Maremel Ventures

Advisory/
consulting for connected media firms
...and companies who want to engage in connecting their media and customers

Incubation of new businesses and models

Educational Programs on connected media business model transitions for executives and students

Educational Programs on connected media as life/communications issues for parents, tweens, and teens

Industry Thought-Leadership at Events

Current Research and Writing

Maremel Media Market Musings -- Blog on impacts and evidence of new and/or odd media activities

 

Maremel Media

iKidTools
cable & broadband half-hour live action -- currently in preproduction

How2Kids.com -- a kid web space and TV show on KGEM-TV cable and broadband via Brightcove

iKidWorld.com -- kids' and family guide to the Web -- a "Safe Discovery" zone for children ages 7-12

Maremel Music
music and storytelling with families -- recordings, live concerts, and TV show, plus broadband resource site KidsMusicClub

Digital Parent
blog of stories and challenges in digital parenting

 



Thought Leadership
Public Events: Moderating and Speaking
Gigi Johnson


Presenter, "New Media and Society," USC CTM Workshop Series on Understanding the Networked Digital Industry (UNDI), "Disruptive Forces in the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Market Place: Opportunities or Threats?", Co-hosted by the Institute for Media Innovation, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore; Los Angeles, August 2008

Moderator, "Is Content still King in the Web 2.0 World?", Web 2.0 on Mobile: Convergence in Advertisement, Media Content, and Enterprise Services, WINMEC at UCLA, May 2008

Featured Speaker, "Enriching Lives with Digital Media: Expanding Learning with Internet and Video," California Even Start Family Literacy Conference, January 2008

Moderator, "Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile Universe," Digital Hollywood, October 2007

Moderator, "Convergence of Content, Personal/Mobile Devices and Networks for Consumer and Enterprise Spaces," Convergence - Mobile Web 2.0, WINMEC, May 2007

Moderator, Association of Women in Radio & Television/UCLA Anderson Panel, "New Media Revolution," March 2007

Panelist, "Turning It On: Media, Technology and Innovation," Wilbur K. Wood Greater China Business Conference, February 2007

Panelist, "Citizen Media – Blogs, Podcasts, Activist Media & Personalized News," Digital Hollywood Europe in London, November/December 2006

Moderator, "Developing the Next Generation of Entertainment, Media & Technology Thinkers and Visionaries – Science vs. Commerce vs. Theory," Digital Hollywood Europe in London, November/December 2006

Speaker, "Once and Future Film Business Models," Eighth Annual Business and Economics Scholars Workshop Summit in Motion Picture Industry Studies, DeSantis Center, Florida Atlantic University, November 2006

Moderator, "Advertising Strategies in the Diversified Digital Culture: Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Broadband, Games and Mobile," Digital Hollywood, October 2006, Santa Monica, Calif.

Moderator, Advertising Discussions, Interactive Television Alliance "Re-inventing Television Summit," August 2006 (upcoming), Long Beach, CA

Moderator, "The Future of Mobile Entertainment," UCLA WINMEC Mobile Entertainment/Media Forum, May 2006, Los Angeles, CA

Moderator, "Technology/Academic Partnerships: Creating the Next Generation of Digital Media," National Cable & Telecommunications Association and The Cable Center's 15th Annual Academic Seminar, The 2006 National Show, April 2006, Atlanta, GA

Moderator, "Advertising Strategies in the Diversified Digital Culture: Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Broadband, Games and Mobile," Digital Hollywood, March 2006, Santa Monica, Calif.

Moderator, "Advertising Strategies in the Diversified Digital Culture: Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Broadband, Games and Mobile," Digital Hollywood, September 2005, Santa Monica, Calif.

Faculty Moderator, "Re-inventing Television Summit," Interactive TV Alliance, August 2005

Moderator, "Cable Television Audience Measurement: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions," The Cable Center's Magness Academic Seminar, 2005 National Conference, April 2005, Las Vegas, Nev.

Moderator, "Infotainment" in Public Television," PREPUT 2005 (International Public Television Conference), April/May 2005, San Francisco, Calif.

Panelist, "Entertainment Everywhere: Beyond TV, PC, DVD and the Local Movie Complex", Digital Coast Roundtable, Feb. 2005, Century City, Calif.

Moderator, "Going Digital: DRM & Business Models For Monetizing Digital Content," Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference, Nov. 2004, Los Angeles, Calif.

Moderator, "Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Broadband Home to the Mobile and Wi-Fi Universe," Digital Hollywood, Sept. 2004, Los Angeles, Calif.

Host/Moderator: "Managing New Technologies in Old Entertainment Companies," April 2003, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Host/Moderator: "Challenge in Managing the HR Function in Entertainment Companies," January and February, 2004, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Moderator, "Entrepreneurship in Entertainment," Entrepreneur Conference, May 2002, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Interviewer/Moderator, "Musings on Managing in the Changing World of Entertainment," 2002 CMIE Conference, "The Business Of Technology: Perspectives, Problems, Profitability," Apr. 2002, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Moderator, "Strategic Alliances" Panel, 2001 CMIE Conference, "Accelerating Change in the Information Economy," Feb. 2001, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Moderator, National Graduate Women in Business Conference, 2000

Moderator, National Graduate Business Conference, 2000
Panelist and Presenter, UCLA Anderson School of Management's CIBER International Business Roundtable, "The European Monetary Union: Implications for Multinational Corporations," Dec. 1998

Panelist, Broadcast Cable Financial Management Assn. National Conference, Las Vegas, 1995