Personal Camera Captures Live Events

Documenting your life via Instagram is fine.  But you still miss so many moments on account of you having to live your life rather than snap photos all day.  Not to worry, though, the Autographer will cover the rest.

Designed to hang from your neck, the camera will take shots autonomously, capturing special moments while you go about your day.  It's not going to take stills randomly either — instead, it uses a bevy of electronic sensors that alert it to the likelihood that it's staring right at a Kodak moment.

Billed as an "intelligent camera," the Autographer uses data from an onboard magnetometer, accelerometer, thermometer, infrared detector and a color/light sensor to determine whether the conditions are ripe to be photographed.  We're not exactly sure what criteria it uses to filter that data out, but they supposedly tuned the algorithm so that it will only take a picture when something "interesting" is detected.

It uses a 5.0 megapixel sensor paired with a 136-degree semi-fisheye lens, allowing it to capture a wide scene.  Features include 8GB of built-in storage (good for 2,000 shots), built-in Bluetooth (for wirelessly offloading  images to your phone), a manual shutter (so you can take pictures yourself) and a downloadable smartphone app (where you can monitor battery levels, as well as sort and tag images).

We love this for planners wanting to document their event set ups and backstage stories or a gazillion other event uses.

SWIVL PERSONAL CAMERAMAN

Swivl is an interactive motorized tripod with a wireless mic for your iPhone or pocket camera. The device consists of a base and a wireless marker, attach the marker to yourself and the base automatically follows the marker up to 33 feet away. The Swivel is able to rotate 360º horizontally and +10 / -20 degrees vertically when commanded from the Marker. Great gadget for filming presentations, training videos and lectures.

Inexpensive Yet Creative Wall Art – a New Twist in Decor

Looking for an innovative way to set the scene, make a BIG impact and not blow the budget? Let us introduce you to Wordans Wall Art. It is so easy to apply a child can do it, it's super cost effective, make a huge statement and it is fully customizable. You can create any look you want, replicating scenes from just about anywhere. Pop a rhinoceros on the wall, bring the beetles to life, create a gardens scape or bring Paris to your dinner and let your guests dine under the lights of the Eiffel Tower… for around 50$ each. Add lighting and you have instant decor.

Great for birthday's bar/bat mitzvahs and social events on a tight budget.

http://www.wordans.com/store-wall-decals-3889

5 Ideas for Using Pinterest in Your Business

Pinterest is a free website and application that allows you to bookmark images you find on the web and put them in your “pin boards”. You can follow other users, comment on their pins and repin their images to your boards. Like any social network, Pinterest does require an investment in time. When I first joined Pinterest, I wanted to look for and share wedding inspiration with my clients. I am still surprised at how much it has helped with other things in my life such as fashion boards (which have inspired more than a few new outfits), simple cooking techniques, home décor ideas, exercise tips, craft ideas and entertaining inspiration for the holidays.

Here are 5 ways Pinterest can help your business:

1. Client inspiration boards. You can create a different pin board for each of your clients to pin inspiration photos and ideas for their wedding or event. This is a really easy way to create inspiration boards online that you can share with the bride, the floral designer, cake designer and other wedding professionals who are working with you on the wedding or event. You can also encourage your clients to create their own inspiration boards on Pinterest.

2. Business branding ideas. You can save patterns, photos, websites, logos and icons that inspire you. Even if you aren’t looking to re-brand your business anytime soon, it is really helpful to save these for future reference.

3. Increase your current business brand. Pin photos of your office and your team to increase brand exposure. To get more visitors to your Pinterest page, use your Facebook page and Twitter to promote your design ideas and inspiration boards that are on Pinterest.

4. Pin your own work. Just like Twitter and Facebook, you will get the most benefit when you interact with other users and pin from other sites. You don’t want to use Pinterest solely for self promotion however it’s perfectly fine to occasionally pin content from your own wedding and blog. I am surprised at the amount of website traffic we get from people who have pinned photos from our event planning website and blog.

5. Office inspiration and organization. Event planners are such creative professionals. The environment we work in influences our design, our style and our productivity. Use Pinterest for inspiration ideas to create a clean, creative, organized and inspiring work environment. You may be surprised at how much better you work.

article courtesy of plannerslounge.com

Sweet Gift Ideas

Ninutik provides distinctive gifts for a variety of corporate functions including conferences, seminars, meetings, business trips, receptions, openings and award galas. Whenever your organization requires an iconic Canadian gift or treat that blends the sweetness of maple with striking design.

Chefs and event planners rely on Ninutik for tasteful melt-in-your-mouth single-serving maple sugar confections. Our award-winning products have been enjoyed at many prestigious events and venues

Pure maple taffy on snow! Sweeten your events with a Canadian Springtime tradition prepared on-site by Ninutik. Expertly made and elegantly presented, maple taffy on snow is a gastronomic experience. Native to our local soil, perfect for 100 mile events, available year round.  Stop by the CSE EXPO12 Trendspotting session on March 29^th for an opportunity to experience this sweet product and enjoy a live demo!

http://www.ninutik.com/store/home2.php?level1=caterers&level2=caterers7

“Magic wand” for the Magnificent events

 

Eco Friendly Paper Customized for Event Applications

Water Bottles Re Emerge as Cool Gift

Look out bottled water, you have some serious competition. If the folks at Vapur have a say, the days of branded bottled water at your events is almost history.

Vapur flexible bottles ship flat so they take nearly 90% less space and use less fuel to transport than rigid water bottles. The packaging is printed using wind power on 100% post-consumer paper and the makers support water related environmental causes through participation in 1% for the Planet.

Ask your local gift supplier for rates on branded Vapur bottles and help make the mountain of plastic bottles left behind at events a memory.

Stacy Wyatt, Managing Editor, canadianspecialevents.com

Contemporary Furniture POPs With Cocktail Seating

Toronto's successful and cutting edge furniture rental firm Contemporary Furniture Rentals brings in a super chic and fun line of cocktail loungers including this fun and flirty Martini Stool. Its 161/2 inches high and comes in four cool colors including green, metallic silver, and orange.

Also new in Contemporary's inventory are the Cindy Lamp in pink, gunmetal, blue, green and more delicious hues; the Provence day bed and the fabulous patent button tufted borne in orange, white, black and silver.  For more from Contemporary visit their site at http://www.cfrentals.com/.

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