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Voting for Illinois Meetings + Events Magazine 8th Annual Readers Choice Awards ends on November 16th! I wrote about some of our choices for Best Caterer a couple of weeks back and Ranch Czarina Eva gave her overall picks last week. Here's a closer look at some of my choices for Best Videographer/Photographer: Jeremy Lawson Photography Jeremy's motto is "It's your [...]
We've had an amazing ten years in business and it's all thanks to our fantastic clients and supporters. We've had some great times and created incredible memories. Here's a look at our top ten faves. Want to help us make some more? Be sure to join us for FanFair: Catalyst Ranch's 10th Anniversary Party by RSVPing here. [...]
Voting for Illinois Meetings + Events Magazine 8th Annual Readers Choice Awards ends on November 16th! Our Go-To-Guy Danny wrote about some of our choices for Best Caterer last week. Here's the rest of the best: Best Attraction (fairs/festivals, zoo, museum, amusement park, etc.): Best Catering Company (On- or Off-Site): Best Conference Venue: Best Convention + Visitors Bureau [...]
An entry for our Biggest Fan Contest from Ticia Smith, Tom Finnegan, and the rest of the amazing team from Kaleidoscope: The Story of Pogo How he came alive Once upon a time, 10 years ago to be exact a monkey named Pogo began to come alive. Immediately he showed himself to be an entertainer. He [...]
Voting season is upon us and while weighing the pros and cons of this election's candidates, we're gonna help make voting for Illinois Meetings + Events Magazine 8th Annual Readers Choice Awards easier for you! No, this ballot sheet is in no way as confusing as election ballots, but there are quite a few categories to nominate [...]
No small business can survive ten years (especially in this economy) without the ardent love and support of its clients and evangelists. As we celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary this November, we knew that the way we needed to start the celebration was to reward our most supportive fans: What inspired us to start this [...]
Continuing with our series Local Feature (which celebrates Chicago-based filmmakers), we are proud to present the premiere of Episode 6 of hit geek-webseries Platoon of Power Squadron on October 26. The Platoon of Power Squadron, or PoPS, is about four strangers in their twenties who all ended up renting rooms in the same apartment. They've all been out [...]
We're very excited to host the Serious Games Workshop with Robert Becker of Becker Multimedia. In a previous blog post, we shared some benefits of gamification. We thought our readers would like to get to know the man who will be leading the Serious Games Workshop here at the Ranch on 10/23: Catalyst Ranch: What makes Becker Multimedia [...]
Gamification has been a trending buzz word in the creative and innovation world for the past few years. Simply put, it is the use of game mechanics and game design techniques in non-game contexts. Gamification has become most prevalent in current day through digital platforms such as Foursquare and Klout. Some will dismiss the current [...]
Over the past few years, I have had the great pleasure of working with Jamil Khoury, artistic director of Silk Road Rising. Not only is he a wonderful artist to collaborate with, he is both amiable and inspiring. As an artist, he is constantly asking provocative questions and fostering stimulating conversations through his work. We are proud to [...]