Sentences with phrase «with project pitches»

Some people came equipped with project pitches while others developed them on the fly, and collaborated with our ambassador Taras Emelyanenko to brainstorm and create new solutions.

Not exact matches

For example, in an October interview with industry trade publication Digiday, media consultant Aram Zucker - Scharff compared the project to Facebook's Instant Articles project, which is pitched as making news articles easier to read by hosting them directly on the social network's site.

Research shows that only a quarter of Kickstarter pitches in the technology and design categories were delivered on time, and even after an eight - month delay, 75 percent of projects with reached goals then delivered.

Employees, in groups or individually, can pitch passion projects that align with the company's purpose for the chance to win $ 7,500 for travel and expenses, plus two weeks of paid leave to pursue their research.

Inside Google, Fallows had been the biggest champion of the Google Express project, after coming up with the idea years ago and then pitching it to management, securing what a source previously told Re / code was up to a $ 500 million budget.

We're talking about a guy with a prototypical size who projects to have 2 plus pitches (one being an easy mid 90s FB).

also very pleased that the club are heavily investing in the hale end academy they are halfway through the project, gazidis has said a little while back that it should be completed by feb next year (that's all the 4 new pitches reconfigured and relayed with state of the art turf) i have seen the plans online it looks like it will be state of the art what a great place to rear up our young gunners in, and it means that we can attract the worlds top young talent there.

Man city project started in 2008, it took them almost 10 years with heavy investment on and off the pitch.

Nature lovers who want to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earth Day outdoors can put on walking shoes and participate in a «March for Parks» event, don sturdy gloves and pick up litter along the Illinois Prairie Path or pitch in with spruce - up projects at area parks and preserves.

Minna's family pitches in to help her come up with the perfect project for the hundredth day of school, from twenty sets of five sticks to two sets of fifty pieces of pasta.

In 2015 the Government pitched an ambitious # 25m project to build a 1,500 bed prison in Jamaica, with the aim of sending more than 300 Jamaican inmates with sentences of more than four years there.

But town supervisor Jeanne Walsh has developed a knack for securing grant funding to cover most of the costs of such projects, and the community has pitched in with plenty of volunteer fundraising efforts.

The Orange County budget, property taxes, job growth and capital improvement projects were all addressed, with Neuhaus pitching an optimistic view, saying, «The impact on taxes?

This morning on Press Pass, WBFO's Pat Feldballe speaks with Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner Tim Clark about pitching producers, some new projects that are currently shooting, and the economic impact of film industry spending in Western New York.

The Regional Planning Association has pitched two major transit projects aimed at coping with an influx of commuters and the city's aging infrastructure.

Whereas some companies a decade ago may have only lent their might to academic research that was likely to result in a relatively quick return, we now find them pitching in on higher quality, more basic research projects that are not necessarily in line with their core work but still on their radar.

During a «Shark Tank» - style pitch presentation and feedback session on the first day of the colloquium, Cloyd presented the project along with lead investigator Elizabeth Suhay of American University and research associate Erin Nash of Durham University in the U.K. Erin Heath, associate director of the AAAS Office of Government Relations, is also leading the project and the team includes two graduate student researchers.

The project that I pitched had to do with community life at the ends of the earth.

The «young blood project» symposium was gussied up as one of the dozens of galas that fill the winter social calendar here, with the pitch for Maharaj's clinical trial artfully slipped in before the dessert of fruit and custard tart.

The experience, which included an introduction to the core principles of citizen science and working with other participants to design and pitch a proposal for a citizen science - based project, was «very inspiring,» says Heil, who defended her thesis in December and is currently a postdoc in her Ph.D. lab.

Three firms were particularly successful in luring donors with flashy project pitches that fell short of the mark

As the story opens, the lab's two PIs, clinical researcher Sandy Glass and bench scientist Marion Mendelssohn, are on the verge of giving Cliff the heave - ho because he has been noodling around with an idea of his own rather than pitching in on the lab's main projects.

The projects are judged based on a number of criteria, including how the students defined the problem, how well they designed their software, the quality of the user interface with that software, business viability, and a presentation during which the students describe and pitch their project to the judges.

«We knew this cosmic choir had a strong high - pitched component, but we still don't know if it comes from a lot of smaller, quiet singers, or a few with loud voices,» says coauthor Daniel Stern, the project scientist for NuSTAR at JPL.

The day was one big collaboration project with everyone pitching in to help create their perfect day, from decoration... Read more»

Spacehive provides a single portal where people with project ideas can build support from their community, ensure their plans are viable, pitch for funding from the crowd and our partners at the same time, and share the impact they've created.

Tara tries to drop her Abnormal Psychology class but instead receives an intriguing pitch from her instructor, Dr. Hattaras; Charmaine and Neil find parenthood a struggle but still refuse Tara's help; Max finds himself at odds with his boss at his new job; Kate prepares for flight attendant training; Lionel catches Marshall with Noah, jeopardizing their student film project.

Forced by her relationship with Hank to recuse herself as his lawyer, Abby pitches the case to a senior partner on the golf course; Hank is dismayed by Karen's growing relationship with artist Ben; Marcy and Stu ask Charlie to help them pitch a TV project.

Over two days, 24 women - driven projects participated in a three - part process: a pitching workshop, a financing strategy clinic, and one - on - one meetings with potential financiers and partners.

As he and Silver continued to pitch «Godless» around town, Frank branched out into directing with the 2007 noir «The Lookout» and Liam Neeson in «A Walk Among the Tombstones» He decided he wanted to helm «Godless,» which was already a tough sell, thanks to the feeble international market for westerns and a projected running time of three hours.

Rejoining Noah in the present day, he (now a staunch Russell Crowe) and his wife (Jennifer Connelly, her second project with Aronofsky after Requiem for a Dream) live off the land like nomads, farming and scavenging for vegetables as the humans under the flag of Cain continue to ravage the Earth and pillage the world, their depravity reaching enough of a fever pitch to become an affront to God (who is always referred to as Creator).

With the project expanded to a feature - length film script by 1993, Michelle Pfeiffer and Meg Ryan's agents pitched them for the role, while Tarantino considered Holly Hunter, Meg Tilly, Alfre Woodard and Rosanna Arquette.

Originally pitched as a big budget studio project with Eli Roth attached to direct, Tod Williams» film lacks the budget, special effects or artistry needed to render its depiction of a worldwide apocalypse convincing or interesting.

Stålenhag's artbook was produced with the help of a Kickstarter campaign, where you can see a pitch video for the project and number of images that reveal the world - building and visual scope of Stålenhag's vision for apocalyptic America.

... From one seemingly troubled Justice League project to another now, and it's been reported this week that Warner Bros. is struggling in its search to find a replacement for director Doug Liman on Justice League Dark, with studio execs left underwhelmed by recent director pitches.

He then went to the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) to promote the project in the event's pitching forum, eventually finding a French co-producer and a broadcast partner along with pre-production funding to continue researching Frank Zappa around the world.

During our wide - ranging conversation he talked about what it is about the story of Peter Pan that has fascinated generations, how director Joe Wright pitched him on the project, Blackbeard's musical number, the idea of making a movie that his entire family could watch, Wright's approach as a director and how it compares to his experience with Christopher Nolan, the status of the next and final Wolverine movie, and a lot more.

«[RASL] was a motion picture pitch, which we felt was more potent as TV project in its merging of sci - fi, fantasy, and social commentary with strong characters and themes,» said Walter Parkes of Parkes + MacDonald.

Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the scenes moments which were shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.

In groups, aspiring filmmakers pitch an idea and write, shoot, and edit short narrative projects, working with professional actors and crews and shooting on a schedule and a budget.

A technological and sustainable project is well prepared through processes of «learning by doing», by different techniques of creativity with Lego pieces that allow to reflect the emotional aspects of participants and with the methodology of the elevator pitch to work synthesis in the presentation of a project.

Gerald Williams, Capital Work Project Manager at Oasis Academies said: «The playground looks so much better with the new football pitch and rubber surfacing.The feedback from the students and staff has been very positive.

As support grew, they added logos of friends and partners of the project to the pitch pack so people could see who else was involved, with the aim of encouraging others to jump on board.

Iowa BIG starts the year with a Partner Palooza where community organizations pitch project ideas to students.

Karen Woolland of wctd, an expert on sports project funding says: «In order to make your project a reality it is advisable to move away from the thinking of a traditional project of synthetic pitch and changing rooms for one main user group, the key is to work in partnership and link with as many community partners as viable.

Minoru Takata, Mazda's project manager for CX - 3, says that the small SUV now approaches an ideal situation, in which roll and turn - in are coordinated, with the nose pitching forward at around the same time as the car begins to change direction.

Many Powerful Connections vs. Not So Much: One reason some agents only (or primarily) pitch projects to smaller publishers (see Big vs. Small Publishers above) is they don't have connections with acquisition editors and executives at the big publishers.

The finalists will take the stage and pitch their solutions to a distinguished panel of judges that includes Jennifer Rudolph Walsh (head of the Literary Department at William Morris Endeavor), David Steinberger (CEO of The Perseus Books Group and Chairman of the National Book Foundation), Stephen Evans (Director SilverLake Capital), and others.The winning project will receive a $ 10,000 prize and the opportunity to pitch their idea at a breakfast meeting with Ari Emanuel, Co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor.

Otherwise the response time on the project will be longer; the book might be submitted to the wrong person (often someone who doesn't even work there anymore); the editor will wonder what's wrong with the literary agent or the author since no one cared enough to make a real pitch; and, if you do get an offer, it will be smaller because it will probably be the only offer.

There are plenty of opportunities to rub elbows with publishing professionals, get one - on - one writing advice from successful authors, bond with fellow writers, and pitch your project to a literary agent or publishing editor.