On Monday, September 21st , COMBO will present guest speaker Gil Asakawa, via Zoom, on “Media Promotion in Today’s World.” Zoom details will be sent later. The meeting will be moderated by Jamie Krutz, who seems to have a real knack for finding questions that will resonate with our musician members! Board member Todd Caron will handle the on-line questions. We’ll be sending more on Mr. Asakawa in the coming weeks. At the present time, Mr. Asakawa is the Manager of Student Media for the University of Colorado’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Boulder. He oversees the university’s student-run news website, the CU Independent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CU_Independent
Put these upcoming COMBO events on your calendar now!
COMBO Information Meet & Greet Booth at the Youth on Record Block Party – 1:00 p.m.
COMBO Pubic Meeting: Monday, Sept. 21st , 7:00 p.m. – Guest Speaker Gil Asakawa
COMBO Information Meet & Greet Booth at the Lafayette Music Fest, Lafayette, CO – 11:00 a.m.
Board Meeting: Sunday, Oct. 4th , 6:30 p.m.
Durango Songwriters Expo: Th, Fr, & Sa, Oct. 7th, 8th, and 9th – at the Broomfield Omni Resort
COMBO Public Meeting: Monday, Oct. 19th , 7:00 p.m. – Guest Speaker Steve Son
Board Meeting: Sunday, Nov. 1st, 6:30 p.m.
COMBO Songwriters Showcase: Monday, Nov. 16th, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Bar 404, Denver
COMBO Holiday Dinner: Saturday, Dec. 12th – Details TBD
Mr. Asakawa has an extensive biography. He hasn’t set still for decades! Here is part of his auto-biography which you can find at https://gillers.com/
Hello! My name is Gil Asakawa. I’m a writer, editor and online content expert with over 25 years of experience in a variety of media. I’m the Manager of Student Media for the University of Colorado’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Boulder. I oversee the university’s student-run news website, the CU Independent. Together with the team of J-school editors and volunteer reporting staff, we’ll be testing many of the new technologies and features that news companies will have to adopt as journalism evolves into the digital era. It’s an exciting time to be working with student journalists to develop the cutting-edge skills that will make them leaders in the industry.
I also consult and train newsrooms and organizations in online content strategies, emerging media (e-readers, tablets and mobile), Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices and social media.
I first dove into the exciting — and fast-changing — world of the Internet way back in the day, in 1996, when I took my first step in “cyberspace” as Content Editor for Digital City Denver, a new media startup subsidiary of America Online.
I was hired in 2003 as Executive Producer for DenverPost.com, and I was in charge of the day-to-day operation of the Web site, but also guiding the future content of the site, and managing the many exciting opportunities that are always evolving in new media.
In 2006, I was recruited as Managing Editor, Web Product Development for Advance Internet, the New Jersey-based company that manages the Web sites for the Newark Star-Ledger, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Portland Oregonian, the Pulitzer-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune and others.
I helped the company with its many projects to improve its Web sites, bringing my extensive online experience and passion for community building, which these days is called “Web 2.0.” I worked with Advance’s crack technology team and project managers to launch these projects while keeping an eye on the always-emerging tech horizon for future strategies.
My next position was Director of Content for Examiner.com, a Denver-based company that owns Examiner newspapers in San Francisco and Washington DC, and now has almost 50,000 bloggers producing hyperlocal and topical content across the country.
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Life is full, always unpredictable and always busy — it’ll be interesting to see where I am and what I’m doing in another 20 years!
Thanks for stopping by, and feel free to write me anytime.
— Gil
Go here to read more about Mr. Asakawa: https://gillers.com/
The meeting will be moderated by Jamie Krutz with Todd Caron moderating the Chat Room!
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Photo: Gil Asakawa | Photo from his Facebook page
