PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Business)

AEROSPACE

Horizon Air has hired Tim Eannarino as learning and development manager. It has promoted Laurel Volpatti to passenger services manager for Sea-Tac Airport; Jim Moon to manager of airport affairs; Jerry Gundlach to manager of financial planning; Joel Gillespie to corporate purchasing and uniforms manager; and Donna Lipsky to controller.

ASSOCIATIONS

Steven Haynes of U.S. Bank has been appointed to the Woodland Park Zoo board.

BANKING

The Credit and Financial Development Division of the National Association of Credit Management has named Bob Lucas as president of the Seattle chapter.

CONSULTANTS

MTG Management Consultants LLC has named Stephen Davis CEO, Christopher Reh chairman of the board of member representatives and Joseph Wheeler CFO.

EDUCATION

Bill Grubich, vice president of KJM & Associates, has been elected chairman of the advisory board for the Washington State University Interdisciplinary Design Institute.

Western Washington University has announced that Ronald Kleinknecht, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will be founding dean of the new College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Bellevue Community College has hired Glenn Anderson as director of business development and college extension.

ENGINEERING

John Rowland, principal and co-owner of Notkin Engineering, has been named president of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington.

ENVIRONMENTAL

Associated Earth Sciences Inc. has hired Maire Thornton as a senior geotechnical engineer and has promoted Jamey Battermann to associate and Scott Hannah to senior project geologist.

HEALTH CARE

Dr. Holly Moore, president of Shoreline Community College, has been appointed chairwoman of the Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force.

Roberta Nestaas, president and CEO of Lutheran Community Services Northwest, has been elected to the board of directors of Lutheran Services in America.

HOSPITALITY

Esquin Wine Merchants has promoted Jason Bray to wine buyer.

INSURANCE

Country Insurance and Financial Services has promoted Tonya Gordeeva to agent.

INTERNET

Mercury Online Solutions Inc. has hired Sharon Kane as controller.

LAW

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC has promoted Nicolette Pias to associate. It has hired Louis Bubala, Jen Gannon, Annika Pollack, Angela Rye, Todd Sorensen, Frank Tonkin and Genevieve Watson as summer associates.

Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson has hired Jean-David Larson as an associate.

MEDICINE

Dr. Andrew Miller of Seattle has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology.

RETAIL

Sur La Table has hired Bill Edwards as vice president of marketing.

TECHNOLOGY

AeA has hired Dan Sundgren as director of membership development.

NetMotion Wireless Inc. has hired Walter Boos as senior vice president of worldwide sales.

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mesh 2011 Conference Gathers Digital and Social Media Visionaries from Around the Globe.(Conference news)

Toronto event features insights, best practices and emerging ideas on the digital market

TORONTO, March 22 /CNW/ - The digital media landscape is rapidly evolving, leaving many seeking a better understanding of the impact that new trends and technologies will have on how we live, work and play. Thought-leaders and game-changers from around the world will be coming together for the 6th annual mesh conference to share insight, perspective and information on emerging trends, tools and companies within the global digital landscape.

Held at the Allstream Centre in Toronto on May 24 and 25, mesh is for marketers, media, entrepreneurs and citizens who want to navigate through and benefit from everything the Web has to offer.

"mesh is more relevant than ever as the Web is increasingly impacting society, media, business and marketing around the world," says Stuart MacDonald, mesh co-founder. "mesh continues to build stronger content, increase the number of interactive, hands-on workshops and provide attendees with news they can use. I'm very excited about the ideas and knowledge that will be shared at this year's event."

Early-bird tickets are on sale now for $539 until April 20. Then, they will be available at the full price of $639. There are also 50 student tickets for $99 each. All prices are in CAD and do not include 13% HST.

Keynote speakers, attendees, panels and workshops at this year's mesh conference will speak to four featured themes: Society, Marketing, Business and Media. The keynote speakers are:

o Society Keynote: Ron Deibert, the Citizen Lab will tackle global social issues such as state control of the internet, efforts in the Arab world to shut down the internet and efforts taken to circumvent that as well as Wikileaks and internet freedom.o Marketing Keynote: Gabe Zichermann, The Psychology of Online Behaviour, explores the opportunities and challenges in motivating, inspiring and encouraging online users, including the use of gamification.o Business Keynote: Mark Surman, Mozilla Foundation, will explain how companies can become more social and less hierarchical in order to take advantage of the web and how this can motivate younger, web-savvy employees intrinsically instead of extrinsically.o Media Keynote: Jeff Jarvis looks at: how the media is changing, the rise of WikiLeaks as a press entity, crowdsourcing, transparency, where the future of journalism is headed, and the challenges ahead for traditional media entities.Other mesh speakers include:

o Micah Sifry, TechPresident

o Wilf Dinnick, CEO of OpenFile

o Anthony De Rosa, Neighborhoodr

o Dan Debow, Rypple

o Laura Croucher, KPMG

o Kevin Restivo, IDC Canada

o David Armano, Edelman

o Lara Barlow, Canada Country Manager, Travel ZooIn addition, mesh will feature interactive workshops focusing on topics including:

How to use social media for reporting, journalism and more - lead by Bert Herman, founder of Storify and former foreign correspondent.

Not-for-profits leading social media - led by Sarah Falconer, WWF; Karen Snider, Red Cross; and Misty Meeks, Argyle Communications.

How to effectively leverage LinkedIn - led by Leona Hobbs, Social Media Group (SMG)

How to create and build a great corporate blog - led by Eli Singer, Entrinsic Partners

mesh is Canada's leading web conference. Its growth and success could not be achieved without the support of its sponsors including CIRA, Edelman, GM, MailChimp, Social Media Group, CNW Group, Desjardins and Kyp.

Log on to www.meshconference.com and register today!

Keywords: Advertising, Internet, Marketing, Multimedia, Online, Psychology.

This article was prepared by Psychology & Psychiatry Journal editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Psychology & Psychiatry Journal via NewsRx.com.