What’s happening at the Ranch?
Getting Serious About Gamification
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. [...]
LOCAL FEATURE – A Glimpse of Jamil Khoury of Silk Road Rising
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 [...]
Collaboration In The Innovative Process: Taking Inspiration From The Past
In her forthcoming book, Midnight Lunch: The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success, from Thomas Edison’s Lab, Sarah Miller Caldicott envisions a present-day Edison, transposing his innovation methodology to the digital age. Edison’s collaborative model, [...]
Social Media Gender Statistics Come To Life For Social Media Week 2012!
Social Media Week is coming back to Chicago for a second year and we're very excited to be part of it again on September 25th. Last year, we hosted a lively and informative panel [...]
Explore the History & Culture of Chicago in CFA: SHORTS!
A sublime spectrum of Chicago historical and cultural perspectives coalesce in SHORTS!, the second installment of our Local Feature film series.
SEPTEMBER: Find Inspiration Everywhere
It's really easy to have your blinders up when you're focused on a project. When struggling for an idea, sometimes it's best to take a breath, and be open to possibility. That's what happened for [...]
Local Feature’s THE INTERRUPTERS a smashing success!
Our film series LOCAL FEATURE debuted with The Interrupters last week and the event was a smashing success! Attendees arrived early to munch on some delicious snacks, including the scrumptious cupcakes provided by GiGi's Bake Shop. [...]
Dream Big…But Visualize The Reality
If anyone can attest to the joys (and challenges) of being a creative entrepreneur, it’d be our owner Eva Niewiadomski! In a recent interview with Womenetics, she said: “I worked at Quaker Oats for 15 years. My last year there was post the Pepsi merger with Quaker Oats. As is typical with mergers, the environment is stressful as the organizations try to meld together two disparate cultures. It was just not a good fit anymore for either of us. I took the severance package and decided to take this once in a lifetime opportunity and start my own business.”
SNEAK PEEK: “The Interrupters” special screening on 8/24
The award-winning Kartemquin Films documentary about violence prevention was the Chicago movie of 2011. In this stirring and powerfully insightful year-long journey through Chicago’s inner city, director/producer Steve James (HOOP DREAMS) and author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz [...]
What’s happening at the Ranch?
Getting Serious About Gamification
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. [...]
LOCAL FEATURE – A Glimpse of Jamil Khoury of Silk Road Rising
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 [...]
Collaboration In The Innovative Process: Taking Inspiration From The Past
In her forthcoming book, Midnight Lunch: The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success, from Thomas Edison’s Lab, Sarah Miller Caldicott envisions a present-day Edison, transposing his innovation methodology to the digital age. Edison’s collaborative model, [...]
Social Media Gender Statistics Come To Life For Social Media Week 2012!
Social Media Week is coming back to Chicago for a second year and we're very excited to be part of it again on September 25th. Last year, we hosted a lively and informative panel [...]
Explore the History & Culture of Chicago in CFA: SHORTS!
A sublime spectrum of Chicago historical and cultural perspectives coalesce in SHORTS!, the second installment of our Local Feature film series.
SEPTEMBER: Find Inspiration Everywhere
It's really easy to have your blinders up when you're focused on a project. When struggling for an idea, sometimes it's best to take a breath, and be open to possibility. That's what happened for [...]
Local Feature’s THE INTERRUPTERS a smashing success!
Our film series LOCAL FEATURE debuted with The Interrupters last week and the event was a smashing success! Attendees arrived early to munch on some delicious snacks, including the scrumptious cupcakes provided by GiGi's Bake Shop. [...]
Dream Big…But Visualize The Reality
If anyone can attest to the joys (and challenges) of being a creative entrepreneur, it’d be our owner Eva Niewiadomski! In a recent interview with Womenetics, she said: “I worked at Quaker Oats for 15 years. My last year there was post the Pepsi merger with Quaker Oats. As is typical with mergers, the environment is stressful as the organizations try to meld together two disparate cultures. It was just not a good fit anymore for either of us. I took the severance package and decided to take this once in a lifetime opportunity and start my own business.”
SNEAK PEEK: “The Interrupters” special screening on 8/24
The award-winning Kartemquin Films documentary about violence prevention was the Chicago movie of 2011. In this stirring and powerfully insightful year-long journey through Chicago’s inner city, director/producer Steve James (HOOP DREAMS) and author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz [...]