Earlier this week, Delvinia CEO Adam Froman and Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti led a presentation at the GTEC 2011 conference in Ottawa to share the story of Markham‘s journey in using digital technologies to engage with citizens. In addition to highlighting the Town’s experience with Internet voting in the last three municipal elections, Adam and More »
I just returned from speaking at the GTEC 2011 conference in Ottawa earlier today. This is the largest government technology conference in the country. It was held at the new Ottawa Convention Centre next to the Westin Hotel and the conference took over the entire building. All of the major technology providers were in attendance. More »
Wednesday, October 26 – 2 p.m. (EDT) RSVP for this webinar now Join host Rosalina Lin-Allen, Delvinia’s Director of Client Strategy, for a free webinar on the Canadian Mobile Shopper, sponsored by Tenzing. Smartphones and tablets have experienced significant growth within the last few years. Today, one third of Canadians own smartphones and 40 per More »
Delvinia CEO Adam Froman and Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti will address delegates at GTEC 2011, Canada’s Government Technology Event, on Wednesday. The four-day conference and exhibition, which is expected to draw more than 7,000 attendees, gets under way today at the Ottawa Convention Centre. Through the use of Internet voting and the implementation of multiple More »
There are important moments in your life that you look back on and you can instantly realize the impact that that moment had. In 1988 I was working at my first job as a designer, my desk was covered with dozens of tools that I needed in order to do my job. Items that could More »
It has been expected for some years now that computers would not only be everywhere, but in everything as they became cheaper. That is now achievable. Not long ago, a detergent company prototyped a chip on a detergent container to provide rich media instructions when consumers used their smartphone to interact with it. While the More »
Delvinia will release its latest DIG report on Internet voting and the future of eDemocracy in Canada at a press conference being held in our offices at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 26. The report, “eDemocracy and Citizen Engagement: The Delvinia Report on Internet Voting in the Town of Markham,” examines the municipality’s experience with More »
If you’ve been in digital marketing for any length of time, you’ve probably worked on a microsite. Microsites are usually created to showcase or promote a product, contest or event. Media companies are sent off to buy (with a budget usually four times to build) banners and print ads to drive users to the site. More »
Microsoft Canada’s No Friend Left Behind Campaign, designed by Delvinia to promote the launch of Window’s Live Messenger for the iPhone and iPod touch, is a creative concept that highlights the critical moments when you need the expertise of the friends on your IM list the most—all while poking fun at the fact that different More »
In my recent post on social television, I talked about the ways that mobile devices, apps and social media are changing the television viewing experience. An increasing number of television shows and films are developing mobile-friendly websites and applications in an effort to encourage fans to use their Smartphones and social media accounts to interact More »
