The Large Logo

Did you know that in tennis, the Grand Slam rules dictate that logos on the front of the shirt cannot exceed four square inches? I had no idea until I read about a match delay at the Australian Open due to an oversize logo on the front of Ekaterian Makarova's shirt.

As reported on Yahoo! Sports:
"A fourth-round match at the Australian Open was delayed on Monday night when the chair umpire determined that a logo on the front of Ekaterian Makarova's shirt was too large and had to be removed. The 22-year-old Russian was warming up before her match against Kim Clijsters when umpire Mariana Alves noticed one of the logos and made Makarova leave the court to change.

When she returned, Makarova had changed into an identical dress that didn't have any attached logos. She began the match without them and then had some attached during changeovers in the first set. The offending logo was eventually moved to her right shoulder."

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Brooklyn Museum, Valuable Lessons Learned

In January 2009, the Brooklyn Museum saw an opportunity to engage supporters by creating a new level of membership (1stfans) around in-person meetups, private groups on Facebook and Flickr, and private feeds by artists on Twitter.

Last week the museum posted a great case study or "lessons learned" on the program. Check out this link and read about their plans to improve upon the 1stfans experience via Meetup.com.

Map Envelope

I came across Map Envelope via trendwatching.com's November Trend Briefing.

Map Envelope is "an application that allows users to select a location in Google Maps and then print the location with a personalized message. Once printed, the cut-out graphic turns into the inside of an envelope and can be sent to a friend via old-fashioned snail mail."

Pretty clever!

IEG's Blog Today

IEG's Diane Knoepke has a great "copy this" blog post today about TED's simple guidelines around affiliate sponsorships. You may find her post here.

Carnegie Hall, Bank of America and Scooter Media

I was reading Amanda Ameer's blog, Life's a Pitch and came across this post about Carnegie Hall's use of Scooter Media.

It's a fun idea and I must say that it gives Bank of America (Carnegie Hall's 2010-2011 season sponsor) some great visibility.

Ask a Curator Day

If you've ever wanted to ask a museum and gallery curator a question, you will have an opportunity via twitter tomorrow.

Yes, September 1st is "Ask a Curator Day" where you can Q&A with over 300 curators around the world.