Sometimes the best stories are right in front of you; the bus driver you see every morning, the man having a road rage fit on the DVP or your neighbor with all the cats – but you’ll never get a chance to hear their stories
When I was 11, my friends and I were obsessed with building model cars. Yes, we were total geeks. There was nothing like saving up to get a cool Mustang model, a box filled with hundreds of plastic parts that you’d paint and glue together. But
Meet Josh. Graphic Artist. Food lover. King of sarcasm. Favourite expression: Yes, I would like fries with that. Favourite children's book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Website you visit the most: Buzzfeed A free day is spent: Relaxing while Netflixing. Biggest pet peeve: Squeaking styrofoam – I view it as an act
Malcolm Gladwell’s Rule In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcom Gladwell holds up the 10,000 Hour Rule as the bar of entry to mastery of any task. He cites the Beatles 1,200 sets in Hamburg before they hit it big and Bill Gates' early
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Celebrate International Day of the Volunteer by finding your volunteer match at Getinvolved.ca. Founder Dorothy Engelman of Q Media Solutions is proud to celebrate Getinvolved.ca’s 5th anniversary on December 5th a day that honours the millions who give their time and talent each year.
Creative destruction. Business disruption. Call it what you will. There can be no doubting that the meteoric rise of social sharing and participation is changing the way we connect and do business; from publishing, to music, to travel and even funding. While creating a series for
Q Media is pleased to announce 2 Gold and 7 Silver International Davey Awards are now sitting proudly on our shelves. The International Academy of Visual Arts honored our storytelling – from commercials that help you find your perfect volunteer match on Getinvolved.ca to internal
Updated in 2018 If you want to drive a video producer crazy - ask them how much a video costs to produce. Video Costs: A Brief History Despite changes in technology, professional video production costs have held fairly steady for the past 25 years. In 1990, a professional
Sometimes you have one of those transformational experiences at work. I had one this week. I've been cruising along comfortably at Q: lots of digital work, feeling like I "had" this. Everything under control. We recently landed a digital dream project: 6 figure budget, a gamified,
One of our favourite (and sometimes challenging) clients is Som Seif of Purpose Investments. In 2005, Som started Claymore Investments, one of Canada’s ETF pioneers. He championed ETFs and low-fees, giving investors an alternative to Mutual Funds and their high fees. When Claymore was sold to