The contact name is used to create a unique folder; ie, Jamie Flanagan becomes a directory jamie_flanagan. To prevent your folder from being erased by someone with the same name, each folder is locked after the initial files are uploaded, so if you upload a second time, you’ll need to create a new Contact name. Like Jamie Flanagan2.

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You Are Cordially Invited to Attend DMAF’s gathering of executives, professionals, and students from all areas of digital media and entertainment in Central Florida on Tue. April  9th.

In Orlando:

Location:    Monkey Bar

Time:          6:30-8:30 pm

Don’t miss the great food, drinks, and intelligent conversation

– and best of all, admission is FREE, courtesy of DMAF.

Don’t forget to bring a stack of business cards!

…and a friend

…and tell your colleagues!

Companies as diverse as Digital Domain Media Group (the parent company of DIgital Domain, an Academy Award®-winning digital production studio focused on visual effects for feature film and advertising production) and IDEAS Orlando (an innovation studio specializing in entertainment, learning and marketing) are participating.

REGISTER FOR THE DIGITAL MEDIA JOB FAIR NOW

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• Please prepare 2 minute demo reels set up on your personal laptop for employers to view.
• Employers will give a maximum of 4 minutes on the job fair floor to view and respond to your work.
• If you are a web or graphic designer you can present websites without video streaming. Please bring a backup of all work so that you are not dependent on the location wifi.
• Live Video Streaming – Not Allowed

DMAF is also providing an FTP upload area for your demo reel should employers wish to view it after the job fair. If you choose to use this service, you’re agreeing to the following very simple disclaimer: The FTP service is provided “As-is” with no warranty expressed or implied. DMAF is not liable for any hardware or software failures during the upload process or in storage. You’re solely responsible for the copyright of any material you upload. It should be yours and original. You retain all rights.

If you are attending this event please use the pre-register link above to register before uploading your demo reel.

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View the series of newspaper articles available on this topic:

Palm Beach Post (9/13/10)

Palm Beach Post (9/4/10)

West Palm Beach WBPF (8/30/10) (with video)

West Palm Beat Blog (8/30/10)

More coverage here on The Real Estate Channel.

Did you know that the 8% of Florida companies that considered “second-stage” are generating 36% of Florida jobs? If you are the CEO of one of these companies, you should be aware of the GrowFL initiative. There are a range of business services and even a special low-interest loan fund set up for qualified second-stage companies. More information about required qualifications are visible here.

Cultivating growth companies across the state is the mission of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute, funded by the Florida Legislature at the University of Central Florida and involving a host of partners committed to local delivery of statewide services to help second-stage companies achieve their potential. At no charge, GrowFL will provide a suite of high-end, high-speed technical assistance and business resources to companies that have grown beyond the startup phase and need access to information and decision-making tools typically only available to larger companies.

There are 5,000 companies in Florida that fit the specific criteria of second-stage growth companies.  These for-profit, privately held businesses employ between 10 and 50 people, generate $1 million to $25 million in annual revenue, demonstrate growth in number of employees and gross revenues during three of the past five years, and qualify for the tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses.

Recently I attended a breakfast briefing regarding the program, and here are some of the highlights:

• Funded by the Florida legislature / No cost to companies.
• Focused on job-producing second-stage companies.
• Providing one-on-one technical assistance in growth sectors.
• Giving CEOs powerful new tools & ideas for business, matchmaking, and referrals.
• Community-based CEO networks for growth companies.
• Business loans available up to $250K @ only 2% interest.

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For the past two months, I’ve used my iPad more often than my MacBook or iMac for communication and socialization, primarily web surfing, email and Skype. I can easily get someone else’s creative content: ABC Player, Netflix for Instant Watching, the movies and television shows I subscribe to on iTunes, and more games than I have for my Nintendo DS and of equal (or better) quality. But I haven’t done as much creating on the iPad. Occasionally, I made changes to the DMAF website through the Bluehost Control Panel and via the WordPress engine; but my MacBook and iMac have the programs and workflow I’ve used for years to create new content.

Heading cross-country for a wedding, I decided to leave my MacBook and accessories behind and travel light: iPad and Apple’s small wireless keyboard, Kindle, pocket Nikon and my iPod Nano as my video camera. As an avid photographer, leaving my Nikon DSLR behind was the hardest. Not taking the laptop saved me eight lbs. and a carry-on. Although this was a week-long vacation, it’s hard for me not to bring some work along.

Work-wise, I’m creating a help manual for the DMAF website that includes 60 screenshots, many of them full screen, and decided that this trip would be the perfect opportunity to see how much creative content I could generate with only my iPad and it’s software.

READ MORE HERE

After a year-long campaign by Florida’s Film, Television and Digital/Interactive Media industries, professionals, supporters and associations, the Florida Legislature today passed the forward-looking and comprehensive “Jobs for Florida” bill  (SB 1752, Economic Development).

The bill provides for $242 million in transferable tax credits which will lead to over $1.2 Billion in direct spending in Florida over the next 5 years by digital and interactive media, film and television productions in our state.

The annual allocations of tax credits are: $53.5M in 2010-11; $74.5M in 2011-12; and $38M each year for the subsequent three years (’12-’13,  ’13-’14  and  ’14-’15 ), with base incentives of 20% for major digital and interactive media, film and TV projects over $625K, as well as 20% for Emerging and Independent Media projects of between $100K and $625K in qualified expenditures.

Information about applying for these incentives (starting June 7^th, first come, first served) can be found below in the release issued by the Governor’s Office of Film and Entertainment, and on their website at: www.FilmInFlorida.com

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS!

We will spend the next many days reaching out to thank all those that supported and aided in the passage of this momentous and unprecedented bi-partisan legislation.

It is important to note that SB 1752 passed the Senate 39-0, and then passed the House today 115-0!!!

This level of unanimous support would not have been possible without the literally thousands of industry professionals, legislative and executive staff members, association leaders, government relations representatives and of course, legislative leadership that worked together to make this happen.

SB 1752 is the companion bill to the House Entertainment Industry Economic Development Act (HB 697) which Digital Media Alliance Florida and many, many others worked to craft side by side with sponsor Representative Steve Precourt, and prime co-sponsors Kevin Ambler and Jennifer Carroll; Finance & Tax Chair Ellyn Bogdanoff, Governor’s Office of Film & Entertainment Director Lucia Fishburne, and numerous other House co-sponsors, including the significant assitance of Representative Michelle Rehwinkel Vasalina (D-Tallahassee).

And on the Senate side, we wish to laud the efforts of Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville), who introduced SB 1752 with his key co-sponsor Sen. Jeremy Ring (D-Margate) and bi-partisan members of the Senate Select Committee on Florida’s Economy.   We also wish to recognize the key role that Senator Haridopolos and his staff played in introducing and championing his companion SB 1430 which led the Senate charge to match the House HB 697 efforts.   Thanks also to Senators Fasano, Richter, Negron, Bennett, Thrasher, Hill, Sobel, Lynn and Detert.

This has truly been an all out effort by our legislators!!!

And we would be seriously remiss if we did not highlight the vital roles played by: Film Florida, the Florida Film Production Coalition, the Florida Alliance of Media and Entertainment, Women in Film & Television-Florida, the Entertainment Software Association, Florida Film & Entertainment Advisory Council members, local city and county leaders, economic development organizations, educational institutions and many companies including Digital Domain Holdings, Electronic Arts, Telemundo, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Studios and numerous others.

We join Lucia Fishburne in saying what a privilege it’s been to be part of this incredible team effort!

Now all that remains is for Governor Charlie Crist to sign this bill, and Florida’s Entertainment Industries are off to the races!

UPDATE: The Governor signed the bill!