CreateNOW-Atlanta Event boosts a community

Tweet Atlanta #CreateNOW event boosts rebooted local Adobe User Group. #CreateNOW tour stopped in Atlanta on 27 Feb 2013; and, it provided an excellent opportunity for Adobe to reconnect with its User Group community. The Atlanta AUG has had a series of leadership transitions the last couple of years. So, as an Adobe Community Manager,...

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On the road for #CreateNOW

Tweet There’s a slight calm before the flurry of activity associated with the #CreateNOW tour. The Adobe User Group portion of the #CreateNOW tour kicked off in San Francisco on Feb 7th with Terry White & the following Adobe User Groups: SF Creative Suite Lovers, Photoshop till You Drop, SF InDesign, and SF Illustrator User...

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SeattlePUG-15Jan2013-Mtg-ColinSmith

Tweet 15 Jan 2013  Seattle Photoshop Meeting with Colin Smith It all started with an email from a User Group Manager frantically looking for a last minute speaker.  As a Community Manager, sometimes I can help, sometimes I cannot.  But this time, I was able to go the extra mile in trying to help this User...

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2012 Community Recap-Look Ahead

Tweet     2012 was a busy year for the Community Team at Adobe.  There were challenges carried over from the previous year, but some real successes thoughout the year.  Mainly, as a community manager, I was able to get out more and attend more regional events. But perhaps, one of the best things that...

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Creative Talent Network Expo 2012

Tweet Adobe Community Team was invited by WACOM to participate alongside them in the 2012 Creative Talent Network Expo. CTNX2012 was held in Burbank, CA November 16-18, 2012. with  over 8000 art & film students, animators, and illustrators in attendance. What was really cool about this event was that it takes place very close to the Disney...

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LA Web Design Camp Barnsdall Park 15Nov12

Tweet I recently had the opportunity to attend the LA Web Professionals User Group’s Design camp at the Barnsdall theater (BGT) in West Hollywood on 15Nov2012.  LAWEBPRO is an interesting User Group: they are very large (over 900 FB members); they run very large events (often 300+ attendees); and, they attract the very best web designers & internet marketing...

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Lovers of the Luminous Lights-VegasPhotoWalk

Tweet LVAdobe-NeonPhotoWalk-21Oct12   The Las Vegas Adobe User Group hosted a “Neon Photowalk” in the Fremont Street district (Old Vegas) — Sunday, Oct 21st, 2012, from 4-10pm. This was a FREE event for all levels of photographers from pros to iPhone/iPad users. We also had lots of Adobians from out of town (Los Angeles, Florida,...

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Mobile Camp Los Angeles-18Oct2012

Tweet Mobile Camp Los Angeles convened on 18 Oct 2012 at LA Mart. Adobe Community team was a co-sponsor of this camp along with RIM BlackBerry Playbook folks, and Lunarpages. We had over 380+ paid registrants. Audience mainly consisted of: Entenpreneurs, hackers, coders, designers, i-Phone, Android Developers, and Adobe LA area User Groups. (We had more...

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Adobe Illustrator Los Angeles-AstuteGraphicsTour-9Oct12

Tweet In part of my ongoing quest to visit ALL of the Los Angeles area Adobe User Groups, I had the opportunity to attend the Adobe Illustrator User Group of LA (AILA) on October 9th (Facebook event URL) They have partnered with ING Direct Cafe to hold meetings at their location. ING cafe has nice digs...

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Illustrator is NOT just for Illustrators Anymore! SF Bay ILUG

Tweet   With all of the things going on at Adobe this fall (ie Acrobat XI launch, Create the Web & AdobeEdge tools, Creative Cloud, etc), it is prudent for a Community Manager to keep an eye out for other activities happening out in the community. I had not visited the SF Bay Area Illustrator Adobe User...

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