About 45 industry professionals attended the MCAICT kick-off meeting held on Tuesday, September 11, at Palace Production Center in South Norwalk to hear four panelists talk about reinventing yourself. Participants also re-connected with industry friends and networked with new acquaintances over a supper buffet between tours of the Palace facility. Click here to see photos from the event.

President Gulnar Jeffereis introduced the new board members and outlined programming plans for upcoming meetings. Gulnar was recognized for her selection as a recipient of the MCA-I International Shining Star award. She is one of six media professionals selected from across the country to receive this honor and attended the 39th Annual MCA-I Media Festival awards ceremony in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 22 to receive it. Click here to see photos from the event.

We thank our panelists for their advice, insight and stories surrounding their various experiences about reinventing themselves and their companies in a changing media landscape.

Panelists were: Chris Campbell, owner of Palace Production Center; Dale Cihi, owner of Videofilm/Stage 18; Ken Binder, of Cine Magnetics Digital and Video Laboratories and Steven Kline, Co-owner of Firelight Media Group, LLC. Diane Ploch, an independent writer/producer, stepped in as moderator for Wendy Lambert, President of Palace Production Center, who could not attend.

MCAI would like to thank our host and sponsor, Palace Production Center, a company that continues to reinvent itself to keep pace with a changing media environment. A leading provider of quality video editing, audio recording, and computer graphics animation services for a quarter century, Palace and its subsidiary companies are on the cutting edge of developing media technology and are committed to creative excellence.