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new collaboration between our Founder & Director Lisa Devaney – and Elsa Cristina Gailor
We are thrilled to announce a new collaboration between our Founder & Director Lisa Devaney – and Elsa Cristina Gailor – a talented established fine art artist. Elsa has kindly offered permission for a sample of her oil paintings to be featured here on the haimediagroup.com website – and to be shared on our social media platforms.
Elsa and Lisa met a couple of years ago in the Blue Ridge Mountains area near Charlottesville, of America’s Virginia, where Hai Media Group (HMG) is now based. To to read more about these colleagues meeting please see here.
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Our new headquarters in America’s Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia
We are pleased to announce that our geographic location has changed! In the summer of 2020 – our headquarters moved from East London’s Hackney in the United Kingdom to the Blue Ridge Mountains of America’s Virginia. Our consultancy is now based near Charlottesville....
2018 DIY PR Workshop for UCL
Our Founder & Director Lisa Devaney is heading back to UCL, for the third year, to present her DIY PR Workshop for Startups and Entrepreneurs this month (February 20th) for the UCL Innovation and Enterprise programme. Her afternoon workshop will cover all the...
Mentoring tech startups at TechHub
Our Founder and Director of Hai Media Group, Lisa Devaney, will be back at TechHub this week on Thursday, 30 November, to counsel and mentor tech startups with public relations and social media strategy, and tactics. She’s been a guest mentor for TechHub for a few...
Pre-Brexit Mood: What one London tech startup is feeling
(This blog post is by Lisa Devaney, the Founder and Director of the Hai Media Group) Over the last few years, I’ve had the pleasure of helping to mentor Valentine from SSSHAKE, an early-stage London tech startup, right from when the seed of the idea was taking root....
DIY PR at UCL Innovation & Enterprise
Our Founder & Director Lisa Devaney will be back, for a second year, presenting to startups and entrepreneurs at UCL on Thursday, 2nd March, this week, with her DIY PR workshop. About 30 attendants will participate in the workshop sponsored by UCL, where they will...
Upcoming: New You, New Business
Looking to the new year, it may feel exciting, but also a little bit daunting. Challenges will roll, but how can you cope with unexpected events? Getting balance between business and career is one way to tackle this 2017. Stepping in to help is an upcoming Women in...
What we’ll get up to in 2017
Happy 2017 everyone, or HNY!, as people are saying on social media. We want to wish you a great year, filled with promise and potential. In case you are wondering what we are up to this year, here’s a few things that we have planned: We’ll continue to be supporting...
Give: Techfugees needs your help!
For years now, the team with Hai Media Group have been watching the news reports about the refugee crisis – and with the headlines, tears result. But what can be done? With millions (more than 65 million globally according to the UNHCR) fleeing their homelands to try...
Where To Be: Upcoming Conferences for Tech Startups
A conference or event is an important place for any up-and-coming tech startup to meet and greet with potential customers, partners and to showcase your thought leadership to an audience, if you can get a speaking opportunity. Among our network there are a few top...
FutureFest 2016: Smorgasbord for the mind
In 30 years time, the very essence of who we are may shift in directions we can only imagine right now – every visceral emotion and human need from what we eat to how we express love for each other and how we interact with machines is all changing. These far-reaching...
FutureFest 2016: Explore how we will love, work, play & thrive
Twenty years into the future, how we love, work, play and thrive may change drastically, and be enhanced and entwined with technology, future thinkers and leaders will discuss at the annual FutureFest, brought to London by Nesta. The event takes place this weekend...
Opening this week: The Games Europe Plays – BODY <> TECH
On our radar this week is a new exhibition opening for Summer 2016. Check out: The Games Europe Plays - BODY<>TECH The Stephen Lawrence Gallery at the University of Greenwich 7 July - 26 August 2016 Here’s more more about the exhibition from the press release:...
Our founder interviewed on the Entrepreneur Podcast Network
In an interview with Eric Dye, host of the Entrepreneur Podcast Network, of Enterprise Radio, our Founder and Director Lisa Devaney shared some tips about tech startup public relations. In the interview, she talked about planning carefully before you start talking in...
Book ‘Saving Bletchley Park’ is social media for good story
This story was first published by our Founder and Director Lisa Devaney with Brand Republic's The Wall Blog UK, and you can find it here, or read below: So often these days, news headlines are pock-marked with nasty tales of hacking incidents, online trolling,...
Our new website is live!
We are pleased to announce that the Hai Media Group website is now live with a fantastic new look and design! Made by Dave Hall, we are really excited to unveil this design today that captures the essence of the services we are offering. With our new design, we have...
Coming Up: The Games Europe Plays
‘The Games Europe Plays’ invites kids and adults for inter-generational learning and fun with the most exciting digital games at the Finnish Institute in London. The Finnish Institute in London and EUNIC London are proud to host The Games Europe Plays, an interactive...
New Year, New Look!
We’ve got a new look for Hai Media Group in 2016, with a new logo and, coming soon, a new website design. Don’t worry – we aren’t scraping features like our popular Startup Spotlight, and our blog, but we hope you’ll like our new attire. We worked with the graphic...
Event: ReVu App Launch Party, 10 March
Our client Software Optics will soon launch the ReVu video editor app, to help you make awesome videos with your iPhone, iPad and GoPro. The app will go live in the Apple App Store in March. To celebrate, we are planning a fantastic app launch party, on 10th March at...
Hai Beta Test: ReVu Video Editor App for iOS and GoPro
That moment when you accidentally film your thumb, or forget to film in landscape mode, or when the subject is too far away. Yeah that! All these oops! situations you captured while filming with your iOS device (iPhone & iPad) or GoPro™ camera can be remedied with...
Beta Test: Calling all web developers, designers and DIY makers
Hai Media Group is pleased to be supporting a new beta phase effort for Roktopus Scrapbook! If you are a web developer, designer or DIY maker, and would like to participate in the beta test phase, please get in touch with us. Contact details are below. Roktopus...
Startup Spotlight: Enjoy London on a budget with Frugl
In the news this week here in Londontown, we have learned that the city has more multi-million-pound mansions being sold than any other city in the world, we are also hearing that our city is the most expensive place to live in the world. So what if you are on a...
Startup Spotlight: Muzivo
Muzivo is a powerful new music social-network that puts you in touch with music apps you may have not heard of. In essence, it’s like a music app directory allowing you to discover music apps that exist to play music of a specific genre. Once you create an account,...
DIY PR for startups at Digital Shoreditch 2015
The Hai Media Group team will be presenting our DIY PR workshop for startups at Digital Shoreditch 2015 on Tuesday, May 12th. And there will be hats! Come along on May 12th and find out top tips on how you can get the word out about your startup to media and...
Startup Spotlight: GoodBarber
We caught up with the team of GoodBarber, a DIY iPhone and Android mobile app startup based in Corsica, ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015, to find out more about what the company is all about. Being a fans of all things DIY for self-starters, public realtions and...
Robots, Edward Snowden & George Clinton to feature at FutureFest 2015
NESTA's second FutureFest is being held March 14-15 at Vinopolis in London. FutureFest is a weekend of immersive experiences, compelling performances and radical speakers to excite, and challenge perceptions of the future. FutureFest is not designed as a traditional...
Sneak Preview: WeAreDotDotDot
We love to share first looks at new things happening in the world and are thrilled to invite you to come along to a sneak preview of WeAreDotDotDot.com! WeAreDotDotDot.com, now in beta phase, is a new platform that will connect young people in East London with digital...
Creative agenices join to help Tech City combat area’s skills shortage #GrowTechCity
When Hai Media Group first heard about the Connecting Tech City project, to unlock the talent of youth in the area and help connect young people with learning programmes and jobs within the growing tech sector’s businesses, we applauded. Now, we’ve gotten on board to...
Startup Spotlight: Zealify
What is Zealify? Zealify is an online platform that wants to change the way we look for jobs. Normally, you'd apply for a job - and that's it, right? Well, Zealify goes one step further. It's a job site that shows its clients the full picture before they apply. Users...
Startup Spotlight: Trunx
Since the rise of Instagram, photo apps have become all the rage! However, to move away from the mainstream — Trunx is definitely a relatively new photo storage app to shout about. Hai Media Group had the opportunity to interview Trunx's Marketing VP, Sandra Ponce de...
SPOTLIGHT: Barbican Digital Revolution
The summer holidays are among us, and if you’re looking for a super-cool technology exhibition interesting for parents and kids – Barbican’s Digital Revolution is the one! Located inside the Barbican Centre, Digital Revolution is a must-see technology exhibit that...
DIY PR: Launching a literary genre from Taiwan
As fans of all things DIY PR, when we came we came across an amazing DIY PR story from Taiwan, we decided to share it with you here. We’ve gotten to know Dan Bloom who is an American climate activist and journalist living in Taiwan. He’s best known as being the...
STARTUP SPOTLIGHT: Seen at London Technology Week
We rocked up to The Start-Up Europe Roadshow on Google Campus during London Technology Week (16-20 June 2014) to check out a few of the amazing tech startups and entrepreneurs showcasing their businesses. Kicking off with a presentation by Lord Graffham, who’s worked...
Hello from Miamii Mansour, our summer 2014 intern
Hi there, I’m Miamii Mansour, the new summer 2014 intern for Hai Media Group! I’m a broadcast journalism graduate with a passion for all things technology. You might think it’s funny that I studied ‘broadcast’ journalism, and am now working in public relations, but I...
We are looking for a Summer 2014 intern!
We are looking for an intern to work alongside Hai Media Group’s founder and Director Lisa Devaney this summer. Our intern will get stuck in with the world of PR for tech startups in London’s Tech City. With Devaney’s tutoring, our intern will gain insight to setting...
Debuting The WoMentoring Project
For many female writers starting off, affording access to support resources can be a barrier. Writing retreats are costly, classes are costly and sometimes difficult to manage with work and family life, and it isn't easy figuring out how to connect with agents,...
Hai Media Group Supports: Women Shift Digital Conference 26th November 2013
We are proud to be supporting an upcoming conference that will bring together some of the most talented women working in the digital and technology sectors. Presented by body>data>space the Women Shift Digital conference will take place 26th November 2013 at...
The new lisadevaney.com blog is live today (October 29th 2011)
Guess what? Lisa Devaney finally has her very own blog. If you are looking for her here, be sure to pop by to: www.lisadevaney.com Find her sharing thoughts online from PR, social media, and the world in general at her own blog.
Help Raise Money For The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)
In America, a friend of Lisa Devaney is seeking fundraising help for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). She's suffering from a form of blood cancer, and it is not putting her off from participating in her 7th and final marathon, at the age of 65! She needs your...
The What’s Happening Guide to Mobile World Congress 2011 by Hai Media Group
Are you getting ready for Mobile World Congress 2011? Let Hai Media Group help with your planning. Firstly, we would like to invite you to meet with our client HipLogic, who recently launched *Spark: www.sparkmyphone.com This popular new app for Android and Symbian...
What We Did This Year: 2010
Hai Media Group had a busy and productive year in 2010. In fact, we were so busy that we didn’t really have time to update this website. The year was spent helping clients with PR campaigns, blogging, guest lecturing, and getting out to a lot of industry events. So,...