Associates
How we work
Creative work is changing and it has become a truism that we are all free agents in a hyper-connected world.
We create ad hoc project teams of some of the most creative and talented people in the world, depending on the nature of the project. Remarkable people are what you need at your side when you’re taking on the biggest social and civic innovation challenges we face.
Daniel Rose
Daniel Rose is principal of Omakase Group which designs and facilitates online and offline collaborative processes to accelerate innovation, creativity and real work. The events are carefully designed such that organizations tap into the collective intelligence of its people to create breakthrough solutions in a vastly accelerated way.
Alistair Morton
Alistair Morton is a seasoned web developer, print designer, illustrator, iconographer and front-end UX interface developer. He has spent over 12 years of his life dedicated to the development and implementation of everything from websites and intranets to international marketing campaigns. Alistair was the design lead for Remarkk projects Metronauts, ChangeCamp and this site, Remarkk.com.
During his career, Alistair has worked alongside with the likes of Adobe, AT&T, Labatt’s, Suncor, Bacardi, and Deloitte & Touche to name a few. Developing innovative methods to market products, services and concepts to very specific marketplaces.
Alistair spent the last 15 years living and working with web in Calgary, Alberta but has recently relocated with his family to Toronto Canada, where he is currently the Senior Art Director at the Jonah Group.
Rahaf Harfoush
Rahaf is a New Media Strategist who has a deep passion for exploring how technology is affecting the way we communicate, work and play. She is the author of “Yes We Did: An Insider’s Look at How Social Media Built the Obama Brand.” She has worked with Mark Kuznicki on projects including the Overlap, The Movement and ChangeCamp.
Rahaf specializes in helping organizations align their Social Media initiatives with their strategic vision to build authentic relationships. Her clients include The Web Foundation, ING Direct Canada, GWP Brand Engineering and Staples, amongst others.
She was the Research Coordinator for “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything,” (Tapscott 2006) and a contributor to “Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World.” (Tapscott 2008) and “Everything I Needed to Know About Business I Learned from a Canadian.” (Brody 2008) Rahaf has been speaking about New Media and Technology since 2006 and is exclusively represented by The Lavin Speaking Agency.
Rahaf is currently the Associate Director of the Global Redesign Iniative at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.
Wesley Hodgson
Wesley Hodgson is a Toronto-based front-end web developer and designer. A proponent of web-standards, accessibility and usability, he has honed his craft over the past 10+ years in the industry.
He currently spends the majority of his time as a consultant with Unspace Interactive, but loves to work on interesting freelance jobs with smart, engaged people. Some past projects include front-end development for Remarkk projects Metronauts and SpinTO.
In his spare time Wesley spends most of his time riding/racing bicycles of all sorts, but also spends time as a performer of music, maker of food, devourer of books and shooter of cameras.
Jaime Woo
With a research and journalism background, Jaime Woo works to help small businesses and nonprofits strategically share their messaging through written, visual and online comunications.
Jaime has written on the social media sphere and originated the role of Social Media Editor for Torontoist, the nation’s largest city-blog, and has also been published in both NOW and Financial Post. He was also involved in Toronto’s bid presentation for World Pride in 2014 and guided online communications for the Canadian Lesbian + Gay Archives. In addition, his work has been used by Holt Renfrew and Luminato.
Together with Remarkk, Jaime helped to shape the messaging and communications for SpinTO, an annual fundraiser for the Friends For Life Bike Rally and the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation. Using a strategy combining tradition and social media to raise awareness, the inaugural event in May brought in $15,000 for the Bike Rally.
Peter Flaschner
A veteran of online marketing, Peter has worked in online strategy and design since 1997, for clients like Turner Broadcasting, Unicef, The Yellow Pages, MaRS, Hot Docs, Fox News, and many more. Peter brings a high degree of empathy, a killer eye for design, a sixth sense for business, the ability to teach, a desire to help, lateral thinking skills, and a love of technology to each and every project he takes on.
Peter is a bonafide expert in the field of social marketing and social design for the web. In 2004, he founded The Blog Studio, the world’s first design studio focussed specifically on the then emerging social web. He regularly speaks and writes about social media, and has been featured in numerous books and articles and interviews. His web and identity design work have won a number of awards, is seen by over a million people per week, and generates millions in revenue for his clients
Ian Capstick
Ian Capstick is the co-owner and principal of MediaStyle. Ian is a progressive media consultant based in Canada’s capital. Ian founded MediaStyle after a decade of working in politics on Parliament Hill supporting some of Canada’s most influential and charismatic leaders on both sides of the House. He now works with NGOs, social enterprises and unions to integrate all forms media and content creation online and off. Ian leverages media into action. He blogs at MediaStyle.ca and collaborated with Remarkk in bringing the ChangeCamp model to Ottawa.
Patrick Keenan
Patrick Keenan is a co-founder of The Movement who orients his pursuits around achievable betterment in the present, and long term visioning of what is possible in the future. The Movement is a design practice which uses an open process to work with groups of people, creating artifacts and services of immediate value: social, ecological, and economic. The web is a big enabler of this kind of process, and so are facilitated in-person workshops. Patrick has participated with Remarkk in ChangeCamp, along with other great initiatives, and has a passion for creating lasting value with others.
Kevin Morris
Kevin Morris is an independent researcher and consultant based in Toronto, Ontario. He is regularly sought out by CEOs and Executives for his advice on technology, collaboration and the use of new media in business development. He has worked with organizations in industries ranging from construction to professional services in Asia, Europe and across North America.
Kevin currently serves as an adviser to CEO Global Network, a chief executive leadership organization, where he works with some of Canada’s highest achieving CEOs and Executives. He also frequently speaks to groups of students and young people about the power of technology as a driver of positive change and has been recognized as an emerging leader on both a regional and international level by Rotary International.
Recently, Kevin co-authored “Leveraging Social Networks in the New Talent Relationship Model” as part of nGenera Insight’s ‘Talent 2.0′ research program. Kevin’s consulting practice, Socialstruct, operates out of the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto.
Matthew Milan
Matthew is a Partner and Design Director at Normative, a Toronto-based design and strategy studio that helps organizations make their products, services and experiences relevant and valuable in an increasingly complex world. Over the last ten years, Matthew has lead large design and strategy teams, slept under his desk at successful startups and tried most of the things he’s been told he couldn’t or shouldn’t.
His work on innovation and strategic design projects includes engagements with Fortune 50 financial services firms, global healthcare organizations and social networking startups. Matthew’s expertise ranges from executive level strategy facilitation to human-centered design techniques.
A Toronto native, Matthew received his Masters Degree from York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies.
David Eaves
An expert in negotiation and public policy, David works develops, implements and coaches on collaborative negotiation strategies that enable organizations to maximize the value they generate with community members, partners, alliance members, customers, and suppliers. He has worked with leading companies across North America and Europe in a range of industries including financial services, healthcare, information technology, and telecommunications. In addition, David works with community groups, non-profits and government agencies consulting on negotiation strategy and public policy issues.
David is also a fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen’s University. In this capacity he speaks and publishes frequently on public policy, foreign policy, public service sector renewal, open source systems on his blog Eaves.ca. In addition, he frequently publishes on these subjects in the Toronto Star and Embassy Magazine. David also sits on the advisory board of Canada’s World and the Steering Committee of the Environics Institute.
Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, David completed a Bachelor of Arts in history at Queen’s University in 1998 and a Master’s of International Relations at Oxford in 2000. In 2005-06 David was a Sauvé Scholar at McGill University in Montreal and an Action Canada Fellow.
Sameer Vasta
Sameer Vasta is a storyteller and digital anthropologist currently based in Washington DC. Sameer has spent the past five years helping not-for-profit and government organizations — including the World Bank, the Aga Khan Institutions, the Government of Ontario, and the International Award for Young People — use the web to tell compelling stories and engage with the people that want to hear those stories most.
With an academic background in cultural anthropology (specializing in digital culture and community), Sameer has conducted various workshops and has delivered several keynote addresses on using the web to empower young people for social change.
Sameer spends a good chunk of his time meeting strangers, telling stories, giving hugs, playing in the rain, and trying to make people smile.