Kate Ertmann
Kate Ertmann is a businesswoman, seasoned speaker, thought leader and a charitable advocate. A child actor for kid’s television programming and commercials, Kate renounced her Hollywood hopes in favor of a telecommunications degree from Ohio University. Her energetic leadership style can best be defined by the tattoo that runs the length of one arm: a series of mathematical equations, or morphisms, that represent movement, followed by the word “GO!”. Kate’s favorite food is buttered popcorn.
Kate’s latest Journal entries…
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March 13 2012
What I get to go to this week!
I’m in the City of Angels this week to go to the first 5D Flux conference, and I’m actually quite excited. The focus of the event is ‘digital design & world building in the narrative media landscape.’ A month ago I met Alex McDowell at Trans4m and he told me about his new venture, 5D. After many years of working in feature filmmaking with a focus on 3D and production design he was now looking to bring the concept of World Building to folks outside of the entertainment field. I shared…
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February 13 2012
Sketchnotes! of an EA presentation
When I went to, and did a presentation at, Interaction12 a couple of weeks ago it was all the rage for attendees to produce a Sketchnote of any and all presentations. (There was a workshop at the IxDA event all about it, actually) I think Chris Noessel from Cooper did an absolutely fab job of sketching one for my Ethnographic Animation preso (and he also wrote up an excellent journal post on his experience drawing sketchnote style at the conference.) He even got in the part about The Don! :)
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January 15 2012
Taking Ethnographic Animation on the Road
I’ve been yapping about Ethnographic Animation for the past year or so, mostly to local and regional audiences, as well as a really fun presentation at PDMA’s PIM last October in Phoenix, and I’m about to get on the road again for two more upcoming conferences that I believe will give back as much knowledge to me as I am gonna put out there. First up, next week, I head to Phoenix on the 15th and will do a short workshop on EA at The Creative Leadership Academy. “The Creative Leadership…
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August 3 2011
Math, Numbers, and What I’m Reading this Summer
I love math. I love numbers. Those that know me in the real world know that I have a math tattoo – if that doesnt say that I love and appreciate math in my everyday life, I dont know what does. Math and numbers bring peace to me. I do all the bookkeeping for ADi. I’ve been mocked by my peers (all in good fun, I’m sure) that I should hire a bookkeeper, that I dont have to do that. But I look forward to it every week — my…
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May 5 2011
What IS this Ethnographic Animation you keep talking about?
This is ADi’s 15th year of business. I mean, seriously, this is our 15th year of being a boutique 3D animation studio. Can I get a Hell Yeah or something? Do you realize how challenging it was to create a small company in the infancy of an industry (ok, some of you do understand this, since we are in Portland of all places and there are startups abound). Of course, the thing that I am most proud of is that we are still here, thriving even, AND we havent changed…
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