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Royal Oak Music Theatre ~ Saturday, July 24
(Birmingham, Mich) – Featuring the designs of world-renowned designer Jeff Garner of Prophetik, The Uptown Group (TUG) will host the “Green Breeze Fashion Show for Land Conservation” – showing going green not only helps our environment but it’s fashionable too. The unique green fashion show is Saturday, July 24 (Doors open 7 p.m. /Show at 8 p.m.) at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Proceeds from the event benefit The Greening of Detroit and The Community House.
“The Green Breeze Fashion Show for Land Conservation” will bring the distinctive, all-sustainable fashion lifestyle line of Jeff Garner of Prophetik to the runway for the evening. Organized by TUG (The Uptown Group) – a collection of young professionals dedicated to making a difference in Southeastern Michigan through fun and innovative social events, cultural programs and community outreach – the evening will offer guests an evening of fashion, on-site vendors, food and music. (more…)
(Troy, Mich.) — Media Genesis has been headquartered and served southeastern Michigan for more than 14 years. But now, the Detroit area won’t be its only home – the internet solutions company has opened up a satellite office in Chicago.
“We have always found Chicago to be a great market and have wanted to expand there for some time,” said Media Genesis CEO Brad Frederick. “We are extremely excited about the opportunities in terms of reach and growth a second office can bring to the company.”
And Chicago isn’t the only place Media Genesis has stretched its geographical horizons to. Recently, Media Genesis has taken on a project in Texas for the Fort Worth Housing Commission, traveling to do a photo shoot in Colorado for BSST, provided an analysis and website design for Dana Holding Company in Ohio, and developed a website for the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania using Microsoft SharePoint.
“The stability of Media Genesis has always been based on our diversification of project type, client size and industry, and now through expansion of our geographic presence and reach.” Frederick said.
Media Genesis specializes in services ranging from consulting, interactive multimedia, audio/video, application development, E-learning, online promotion, and hosting.
For more information about our new Chicago office please call 312.985.6375, or visit www.mediaG.com.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Antoine Dubeauclard, president of Media Genesis, recently spoke at Oakland University’s second annual Leadership and Technology Conference. The conference, on March 20, 2010 was hosted by The Center for Student Activities and the Student Technology Center.
Students were able to listen to several speakers on the topics of leadership and technology. Dubeauclard’s session was titled, Finding your Path and Musings on Technology and Marketing.
The goal of the conference was for students to gain knowledge and skills that are applicable in the workplace. Students were also able to network with peers, faculty, staff and community members, and participate in a team-building challenge course.
DETROIT – Media Genesis President, Antoine Dubeauclard, was elected as an executive board member of the Wayne State University’s Center for the Study of Citizenship.
The Center for the Study of Citizenship was created about nine years ago to pursue the study of citizenship through an international and multidisciplinary approach. The center promotes citizenship in order to develop more engaged and knowledgeable citizens.
As an executive board member, Dubeauclard is tasked with acting as an advisor to the director in regards to providing financial support and management, strategic planning, program development and recruitment of mission relevant speakers, national and international promotion, and advocacy. The center chose Dubeauclard to become part of the executive board because of his enthusiasm and vision on the topic of citizenship.
Additional responsibilities include: (more…)
A Detroit civil and human rights organization celebrated more than just their 42nd anniversary on March 7; they also celebrated the launch of their new website – www.focushope.edu
Since its conception in 1968, Focus: Hope has constantly worked to bridge the racial divide in southeast Michigan through their Commodity Supplemental Food Program, career training program and the HOPE Village Initiative, which supports the academic achievement of children living in Detroit neighborhoods.
Focus: Hope diagnosed some key items needed in a new website. Aside from having a more modern-looking and contemporary site, it was important that the site relied on a new architecture to deliver relevant content to their many varied, but each important, audiences.
Ability to add content frequently (and quickly) was deemed a necessity, so Media Genesis built a .NET based custom content management system (CMS). Outreach to donors and potential donors is of utmost importance, so Media Genesis customized their third party donation system so donors no longer have to leave the site to make a donation.
Other specific highlights include a dynamic news/volunteer/video section, unique front page content, and a group of stylistically tied, but graphically different interior pages.
Media Genesis is one of the largest and oldest independent web development companies in Michigan, specializing in services ranging from consulting, interactive multimedia, audio/video, application development, E-learning, online promotion, and hosting. For more information, visit www.mediaG.com.
DETROIT — Media Genesis recently partnered with several Detroit organizations to create a website that provides a baseline status of every residential parcel in the city of Detroit (around 350,000 residential plots).
The Detroit Residential Parcel Survey, www.DetroitParcelSurvey.org, was a response to the urgent need for data on Detroit’s residencies, their structure, condition and vacancy, to report to and empower neighborhood stabilization activities. Fifty University of Michigan students and Detroit residents worked in three-person teams to rate the condition of individual residential parcels on each Detroit street.
Media Genesis worked with the Detroit Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Response (FPR), Data Driven Detroit (D3), and Community and Legal Resources (CLR) to create a web-based data display interface for the retrieval of the Detroit Residential Parcel Survey results. Media Genesis designed and built the website, and developed the search functionality allowing users to easily learn about their neighborhood’s and city’s housing conditions.
One D is part of a regional, civic initiative that launched in November 2006 to support progress in Southeast Michigan. It is lead by Edsel B. Ford II and CEO’s of eight organizations – Detroit Renaissance, Detroit Regional Chamber, New Detroit–The Coalition, Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Metropolitan Affairs Coalition, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, and Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan.
Nowadays, One D is working to feature nonprofit organizations and their ongoing efforts to change the Southeast Michigan region. Featuring over 200 programs on OneD.org, there’s several organizations supporting indicators including Quality of Life, Race Relations, Economic Prosperity, Regional Transit and Educational Preparedness.
The OneDScorecard.org is one initiative that is undergoing an overhaul to feature a relevant and statistical, objective view of the region as it compares to other Metropolitan areas, including Washington DC, New York, Chicago, Seattle and other large cities.
Visit OneD.org and OneDScorecard.org.
Media Genesis recently built a new home for the Detroit Housing Commission. Unlike the great work the DHC does every day, this home is online.
The Detroit Housing Commission is a government-created organization in Detroit working to assist Detroiters in finding affordable, quality housing. The DHC selected Media Genesis to update an aging web presence as part of a larger organization-wide push.
The new DHC site features a new clean and modern design. Other features include:
- A section that displays the properties available from the DHC.
- The site checks the eligibility of potential public housing applicants.
- The property pages update the waitlist status for individual properties.
- An online bid module provides extra functionality online.
- The entire site is manageable on a custom-built CMS.
Media Genesis also worked with the DHC to create a site-wide security plan that protects users’ information when they use this site.
The result is a website with which the DHC can better serve citizens in the area and grow as an organization while the city continues its recovery.
DETROIT – For many, the idea of foreclosure is overwhelming, embarrassing and frustrating, yet it is becoming a reality for thousands of families across the country.
But now, there is a trustworthy community resource to help homeowners through this process. www.ForeclosureDetroit.org is a tool to help people learn the facts, realize they are not alone, and most importantly take action.
The Detroit Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Response (FPR), an initiative of the Detroit Economic Growth Association, developed the web site to help families stay in their homes and avoid becoming the victim of mortgage rescue scams.
“The biggest impediment to people losing their homes is that they don’t take action,” said Diane McCloskey, FPR director of communication and community initiatives. “Less than 40 percent of people facing foreclosure take action. We want this web site to be a catalyst for action and to enforce that wherever you are in the foreclosure process, it is never too late to be informed and learn about your options.”
www.ForeclosureDetroit.org includes:
- A resource center for finding free foreclosure prevention counselors and links to lender and servicer contacts
- An interactive module on the homepage that helps consumers find resources at different stages of the foreclosure process
- Important information about how to avoid mortgage rescue scams
The Detroit Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Response is an independent public/private model that is a clearinghouse to share tools, resources and recommendations to leverage and enhance the work of partners throughout the City of Detroit to reduce the effects of the foreclosure crisis on families and neighborhoods.
Media Genesis designed, programmed, and created the logo/branding for the ForeclosureDetroit.org website. MedigG also developed a content management system for the nonprofit so they could easy update the content and images on their site.
As the popularity of social networks expands, communication throughout the world has become more viral and connected. Now, imagine if that communication was about peace.
The Power of Peace Network (PPN) is a recently launched Web site, www.ThePowerofPeaceNetwork.com, that hopes make this communication a reality. The site utilizes modern technology to share locally produced stories and media in pursuit of peace.
The Power of Peace Network Web site is supported by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and acts as a portal for people to interact with peace-related issues in their local area and also learn about what other countries are facing.
