David Beebe

Only in Los Angeles does the local news “gear up”...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:19:35 -0700

Only in Los Angeles does the local news “gear up” for extended news coverage all weekend long of a freeway being shut down. How about we shut off the news, get out of the house, and go on a bike ride, take a walk, etc…stop being so damn lazy and dependent on cars. Be adventurous. The local news could donate the cost of this extra coverage to a better cause. That’s all.

Thursday Throwback: Steve Miller Band - The Joker. Also, the...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:39:34 -0700

Thursday Throwback: Steve Miller Band - The Joker.

Also, the Steve Miller Band was my first live concert.

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. - Robert C. Gallagher"

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:27:49 -0700

“Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. - Robert C. Gallagher”

Memories from the red carpet of this years Oscars with Mikel...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:20:27 -0700

Memories from the red carpet of this years Oscars with Mikel Gordon and Teni Melidonian as we prepare for the (Emmy Nominated) most interactive Oscars ever!

Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media - 2011
Oscar Digital Experience
Disney ABC Television Group
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Awesome. Two Emmy Nominations for my groups work!

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:41:17 -0700

General Awesomeness and Recognition to the Disney/ABC Television Digital Media Group - two nominations for our work!

We’re proud to announce the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards Nominees for Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media.

• ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy Sync
• Conan O’Brien Presents: Team Coco
• Fringe: Division
• Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
• Oscar Digital Experience

Congrats to all the Nominees!

"Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening..."

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:54:24 -0700

“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better. - King Whitney Jr.”

Now Reading: How We Decide

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:51:05 -0700

Now Reading: How We Decide:

The first book to use the unexpected discoveries of neuroscience to help us make the best decisions.

Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate, or we blink and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind’s black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they re discovering that this is not how the mind works. Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason and the precise mix depends on the situation. When buying a house, for example, it’s best to let our unconscious mull over the many variables. But when we’re picking a stock, intuition often leads us astray. The trick is to determine when to use the different parts of the brain, and to do this, we need to think harder (and smarter) about how we think.

Jonah Lehrer arms us with the tools we need, drawing on cutting-edge research as well as the real-world experiences of a wide range of deciders from airplane pilots and hedge fund investors to serial killers and poker players. Lehrer shows how people are taking advantage of the new science to make better television shows, win more football games, and improve military intelligence. His goal is to answer two questions that are of interest to just about anyone, from CEOs to firefighters: How does the human mind make decisions? And how can we make those decisions better?

I learned many things from my years of serving in the military...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:45:48 -0700

I learned many things from my years of serving in the military that I use today in business. Simon Sinek talks about one of them - planning. Listen up: it should be a process, not an event.

"It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the..."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:46:11 -0700

““It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.””

We First: How Consumers and Brands Can Partner to Build a Better World

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:21:38 -0700

We First: How Consumers and Brands Can Partner to Build a Better World :

“We First capitalism posits that we can no longer accept the myopic, short-term, profit-for-profit’s sake practice of capitalism we invite corporations and consumers to engage in today. Allowing every individual, every investor, every corporation, and every nation to think solely about its own self-interests and its own profits is not the solution to creating a more peaceful, prosperous, and equitable world. The transformation from Me First to We First is no longer an option, because we now live in an interconnected, complex, globalized world of 7 billion people, all of whom need a portion of the resources and the prosperity that the Earth provides. Capitalism can no longer be an elite economic system whose results fund a limited group of people, leaving billions of others living without opportunity or hope. Our connections to each other are growing ever tighter, such that the actions of a single individual, bank, corporation, or nation can have an immediate and deleterious impact on millions of other people.

In the We First paradigm, we need to recognize that prosperity is the well-being of many, not the wealth of a privileged few. The We First mindset helps us cut through the quagmires of so many philosophic debates and economic analyses so that we can focus on pragmatic, realistic and actionable solutions driven by meaningful goals to collaboratively advance our world.”

Vroom Vroom on the Santa Monica Bay! Happy 4th

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:11:25 -0700

Vroom Vroom on the Santa Monica Bay! Happy 4th

Finally, some insight into the life of a tween heartthrob. Zac Efron launches a diary based web series.

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:12:03 -0700

Finally, some insight into the life of a tween heartthrob. Zac Efron launches a diary based web series.

Josh is full of humor, but communicates several serious...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:25:13 -0700

Josh is full of humor, but communicates several serious messages, including: “no matter what type of challenge we may be facing, we always have a choice in the way we want to respond to adversity.”

Check out this video from Josh, his book, other videos, and hire him to speak at your event. I mean, come on, where else are you going to find a motivational speaker, one legged guy, and terrible rapper in one complete package?

http://www.joshsundquist.com/

Oh man, what was I thinking yesterday?

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:58:00 -0700

Oh man, what was I thinking yesterday?

Thursday Throwbacks: TLC No Scrubs

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:56:07 -0700

Thursday Throwbacks: TLC No Scrubs

Why you get ideas in the shower

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:48:00 -0700

Why you get ideas in the shower:

A great article by Scott Burken…now it’s time to order some AquaNotes, a waterproof notepad you can put in your shower.

Everything is a Remix - Part 3Creativity isn’t magic. Part...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:46:05 -0700

Everything is a Remix - Part 3
Creativity isn’t magic. Part three of this four-part series explores how innovations truly happen.

Disney/ABC Television Group Digital Studio Sizzle Reel

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:09:27 -0700

Disney/ABC Television Group Digital Studio Sizzle Reel

evian baby inside

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:58:32 -0700

evian baby inside

Digital LA Branded Entertainment Panel

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:13:41 -0700

Join us for our Branded Entertainment panel at UCLA Korn Hall on Monday April 25th at 7 pm. We’ll discuss how content creators and brands work together to create, develop, and market digital branded entertainment, distributed via online, mobile, iPad, etc.

Registration here: http://digitallabrand.eventbrite.com/

Scheduled speakers (more to be added) include:

* David Beebe, ABC Digital Studio. Director, oversees creative development and physical production of derivative webisodes (Grey’s Anatomy, Cougar Town, Ugly Betty, etc.), original series (EMHE Life With Confidence, Stars Go Green, etc.), and live shows (CMA Awards Red Carpet, Oscars Backstage Pass - All Access Show Oscar.com) for Disney/ABC Television Digital Media Group. @davidbeebe

* Neal Weiss, Yahoo! Originals, Head of Creative Development, Yahoo! Originals is Yahoo!’s in-house development and production arm which produces several of the top-viewed branded entertainment series on the web.

* Kendall Rhodes, Relativity Media, VP Digital Programming & Content. Partnered with YouTube stars to create branded videos to promote Limitless movie.

* Matt Seigel, EQAL, Vice President, Branded Content and Communities (Real Women of Philadelphia, Walk with Walgreens) at EQAL (LonelyGirl15, Harper’s Globe) @EQAL

* George Ruiz, ICM, Head of New Media and SVP of Business Affairs, ICM. The Guild (Microsoft, etc.), Dragon Age / Electronic Arts, Kevin Tancharoen / Mortal Kombat- Warner Bros Interactive and Veronica Belmont’s social media campaign for General Motors. @georgeruiz

* Shannon Pruitt, Brand Arc, Chief Strategy Officer; formerly at Warner Bros. TV Group, VP Sales Development, created cross-platform content (Ellen Degeneres Show, Extra, TMZ, KidsWB.com, TheWB.com)

* William H. Masterson III, Co-Founder Believe Entertainment Group, a digital entertainment company that recently launched The LeBrons, a new original animated Web series with LeBron James, his company Spring Hill Productions, and brand partners HP, Intel, Bing, Sprite, Nike and more

* Tamara Kruger, Matter Entertainment

- Moderator: Kevin Winston, Digital LA @DigitalLA