July — Experiental Design

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Uta (Oo'tah) Birkmayer, founder of Xsense will discuss meaningful place making and how to connect people and places.

San Luis Obispo, CA- San Luis Obispo Creative and Marketing Alliance (SLOCAMA) welcomes interested business professionals to their next meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, July 15th at 5:30pm. This month's featured speaker is experiential designer, Uta Birkmeyer. In her presentation Uta will discuss how connecting PEOPLE and PLACES starts by identifying touchpoints that may be inspired by the history, geology, food, celebrations, indigenous traditions, health practices, music and all the things that make up the authentic root of a place. Sustainability and community relations are key concepts in our work and though we may be driven to those issues because of our worldview, we derive great satisfaction in proving over and over again that sustainability makes sound economic sense as does a deeply rooted true story that eliminates obsolescence and the need to reinvent a fabricated theme every 7 years.

Uta (Oo'tah) Birkmayer, Founder of Xsense, has been creating memorable and transformative client experiences for developers and corporations all over the world for over fifteen years. Holding a masters degree in Hospitality from Cornell University, she has a well-earned reputation for successfully bringing her unique visionary skills to the aid of businesses seeking to provide extraordinary product and service experiences to their client base. She is highly regarded as an expert in the arena of experiential design, approaching each new client project with an insight and creativity unmatched in this burgeoning industry

SLOCAMA endeavors to bring local communications professionals together to collaborate on projects and to offer a forum for networking and educational seminars related to marketing. The group was formed in 2004 and has 75 active members.

Membership dues are $50 per year for individuals, $35 for students and $150 for companies (cost depends on number of memberships desired), and includes upcoming mixers and educational seminars, dates and topics to be announced. Meetings are on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm at BIG IMAGES 767 Francis Ave, San Luis Obispo. Interested parties may attend two meetings before joining. For more information, contact Missy Reitner at (805) 595-1363  or missy@iiiDESiGN.com.