Colin Mangham will be speaking at Sustainatopia 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida, April 19–25. Attending the event as the Chief Marketing Officer of Biomimicry 3.8, his topics will include the business value of biomimicry and bio-inspired innovation for next-generation sustainability.

As recently featured in Forbes magazine, Sustainatopia is “one of the leading annual conferences in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean for social, financial, and environmental sustainability.” More on Biomimicry 3.8 at www.biomimicry.net. More on Sustainatopia at: www.sustainatopia.com

Los Angeles, California, July 11, 2011 – What exactly does “Social Enterprise” mean? Colin Mangham of Daily Brand Group will be joining Max Gail (LAP) and others including members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance July 18 from 7pm to 9pm to discuss and create an action plan around the roles of social enterprises and entrepreneurship in the emerging structural transformation of the economic system and its critical transition to sustainability.

So what solutions are coming from collaboration of for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises that will create new mindsets, organizations, and a livable future for coming generations? The agenda will be to “run laps” around the idea and develop an action plan that all attendees can carry out into their respective arenas. While it’s certain to be a freeform conversation, Colin’s anticipated focus will be on social entrepreneurship with respect to educational reform and cleantech innovation as well as humanitarian aid-to-trade initiatives he recently began in the Middle East amid Arab Spring.

The meeting will take place in Malibu, CA, just off the coast highway at Big Rock. If you’re interested in attending please email success@dailybrandgroup.com with Subject “Social Enterprise.”

ABOUT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE

The Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) is the leading membership organization in North America for social enterprises, service providers, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and venture capitalists that is actively building the field of social enterprise through networking opportunities, educational forums, strategic partnerships, and impact legislation. Our members are passionate about changing their communities, and we are passionate about providing them with the tools they need to continue their good work.

We envision social enterprise as a widely practiced method for creating a more just & sustainable world. The Social Enterprise Alliance is an advocate for the field, a hub of information and education, and a builder of a vibrant and growing community of social enterprises. We are passionate about social enterprise, and we are driven by serving the people and organizations who continue to work in this growing sector.

SEA connects the vibrant and growing community of social enterprise by hosting learning and networking opportunities among social enterprises, foundations, lenders, educators, corporations, and service providers in regional hotspots throughout the United States and Canada. With a community of nearly 700 members, we are actively connecting members with potential clients, sources of capital, marketing opportunities, helpful informational resources, and leaders in the field to build your business and strengthen your social impact. More at: Social Enterprise Alliance website.

Project-Peace on Earth, for which Colin Mangham currently serves on the international Advisory Board, has updated its website this week. The new site can be viewed at www.project-peaceonearth.org. Some changes and new content still to come, but a great step forward for Steve Robertson, Founder, and this inspiring organization that counts among its steering committee and advisors such influencers as filmmaker James Cameron. Kudos, all.

ABOUT PROJECT-PEACE ON EARTH

Project-Peace On Earth is a digitally distributed global Musical Prayer for Peace that enables the world’s most spiritually inspired and famed musicians to perform from comfort of their home, a personal or historic sacred site, while on tour or during a concert or from the central host concert stage of Manger Square Bethlehem, and plug into a unified global broadcast for peace on November 11, 2011 (11.11.11). Special performances from remote sacred sites will create live-interactive musical bridges that allow musicians around the world to participate and collaborate in the event from wherever they are.

We just completed another Verizon Wireless spot showcasing the latest-greatest Droid phone with the addition of the new Verizon VCast video app. The spot presents highlights of college football action that can be viewed either on your home TV via FSN or on your enabled Verizon phone.

Thanks to everyone on the team, including Colin (producer, writer, voiceover), Dariush (creative director) and Chris (motion graphics, editing) as well as our friends over at West Post Digital (post-production) and Confidence Head (audio post). The spot begins airing nationally in early August as the hype for the fall NCAA football season begins. We will post it up here for viewing soon.

DAILY Brand’s Colin Mangham will be speaking on a panel discussion for the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) on June 14, 2011 at the Australian Consolate-General in Los Angeles. The focus of the event is “The Fundamentals of Building a Business in the USA,” and is the final of a 3-part series entitled “Show me the Money: Key steps to finding investment for your business in the USA.”

Colin will draw from his entrepreneurial experience, including client engagements in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as his Liverpool MBA focused on international marketing. He will provide insights into how early- and growth-stage companies in Australia can most effectively model and communicate their value propositions for the purpose of obtaining direct investment from US capital partners or otherwise forming joint ventures and other alliances with US companies to accelerate growth.

The event will be webcast live via video seminar to audiences in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Adelaide. We will post any information on transcripts and/or videos here following the event. For more information, please email success@dailybrandgroup.com with subject line “Australia.”

(Couldn’t resist quoting Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap….)

On June 6, 2000, notably the anniversary of D-Day, Colin Mangham and a handful of colleagues formed what was then Centrifuge Partners (pre Daily Brand conception in 2007) headquartered in Newport Beach. Quite a time to launch a business … smack-dab in the middle of the dotcom implosion, eh?

Now a full 11 years later, and having survived and thrived through not only that bubble burst but the recent economic downturn (did you hear?), some restructuring, expansion, contraction, molting, meshing and all the speedbumps that typically face an entrepreneurial venture built for sustainable growth and a triple bottom line, we’re more energized, enthused and effective than ever.

Thank you everyone who has supported our success and given us the opportunity to support yours. If you know us you know our mantra … if it’s worth doing do it daily. Here’s to Daily progress, on a daily basis, to carry us all (team, clients, partners, peers) up and up and up another 10 years and beyond.

Colin Mangham will be attending the Milken Global Conference again this year, May 2-4, 2011 in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton. The Milken Institute Global Conference brings together some of the most extraordinary people in the world – from entrepreneurs and executives to philanthropists, scientists and Nobel laureates. Together they explore solutions to today’s most pressing social, political and economic challenges.

The Global Conference has become an important venue for thought leaders in a wide range of disciplines to present their views before an informed, influential audience and the news media. It’s also an invaluable setting for attendees to meet informally and build new relationships. Among the participants are hundreds of CEOs from the world’s top-tier companies, senior foreign and U.S. government officials, leading figures in the global capital markets, forward-thinking academic experts, top journalists, and leaders in education, health care and philanthropy. More at www.milkeninstitute.org.

If you’re interesting in getting together with Colin either side of a session, best is to Twitter DM @colinmangham. Tracks he’s registered to attend include:

MONDAY
9:30 | K-12 Education Reform
11:00 | Investing in Intangibles
2:30 | Mighty Molecules: Industrial Biotech
3:50 | Renewable Energy
7:30 | Dinner: Conversations on Leadership

TUESDAY
9:30 | Philanthropic Social Action
11:00 | Global Health
2:30 | Business of Personalized Medicine
4:00 | Saving Lives from Cancer

WEDNESDAY
9:30 | Social Media Investing
11:00 | Philanthropic Dollars into Effective Action
12:15 | Lunch: Gary Becker and Michael Milken
2:30 | Need for Speed: Mobile Infrastructure
4:00 | Exporting Entertainment
6:30 | Dinner Reception: Melanoma Research Alliance [by Invitation]

We had a good bit of fun working in some of the material for this looping presentation to be displayed in the AGE Insurance booth, which we also designed last year. We’ve talked about AGE Insurance before a few times in the News section as we’ve been working together for a couple of years now. But the gist is that they have developed a new line of niche insurance product protecting seniors in assisted living facilities and communities. They figure if Grandpa thinks that mobility scooter is roadworthy on the freeway, well, maybe just a little bit of insurance is in order….

IOGEAR, which retails a broad range of consumer technology products in North and South America, Europe and Asia, has again awarded DAILY Brand with creating product demonstration videos for its latest launch. The 60- to 90-second videos will feature six different products offering HDMI connectivity, wireless computing and other computing and A/V features enabled by solutions such as the DVI KVMP device (below).

Colin Mangham will write and produce the videos. Dariush Khansari is set to direct and will also lead the editing process. Tia Marie Shroeder will reprise her role as spokesmodel and will be filmed against a green screen for branded backgrounds and other graphic enhancements. Videos will be featured on the IOGEAR website as well as on retail sites such a Best Buy, Buy.com and others. More about IOGEAR here.

We recently produced, designed, wrote, edited, and mixed a :60 commercial based in documentary series featuring the Ford F-150 EcoBoost engine Torture Test. It begins airing nationally this week on FSN. Check it out by clicking the image above or in our reel here.