Data, Spying & CEOs #databeat

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We covered Databeat last week & here are a couple of interesting talks we filmed.
The balance of keeping data both flowing & protected.  Mobile devices have become the ultimate data collecting equipment.  What are the right ways to leverage this & create profitable data platforms with a sustainable user contract? What impact does the more holistic approach of gathering data about not only things but the processes between which things play? What does this demand of regulations & approaches? Opportunities in data as currency, as authentication token or even ways to refine governance, as well as its risks this explosive material can represent.  

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Women in Games & Entertainment: Why it Just Makes Sense #gamesbeat

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Great female panel @Gamesbeat 2013 on Women in Games & Entertainment: Why it Just Makes Sense.  They really made sense! What are the concrete benefits of diversity on creative teams? Why is it better for your business to include women at every level of decision making? What kinds of challenges can organizations overcome simply by being more open to the women they’ve already hired? Panelists: Caryl Shaw, Exec Producer Kixseye Mobile; Anna Kipnis, Senior Gameplay Developer DoubleFine; Chelsea Howe, Senior Game Designer Tiny Co with moderator Robin Hunicke, CoFounder Funomena

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