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Most of Your Best Creator Content Isn't Tagging You

Most of Your Best Creator Content Isn't Tagging You

business 11 Aug 2026

Q1: Why is metadata-based social listening no longer sufficient in a short-form, AI-driven ecosystem?

Traditional social listening was created for a time when text, hashtags, and manual labels were the norm. Short-form video has changed that landscape. Today, products are often shown as part of daily life instead of being tagged or captioned. The things that spark viewer responses, like tone, cultural context, and genuineness, are found within the video, not in the surrounding labels. Metadata cannot capture these key details.

AI is moving toward actually watching videos. Rather than just using captions, hashtags, or transcripts, these systems review the entire video with models that recognize what’s happening on screen. This change enables services like Archive to answer questions that older tools cannot, such as which creators are showing your product without tagging you, which content is working, and why. Most of the meaningful insights come from this untagged content, which metadata alone cannot reveal.

Q2: What does “agent-first” actually mean for marketing operations teams?

Agent-first means moving beyond basic automation to systems where agents manage entire tasks from start to finish. For marketing teams, this evolution means less manual work finding and checking creators. These systems can also constantly scan user-generated content, highlight posts that mention a brand, and identify promising creators. They handle more content than any human team could, so marketers can quickly focus on the best posts instead of sorting through thousands by hand. Marketers can then focus less on manual work and more on leading strategy and keeping up with cultural trends.

Q3: Has the content bottleneck in creator marketing shifted from production to operations?

Yes, and to put it another way, creator marketing is really a labor-intensive business that looks like a marketing channel. The main bottleneck is often the amount of human time required.

Typically, one coordinator manages, let’s say, about 50 creators, and a single product launch can lead to hundreds of TikToks and Reels in just two days. Brands want to take advantage of this drive but often cannot, because there are not enough people to collect the content, get usage rights, connect posts to audiences, and act before the opportunity passes. The content is there, but the system cannot keep up.

That is why the next phase of growth will come from teams that break through the limits of manual work. Using operational intelligence, finding content, managing rights, and tracking performance in real time, can turn scattered user-generated content into an impressive growth engine.

Q4: How are brands using AI to generate near real-time cultural intelligence around major events like the Super Bowl or Fashion Week?

In the past, brands waited until an event was over to analyze it, but by then, the moment had already passed. AI changes this by speeding up the process. AI-powered platforms can review thousands of videos and posts in minutes, showing trends while the event is still happening. This lets brands see in real time which formats are working, which creators are leading the conversation, and which stories audiences are following, often the behind-the-scenes and creator-led content that does better than official coverage.

During big cultural events like New York’s Fashion Week, AI-powered platforms can rapidly process thousands of videos and posts, disclosing trends that would have been missed before. For example, this year’s event saw a “Global Idol Takeover” that led to over 350 million views. There was also a trend called “survival styling” because of the cold weather, with creators sharing how they dressed, protected their hair, or adapted their style. Street-level content, like behind-the-scenes videos and vlogs about walking in the cold, outperformed runway clips, showing that audiences preferred real, creator-led stories over official coverage. Finding great trends early is another way marketers can leverage AI.

Q5: How should marketing leaders think about governance, brand safety, and control in an agent-driven environment?

Governance should be seen as part of a team’s core strategy, especially when it comes to the way the market is headed. As AI speeds up content creation and makes operations more complex, safety and brand alignment must be built into the process from the beginning.

The main priority should be large-scale transparency. Leaders need systems that help them track and measure creator content using clear brand and data rules, with people involved in important decisions. Content is growing faster than manual quality checks can handle, so keeping an eye on governance, brand safety and more is more important than ever.

Breaker Transforms Email Marketing with Hyper-Targeting Designed for Modern Audience Engagement

Breaker Transforms Email Marketing with Hyper-Targeting Designed for Modern Audience Engagement

business 3 Aug 2026

The problem with B2B email is no longer access. It is overload. More content is easier to create than ever, and making that content matter is harder. That is why the next useful application of AI in B2B email is not faster copy generation, but better audience understanding.

  • What key challenges are brands currently facing when trying to stand out in an increasingly crowded digital marketplace?

It has always been about visibility and trust, but with the advent of AI-generated content, it’s more important than ever. This is not to say that using AI to create content and reach audiences is “bad” by any means — it just means that it’s not a competitive advantage in marketing. If you 1) know exactly who you’re trying to reach, and 2) they come to know and trust you, then you will be the signal in the noise for your niche audience.

  • What value does email marketing offer brands as traditional digital advertising becomes more expensive and less effective at reaching the right audiences?

Email marketing remains the most powerful channel because you retain ownership of your audience, you know who they are (which is really important for targeting niches), and you have more direct access than on social media or advertising platforms. On top of that, it’s also the most cost-efficient in terms of ROI (especially for B2B).

  • How is Breaker helping brands rethink email as a precision engagement channel rather than a traditional broadcast medium?

Breaker works with a growing segment of the B2B marketing ecosystem that doesn’t just view email newsletters as a way to update existing customers, but as a critical distribution channel for targeting your ideal customer profile writ-large. B2B businesses are increasingly building niche media powerhouses that educate, entertain, and convert — on a channel you can own and control.

  • How does Breaker’s TruSend™ technology help marketers extract more value from their existing spend instead of continually increasing acquisition expenses?

Targeting is far more important than volume for B2B — especially now as things become increasingly saturated. While algorithms on social media networks do their targeting purely based on content, TruSend™ makes sure that your audience and your distribution starts with your ideal customers first and then focuses on content and engagement. It sounds like a small change, but it makes a huge difference in terms of impact.

  • What distinguishes hyper-targeted email campaigns from traditional segmentation, and how does Breaker enable that shift?

Traditional email marketing starts from a place of “who wants my emails” and then segments based on “who engaged” — which is good, but far less precise than “who matches the profile of people who buy our products/services” then “who wants my emails” then “who engaged.”

  • What does a compliance-first approach to AI and marketing look like when brands must balance automation, personalization, privacy, and consumer trust?

The legal landscape is becoming increasingly complex with more states in the U.S. and other parts of the world passing more legislation about data and privacy. As a huge advocate for privacy, it’s also something that’s important to me personally. But knowing the laws is really just the first step.

It’s also important to have deeper conversations about ethics and to truly put yourself into the shoes of your buyer to understand what creates the best experience for them. Any good business is promoting a product or service because they believe it improves the lives of their buyers — that’s the first principle that all good marketing flows from.

Compassion, empathy, and understanding are non-optional in sales and marketing. Understand what your customers want and need, understand their problems, and to the best of your abilities meet those needs and solve those problems.

Grief, Grit, and Growth - What Business Leaders Can Learn from Life’s Defining Moments

Grief, Grit, and Growth - What Business Leaders Can Learn from Life’s Defining Moments

business 16 Apr 2026

Introduction

Laura Briel Sullivan, a former bank Chief Marketing Officer, turned author of Sailing with Angels: A Poetic Tale of Grief and Grace, brings a unique perspective shaped by more than 25 years in financial services and a personal journey into storytelling.


Her work explores how life transitions caregiving, loss, and career reinventions and how they can shape how people make decisions, build relationships, and move through the world.


Q1. You spent more than two decades in financial services, including at American Express. What led you to step into creative writing?

Storytelling was always there; it just waited its turn. I grew up surrounded by stories, from my grandmother’s index cards of family lore to my father’s “to be continued” bedtime tales.

Like many people, I built a career first. But over time, I found myself in a moment that’s very familiar to many in my generation -- supporting aging parents while still raising children and managing a career.


That experience shifts your perspective. It makes you think differently about time, relationships, and what really matters.


The book came from that place, and from a lifelong tradition of gifting books during meaningful moments. I wanted to create something simple --  a book you can read in minutes, but return to when you need it most.


Q2. You created not just one book, but a trilogy. Can you explain the concept and who each book is for?

The series is designed as three companion books, each reflecting life’s headwinds:
  • Grief — Sailing with Angels
  • Grit — Sailing with Alligators
  • Growth — Sailing with Anglers

Each book is intentionally short, visual, and reflective, something a child can understand and an adult may need.


Sailing with Angels is often given in moments of loss, it’s quiet, comforting, and helps people process grief. Sailing with Alligators is about navigating difficult people and challenging environments, something we all encounter in life and work. Sailing with Anglers focuses on growth, mentorship, opportunity, and learning how to move through different seasons. Together, they’re meant to sit side by side. 


Q3. Why create the books like you did?

Because some moments people value the unspoken words, to read and reflect on their own. In my family, books were always a gift for both hard and joyful moments. Over time, I noticed that the books people hold onto are the ones that meant something at the right time.


These books are designed to be that kind of object, something you can leave on a bedside table or coffee table, pick up in a quiet moment, and find something that resonates. 


Q4. Many of your themes center on caregiving and generational relationships. Why is this so relevant right now?

There’s a significant generational shift underway. Many Gen X professionals are in the middle, of supporting parents while raising children, often from a distance. I lived that reality, and as an executive in financial services it shaped how I thought about supporting others through it. It changes how people think, feel, and make decisions. It resets priorities and reshapes time. It also brings something into focus: the most valuable inheritance is not financial, but the wisdom, habits, and perspective passed down over time. Now it is our turn to carry that forward, to support each other, and be for the next generation what our parents’ friends were for us. My hope is this fable resonates, reflecting the fog of grief, the lessons we carry, and how we learn to let go and move forward.

Q5. What can business and marketing leaders learn from this moment?

The biggest opportunity is understanding your audience in context and the challenges they face. The real advantage lies in blending human connection with data-driven insight to help people navigate life’s hardest moments, including loss. People don’t make decisions in isolation. In financial services, the picture is often unclear, with multiple people involved in supporting a client, making it harder to serve the primary decision maker while enabling the right support system around them. Decisions are made in the middle of real life: caregiving, transitions, milestones, loss. Organizations that recognize this and show up with relevance and empathy build stronger relationships, stronger cultures, and more engaged employees. It starts with understanding what matters most in a given moment. Given we are the midst of one of the largest generationals transitions, it is critical for businesses to really lean in to how to show up.  

 

Q6. You’ve made a meaningful career pivot. What advice would you give to others considering a new path?

Careers aren’t linear. I have learned that they evolve. They “tack and jibe” depending on the conditions. For me, the realization was that I wasn’t starting over, but I was building on everything I had already learned. The skills from financial services and Amex -- discipline, empathy, strategic thinking -- carried directly into my writing.

If you’re considering a pivot, I would say to keep these three things in mind:

  • Pay attention to what has stayed with you over time 
  • Trust that your skills translate 
  • And give yourself permission to try 

You don’t have to abandon one path to explore another.


Q7. Your work also touches on the people who shape us Angels, Alligators, and Anglers. How should leaders think about that?


I tend to think in threes. Every life and career is shaped by three forces:
 • What we learn from others
 • How we build resilience
 • How we learn to operate in the waters that suit us best


Great leaders focus on others sharing wisdom, encouraging resilience, and helping people find the waters where they can truly thrive.


Q8. What do you hope people take away from your books?

That connection is what lasts. I have come to think of it as the fairy dust of generational alchemy, the way wisdom, stories, and care move from one generation to the next and shape who we become. Whether in families or at work, it is the relationships we build and the stories we carry forward that stay with us. They influence how we lead, how we support one another, and how we navigate change. My hope is that people feel called to carry that forward, to be part of that chain for someone else.

 

Q9. How did your career shape the way you identified the audience and need for this book?

My career taught me to start with three questions: who is the audience, how large is it, and what problem are they facing. At work, I was constantly challenging my team to think through the impact of the massive generational shift underway. How can we help? How can technology play a role? What conversations should we be having?

For me, it was also deeply personal. I spent the past decade navigating the end of life for my parents, and I saw how many of my peers are in that same season. At the same time, I felt the loss of the people who had guided me, which raised a new question: how do we step into that role for the next generation while supporting one another now?

I was fortunate. My grandmother and my parents gave me a steadying gift, a sense of faith and the courage to have honest conversations about death. That shaped this book. I wanted to create an approachable way into that conversation, one that reflects the experience so many of us are living through and helps open the door to connection and support.
 

Q10. These stories have a strong sense of place. Are they based on real places and people?

They are. Sailing with Angels is deeply rooted in Edgartown, Massachusetts, where I grew up. Many of the characters are inspired by real people, shaped with creative license and brought to life through names like the Tinkerer, the Alchemist, and the Harbormaster. Some of their backstories trace to remarkable lives, including a founder of CVS, an innovator in lacrosse stick manufacturing, and someone involved in casting locals for Jaws.

 

As the series continues, I take more creative freedom. The later books move to the bayou and across different fishing landscapes, from deep sea to river bends to ice. I had a lot of fun with characters like the Alligator Hunter and the Bayou Broadcaster, and even more learning along the way.
Future of Intelligent Automation | Nintex

Future of Intelligent Automation | Nintex

business intelligence 3 Oct 2025

 

1. How do you define “intelligent automation,” and what sets it apart from traditional workflow automation in today’s enterprise context?

Intelligent automation is not just the next evolution of workflow automation — it's a steppingstone toward agentic business orchestration. That means blending AI, agents, low-code development, and dynamic business process orchestration into a system that doesn’t just automate tasks, but autonomously adapts, learns, and coordinates across the enterprise.

Where traditional automation is largely deterministic, intelligent automation is context aware. It can interpret signals in real time, prioritize based on urgency or behavior, and respond when business conditions change. But the real breakthrough comes when you shift from automating steps to orchestrating outcomes — across people, systems, and now, intelligent agents.

This is what we call agentic business orchestration: enabling work to move autonomously and intelligently across the enterprise with the help of agents within purpose-built solutions tailored to specific business logic and processes. It’s automation that is guided by human oversight but not constrained by it. To get there, organizations need a unified platform that brings together process mapping, business orchestration, and AI agents with the power of low-code tools in a single architecture.

2. What role does automation play in closing experience gaps across the customer journey from onboarding to support and retention? 

Customer experience isn’t just about front-end touchpoints — it’s about how well the business moves behind the scenes. That’s where automation becomes essential.

By connecting siloed systems and orchestrating cross-functional processes, automation helps deliver consistency and responsiveness across the entire customer lifecycle. It accelerates onboarding by syncing data across platforms, supports dynamic case routing, and enables proactive service through contextual triggers.

When embedded across the value chain, automation becomes the foundation for agentic business orchestration. That means not just accelerating tasks but enabling intelligent agents and workflows to operate in harmony — adjusting, escalating, or resolving customer cases in real time. All of this can also be done autonomously to augment human performance and drive a non-linear increase in efficiency – even with humans still in the loop.

The result is a seamless, end-to-end experience that builds trust and loyalty.

3. What are the most common misconceptions organizations have when adopting automation to improve customer outcomes?

The biggest misconception is treating automation as a band-aid solution — something you add to a broken process and expect immediate transformation. In reality, automation must be part of a broader operational shift.

Organizations that succeed view automation as a strategy to drive business performance: first mapping processes, orchestrating and automating cross-functional workflows, and ultimately layering in AI to drive end-to-end orchestration through purpose-built solutions.

Another misconception is that automation tools can operate in isolation. Without integration, governance, and alignment, they create more friction than they solve. To drive real customer outcomes, automation must be part of a connected fabric — orchestrating across departments, systems, and now, AI agents — so the experience is cohesive, not fragmented.

4. Have you seen specific verticals (e.g., financial services, government, healthcare) realize faster returns with intelligent automation strategies?

Absolutely — financial services, public sector, and manufacturing organizations are seeing strong ROI, largely because of the complexity and compliance demands they face.

For example, financial services organizations, intelligent automation can accelerate loan origination by auto-extracting data from supporting documents, validating it against internal and external sources, and routing applications for approval — all while maintaining a complete audit trail. It can also streamline KYC/AML checks, regulatory reporting, and customer onboarding, cutting processing times from days to hours.

iQumulate Premium Funding leveraged Nintex Automation CE to document and reimagine 150+ processes, created smart forms to streamline communications with brokers, and automated internal quoting — saving 3,000+ hours of employee time.

Government agencies can use automation to manage benefits applications, licensing, and permits. By integrating data from multiple legacy systems and enabling real-time case tracking, agencies can reduce backlogs, improve citizen response times, and ensure compliance with transparency mandates.

Nintex worked with the County Court of Victoria to digitize its paper-based processes so that it could capture information electronically, as well as automate the routing of critical court documents.

For manufacturers, intelligent automation can coordinate supply chain workflows, from purchase order processing to quality inspections. Automated exception handling and compliance documentation help manufacturers maintain production schedules, reduce costly delays, and meet stringent regulatory standards in industries like aerospace and pharmaceuticals.

At Nintex, we helped CORE Molding Technologies automate workflows across the organization, including purchase order, chargeback application, and pricing approval processes.

These industries benefit when automation evolves into agentic orchestration. Instead of relying on static scripts, they can deploy responsive workflows and digital agents that learn from usage patterns, adjust to new policies, and reduce time-to-resolution — all while maintaining governance.

5. What KPIs should companies track to evaluate the success of automation-driven, customer-centric initiatives?

Beyond CSAT, the most meaningful KPIs reflect efficiency, speed, scale, and autonomy.

These include:

· Touchless resolution rate — the percentage of workflows or business process steps completed without manual intervention

· Time to resolution — how quickly business or customer-focused workflows are completed

· Human effort saved per workflow — the percentage of workflows that are automated

· Cost per transaction — measuring sustainable operational impact

More advanced teams also look at the volume and performance of agent-led tasks — a signal that they’re progressing toward true agentic orchestration.

6. What does the future of customer-centric automation look like, especially as AI and low-code/no-code platforms mature?

The future of customer-centric automation lies in systems that are not only intelligent but also adaptive and deeply embedded across the business. As agentic AI evolves and low-code/no-code platforms become easier to build with, organizations will shift from rigid, step-based processes to dynamic, context-aware workflows that can learn, adjust, and act in real time.

Rather than relying on disconnected point solutions, businesses will be empowered to build their own tailored applications — designed around their unique models, systems, and customers. This enables faster time-to-value, fewer dependencies on specialized development resources, and greater flexibility as needs evolve.

Importantly, this shift won’t just improve customer experiences — it will make organizations more efficient, more compliant, and more scalable in how they deliver value. By combining AI, automation, and applications in a unified platform, businesses will be able to proactively solve problems, reduce operational complexity, and build long-term customer trust.

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Dr. Roy Ziegelstein on Trust, AI, and the Future of Evidence-Based Medicine

Dr. Roy Ziegelstein on Trust, AI, and the Future of Evidence-Based Medicine

business 4 Sep 2025

1. What safeguards are in place to ensure that AI-generated insights maintain clinical accuracy, trust, and transparency for healthcare providers?

I don’t think the term “AI-generated insights’ is quite right, since the term “insight” implies a clear and deep understanding and perception that relies on human experience and discrimination. I would say that at DynaMed and Dyna AI, insight is provided by oversight… human oversight of content to ensure accuracy, readability, and engagement. Human oversight to ensure that AI-generated information is clinically relevant. Human oversight to make certain that it is the kind of information that clinicians want when caring for other human beings.

At Dyna AI, a clinical assessment team provides ongoing evaluation to assess the accuracy and quality of responses. Dyna AI responses additionally provide the opportunity for users to provide their feedback, much as Waze collects information from users to modify their content. Indeed, responses to more than 3,000 customer queries by our Dyna AI team to date have exceeded a 95% benchmark for quality.  

If queries are not adequately covered by our evidence-based content corpus or have not undergone a full clinical quality evaluation, Dyna AI will not answer the query or will provide information directing users to an alternate resource. References used to generate Dyna AI responses are always fully provided and available with one-click access directly to the source material, mitigating the risk of lack of contextual understanding.

2. How do you plan to balance speed and rigor in content development, especially in high-stakes fields like infectious disease, oncology, or cardiology? 

Speed and rigor in content development are both critical, and never more so than today. Information is of limited use unless it incorporates the most currently-available evidence, however at the same time trust is something that is non-negotiable given what’s at stake. At DynaMed and Dyna AI, speed is ensured by our proprietary systematic literature surveillance system that selects the best and most recent evidence for all medical specialties, including infectious diseases, oncology, and cardiology. Once selected, the evidence is critically and meticulously appraised and summarized by a team of clinically-active, academically-renowned expert healthcare professionals, and then entered into our content which is updated on a daily basis, ensuring both speed and trustworthiness. With editors who are intimately involved in national and international professional societies, who create and revise core clinical guidelines, and who lead clinical and bench research in their healthcare fields, we are able to ensure that clinicians are provided with trustworthy, accurate information on advances in diagnostic techniques, new drug and device approvals, clinical trial results, and evolving treatment guidelines.

I think it’s also important to note that for evidence-based information to be useful at the point of care, it must not only be current and accurate, but also concise, easily and quickly digestible, and free from conflicts of interest. DynaMed and Dyna AI ensure that the only vested interest writers and editors have is their interest in providing current, accurate, trustworthy information to clinicians at the point of care that is free of industry bias, even when unintentionally introduced. That is essential for trustworthiness.

3. You serve a diverse global audience. What steps are being taken to ensure cultural and regional relevance in clinical recommendations?     

Car manufacturers must ensure global usability by designing and adapting cars for specific regions. For example, they may need to switch the steering wheel if a car is built for a country that drives on the left side of the road. However, it is the driver who must ensure that the car is driven in such a way that it is relevant to existing laws in that country, province, state or region.

Much is the same with DynaMed and Dyna AI. We ensure global usability by incorporating recommendations from national and international clinical practice guidelines and evidence from clinical research studies performed throughout the world, making certain that content is inclusive of all conditions whether seen in the U.S. or in other countries. However, Dyna AI clearly notes that responses “should not be solely relied upon for medical practice. Interpretation and application are subject to the judgment of a healthcare professional.” To put it another way, it is the healthcare professional who – like the driver – must ensure that the information is applied in such a way to the care of the patient that it is relevant to existing cultural and regional issues. Indeed, I would go even further and note that it is critical for healthcare professionals to apply the information we provide to the care of the unique needs of the individual patient before them regardless of country or setting.  

4. How do you collaborate with medical societies, hospital systems, or academic institutions to co-develop trusted content?

DynaMed and Dyna AI work with a variety of partners to co-develop trusted content. One example of this is our relationship with the American College of Physicians (ACP). The ACP – which has 161,000 members (including me) – identifies experts from their membership who review our content and make suggestions for improvement. This ensures that our topics are accurate and clinically useful at the point of care. We also work with the ACP to have access to their guidelines as they are being readied for release so that we can have them incorporated into DynaMed as quickly as possible. We also have a relationship with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In order to provide the highest quality content for our users, we license content from the AAP to be included in DynaMed topics. Similarly, we work with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to provide access to their chemotherapy regimens. We have excellent working relationships with academic institutions and hospital systems that allow us to partner with them on innovative work. An example of this is the collaboration we have done in having institutions be beta testers for Dyna AI. As Editor-in-Chief, I look forward to adding to and enhancing these relationships for the benefit of DynaMed and Dyna AI users and the patients they care for.

5. How will Roy Ziegelstein background in medical education at Johns Hopkins influence your approach to clinician engagement and continuous learning?   

I have dedicated my professional life to educating learners at the bedside, in the classroom and lecture hall, in journal articles, and in medical textbooks. I appreciate the sacred obligation to provide accurate healthcare information, however I also understand the importance of making the process of obtaining that information engaging and interesting. If information is rigorous, accurate, and free from conflicts of interest, but does not engage the intended audience, it won’t be used. One thing I intend to focus on at DynaMed and Dyna AI is ensuring that our content not only accurate, current, and trustworthy, but also engaging and even enjoyable to use.

More than 50 years ago now, a group of investigators conducted a fascinating study published in the Journal of Medical Education in which an actor calling himself Dr. Myron L. Fox delivered an animated and entertaining lecture on a topic he knew nothing about to a sophisticated audience of health care professionals, educators, and graduate students… who gave the talk overwhelmingly positive evaluations. I know that sounds unbelievable so you should look for the YouTube video of the Dr. Fox lecture online. You’ll be amazed.

The point here is not that educators should teach on subjects they know nothing about. Indeed, a subsequent study found that while the so-called “Dr. Fox effect” engages an audience, it does not translate into actual learning. But to me, it’s important to also note the opposite: accurate, evidence-based, high-quality information provided in a manner that is not engaging will similarly not translate into actual learning… whether at the bedside, in the classroom or lecture hall, or when delivering evidence-based clinical decision support online at the point of care.

6. What metrics or outcomes will define success for editorial and technological leadership? 

It is important to us that independent healthcare research agencies such as KLAS that evaluates the performance of healthcare technologies honored DynaMed as “Best in KLAS for Clinical Decision Support” in 2025 and in two of the three previous years. Of course, the continuous feedback from our customers is also critical to ensuring the success of DynaMed and Dyna AI and to making any needed editorial and technological changes to make our products the best in class for those who are on the front line providing care for patients.

But the bottom line is that I want DynaMed and Dyna AI to be #1 in the industry. That’s my goal, and if it weren’t my goal… and if I didn’t think it possible… and if I didn’t think it deserved to be… I wouldn’t have taken on this role.

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Immersive Technology by Diversified Transforms Live Performance Venues

Immersive Technology by Diversified Transforms Live Performance Venues

business 14 Aug 2025

1. How are you differentiating your offering to disrupt legacy approaches in venue technology deployment and integration?

Diversified has experience and expertise in so many areas, including Faith, Sports, Corporate and Media. But, until now, we never had a single focus on Performance Spaces. The technology and delivery aspects of Performance Spaces are very similar to Faith and Sports, and thus will leverage our rich history as we move into this new market. Diversified has a long history as an integrator, and integration is our primary focus, while integration is just a part of what other companies in the market do.

2. What key technology innovations are you prioritizing to meet the expectations of digital-native audiences and content platforms like YouTube and Netflix?
 
Everything is moving to immersive. We’ve seen the success of the Sphere and now Cosm and believe the future is venues where the show is around the audience -- with the audience in the middle of the experience and not just watching a show on a stage.  
 
3. How are you planning to leverage immersive audio, cinematic video delivery, and extended reality (XR) to redefine the audience experience in live performance environments? 

Customers expect next-level experiences for every dollar spent on entertainment. Gone are the days of just going to watch a show. The entire experience from the lobby to the food and beverage services to the show itself needs to be unique -- something you can’t experience at home, even in a great home theatre environment. 

4. How are you structuring leadership and technical teams to maximize creative and operational impact in this new vertical?
 
Diversified is building a team to focus on this new vertical. I’m the director of live performance venues, but we plan on growing the business and adding team members along the way. The executive leadership team is fully invested in this new vertical and 100% backing the growth.  

5. How do you plan to use your success in sports, faith, and media into bespoke solutions for theaters, live music venues, and performing arts centers?
 
Diversified’s expansion of its specialty offerings for live performance venues will be a tool to educate our clients and partners. We’ve completed massive projects in other areas, and there’s no reason why we can’t do the same for live performance venues. 

6. What methodologies are you implementing to ensure audience-first design principles guide all stages of venue transformation, from concept through execution?

We’re focused on experience. The entire experience needs to be next level as venues compete for client spend and discretionary income. Along with our manufacturer partners, Diversified uses the latest technology to bring better experiences to venues. 
 
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Mediaflux Real-Time: Seamless Remote Video Collaboration

Mediaflux Real-Time: Seamless Remote Video Collaboration

business 13 Aug 2025

1. What strategies are in place to enhance remote collaboration among production teams, ensuring seamless editing and content management across multiple locations?

Arcitecta’s Mediaflux Real-Time solution is explicitly designed to empower remote collaboration in production. It allows editors to edit anywhere, meaning they are no longer tethered to event locations and can access live, growing media files from any site. This capability enables real-time collaborative editing across multiple locations, so that a video editor in one city can start cutting a highlight reel while another team member elsewhere continues capturing footage. Mediaflux facilitates seamless media management behind the scenes, so all collaborators see the latest content virtually instantly, with playback possible in real-time across sites​. In practice, teams can review and edit content as it’s being recorded or rendered, eliminating the lag that traditionally hampered remote work. By providing a unified data environment and high-speed file sharing, Mediaflux optimizes remote workflows and ensures that distributed production teams remain synchronized and productive​.

2. What measures are being taken to eliminate workflow bottlenecks, particularly in live sports and broadcast environments where speed is critical?

Live sports and broadcast productions are extremely time-sensitive, and Arcitecta addresses this by eliminating common workflow bottlenecks that slow down content delivery. Traditionally, editors had to pull footage from a single on-site location, causing delays in fast-paced environments​. Mediaflux Real-Time removes these chokepoints by enabling continuous access to footage even as it’s being recorded, effectively allowing editing to happen in parallel with capture​. The platform supports real-time editing and removes single-location-based workflow bottlenecks, so teams are not waiting for files to finish recording or copying before work can begin​. One key innovation is using one data stream to serve multiple sites: Mediaflux sends the live feed once and lets multiple editors at different locations tap in, eliminating the need to buy and configure dedicated streams or connections to each editing location​. This not only accelerates turnaround (remote editors can start cutting highlights almost instantly as the action unfolds​) but also reduces infrastructure complexity and cost. In essence, Arcitecta’s approach lets global production crews work simultaneously and in real time, drastically cutting post-production times and ensuring content is delivered to air or online as fast as possible​.

3. How are you ensuring data security and compliance in your production workflows, especially when dealing with live, growing video files?

Handling live and continuously growing video files presents security and compliance challenges, and Mediaflux incorporates robust practices to protect content. Built-in encryption and granular access controls safeguard sensitive media assets, preventing unauthorized access or data leaks even as files are being actively recorded and transferred​. By enforcing role-based permissions and secure authentication, Mediaflux ensures that only authorized personnel can access or modify footage, an important compliance measure for media organizations dealing with embargoed content or exclusive rights. Arcitecta explicitly acknowledges the need to mitigate security risks and compliance issues that arise with distributed file access​, and addresses this by protecting sensitive files with encryption and access controls even while optimizing storage and transfer efficiency​.In addition, the Mediaflux Livewire transfer module moves data at high speed securely, meaning large live video files are transmitted over networks with encryption in transit and without exposing content to eavesdropping​. These measures ensure that live production workflows remain not only fast but also safe and compliant with industry regulations and content protection policies.

4. How is your organization preparing for potential shifts in production demands that may further influence the balance between on-site and remote production workflows?

Arcitecta has strategically built Mediaflux to be location-agnostic, preparing organizations for shifts between on-premises and remote production demands. As the industry gravitates toward hybrid workflows (combining on-site studio work with remote contributors), Arcitecta ensures that the underlying data access is seamless regardless of where the work happens. In fact, it shouldn’t matter where these data workflows occur – the solution is to deliver data where it’s needed at the right time on a global distributed edge that remains simple and high-performance​. Mediaflux effectively creates a single global namespace for content, allowing team members in the studio and those working remotely to all see and interact with the same files in real time. This means whether production shifts more toward on-site operations or pivots back to remote editing, the workflow doesn’t need to be re-architected; Mediaflux will deliver consistent, near-instant access to media assets for all users. Arcitecta also offers features like edge caching (through its Mediaflux Edge component) and multi-site synchronization to maintain low-latency access in any geography​. By investing in these hybrid-cloud and multi-site capabilities, Arcitecta is future-proofing production workflows against location-based disruptions. Mediaflux Real-Time is  setting a new standard for speed, efficiency, and collaboration as hybrid and remote production environments continue to evolve​. In short, Arcitecta is actively enabling location-independent workflows so that organizations can fluidly adjust the on-site vs. remote balance without losing productivity or increasing complexity​.

5. What role do partnerships with technology providers play in your roadmap to scale targeted, measurable production capabilities?

Partnerships with major technology providers play a significant role in Arcitecta’s roadmap, allowing it to scale and extend Mediaflux’s capabilities in targeted ways. A prime example is Arcitecta’s collaboration with Dell Technologies. By combining Arcitecta’s Mediaflux Real-Time software with Dell’s high-performance storage (PowerScale NAS and ECS object storage), the company delivers a robust, end-to-end solution optimized for media workflows​. This partnership means that Mediaflux can be deployed on reliable, industry-grade hardware and take advantage of Dell’s infrastructure for better throughput, storage scalability, and data durability. The value of such a collaboration is highlighted in a Dell data sheet, which notes that Arcitecta’s pioneering metadata and data orchestration tools, coupled with Dell’s powerful, industry-trusted infrastructure, enable a global distributed edge that stays simple and performant for complex workflows​. In practical terms, these alliances help Arcitecta scale targeted production capabilities – for instance, speeding up multi-site content delivery by tightly integrating with networked storage systems, or improving real-time editing performance via optimized hardware-software coordination. Arcitecta showcases these joint solutions at industry events (e.g. demonstrating Mediaflux Real-Time with Dell at NAB 2025) to emphasize measurable improvements like faster content turnaround and lower latency across distances​. Beyond Dell, Arcitecta’s platform is designed to be vendor-agnostic and works with virtually all data storage and infrastructure solutions and protocols, making it flexible for integration with other technology providers as well. This openness enables partnerships with cloud providers, archival systems, and other specialists – all contributing to a richer ecosystem. By collaborating with tech partners, Arcitecta can focus on its software strengths (metadata management, data orchestration, etc.) while relying on partners for complementary strengths, thus scaling up the overall solution. The result is a more powerful, versatile Mediaflux offering that delivers quantifiable benefits (e.g. reduced transfer times, higher throughput, greater storage efficiency) to production teams​.

6. What long-term strategies are in place to ensure sustained growth in a market where real-time content access and hybrid production capabilities are important?

To ensure sustained growth and stay ahead of evolving production needs, Arcitecta is pursuing long-term strategies centered on real-time content access and enhanced hybrid production capabilities. Fundamentally, Arcitecta positions Mediaflux as powering the future of live production​. This vision means continually innovating so that media teams can work with content immediately as it’s created. For example, the ability to support continuous file expansion (handling files that are still growing) and to let editors start working even while files are still being created is a forward-looking feature that gives Arcitecta an edge in live production workflows​. As content demands increase (more feeds, higher resolutions, more remote contributors), Arcitecta’s roadmap focuses on scalability and performance at extreme levels. The Mediaflux platform is built on a high-performance metadata database and a unified data fabric that can scale to billions of files and petabytes of data, ensuring that as clients’ libraries and workload sizes grow, the system can handle it without degradation​. Arcitecta also integrates AI-driven indexing and automation into Mediaflux (for instance, using AI to index metadata for fast search and to trigger workflow automation) to help organizations manage the deluge of content efficiently​. Emphasizing a hybrid cloud approach is another pillar of the long-term strategy: Mediaflux seamlessly spans on-premises and cloud environments (and even tape archives via partners), which gives organizations flexibility to adapt their storage and compute mix over time without changing their workflow tooling​. In addition, Arcitecta is fostering an ecosystem of interoperability and open APIs so that Mediaflux can serve as a central hub in any production pipeline, protecting customers’ investments as technology evolves. By focusing on these areas – real-time access, global collaboration, intelligent data management, and partnership-driven integration – Arcitecta aims to future-proof media workflows. The company’s recent recognition (such as industry awards at NAB 2025) and positive early adopter feedback calling the Real-Time solution a game-changer indicate that Arcitecta’s strategic direction is positioned for sustained momentum. Moving forward, Arcitecta is committed to continuously accelerating media workflows and enabling true location-independent, real-time production to meet the growing demand for instant, anywhere content creation​.

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Mission-Driven Marketing with Purpose and Results

Mission-Driven Marketing with Purpose and Results

business intelligence 5 Aug 2025

1. What is your core philosophy when crafting brand stories for mission-driven organizations like the CAHP Credit Union?

At Merlot Marketing, our philosophy centers on mission-driven storytelling that shows how a brand’s purpose directly benefits the people it serves. With organizations like CAHP Credit Union, they have such an amazing purpose, that the story almost tells itself.  Our job is to articulate their purpose by understanding the unique needs of their members and grounding everything in authenticity. It’s about more than promoting services; it’s about honoring the values behind them. When the story reflects the heart of the mission and speaks to the people it serves, it inspires trust, loyalty and long-term growth.

2. How will you tailor creative and messaging to resonate with the Credit Union’s unique member base—California peace officers and their families?

We focus on reflecting the experiences and shared values of peace officers and their families. We want to honor their service by speaking their language and communicating with sincerity and respect. Our approach combines emotional connection with practical clarity and language that not only illustrates why the Credit Union matters, but also when offices are open and what services are available. It’s about meeting members where they are and delivering messages that feel both personal and purposeful.

3. How does your agency structure collaboration between strategy, creative, and account management teams?

At Merlot Marketing, collaboration is built into our DNA. An agency is only as good as the collaboration with its clients. There must be alignment in both organizations’ mission, values and purpose.  Our job is to articulate and tell their story in a way that resonates with their customers.  We’re intentionally cross-functional and collaborative, not siloed by department.  We do this purposefully, so strategy, creative and account management are aligned from day one. Ideas flow freely, feedback is shared in real time, and everyone is focused on the same goal: delivering smart, impactful work that drives results. It’s a true team effort, which includes the client, every step of the way.

4. How do you ensure campaigns deliver measurable ROI while also fulfilling emotional storytelling goals?

We start by aligning on clear KPIs that reflect the client’s goals. Whether it’s member growth, engagement or awareness, we set clear KPIs and then use meaningful storytelling to drive connection and action. The right story captures hearts, great service captures minds and together they fuel measurable results. When strategy and creativity work together, performance and success naturally follow.
 
5. What leadership lessons have shaped your approach to running an agency with purpose?

I’ve learned that purpose starts with people. We have an amazing team and leading with an intentional culture empowers teams to do great work with heart and hustle. Our “why” is simple: to produce great work, with great people, for great clients. And our mission keeps us grounded: to deliver passion, creativity and results to every client with whom we’re privileged to work. When your team believes in the work and feels supported, purpose isn’t just a message, it’s a mindset that produces winning results! 

6. Looking ahead, what opportunities do you foresee in public-sector or cause-driven marketing?

There’s an amazing opportunity to humanize public-sector brands.  Often, they are cold and calculated with their messaging and we have an opportunity to bring clarity, empathy and purpose to the forefront. Through thoughtful, mission-aligned campaigns, we can build trust, deepen connection and make these organizations more relatable to the people they serve. What’s awesome is that the people who run these organizations actually do care. That’s the importance of marketing. Ensuring that their customers or clients understand that they are providing more than just a service, but rather a connection that goes far deeper than any transaction.  It’s not just about branding or visibility; it’s about creating meaningful engagement that connects authentically with their audience.
 
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