Welcome To The Board
I am pleased to introduce to you three new members of the MIMA Board of Directors. Katia Holmes joins the MIMA board as a Membership Director, and Betsey Kershaw and Christopher Pollard join the crew as Marketing Directors. I salute them with a big thank you! and wish them well in their leadership roles. For this introduction I asked each of them a few questions that will compliment their regular MIMA Board bios and provide a bit of an ice breaker and way to reach out and connect with them.
- How long have you been a MIMA member and/or attending MIMA events?
- What inspired you to seek a seat on the board?
- Can you share any new ideas, approaches or goals that you have for building MIMA’s membership or marketing MIMA?
- What social networks can other MIMA members connect with you on?
- Do you have a website (your own or employer) you would like to share with folks?
- mac or pc? care to comment on that? go ahead… have some fun with it….
Katia Holmes – Membership Director (joining forces with Ben Wallace)
- Three years. My first MIMA event was August 2005. My second event was in 2008. The three year lapse was due to extensive travel and long hours. I am glad to be able to attend again.
- I like what MIMA has to offer. I have enjoyed all of the events. I want to get the word out about how great the events are, the information and the education MIMA provides is wonderful for the Minneapolis community. Plus you guys serve great food and wine at the events!
- Growing membership? Grow from within. During these crazy economic times it is going to be more difficult so it will be so much more important to show the benefits and value (i hate that word). There are a lot of companies, including agencies that want to educate their employees but can not send them to conferences because they are expensive. Well in their own back yard they have MIMA and for the same amount or less of a conference they can have multiple people join and learn.
- I can be found on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @katian I think that is it.
- My employers website is ideapark.com
- MAC! I have had too many blue screens of death to ever go back to a PC. PC’s are just such a pain. I love my MAC it is intuitive, where as a PC thinks in a box, and nothing good can come of that. Plus my first computer ever back in the 80′s was a MAC.
Betsey Kershaw – Marketing Director (joining forces with Christopher Pollard)
- Off and on for 7 years.
- I have benefited greatly from the MIMA community and wanted to find a way to give back by getting more involved.
- New ideas??? Wow, too soon to share. Haven’t even attended first official board meeting but I have no shortage of ideas but before I reveal them I think it might be a good idea to let the board weigh in
- Twitter: @bkershaw
- My website is currently in development – classic story of the shoe makers daughter but it’s coming!
- I’m dating myself but I actually owned an Apple Lisa ($5000 paperweight) and graduated to an Apple Classic in college. Let’s just say I have been a loyal Apple customer since the early days but there are a few things that a PC does better… I’m ambidextrous!
Christopher Pollard – Marketing Director (joining forces with Betsey Kershaw)
- I’ve been attending events since 2004 and a member since 2005.
- I want to give back to an organization that has given me so much.
- MIMA has played a valuable role to help foster the development of an extremely talented interactive community. I believe Minnesota is a hotbed for strategic and tactical innovation and amazing creative work and thinking. I look forward to working with my fellow co-marketing directors to develop an integrated strategy to help spread the word about MIMA and its member’s good work.
- Social profiles include:
- Twitter: @chrispollard
- Whoop Design: www.whoopdesign.com
- My first computer was an Apple IIc. So, the answer would be Mac.
