TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY WELCOMES DIRECTOR KEN BURNS FOR A RETURN VISIT AND WEBINAR

 

 

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http://www.tfa.edu/admissions/faculty-webinar-series/ken-burns-webinar

NEW ART FOR THE TULLMAN COLLECTION - "SELF-PORTRAIT" BY STEFAN HARRIS

 

SELF-PORTRAIT

 

 

Mocial is the New Social: Picking Howard Tullman’s Brain

BY: Irina Papuc | June 27, 2012

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At 6 p.m. we’re putting down our phones and picking up our tablets.” The words of visionary Howard Tullman, President and CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, a Chicago-based digital media arts college, embedded themselves in the folds of my brain and have not left me since. Perhaps it’s just the timing, but I could not help but connect his recent presentation at TechWeek 2012 in Chicago to a Kakuesque futuristic ploy, a brief glimpse into the once-fabled augmented reality world we are quickly creating.

Science popularizer and quantum physicist Michio Kaku projected in his book Physics of the Future a near future where shirts talk and interact with you, vehicles resuscitate their owners, and we live in a new hybrid communication platform nested in the physical and in the virtual. In this realm, real objects live alongside virtual ones, and the “social” qualities fostered in the “real” world (talking face to face, picking up an object) gain no more importance than the “mocial” layer nested in augmented reality.

How do we even begin to describe “mocial” to our grandparents? Could we ever really expound it? A mix of mobile + local + social, the term encompasses universal human concepts (“social,” “local,” the like) with vastly different connotations than their historical predecessors. Defined and coined in 2010 as “accessing of social applications on the cellphone or other mobile devices,” the term, to me, seems to lately take a new turn that extends beyond texting or using social media.

In this new reality, that hot Airwalk shoe you’ve lusted after will virtually appear in a pedestrian crossing so you can buy it on the spot. The sports stadium experience will become a fully-interactive, “mocialized” one, and you will get to instantly call out bad referee decisions on your phone. Your shirt will actually talk and interact with you, perhaps even scold you for spilling coffee on it.

In this new social realm, celebrities will take a backseat to people with the largest megaphones on the Internet. Why? Because today we have the power to finally quantify status, that age-old purveyor of power. “Today, we can measure, confer, publish, and share our status,” says Tullman. “When the world knows that you are #99 on a 100 count friend list, this matters.” Where will this virtual caste system lead, and will it piggyback on rapidly developing augmented reality technology? Of course it will. It already does.

We’re living in a time when status is a question of BAS (“Best Available Screen”) and 40 percent of phone users multitask with other mobile devices. With the world increasingly operating on these two different planes of reality, our actions in one rapidly affect our views in the other.

Teens commit suicide over malevolent and viral text smear campaigns, their e-status tarnished. And with the Google Goggle in the works, we may soon enter a new age of virtual prejudice, where a mere glimpse at a stranger’ virtual status will give us all we need to hate them before we even say “hello.”

Darkened, sun-tanned skin was a sign of low status in the medieval ages, an indication of our ancestors toiling their days in backbreaking agricultural field work. Today, the average American farmer is a 57-year-old man. The average Farmville farmer is a 43 year-old-woman, and our social exchange amounts to trading virtual pigs and setting up e-chicken coops. We reap what we sow, and who is to say that e-soil, measured in bitcoins, is any less valuable than the arable kind? Try explaining that one to the caveman.

TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY CEO HOWARD TULLMAN KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT NORTHSIDE COLLEGE PREP COLLOQUIUM ON INNOVATION AND CAREERS 2.0

Innovation and Careers 2.0

9 November 2012

 

Northside holds presentations designed to help students think about the future

by Eleanor Glockner and Georgia Mitrakos

Every year Northside has an all school colloquium that reflects the year’s theme. Last year the theme centered around the construction of our celestial garden and our visit to the planetarium. This year we will be having an all school colloquium that will evoke thought about future careers. It is a day created to inform and inspire our next generation of leaders.

 

Innovation and Careers 2.0 will challenge the Northside students to look forward and explore possible career opportunities. Career day will take place on Friday, November 9 from 8:00 am to 11:15 am. Each student will be allowed to attend three 45-minute sessions. Student registration for these sessions began October 31 and will be open until Sunday, November 4.

 

For more information about Innovation and Careers 2.0 visit www.northsideprep.org.

 

Here are a few of the guest speakers that will attend our all school colloquium:

 

Mr. Howard Tullman, President and CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Academy will be the Keynote speaker. Tribeca Flashpoint Academy is one of Chicago’s best digital media arts colleges. Tribeca’s initiative is to turn their students’ passion for art and media into real careers. According to their webpage, their “Curriculum is hands-on, immersive and career-focused.” Mr. Tullman is an inspirational leader who wants students to be prepared for the future and be focused on how to bring their talent and passion into a career based society.

 

For more information on Mr. Howard Tullman or Tribeca Flashpoint Academy visit http://www.tfa.edu/.

 

Mr. Jack Wheeler, the Founder of the Sand Box Industries of Chicago will be joined by Danny Levi, the project manager at Sand Box. Sand Box Industries is a business firm that grows ideas and launches them into our society by creating and developing new businesses. Mr. Wheeler is interested in connecting real world problems to the virtual world, and would like to help solve world problems by using technology.

For more information on Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Levi, and Sand Box Industries visit http://www.sandboxindustries.com

Harper Reed is currently the chief technology officer of President Obama’s reelection campaign. He was the CTO of the Chicago t-shirt company Threadless until 2009, served as an adviser at the venture capital firm Sand Box Industries, and launched CTAalerts.com, a website that compiles CTA delays. He blogs at https://harperreed.org/.

 

Our speakers at career day are people who are willing to change the way the world works. They are creative, passionate, and willing to grow and launch their ideas to the public.

 

Here is a complete list of Guest Speakers:

Howard Tullman, President and CEO, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, Keynote Speaker

Maged Aboulmagd, Consul General, Arab Republic of Egypt

Larry Asimow, Board Member, Urban Habitat Chicago; Owner, Larry Asimow Landscaping

Lisa Balde, Deputy Editor, NBC

Mark Bowman/Vince Lambert, Illinois Army National Guard

Jennifer Brandel, Lead Producer Curious City, WBEZ

Amy Butterer, Agent, The Billions Corporation

Sara Cherry, Genetic Counselor, Central DuPage Hospital @ Cadence Heaklth; Instructor/Owner, Big City Blues

Aleta Clark. Founder & Partner, Child & Adolescence Health Associates

Lindsay Cohen, Vice President, Sandbox Industries

Steve Dolinsky, Food Reporter, ABC News

Lili E., Midwest Regional Recruiter, CIA

Will Elkins, Solutions Engineer, Akamai Technologies

Hilary Figgs/John Bannon, Returned Volunteers, Peace Corps

Ted Gonder, Co-founder and Executive Director, Moneythink

Karen Gordon, Entrepreneur and Advisor, NFP and Startups

Mario Greco, Senior Broker & VP Sales, Prudential Rubloff

Kristian Hammond, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Narrative Science; Professor of
Computer Science, Northwestern University

Tyharrie Hill, Manager of Research Health Initiatives, American Cancer Society

Geoffrey Johnson, Senior Editor, Chicago Magazine

Ted Kalaw, Student & Software Engineer; Intern, Facebook

Rima Kapitan, Principal, Kapitan Law Offices

Robert Karr, Principal, Masuda Funai

Sandee Kastrul, President, i.c. stars

Michael Kerley, Lieutenant Commander & Navy City Outreach Officer, USN

Julie Krzeminski, Midwest Sales Representative, Etera Green Roof Plants

Joseph Lee, Student & Former Teacher, Rush Medical College

Danny Levi, Founder-in-Residence, Sandbox Industries

Laritza Lopez, Founder & CEO, Purple Group

Cyndi Loza, Associate Editor, Guerrero Howe Custom Media

Kerry Maiorca, Director, Bloom Yoga Studio

Justin Massa, Founder & CEO, Food Genius

Robert McHugh, Co-founder, Chicago Biofuels

Renauld Mitchell, Director of Chicago Operations, Moody Nolan

Greg Morris, Partner, Morris & Gunter Associates LLC; Advisory Board, Morris Graduate School of Management; Chairman & Director, Black Ensemble Theater

Cathy Mullen, Physical Trainer

Eileen Murphy, Founder, Thinkcetera.com

Molly Myer, Board Member, Urban Habitat Chicago

David Myers, Founder, Resistance Coffee; the Chicago Coffee Federation; and Café Chicago

William O’Connell, Managing Director, Bonaventure Management Partners

Dan O’Neil, Executive Director, Smart Chicago Collaborative

Alex Perez, Correspondent, ABC World News

Chris Phenner, Head of Midwest, Unified Social Operating Platform

Melissa Pierce, Founder, The Optimist Lens; Board Member, Hollaback org.; Board Member
EverPurse; Organizer, Pitch Conference

Greg Randall, Principal Architect, GREC Architects

Harper Reed, Chief Technical Officer, Obama Campaign

Mike Repkin, Executive Director, Urban Habitat Chicago; President, Repkin Biosystems

John Rico, Founder and CEO, Rico Enterprises

Michael Salvatore, Owner and CEO, Heritage Bicycles General Store

Mary Claire Schmit, Uniting America AmeriCorps Fellow, Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights

Luke Tanen, Executive Director, Chicago Innovation Awards

Abe Thompson, Media Executive & Consultant

Lachlan Tidmarsh, Chief Information Officer, Chicago Public Schools

John Tolva, Chief Technical Officer, City of Chicago

Jack Wheeler, Founder-in-Residence, Sandbox Industries

Tony Wilkins, President, AE Wilkins Holdings

Adam Yoffe, Director of Studio and Broadcast Operations, WBEZ

TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY CEO HOWARD TULLMAN SPEAKS WITH PAUL KLEIN ON THE WEB - 11/5/12

 

 

TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY CEO HOWARD TULLMAN SPEAKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT NOTRE DAME'S MENDOZA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Master College Calendar

Guest Speaker: Howard Tullman

Date/Time:

November 6
8:00 am - 9:50 am

Location:

Mendoza Jordan Auditorium

Open to:

students, faculty, staff, alumni

Contact:

Wendy Angst

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Description

Howard Tullman is labeled by Inc. Magazine as “the most accomplished, best-connected entrepreneur you have never heard of.” A serial entrepreneur, investor, advisor, art collector, teacher, lecturer, lawyer, marathon runner, and friend of both Bill Clinton and Tyra Banks, Tullman has done it all. Most recently and prominently, President and CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy.

According to Tullman, social media and technology will shape the future through hyper-personalization, know-before-you-go data capabilities, constant connection and “smart reach”, and gamification, to name but a few. Please join as Mr. Tullman presents on the “Future Trends in Technology and Social Media” to the Commercialization Business Analytics class on November 6, 2012 from 8:00am – 9:50am in the Jordan Auditorium. Faculty and students welcome.

NEW INC. POST ON EDUCATION FROM TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY CEO HOWARD TULLMAN

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Howard Tullman, President of for-profit college, calls for realism in education

Howard Tullman, President of for-profit college, calls for realism in education

HOWARD TULLMAN

Daily Splash columnist

Call me crazy, but I thought making a profit was one of the most important things a business should do.

But when you have a perfect storm of a continued bad economy, collapsing employment opportunities for millions of people (especially new college grads) and a do-nothing Congress stuck in an election year, people need to find someone to blame.

For the last couple of years, the easiest whipping boys (even though they represent only a tiny fraction of overall college enrollments) have been for-profit education companies.

Of course, some of these guys are to quality education what the Olive Garden is to Italian cuisine.

But, there are people doing for-profit education really right. I think our small (but growing) college is a perfect example: Tribeca Flashpoint Academy is a for-profit, digital media arts college where — in an intense, hands-on, cross-disciplinary two-year program — we’re training hundreds of passionate and talented creative kids to get ready for real jobs in the rapidly expanding digital economy. And, frankly, we don’t think our work ends until their jobs begin.

I’m tired of all of the “for-profits” getting painted with the same brush. I don’t want to see the baby (and the right-time, right-place idea of high-end, high-tech vocational training) tossed out with the bathwater.

If we’re going to hold for-profit colleges accountable for real education value and real employment prospects, then we should be demanding the exact same standards and results from the 90 percent of the college marketplace represented by the non-profit schools. Many of those are doing a horrible job of equipping our graduates with the skills, work ethic and training they need today to succeed tomorrow and in the future.

I think we’re finally over the fantasy that everyone in America should (or can afford to) own a home. And, in the same way, it’s pretty clear now — as the rest of the world has known for decades — that not every high school graduate should (or needs to or can afford to) go to an expensive four-year college.

Borrowing tens of thousands of dollars each year from Uncle Sam to finance an “education” with no real connection to or commitment to real employment is an especially nasty way that we’ve let millions of well-intentioned kids and their families mortgage their futures and hitch their wagons to a false dream of future success.

There are plenty of faster, less expensive and more productive ways to prepare our graduates for today’s highly competitive global economy.

Howard Tullman donated his fee for writing this column to PAWS Chicago.

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