Full Sail University Graduate Daryl Fontenault, Wins Creative Arts Primetime Emmy

Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) August 24, 2010

Full Sail University (fullsail.edu), is proud to recognize 2003 Full Sail University graduate Daryl Fontenault, on his personal nomination and win of a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy

Dominion Dealer Solutions Be Back Mobile App Wins Award for Most Innovative Dealership Solution of 2011

Norfolk, VA and Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) November 01, 2011

Dominion Dealer Solutions Be Back Mobile App has been named the winner of the Most Innovative Dealership Solution of 2011 in the DrivingSales Innovation Cup Awards. The Be Back Mobile App was selected by a panel of dealers from a competitive field of solutions at the Third Annual DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES), held at the Bellagio Las Vegas. Dominion Dealer Solutions is a division of Dominion Enterprises.

DrivingSales (http://www.drivingsales.com) created the Innovation Cup Awards, presented annually at the DrivingSales Executive Summit, to recognize solutions introduced or enhanced whose innovative approaches have produced significant results for dealers.

Its an honor for Dominion Dealer Solutions to be recognized as the 2011 Innovation Cup recipient, said Glen Garvin, group general manager of Dominion Data Solutions. This shows the continuing effort Dominion Dealer Solutions is making to move the individual brands to a unified, more innovative offering. The Be-Back App shows a commitment to be front and center in new automotive product initiatives by placing our focus on dealer-consumer engagement. The DSES conference boasts a literal whos who in cutting-edge automotive retail. We are so pleased to be in attendance and humbled by the award.

The Be Back Mobile App from Dominion Dealer Solutions can be downloaded through iTunes and is available for both the iPhone and Droid devices. The app is currently in development for the iPad as well. The Be-Back app is branded for each specific dealership. Once downloaded by the consumer, the application stores many useful pieces of information like the vehicles VIN numbers, mileage, service history and book valuations. The Be Back Mobile App notifies customers of inventory recalls or specials, and allows car buyers to view service schedules and owners manuals. Through both the iPhone and Droid, drivers can schedule service appointments with DMS integration, find local gas stations, and get parking spot reminders and loan calculators. The Be Back App truly becomes a consumers vehicle management tool complemented by the dealerships branding.

The local dealership owns this white-labeled application on the car buyers most important and useful asset their mobile device. Contact information in the application, service schedules and appointment setting increase fixed operations at the dealership. An equity alert shows the consumer how valuable their trade-in could be and alerts the dealer to the consumers interest in its equity.

The DrivingSales Executive Summit is designed to inspire dealers to push the envelope on innovation and to help them collaboratively uncover the actionable solutions and strategies that will move their dealerships forward, said DrivingSales Founder and CEO Jared Hamilton. The Innovation Cup, a centerpiece of the DSES, raises awareness of the vendor solutions that are moving the needle forward in dealerships across the country by allowing those who know best auto dealers to decide the finalists and winner. Clearly, the Be Back Mobile App is already making its mark and has impressed the hundreds of progressive dealers who attended the summit. Congratulations to Dominion Dealer Solutions and to each of our finalists!

Dealership solution-providers submitted applications online with vendor names removed, and a panel of dealers assessed each application. The Innovation Cup Award finalists presented their solutions onstage at DSES, with a panel of dealer judges scoring each solution. As the highest scorer, the Be Back Mobile App by Dominion Dealer Solutions won the Innovation Cup for Most Innovative Dealership Solution of 2011.

Each finalist and winners solution will also be profiled at DrivingSales.com and in the DrivingSales newsletter, and will be featured in a video interview at DrivingSalesTV. For more information about the Driving Sales Innovation Cup Awards, go to: http://www.drivingsalesinnovationcup.com/.

About Dominion Dealer Solutions

Dominion Dealer Solutions helps car dealers attract, retain, and service customers for life. Dominion Dealer Solutions products include: lead generation, reputation management, online service scheduling and customer relationship management tools through Autobase; web sites, SEO and PPC through Dealerskins; and specialized data aggregation, management, and reporting services through Dealer Specialties, Cross-Sell, The DataCube, and DataOne Software. These businesses serve more than 60 percent of auto dealers nationwide. Learn more at http://www.DominionDealerSolutions.com or follow us at http://www.twitter.com/dominiondealer.

Dominion Dealer Solutions is a division of Dominion Enterprises, a leading marketing services company serving the automotive, enthusiast and commercial vehicle, real estate, travel, apartment rental, and employment industries. Please see http://www.DominionEnterprises.com.

About The DrivingSales Executive Summit

The DrivingSales Executive Summit is a uniquely collaborative event modeled after the best practices and information-sharing among dealers and auto industry professionals on DrivingSales.com. The third annual event brings together the most progressive dealers in the country and world-renowned speakers, all focused on pushing the auto industrys innovation boundaries and translating the latest trends and business realities into solid 2012 action plans for every dealership department.

Unlike other automotive industry events, the DrivingSales Executive Summit is 100% dealer driven and designed specifically for the most advanced dealer principals and dealership executives in the industry. The exclusive event has a vendor-neutral policy, meaning no vendor influence on presentation selection and adherence to a strict dealer-to-vendor ratio.

For more information, visit http://www.DrivingSalesExecutiveSummit.com or contact dses@drivingsales.com.

About DrivingSales.com

DrivingSales is the auto industrys fastest-growing, most influential trade media property focused on delivering actionable profit-building information to auto retailers and industry professionals. DrivingSales media network includes flagship property DrivingSales.com (http://www.drivingsales.com), the worlds largest car dealer social network where thousands of dealership professionals collaborate and share best practices in a 20-group style setting; DrivingSalesTV (http://www.drivingsalestv.com), an interactive web channel which helps car dealers and auto professionals keep tabs on their industry and emerging technologies 24/7; DrivingSales University, an on-demand training platform where dealerships learn the latest web strategies from top e-commerce experts; DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES) the industrys leading conference where progressive dealers collaborate and learn from world renowned experts, and DrivingSales Dealership Innovation Guide, a quarterly free publication featuring case studies of the industrys most innovative dealerships, solutions and best practices.

DrivingSales encourages innovation and excellence in the industry with its annual Dealer Satisfaction and Innovation Cup Awards, whose winners are determined solely by the dealer community. Founded by Jared Hamilton, a third generation car dealer, DrivingSales won a Top 25 Under Five award from the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF), which spotlights outstanding entrepreneurs and start-up companies in Utah; was named a 2011 Fast 50 Emerging Eight company by Utah Business magazine, which recognizes the entrepreneurial spirit, innovative business tactics and revenue growth of Utahs fastest-growing companies, and received an Interactive Media Award (IMA) in 2011 for Outstanding Achievement in the Automobile website category. Additionally, DrivingSales was named one of ten social media gambits for 2009 by Automotive News and o

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Filmmaker Curtis Elliotts Award Winning Doc to Screen at Independent Black Film Festival in Atlanta March 16th

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) February 11, 2006

Independent filmmaker Curtis Elliotts award winning documentary about the ill-effects of heroin abuse has been selected to screen at the 3rd annual Independent Black Film Festival, (IBFF) held in Atlanta, March 12thMarch 19th. The film is scheduled to screen Thursday, March 16th at 7:00 p.m. as part of the IBFFs Documentary Showcase at Cinefe 8 Theatres in Lithonia, GA (2244 Panola Road, 30058, 770-593-2600).

The film, HairKutt, is the Reel Life story of Bryant HairKutt Johnson, a heroin addict of more than 15 years. The documentary takes many twists and turns as HairKutt becomes so debilitated from the withdrawal of the poisonous drug that he walks away from the rented cabin used as a drug rehab facility to return to the streets of St. Louis (more than a ten hour drive away) and the source of his addiction: heroin.

The filmmaker, Curtis Elliott of Reel Life Films, is currently on an anti-drug campaign throughout the United States and Canada. He has already presented his message and film in cities such as Boston, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Santa Monica, California, Los Angeles and New York. The film will have its commercial run in the Atlanta area March 24th-31st at the Cinefe 8 Theatres as well.

Targeting audiences from middle school to high school (11-years-old to 17-years-old) and college aged youth to young adults (18-25), Mr. Elliott continues to book the film in theaters, social organizations, at-risk youth group homes, rehab facilities, middle and high schools and universities in the aforementioned region of the world.

Feel free to contact Curtis Elliott of Reel Life Films at 314.324.5435 or 314.395.2342 with any questions or concerns.

Enclosed is media information on the film, which won Best Social Documentary at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in Los Angeles in March 2005 and Best Documentary Feature at Cinema St. Louis' Independent Filmmakers Showcase in July 2005.

In addition, the film screened at the Missouri Black Expo in August and was part of the University of Missouri-St. Louis' Fifth Annual Fatherhood Initiative Conference. The film made its St. Louis debut in front of a crowd of 700 at the famed Tivoli Theater in the University City, (MO) Loop on May 12th, 2005.

For more info or to view movie trailer, please visit http://www.itstoughtogetoffdrugs.com or Google Search keyword: HairKutt.

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HairKutt Wins Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at Independent Black Film Festival (IBFF)

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) March 22, 2006

HairKutt, independent filmmaker Curtis Elliotts award winning documentary about four friends from St. Louis, Missouri who travel to the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee in the hopes of curing one of them from the throes of heroin addiction, won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Independent Black Film Festival (IBFF) held in Atlanta, Georgia March 12th-19th.

The griping documentary was one of three films up for the top overall documentary award (voted on by a panel of judges), which went to Programas, a riveting documentary about selected Brazilian prostitutes.

The movie was received very well, Elliott said about the showcase in Atlanta. He added the audience choice award was validation that he has an unpolished golden nugget in his filmmaking repertoire. The people spoke and they said of all the other documentaries shown in this particular film festival, HairKutt was the best one. (The award) was the peoples wish.

HairKutt is the Reel Life story of Bryant HairKutt Johnson, a heroin addict of more than 15 years. The documentary takes many twists and turns as HairKutt becomes so debilitated from the withdrawal of the poisonous drug that he walks away from the rented cabin used as a drug rehab facility to return to the streets of St. Louis (more than a ten hour drive away) and the source of his addiction: heroin.

The filmmaker, Curtis Elliott of Reel Life Films, is currently on an anti-drug campaign throughout the United States and Canada. He has already presented his message and film in cities such as Boston, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Santa Monica, California, Los Angeles and New York.

Targeting audiences from middle school to high school (11-years-old to 17-years-old) and college aged youth to young adults (18-25), Mr. Elliott continues to book the film in theaters, social organizations, at-risk youth group homes, rehab facilities, middle and high schools and universities in the aforementioned region of the world.

Enclosed is media information on the film, which won Best Social Documentary at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in Los Angeles in March 2005 and Best Documentary Feature at Cinema St. Louis' Independent Filmmakers Showcase in July 2005.

The film made its St. Louis debut in front of a crowd of 700 at the famed Tivoli Theater in the University City, (MO) Loop on May 12th, 2005.

For more info or to view movie trailer, please visit http://www.itstoughtogetoffdrugs.com or Google Search keyword: HairKutt.

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Ringling College Students Rock National ADDYs with Two Gold and One Silver Award

Sarasota, FL & San Diego, CA (PRWEB) June 09, 2011

Ringling College of Art and Design today announced that three Ringling College students received 2011 National ADDY Awards. The worlds largest advertising competition, the ADDY