GATE: Transforming Media & the Arts — An interview with visionary John Raatz

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Read: the announcement for the GATE2 event on February 4 Called a modern-day Renaissance man, John Raatz seemingly does it all. He's an experienced communicator, strategist, administrator, musician, teacher and entrepreneur. He has been a personal manager in the entertainment industry, representing both high-profile celebrity actors and musicians. He's been a successful stockbroker, a major executive at a public relations agency, a professional blues/rock guitarist, a pilot, a publisher … [Read more...]

Transforming the world by transforming entertainment and media

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LINK: Read the interview with John Raatz Nearly three thousand seats will be filled with professionals from the entertainment, media and arts communities, and others on February 4, when GATE - the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment - presents GATE 2 and the GATE transformational Story Conference in Los Angeles. GATE is a new, non-profit membership trade association founded by transformational marketing pioneer John Raatz, and two honorary co-founders, internationally … [Read more...]

Breaking Through: Transformation through painting

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My recent three-day journey into watercolor painting and spirituality at the Christine Center in Willard, WI was, in a sense, quite transformative. Disclaimer: My last experience with watercolor painting was in kindergarten. Painting? What was I thinking? Well, I wasn't, at least not about the painting. That was the least of my worries. The bit of breaking from my destructive and dangerously affixed routine? That one had my mind spinning. I'm not a traveler. I'm not a … [Read more...]