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Monday, February 25, 2019

Leading Disability Advocate Christopher Soukup Set to Deliver 'Being Human' Solo Presentation at SXSW 2019

Leading disability advocate Christopher Soukup is set to deliver a solo speaker presentation at SXSW 2019. Mr. Soukup is CEO of Communication Service for the Deaf(CSD), the world's largest Deaf-led social impact organization. He will present March 13 in Austin, TX, on Being Human: The Future of Innovation and Success.

South by Southwest is one of the most diverse, collaborative and inventive conferences in the world. Mr. Soukup joins numerous and notable speakers at this year's conference, including NASA scientists, entertainment icons and leading voices: Stacey Abrams, T Bone Burnett, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ethan Hawke, Elizabeth Moss, Nile Rodgers, Howard Schultz, Maria Shriver, Brian Solis, Kara Swisher, Nicholas Thompson, and Olivia Wilde.

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Soukup is one of the world's leading human rights and disability advocates. He has been featured extensively in numerous national media outlets as a leading voice on key issues impacting the Deaf and disability communities. According to Mr. Soukup, ongoing societal biases and misperceptions about who Deaf and disabled people are and what they are capable of achieving remain by far the most critical issues.

"I am very honored to have been selected to present at SXSW 2019," said Mr. Soukup. "Societal biases that prevent uplift must be shed. Diversity and inclusion efforts are barely touching the surface and we must go beyond. We must recognize that humanity needs diversity and it is critical that the notion of diversity incorporate Deaf, neurodiverse and disabled variations of people along with other intersectional identities. I can think of no better place than SXSW to challenge these and many other critically important issues."

Mr. Soukup's Being Human: The Future of Innovation and Success will explore an expansion of what it means to be human today and in the future. More specifically, Soukup will take a close look at societal "norms" and biases, including: what is a disability and who gets to define it; why "normal" is a limited and limiting force; and what roles do universal design and technology ethics play in our future workplace. His presentation will be delivered in American Sign Language and English on March 13 at 2:00 p.m. CST in Salon FG at the JW Marriott in Austin. This presentation is open to all SXSW Interactive, Music, Film and Platinum badge-holders.

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South by Southwest, dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. An essential destination for global professionals, the event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. Read this for more information.

For more information about Christopher Soukup and CSD please visit CSD.

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Grosh Backdrops & Projection Launches “Grosh Cares” Grants Program to Help Performing Arts Programs Beat Financial Challenges

Hollywood-based Grosh, well known for its large stage and theater backdrops, drapery and projections, will award three grants this year, said Amanda Uhlein, Grosh Backdrops & Drapery president. "All schools, theaters and dance companies are invited to apply."

The inaugural Grosh Cares grants will total nearly $5,000. The grand prize winner will receive a $2,000 cash award, plus a $500 credit towards hand painted or projected backdrop rentals. The runner up will receive a grant of $1,500 and third place will get $750.

To enter, just fill out the simple online form located at https://www.grosh.com/grosh-cares-grant/.

Submit a minimum of three images or video showing your use of scenery in your performances or recitals, and include two-to-three paragraphs about your goals and how you hope to use your grant funds. All entries are due by midnight May 1, 2019.

"Have fun showcasing your students and your special creativity in using all forms of scenery, lighting and backgrounds," said Uhlein. "When we announce the winners on September 12, we will explain what qualities made them the best of the best. The criteria are creativity, visual impact, and how the funds will make a difference."

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After the grant awards are announced, "Grosh Cares" will reach out to all of the applicants who are not selected to clarify any questions or concerns.

"We have some fun ideas for 'consolation prizes,' but, we don't want to spoil the surprise just yet," said Uhlein.

Grosh, she added, plans to learn from the inaugural "Grosh Cares" program and improve upon it in the future.

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"For instance, we have already talked about announcing the 2020 Grosh Cares program earlier in the season (September), and awarding the grants sooner (January or February) to better fit with the performance timing of schools and many of our other customers," Uhlein said.

Since 1932, Grosh has a tradition of providing financial and in-kind support to its colleagues and customers in schools, theater and dance. The "Grosh Cares" program came about as a result of a long trip home from a state high school choir competition. The Grosh sales manager was driving back with a few members of the choir including her daughter and teacher. Uhlein said they were excited they advanced to the national level. Then they began to worry about how to raise money so the choir could attend the out-of-state competition.

"This just reminded us of the critical need for fund raising, and our passion and commitment to be a 'go-to' provider for the performing arts," said Uhlein. "So, we started cooking up 'Grosh Cares.'"

Grosh Backdrops & Drapery is among Hollywood's longest supporting partners. Grosh provides the highest quality themed and theatrically produced hand-painted and digital backdrops for professional stage productions, dance recitals, school performances or corporate parties. Grosh also offers an excellent drapery selection including rain curtains, Austrian puffs and velour drapery panels. You can visit http://www.GROSH.com or http://www.GROSHDIGITAL.com to see the full line of products and services.

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Sunday, February 24, 2019

SAE International Partners with Aurora for First-Ever Pittsburgh Meetup on Automated Vehicle Technology

SAE International is proud to partner with Aurora to hold its first Pittsburgh Meetup on Innovations in Mobility. The Meetup series is designed to promote the accelerated advancement and development of next generation vehicles (ground and air) and their supporting technologies and infrastructure.

Presented by SAE – the Innovations in Mobility Meetup will feature speakers from Aurora, the City of Pittsburgh, and the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) Coalition. It will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Aurora, 113 47th Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Read this here.

Speakers include:

Karina Ricks, Inaugural Director of the new Department of Mobility and Infrastructure for the City of Pittsburgh. Director Ricks will share key initiatives around the city's plan for a "complete network" that serves all modes of transportation and encourages more sustainable travel choices plus programs to manage emerging transportation including shared services and autonomous vehicles.

Tara Andringa, PAVE Coalition Manager. Andringa will share the mission and vision for PAVE plus details on the partnership with SAE to bring "hands on" demonstrations to cities across the nation. Newly launched on January 7 at CES, PAVE is a broad coalition of leading industry, non-profit and academic institutions seeking to inform the public and policymakers about the potential and the reality of advanced vehicle technologies and automated vehicles.

This Meetup will include networking, food and beverages.

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SAE International is a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for the engineering profession. By engaging nearly 200,000 engineers, technical experts and volunteers each year, we drive knowledge and expertise across a broad spectrum of industries. We act on two priorities: encouraging a lifetime of learning for mobility engineering professionals and setting the standards for industry engineering. We strive for a better world through the work of our philanthropic SAE Foundation, including programs like A World in Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series™.

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Financial Poise™ Announces "MBA Shortcut," a New Webinar Series Premiering March 7th at 3:00 PM CST through West LegalEdcenter™

About the Series: This webinar series is designed for the startup founder, business owner, executive, investor, attorney or consultant who finds himself needing to understand finance and accounting. Packed with illustrative examples, helpful anecdotes and real-world case studies, this series teaches some of the key concepts to understand about finance and accounting.

About the Episode: This webinar explores the ins and outs of financial language and how you can navigate the seeming labyrinth of a language that can sound foreign and in some ways counter-intuitive. This webinar teaches the correct use of EBIT, EBITDA and EBITDAR while also dealing with concepts like Cap Rate vs. Capital Cost. The panelist of experts also shed light on issues with ROI and Payback among other valuation tools, and explain what a Cash Conversion Cycle looks like for a business.

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The webinar will be available on-demand after its premiere. As with every Financial Poise Webinar, it will be an engaging and plain English conversation designed to entertain as it teaches.

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Financial Poise has one mission: to provide reliable plain English business, financial and legal education to investors, private business owners and executives, and their respective trusted advisors. Financial Poise content is created by seasoned, respected experts who are invited to join our Faculty only after being recommended by current Faculty Members. Our editorial staff then works to make sure all content is easily digestible. Financial Poise is a meritocracy; nobody can "buy" their way into the Financial Poise Faculty. Start learning today at https://www.financialpoise.com/

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Helps Save The Day at The World’s Largest Children’s Museum

Kids and families can now play and save the day with the heroic PAW Patrol pups, at the brand-new PAW Patrol: Adventure Play exhibit, opening Saturday, February 23 at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Based on Nickelodeon's hit preschool series PAW Patrol (produced by Spin Master Entertainment), this interactive exhibit gives kids and their grownups an opportunity to run rescue missions and work together to overcome challenges in a fun and immersive environment. .. The PAW Patrol: Adventure Play exhibit will travel to children's museums and venues across North America for the next five years, following its Indianapolis debut.

Families will visit Adventure Bay with a group of eight rescue pups. Each pup is inspired by a real-world job like fire fighter (firedog Marshall), police officer (police pup Chase), construction worker (Rubble), fearless pilot (Skye) and more. Just as the heroic pups, who believe "no job is too big, no pup is too small," work together to protect the community on the TV show, families work together to save the day with a can-do attitude at the museum. In the process, kids learn about different jobs within a community and how those real-life professionals coordinate to keep people safe and happy. Be alert to the latest news.

"The big takeaway for children and their grownups is that every team member's skills are valued and serve an important purpose to help the whole team accomplish important goals," said Dr. Jeffrey H. Patchen, president and CEO, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. "We want little ones to learn about citizenship, helpfulness and solving problems with the assistance of these rescue pups, who team up to help their neighbors who are in trouble."

Each of the pups has special skills, gadgets and vehicles to help them on their rescue missions. In the exhibit, families are invited to pop on a pup pack containing their own imaginary tools and check out the lay of the land from the lookout tower. They can head to Jake's Mountain and scope things out near the snowy slide to see if anyone is in trouble. They can also board the PAW Patroller, push buttons, and drive it up the mountain to help Rubble and Everest rescue a snowboarder stuck in the snow. Those with a taste for foodie adventures can whip up tasty treats in Porter's Café and help Adventure Bay win the Tallest Cake Competition by stacking cake layers as high as they can. Families can also cruise Adventure Bay aboard the Sea Patroller, steering it to rescue baby seagulls and turtles.

Following on the heels of two popular exhibits based on Nickelodeon shows created by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™: Secrets of the Sewer™, and Dora and Diego – Let's Explore! The hands-on, immersive PAW Patrol: Adventure Play exhibit is a fun way for the whole family to learn bravery and heroism, with exciting stories. The whole family will learn how to combine their skills to problem-solve together and save the day.

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play is presented by Matilda Jane Clothing, locally Presented by Central Indiana Honda dealers and Supported by Indianapolis Indians and Franklin Pest Solutions. ©2019 Spin Master PAW Productions Inc. All Rights Reserved. Paw Patrol and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Spin Master Ltd. Nickelodeon and all related titles and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is a nonprofit institution committed to creating extraordinary family learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and families. For more information about the tourist attraction and museum, please visit http://www.childrensmuseum.org, follow us on Twitter @TCMIndy, Facebook.com/childrensmuseum and YouTube.com/IndyTCM. Be alert to read related news.

B2Lead and TechConnectr Partner to Deliver Quality Leads Through the Marketplace

B2Lead, a global leader in B2B lead generation and content syndication, is proud to announce their alliance with TechConnectr. TechConnectr offers best-in-breed ABM and lead generation solutions. B2Lead will provide services through the TechConnectr Marketplace as a Preferred Partner. Be alert to read related news.

"TechConnectr is new to the industry but backed by long-term industry leaders, like Bob Samuels. Our TechConnectr Marketplace partnership will help B2Lead expand its reach beyond wholesale and agency clients, and deliver our complete portfolio of global solutions to a wider audience," said Mark Nachlis, Head of Sales and Marketing at B2Lead.

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"TechConnectr helps marketers deliver highly-targeted "quality" leads to their sales teams. We ensure quality and no fake leads by partnering with lead generation solution providers who are the best at what they do. B2Lead is one such Preferred Partner with an amazing track record in content syndication and lead generation for over a decade," shared TechConnectr's Bob Samuels.

B2Lead has delivered quality leads using their ABM, top-of-funnel, MQL, SQL and HQL solutions for over a decade. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, B2Lead's mission has been to help publishers, agencies and enterprise clients "tell their story" to their specific B2B audience and reach their lead generation goals. Leads from B2Lead are 100% guaranteed thanks to engagement tracking on the LeadStory Platform, their proprietary bot detection solution and in-house verification solution. B2Lead has also worked hard to become GDPR compliant for its global clients.

TechConnectr is a marketplace of best-of-breed ABM and lead generation solutions such as content syndication, intent database, email marketing, telemarketing, appointment setting and programmatic. TechConnectr's vetting and detailed evaluation of lead generation solution providers include site-visits; reviews of hiring and training protocols; assessment of data sources and quality controls forms the basis of their custom recommendations for specific marketing needs. We will be attending #B2BMX in Scottsdale February 25 – 27, 2019

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St. Louis Fed’s Bullard Weighs the Impact of Quantitative Tightening

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard on Friday offered his views on the future of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet at the 2019 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum hosted by the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

In his presentation, "When Quantitative Tightening Is Not Quantitative Tightening," Bullard made the argument for why the Fed's balance sheet policy may be less important today than it was during the period when quantitative easing was most effective.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has raised the policy rate and, since late 2017, simultaneously reduced the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, he pointed out. Many have argued that the balance sheet reduction—or quantitative tightening (QT) as it is sometimes called in global financial markets—could operate in the background with relatively small macroeconomic effects, Bullard said.

Others argue that balance sheet reduction should have equal and opposite effects relative to balance sheet expansion, or QE, he explained, and, accordingly, that there may be relatively large macroeconomic effects.

The Case for Small Effects from QT

Bullard argued that the case for relatively small macroeconomic effects of balance sheet reduction is more accurate. He suggests that "it is indeed possible to view quantitative easing as having an important influence on the macroeconomy and simultaneously view the macroeconomic effects of unwinding the balance sheet as relatively minor."

"This may be one reason why the FOMC's balance sheet reduction policy beginning in the fall of 2017 seemed to have only minor effects in financial markets," Bullard said.

The balance sheet reduction has arguably been significant, he added, pointing out that the Fed has been able to reduce reserve balances by about 40 percent from the peak.

Baseline Neutrality

Bullard noted a 2010 paper1 suggesting that in situations where financial markets are functioning properly, temporarily expanding the level of reserves beyond the satiation point for banks would have no direct effect on the economy.

This is one way to formulate a neutrality theorem for the size of the Fed's balance sheet in ordinary times or when the policy ra te is well above the zero lower bound, he explained.

"A baseline neutrality theory suggests temporarily increasing the Fed's balance sheet size beyond the minimal level needed to implement monetary policy has no macroeconomic effect at all when the policy rate is well above the zero lower bound," Bullard explained.

Signaling Effects

However, while the Fed's policy rate was near zero, the Fed's balance sheet policy nevertheless had an important macroeconomic impact through a signaling channel, he continued.

Bullard noted that actual effects of quantitative easing appear to be far from neutral,2 and one theory as to why this may be so is that QE did not have direct effects but did send a credible signal about how long the FOMC intended to keep the policy rate near zero.

With the policy rate near zero, he explained, the FOMC may wish to signal convincingly that they will keep the policy rate near zero "for longer," that is, beyond the time that an ordinary approach to monetary policy would call for rising rates. "QE may have been a good approach to accomplish this objective," he said.

"Once the policy rate rose above the lower bound, balance sheet movements no longer provided a valuable signal about the future direction of monetary policy," he added.

This means that baseline neutrality would again apply, Bullard said, "and the size of the balance sheet could be reduced without important macroeconomic consequences." In other words, the balance sheet reduction could occur "in the background," he noted.

Asymmetric Effects

In summary, the financial and macroeconomic impact of the FOMC's balance sheet policy may well be asymmetric, Bullard noted.

"With the policy rate near zero, the effects of QE may have been substantial due to signaling effects," he said. He pointed out that the FOMC normalized the policy rate to a considerable extent during 2017 and 2018. "Now, with the policy rate well above zero, any signaling effects from balance sheet changes have dissipated," Bullard added.

This means quantitative tightening does not have equal and opposite effects from quantitative easing, he pointed out. "Indeed, one may view the effects of unwinding the balance sheet as relatively minor," he said.

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1 See V. Cúrdia and M. Woodford, "Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2010, 229-64.

2 See S. Bhattarai and C.J. Neely, "An Analysis of the Literature on International Unconventional Monetary Policy," Working Paper No. 2016-021C, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, October 2018.