyo, what pure living means to him.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/good-ideas-salon-sao-paulo.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:00:10 +0000 On October 26th, global innovation boutique Mandalah will host the first Good Ideas Salon in Latin America, addressing the systemic thinking behind emerging collaborative models and more.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/10-big-ideas-from-jan-chipchase.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:01:54 +0000 At our recent Good Ideas Salon, Jan Chipchase explored numerous insights gathered from his extensive travels around the globe.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/pics-good-ideas-salon-with-jan-chipchase.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:15:54 +0000 Thanks to everyone who came out to our Good Ideas Salon with Jan Chipchase last Thursday. Below are a gallery of photos from the event by Dave Pinter.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/good-ideas-in-storytelling-vancouver-recap.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:45:16 +0000 Over the summer Vancouver hosted its sophomore edition of the Good Ideas Salon. The topic: Good Ideas in Storytelling featured a diverse and talented panel.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/run-a-good-ideas-salon-in-your-city.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:54:11 +0000 Good Ideas Salons are small events held to spread ideas. Normally held around a theme the talks are videoed and added to our website so that people can view and share discussions around the world. PSFK has now held over 10 events and our friends are beginning to run these Salons in their cities. We’d like for our readers to host a Good Ideas Salon in their city to bring together likeminded communities and share ideas that inspire much needed positivity. Recent events include Good Ideas In Collaboration in NYC and Good Ideas In Media in Toronto. Next week BrettRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-good-ideas-salon-vancouver-march-17th.html Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:05:53 +0000 In March, PSFK gave the reigns of its Good Ideas Salon to Brett McFarlane and Matt Nelson over at DDB Canada in Vancouver.  Brett and Matt hosted a great event focusing on good ideas in media, with expert panelists Rob Newell, Director of Planning at DDB Canada, Steve Pratt, Director CBC Radio 3, and Grace Carter, Media Specialist at Invoke Media.  Check out video footage from the salon: Be sure to check back soon for Brett and Matt’s thoughts and findings from the salon. Janet Jones, in association with Capitol C in Toronto will be hosting their own Good IdeasRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/good-ideas-through-collaboration-at-good-ideas-salon-london.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:09:31 +0000 This past January PSFK held Good Ideas Salon in London, bringing together the most forward-thinking tastemakers, innovators, and experts from around the world to discuss key areas steering innovation and opportunity. The last panel of the day focused on Good Ideas Through Collaboration, where Colin Nagy (PSFK / Attention) moderated a talk between Pat Connor (BBC), Jeremy Ettinghausen (Penguin), Sophie Howarth (The School of Life), and Simon Waldman (The Guardian). While the idea of collaboration is nothing new, the way we use it are still being developed and reinterpreted. Jeremy Ettinghausen noted that collaboration is relatively new in relation toRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/good-ideas-and-youth-at-good-ideas-salon-london.html Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:00:31 +0000 This past January, PSFK held a Good Ideas Salon in London bringing together the most forward-thinking tastemakers, innovators, and experts from around the world to discuss key areas steering innovation and opportunity.  Moderated by PSFK’s own Jeff Squires, the Good Ideas and Youth panel discussed trends in British youth culture and how companies and organizations can create authentic, respectful relationships with young people.  Panelist include Jenny Owen (Ruby Pseudo), Paul Graham (Anomaly UK), Terry Guy (Monorex / Secret Wars), and Brett Booth (MTV). Questioning whether or not youth can always be seen as a barometer for what is to come,Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/good-ideas-in-mobile-at-good-ideas-salon-london.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:24 +0000 This past January, PSFK held a Good Ideas Salon in London bringing together the most forward-thinking tastemakers, innovators, and experts from around the world to discuss key areas steering innovation and opportunity. For our mobile section, PSFK‘s Piers Fawkes moderated a panel that included Dan Hon (Six To Start), Mike Butcher (TechCrunch UK), Matt Jones (Dopplr) and Jonathan MacDonald (Ogilvy) on how the everpresense of mobile is unveiling new, exciting ways for us to explore, work, and play. The panel laid the groundwork by emphasizing that mobile development is about people, not technology, and the intersection of these two willRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/good-ideas-across-disciplines-at-good-ideas-salon-london.html Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:00:17 +0000 This past January, PSFK held a Good Ideas Salon in London, inviting our favorite innovators and thought leaders to present their current projects and share some of their own good ideas. One of the day’s most visually inspiring presentations came from Eva Rucki, one of the founding partners of Troika, a multi-disciplinary art and design practice based out of London. Eva shared insights into the philosophy and ideas behind Troika’s varied work, covering graphics, communication, art, product design and engineering, with a focus on the iterative process employed in the development of their projects. On April 2, 2009, PSFK willRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/good-ideas-in-design-at-good-ideas-salon-london.html Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:26:47 +0000 This past January, PSFK hosted the Good Ideas Salon London. For our Good Ideas in Design session, long time PSFK contributor Amanda Gore led an eclectic panel, including Cameron Leslie, founder of the Fabric and Matter nightclubs, Coralie Bickford-Smith, designer of amazing book covers for Penguin books, Kate Moross, creative extraordinaire, and Nicolas Roope, founder of Poke and Hulger in a conversation on how design can-and must- weave a story between an audience and a product, service, and brand. The panel spoke quite extensively about the creative process and there seemed to be a general consensus amongst the panelist thatRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/28089.html Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:30:14 +0000 This past January, PSFK hosted the Good Ideas Salon London. Starting the day off, Mark Earls, author of Herd, began by discussing the importance of gathering inspiration across categories, market sectors, and groups – and ultimately, how to turn those insights into mass change. Effectively, Mark explains why innovation is important. Mark Earls stressed that innovation is an exercise that needs to be practiced.  The mere process of looking for new ideas allows you to challenge whether or not your existing ones are any good. Even if a new idea is not perfect, it can still shine a new lightRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/good-ideas-salons-london-vancouver-beyond.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:46:35 +0000 PSFK is proud to announce the roll out of our Good Ideas Salons format. After a successful series of talk-&-mix events in London and New York, we were asked by our friends when we would hold the salons in their city. In response, we suggested they host the Good Ideas Salons with our help. So from March 17 there will be an ever increasing number of salons taking place on the same date around the world. All of the details will be presented on a central website www.goodideassalons.com and all of the videos from the events will be posted thereRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/audience-thoughts-on-good-ideas-in-mobile.html Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:04:31 +0000 This past January, PSFK held a Good Ideas Salon in London bringing together the most forward-thinking tastemakers, innovators, and experts from around the world to discuss key areas steering innovation and opportunity.  In addition the the good ideas presented, we wanted to hear what our audience had to say, so we’re doing a series of posts containing feedback and comments from the event sourced from blogs, magazines, and twitter.  We’ve distilled the commentary, now you tell us which is the best idea… PSFK gathered some of the leading creative minds in the mobile space to talk about trends and ideas.Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/good-ideas-salon-london-update-agenda-finalized.html Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:42:11 +0000 Great news – we’ve finalized who the speakers will be on the 30th. Over 30 of them will come and share their good ideas on various themes including youth, design, mobile, art, story telling and the media. Tickets are here: www.goodideassalon.com Here’s the agenda as it stands now: 9.40 TALK: WHY GOOD IDEAS MATTER Mark Earls, author of Herd, will discuss the importance of gathering inspiration across categories, market sectors, and groups – and how to turn these insights into mass change. 10.10 PANEL: GOOD IDEAS FROM LONDON What positive inspiration is growing out of London’s creative renaissance? With oneRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/psfk-good-ideas-salon-london-speaker-jonathan-macdonald.html Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:56:02 +0000 Jonathan MacDonald, Senior Consultant at Ogilvy, will be joining our “Good Ideas in Mobile” panel at the PSFK Good Ideas Salon London. Along with Matt Jones of Dopplr, Mike Butcher, and Dan Hon of Six to Start, they will discuss what opportunities are developing at the intersection of mobile, location, and the web. First, who are you and what do you do? At Ogilvy, I’m a Senior Consultant to the CEO & Chairman and I’m also structuring the Global mobile strategy. Prior to this, I was a Director of the world’s first purely ad-funded Mobile Network: Blyk. As one ofRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/for-2009-good-ideas-salon-london.html Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:16:35 +0000 At the end of January we will be hosting a Good Ideas Salon in London in association with The Guardian newspaper. We’re extending the salon to an all day event for an audience of about 100 folks. Topics that we plan to discuss include design, collaboration, mobile, youth and trends in London. PSFK will bring over 20 speakers to present and participate in panel discussions. Confirmed speakers include: Coralie Bickford-Smith \ Designer \\ Penguin Lindsey Clarke \ Editor \\ Londonist Pat Connor \ Vision Development Executive \\ BBC Mark Earls \ Author \\ Herd Jeremy Ettinghausen \ Director of DigitalRead more...]]>