Dennis Lankes

Our client Blings with more headlines. Great company to check out. "Blings approaches this problem by treating video not as content, but as infrastructure. Instead of exporting a finished file, video experiences are defined as modular components, like layers, scenes, text, and interactions, combined with logic. The video is rendered at the moment of viewing, on the user’s device. Schreiber describes it as fundamentally changing what video is: “We’re trying to build a new kind of video that is more data-driven, more live, more relevant to each and every user, more interactive.” Link in the comments for full article. Yonatan Schreiber Yosef Peterseil

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Kevin K. Holzbog and Matt Runnels at Decatur Economic Development Corporation show effective Video Marketing by opening with strategic location, then moving through business parks, available rail, and only the metrics that matter. Their concise, cinematic structure helps site selectors and developers see fit and move forward. Why should Economic Developers shorten their story while keeping the right data? Because clear, focused facts help prospects understand value fast and remember it longer. What creative ideas are you using to get the right data in front of your prospects? #econdev #economicdevelopment

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How do you keep prospects from dismissing an undeveloped site? Replace uncertainty with a visual roadmap of what will be delivered. Celina, Texas Economic Development Corporation, with Melissa Thomas and Stephanie Tucker, uses before and after sequences and motion graphics to clarify the promise, which makes timelines, uses, and benefits easy to compare. As an Economic Developer, how are you turning site plans into simple visuals that anyone can grasp? #econdev #economicdevelopment

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At Ndevr, we’ve designed a workflow that keeps our standards high and our clients supported—without unnecessary overhead. On the Agency Forward podcast with Chris DuBois, I shared how we maintain quality and efficiency. By structuring projects with dual oversight and clear client touchpoints, we ensure accountability, fresh perspective, and seamless collaboration. Here’s how we do it. ⬇️ #AgencyLeadership #ClientSuccess #ScalingSmart #Ndevr

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How Denver and other cities have found ways to use digital signage to give fresh life to downtown zones. The Denver Theatre District is one example balancing commerce with arts funding — with no cost to the city. Latest City Tech column for Lincoln Institute of Land Policy https://lnkd.in/gyZgWThs

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How can so many cities keep getting sound and noise policy wrong? From Woodstock to El Paso, to Reno, to Fort Collins, cities are making headlines over noise complaints, sound ordinances, and tension between residents and music venues. And it begs the question: why is this still happening? The issue usually isn’t just the ordinance…it’s the lack of a real framework for how sound lives in a city. Too often, cities treat sound as something to clamp down on instead of something to design for. But sound policy is more successful when it's designed with the community, not for it. Without a participatory process that brings together venue operators, residents, artists, business owners, and city staff, the conversation breaks down into false choices—residents vs. venues, silence vs. nightlife. Communities split into “save the music” vs. “stop the noise” factions, and the real solutions get lost in the noise. When we helped the City of Austin reframe its approach to sound, complaints dropped by 74% in just two years—and that progress is still holding steady. It’s proof that good policy should outlast personnel. It wasn’t about writing more rules—it was about shifting the mindset and giving people the right tools: -Sound is about relationships, not just decibels. -We listened—literally—to those making the sound and those impacted by it. -Enforcement wasn’t eliminated, but it wasn’t the starting point either. We added practical tools that worked without clogging up the ordinance. We’ve already spent thousands of hours in the field—listening, adjusting, learning what works, so cities don’t have to start from scratch. With the right tools and approach, the payoff is real: less conflict, stronger communities, and a cultural life that doesn’t get boxed in by fear of complaints. Whether or not a city brings us in, we’re always up for the conversation. Because real sound policy is about more than decibels, it’s about how we share space, resolve tension, and support both community and culture. Music people call it sound. Neighbors call it noise. The right policy solves for both. #soundpolicy #NoiseOrdinance #ThisIsReno #FortCollins #woodstockny #urbanplanning #WashingtonDC #LawrenceKS #Minneapolis #CedarRapids #Chattanooga #NorthwestArkansas

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What does the long-tail ROI of "Screen Tourism" look like after tax incentives have attracted a production to your region? SetJetters worked in partnership with Oregon Film (AKA Oregon Film & Video Office) and the Oregon Film Trail to answer that question and present it to the Oregon state legislature. 1. Oregon Film and the OFT partnered with SetJetters to place Oregon into the SetJetters digital ecosystem. 2. Oregon and its partners deployed SetJetters along the Oregon Film Trail and conducted screen tourism initiatives. 3. SetJetters measured anonymous screen tourist activity in Oregon via the SetJetters app. 4. SetJetters aggregated the data and worked with Oregon to analyze the results. 5. SetJetters created a 6 minute infographic video, of which this is a 1 minute excerpt. Watch the full 6 minute video here: https://lnkd.in/gNDYWV6k #filmtourism #screentourism #setjetters #setjetting #travel #film #movies #tourism

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Every producer learns this the hard way. You can control: - How you spend your time - The amount of effort you put in - What you work on during the day You can’t control: - If clients actually listen - How prospects respond - If support drops the ball Control what you can, and let go of what you can’t.

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