This slideshow describes Merging Tides, a website and online community for individuals and businesses involved in design in the South Florida area.

2. PAST THREE YEARS FEEL SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

3. “Sometimes your life boils down toone insane move” - Jake Sully in Avatar

4. KAIROS

5. 1983

7. 87 MILLION

8. DESIGN IS INTELLIGENCE MADE VISIBLE.

9. COLLABORATION

11. BABY BOOMERS

12. TECHNOLOGY

13. CHANGE READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES

14. GEN-Y THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSUMERS

15. Y 3 TIMES LARGERTHAN GENERATION X THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSUMERS

16. Y BOOMERS THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSUMERS

17. THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSUMERS 90% IN 2011

18. THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSUMERS HYPER-TASKERS

19. IM THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSUMERS

20. ONLINE (GARGANTUAN) REVOLUTION

21. 1990 INTRODUCTION OF THEWORLD WIDE WEB

22. 1990–2010 20 YEARS

23. GROWTH 150,000%

24. ? GROWTH

25. >500,000,000 USERS

28. “I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.” -Ronald Reagan

29. Y ACCEPTS CHANGE

30. $200 BILLION $50 BILLION + = $250 BILLION

31. ONE GLOBAL BRAIN WITH HEALTY ONLINE PULSE BRAIN MAP INTERNET MAP

32. GOOD DESIGN CHANGING THE RULES TO GROW AN INDUSTRY

33. “The greatest joy was that we felt we were fashioning collective works of art… Something importantthat would last, that people contributed to and then could give to more people; the amplification factor was very large.” - Steve Jobs

34. THINK DIFFERENT

35. PROGRESS

36. MERGING TIDES EXISTS TO CONNECT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ALL THINGS DESIGN. MISSION

37. WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK

38. KAIZEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

39. COLLABORATION = It takes more than one bee.

40. www.mergingtides.com

41. THANK YOU.