Dog Sees God - Vancouver Live Theatre

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Dates: May 16-25th

Location: Blake Snyder Theatre

#210-112 3rd Ave E. Vancouver, BC. Canada

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is a play written by Bert V. Royal. An "unauthorized parody," the play imagines characters from the popular comic strip Peanuts (Charlie Brown) as teenagers. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion, sexual relations and identity are among the issues covered in this drama.

Directed by: Style Dayne (twitter: @StyleDayne) Produced by: Style Dayne (Bar S Entertainment) & Jeff Evans Todd

Cast: Jeff Todd as "CB" (Charlie Brown) (twitter: @JeffEvansTodd) -Courtney Paige Theroux "CB's Sister" (Sally) (twitter: @courtneypaigexo) -Eric Banerd as "Van" (Linus) (twitter: @EricBanerd) -Cole Matthews as "Matt" (Pig Pen) -Dylan Riches as "Beethoven" (Schroeder) (twitter: @DylanRiches) -Andrea Bucko as "Marcy" (Marcie) (twitter: @AndreaBucko) -Therés Amee as "Tricia" (Pepperment Patty) (twitter: @TheresAmee) -Montana Norberg as "Van's Sister" (Lucy) (twitter: @MontanaNorberg)

Produced by: Bar S Entertianment: https://www.facebook.com/BarSEntertainment 

What makes this production unique?

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is a full-length play split into many different vignettes each exposing character faults, that then bring to life the fact that we are all frauds in our day to day affairs.  Its a gripping drama that leaves the audience with a sense of self discovery while sending the message home through comedy that is only effective on the back drop of the drama.  Some would say is a Black Comedy Sit-Com.

The production is a combination of Multi-media as well as live performance produced in an intimate theatre creating an atmosphere that makes the audience become voyeurs of the High School the play takes place in.

All the cast and crew have extensive FIlm/TV experience and this is all their first adventure into the land of live theatre.  The eclectic cast are able to transform their Film/TV acting strengths to tell a compelling story.  Each character also plays with the idea of one of the 7 deadly sins to give the some what “on the nose” characters more depth and humanity.

We will also be donating a percentage of ticket sales to Project Limelight as well as Fulfilling Young Artists, both are non profit charitable youth organizations that develop young artists in performance and are both no cost to the participants.

Featured: Rebecca J. Scott / In Balance Counselling

Rebecca Scott, MA, CCC is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and Owner of In Balance Counselling Ltd.   She has more than 10 years of experience working with youth and families on the North Shore in various roles.

Rebecca believes in identifying uniqueness and innate strengths in an individual.  These strengths, along with new tools, encourage clients to take an active role in the counselling process, and ultimately their success.  Rebecca puts great emphasis on achieving mental health stability and integral wellness.

Rebecca feels that a strong connection with the community enhances its quality and the lives of those in it.  She volunteers her time with the Diabetes Education Clinic with Vancouver Coastal Health.  Rebecca has also co-facilitated psycho-educational groups such as Why Weight for families, and Girl Power for pre-teens struggling with eating disorders.

Rebecca has a calm, kind approach, while ensuring that clients achieve the most success possible from their counselling.  She believes that for change to occur, individuals are responsible to “make it happen”.


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Bacchus is a boutique corporate law firm which provides advice on US and Canadian corporate and securities issues. 

Bacchus’ boutique, team-based firm works closely with new, high-growth companies to complete listings on stock exchanges in North America through IPO’s or reverse mergers. We draw upon big firm expertise, but provide small firm personal service, efficiency, speed and effectiveness. During and beyond taking companies public, we focus on requirements specific to the company’s stage of growth, and help them think about their corporate structure, governance and business in new and better ways.

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9 Social Media Predictions for 2013 & Beyond

It is first day of Spring - March 2013. Here are 9 predictions of what I think will be trending in the world of social media & the web for the near future. In no particular order...

1) Mobile devices & the responsive website. 
By now we all know that tablets outsell desktop PCs, so it's only natural that web design & the way web is develop also adapts to this statistic. One way is responsive websites, which simply means a website that changes its appearance and layout based on the size of the viewing screen. You can expect more sites being revamped, responsive, more text based & less image & flash heavy.

2) Easier Buying. 
Facebook feeds us ads & lots of app games where you can purchase virtual goods, but we haven't seen a big step forward in actual e-commerce as of yet. Only far and few Facebook business/app pages are capable of user interaction and even fewer actually integrate any sort of e-commerce or direct buying call-to-action at all. People like convenience, and when they see something they like, it would be nice to click a BUY NOW button, instead of having to hunt it down. Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and YouTube.com don't even have eCommerce options but they sure show off some cool stuff we want to buy!

3) Content is still king. 
Visual imaging & lifestyle marketing continues to take center stage as more B2C (business to consumer) start using social media such as Instagram or Pinterest to evoke feelings and connect with you on a personal level.

4) More Social Media Channels start charging for the sames services you now get for free. 
Twitter & Pinterest will try to make money off their 'free' services by introducing more premium advertising options similar to the way Facebook did by introducing 'sponsored ads' and 'promoted posts'. Did you know that when you do a business post, only 7-14% of your fan-base actually see it? If you want to reach more of your market you need to purchase 'promoted posts'.

5) More focused social media strategies & targeted business marketing. 
The more noise there is on the internet and the more SMM options that exist, the more confusing it is for the business owner. Small businesses & individuals will focus on producing higher-quality leads and connections rather than focus quantity alone because 1) they don't have enough time 2) analytic tools are so good that they can gear their ads more on the bottom line.

6) Social media marketing becomes a necessary skill set of today's web designer and developer. As business owners get more web savvy, they will also start to look for web designers that can give them measurable results & that means also being able integrate all the available tools available on the web that will give them a competitive edge.

7) Social media marketing is no longer an 'option', it is a 'must-do' for business survival. 
There will be almost moot point to having an online presence if you don't integrate the social media marketing tools available. Businesses that do not understand how to reach a larger audience, lower cost of customer acquisition or the importance of engaged customers will ultimately fail (or not make as much money) because they will overspend on marketing channels such as paid search advertising (Google Adwords).

8) More targeted, data-driven ads. 
As the web gets smarter, your interaction, searches, online behaviors and demographic data all will contribute to what ads get fed to you and where. This is happening already with Google Ads and FaceBook, but you will see it more fine-tuned because let's face it, just because we search for something, does not mean we want to see ads about it every time we visit a website for the rest of our life.

9) Social Media gets more mainstream & demand for social media specialists increase. 
Everyone will KNOW they need to get involved but many do not know HOW so there will be increasing business opportunity for social media specialists and consultants.

If you are a business looking to jump on the social media band wagon and start growing your customer base, be careful with who you choose to work with. Always remember WHY you need social media, and that WHY is more ROI: lower customer acquisition costs, more leads, more customers, and ultimately more sales.

So these are my 9 predictions for the near future of social media marketing. What are yours? Feel free to share!