For those who made it on Monday 22nd, thanks again for coming by and contributing to the discussion about PSFK’s next major event. The notes below are a a summary take-away I took from the meeting on .
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Event: PSFK Conference San Francisco (or a Good Ideas type event)
The event is designed to create solution and a plan/template to challenges that come out of key trends that PSFK presents at the start of the day (and maybe online before hand).
One or several cross-discipline, multi-age teams will work together to get to these solutions. They will be assisted by an online audience [...]

Since we held our PSFK Conference San Francisco in July 2008 things have changed. Of course, we all have economic challenges but in this environment we also have the need and, some would argue, duty to support the progress of ideas that overcome social and green issues.
This year I want to create an event that revolves around the concept of participation. Yes, there will be elements of learning and knowledge sharing but I would also like to create an event where we imagine and solve. I want us to spend a day together to identify issues and overcome them.
To [...]

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 Brett MacFarlane and [...]

Our roving photographer Dave Pinter caught a lot of the action at our recent Good Ideas Salon as we mixed entrepreneurs and freelance creative professionals in a room together.
The gallery is on Flickr.
Thanks to everyone who attended. And if you’d like to host your own Good Ideas Salon, drop Hedyeh Parsia a line at hedyeh@psfk.com for more details.
Good Ideas Salons

At PSFK Conference NYC, Celestine Arnold gave an eye-opening talk on the “Ghost in the Machine: Digital Multiculture.” Celestine discussed the role of race and culture in video games – and the gaming industry’s failure to address (and successfully market towards) it. While minorities make up a disproportionately large percentage of the gaming community, most games cater to an assumed mainstream (white, male) player….

PSFK senior writer, moderator and regular photo-hound Dave Pinter has uploaded his top photos from the PSFK Conference NYC. You can see them here.
Also – check the PSFK tag for photos taken by the audience (and Dave) here.

We’re looking forward to having Maria Vranchnos (Peep Insights) share her ideas at PSFK Conference NYC 2009. Maria will be on a panel with moderator Gill Linton (The Joneses), Doug Jaeger (thehappycorp/Art Directors Club), Paul M Taylor (Diageo), and Paul Worthington (Wolff Olins) discussing the “brand new rules” needed to govern the behavior of brands in a world increasingly defined by changing social, cultural, technological and economic forces.
First, who are you and what do you do (in 150 words or less)?
I’m a socio-cultural researcher that loves to get beneath the surface and really understand what motivates people. I’ve always [...]

We’re looking forward to having Ben Malbon, Managing Partner at BBH Labs, join us at PSFK Conference New York on April 2. On a panel with Bart Haney (fuseproject), Carl Johnson (Anomaly), Robbie Vitrano (Trumpet), and moderator Danielle Sacks (Fast Company), Ben will be discussing the pursuit of intellectual property and how it’s changing the way agencies and new businesses operate.
First, who are you and what do you do?
I am one of a small team of people who run BBH Labs. Labs is an innovation and experimental unit focused on ensuring BBH is as smart as possible when it comes [...]

PSFK is happy to feature RENTAL Gallery at our NYC Conference taking place on Thursday. RENTAL, founded by Joel Mesler in 2005, embodies an alternative vision of the traditional gallery model -based on artist representation – by offering a full-service platform for art galleries from the US and abroad to produce temporary art exhibitions within their NYC space. In support of our conference, RENTAL will be showcasing a special selection of selected works from their past exhibitions on the second floor. We asked Philip Deely, RENTAL’s Director since 2007, to share some of his insights and explain a little more about what the [...]

We’re looking forward to having Carl Johnson, partner at Anomaly, join us at PSFK Conference New York on April 2. Carl will be part of our panel discussion about the pursuit of intellectual property and how it’s changing the way agencies and new businesses operate. He will be joined in discussion by Bart Haney (fuseproject), Robbie Vitrano (Trumpet), Ben Malbon (BBH Labs), and moderator Danielle Sacks (Fast Company).
First, who are you and what do you do?
Carl Johnson.
Partner at Anomaly.
I’m trying, with my Partners, to create a company that doesn’t look like one that has existed before…that has no boundaries…that is [...]

We’re excited to hear what Florian Peter, founder of CScout, will share with us at PSFK Conference NYC 2009. He will be speaking on our “Open To Change” panel, along with Scott Heiferman (Meetup), John Geraci (Outside.In), Avner Ronen (boxee) and Domenico Vitale (PI&C), where the group will discuss how creators and the community openly come together to develop new thinking and make ideas happen.
Who are you and what do you do?
I am the founder of the trend agency CScout. I’m an entrepreneurial trend consultant and speaker with a flair for spotting and interpreting emerging business trends. Launched in [...]

We’re looking forward to having John Geraci, the brains behind DIYcity and co-founder of Outside.in, join us this Thursday at PSFK Conference NYC 2009. John will be participating in our “Open to Change” panel along with Domenico Vitale (People Ideas & Culture), Scott Heiferman (Meetup), Florian Peter (CScout) and Avner Ronen (boxee), where he will discuss the potential of leveraging open communities to develop new products, services and experiences for the benefit of everybody concerned.
First, who are you and what do you do?
John Geraci, creator of DIYcity and co-founder of Outside.in.
I find ways to make cities and neighborhoods work better [...]

We’re looking forward to hearing what Scott Heiferman, co-founder and CEO of Meetup, will share with us at PSFK Conference NYC 2009. On our “Open to Change” panel along with Domenico Vitale (People Ideas & Culture), John Geraci (Outside.In), Florian Peter (CScout) and Avner Ronen (boxee), Scott will discuss how to leverage open communities to develop new products, services and experiences for the benefit of everybody concerned.
First, who are you and what do you do?
I help people organize local community groups (Meetup Groups) that make their lives better.
You’ll be sharing your ideas on our “Open To Change” panel. [...]

We’re excited to have Paul M. Taylor, Consumer Planning Director at Diageo, join us at PSFK Conference NYC 2009. He will be speaking on our “Brand New Rules” panel where he will discuss the new rules needed to govern the behavior of brands in a world increasingly defined by changing social, cultural, technological and economic forces. He will be joined on the panel by Doug Jaeger (thehappycorp), Maria Vranchnos (Peep Insights), and Paul Worthington (Wolff Olins).
First, who are you and what do you do?
I’m Paul Taylor and I’m a Consumer Planning Director at Diageo. I’m currently working on our vodka [...]