NOWRUZ MOBARAK (Happy Persian New Year)!! Nowruz, literally translated means ‘new day’ so in the spirit of a new day, the harbinger of spring, today we’re offering a fun and inspiring read on the power of social media.

With the controversial KONY 2012 campaign receiving millions of views within a matter of days, Arab Spring revolutions organized via Facebook and Twitter, and the Occupy Wall Street movement gathering traction through major cities around the World, the world is waking up to the power of social media to inspire social change, spread ideas and connect people and cultures. Just this month, a new campaign has attracted international attention for bridging the communication gap between the people of two nations under threat of war: Israel and Iran.

Just before Nowruz (Persian New Year), an Israeli graphic designer named Ronny Edry launched a colourful poster …

About Shireen Nabatian

As Operations Manager at ZenHouse Media since 2008, Shireen handles project management, copy writing, account management and public relations for ZenHouse Media. Shireen’s work experience also includes tour guiding in the Rockies, property management and market research. Shireen is trilingual in English, French and Spanish and speaks a smattering of Farsi.

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Announcing the launch of ZenHouse Media Website Workshops, where we teach people in a two-day workshop to set up, style and manage their own 4–5 page website. Workshops take place in Vancouver, and are open to all levels, absolutely no previous experience required.

Our upcoming workshops are Saturday, Nov 19th & 26th from 10am – 2pm & Saturday, Dec 3rd & 10th from 10am – 2pm.

Find out more and register today.

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Have You Been PuShed? PuSh Int’l Performing Arts Festival Pushes Vancouver Into its 125th Year With Yesterday Evening’s Opening Gala

This year’s PuSh Festival is a salutation to Vancouver’s 125th birthday celebration, looking at questions of urban experience, the everyday, our history and civic identity. Last night’s gala was a snapshot of what audiences can expect from PuSh this year: diverse, genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original performances from the mysterious ladies in white to flamenco to the charged performance by The Zolas.

We checked out the Vancouver is Awesome installation about Vancouver’s neighbourhoods. Seems like everyone is asking this question these days. What do you love about your ‘hood?

The gala took media one step further with digital and video content lining the walls of Five Sixty, where the event took place. We’re talkin’ walls, photo booths and yes even the bathrooms …

About Alyssa Burtt

Alyssa Burtt is Creative Director and Co-Founder of ZenHouse Media. She loves designing for web and usability and helping small business owners find practical strategies for success. An avid iPhone photographer, snowboarder and visual artist, she loves supporting local community and the arts.

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A few of us at ZenHouse Media attended the Art to Boot fundraiser last night at Granville Island Brewery to support our friends, Charity and Dianna of I Heart Van Art. It was a total blast with incredibly creative boot designs and the auction raised a good sum of money, which will go straight to I Heart Van Art to support the local arts community. We were happy to see our boot submission, the Fire Flyers go to a good home and thoroughly enjoyed all the other fantastic boot designs too!

We enjoyed live music by Shine’ on didgeridoo and other local musicians including Kat Hendrix, Thomas Morgan, Blake Havard, Katrina Mae and a special performance by music legend Jim Byrnes, whom we got the pleasure of meeting and getting our photograph with.

The photobooth was a blast, complete with props and …

About Alyssa Burtt

Alyssa Burtt is Creative Director and Co-Founder of ZenHouse Media. She loves designing for web and usability and helping small business owners find practical strategies for success. An avid iPhone photographer, snowboarder and visual artist, she loves supporting local community and the arts.

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