Tim Wang

Having a well lit interview with perfect audio is critical to keeping your viewers engrossed in your story. Our Producer Fellows from the Bay Area Video Coalition, supported by top-notch #BayArea filmmakers Sean Havey and Caron Creighton, are showing how it is done here at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pitch Fest: https://lnkd.in/gi9reg_3 👏 Bravo Arlly Grace Abarientos, Alana Walker and DeAndre Waters. Thanks for your help on this shoot, Paul Doherty and Quinn Nakayama.

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Three very different events, same outcome: political rally, business conference, community gathering-the connections didn't happen on stage. Last month at Cohousing & Beyond in Sacramento, I went in ready to document the main programming. Panel discussions on community design. Keynote presentations. The scheduled sessions everyone came to see. Then something shifted during a simple walk between sessions. In those margin moments, vulnerable stories emerged naturally. People shared real challenges. Authentic reactions surfaced. Raw emotions came through. The irony? The "real" event wasn't on the agenda at all. This pattern holds true across every event I've documented: Political rallies - Best content happens in the happy hour conversations Business conferences - Breakthrough insights come during coffee breaks Community gatherings - Deep connections form in hallway chats As a content creator, I've learned to position myself strategically. I arrive early now. I stay late. I focus on the spaces between the spaces. That's where the stories live. This principle extends beyond event coverage into client relationships too. The most compelling engagement often happens in informal spaces we create, not formal ones we plan. Those unscripted moments? That's where community actually builds. Next time you're creating content or building community, ask yourself: Where are your margin moments? #CommunityBuilding #ContentStrategy #EventDocumentation

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Systems Integration analysis pertaining to Metlakatla, Alaska and indigenous led communities facing melting permafrost and the need to move the village and develop independent and alternative economic development within the cultural context.

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NEW: "Open Road Impact raises $35 million to bridge social enterprises through funding delays," via Amy Cortese on ImpactAlpha The funding announcement includes the $9 million in philanthropic funds Open Road raised in late March to extend zero-interest loans to certain USAID grant awardees that have already completed work and that the government is required to pay. https://lnkd.in/g3ZyA8Mv

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"In this context, a $15 million investment — less than 0.005% of the state’s $320 billion budget — is remarkably modest. It’s the equivalent of spending a nickel to safeguard a $1,000 asset. And the return is clear: stronger coverage, better civic understanding and greater accountability across every issue that matters to Californians."

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Portland BIPOC artists community Prismid Sanctuary is redeveloping and expanding. The project by Grammy Award-winning composer esperanza spalding will be the first net-zero, Black and Indigenous community-designed and owned facility in the Pacific Northwest for the BIPOC arts community. I chatted with Anyeley Hallová last week about this project for Portland Business Journal: #expansion #redevelopment #Portland https://lnkd.in/gdNHUNHt

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Most groundbreaking work fails not because it isn't important, but because it isn't understood. Whether you're building grid technology, advancing Tribal energy sovereignty, or launching a rare disease initiative, the gap between what you do and what people understand can cost you funding, partnerships, and momentum. Strategic communications isn't about making things sound better. It's about making complex work accessible, meaningful, and actionable—for the people who need to pay attention. That storytelling work? It's what we do. #StrategicCommunications #Storytelling #MissionDriven

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Nonprofits are often the first to feel cultural change — not because they’re different from brands, but because the stakes are higher. In this short clip, Jon Lee of Lerma explains how donor decision-making has shifted toward identity, values alignment, and trust built at a human level — and why those same dynamics now apply just as powerfully to for-profit brands. What struck me most in our conversation is how clearly nonprofit marketing is acting as a leading indicator for where brand trust is headed next: - less institutional, more human; - less stated, more shown; - less transactional, more relational. If you want to understand how trust and loyalty are evolving, nonprofits are a good place to look. View a quick clip here or see the full article: https://lnkd.in/eGniPDW5 #BrandTrust #MarketingLeadership #PurposeDrivenMarketing #MarketingSignals

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For those working in California, the establishment of this new CEO Council is a much-needed and strategic move for the business community. Uniting CEO's across industries (energy + tech + healthcare + logistics + entertainment + utilities + manufacturing) and harnessing their knowledge, networks and resources to drive positive policy outcomes that support a healthy California for our people, businesses and environment. Pleased to see FHA's current and historic clients populating this early roster, including Prologis, Kern Energy, California Resources Corporation and SoCalGas (with more to come). We center our work on the most pressing issues and high profile engagements in California - and join in supporting's the new council's mission.

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