Tom Rawls (born 28 January 1957) is a Christian pastor and missionary ordained by the Assemblies of God in Australia. He is currently the Senior Pastor of Proclaimers Church in Norwich, England alongside his wife Denise. He has pioneered many cutting-edge churches in Australia, and has an extensive background in world missions throughout Asia.
Biography
Early life
He began ministering on a full time basis in January 1979, and married Denise Rawls in March 1982.
Church Planting
He started a "Christian pub rock" style of worship in Victoria, as well as running Youth Alive Victoria Music department, alongside Mal Fletcher.
Biography
Early life
He began ministering on a full time basis in January 1979, and married Denise Rawls in March 1982.
Church Planting
He started a "Christian pub rock" style of worship in Victoria, as well as running Youth Alive Victoria Music department, alongside Mal Fletcher.
Alphaesthete is a phrase coined by social commentator Mark Simpson to describe men at the cutting-edge of male aesthetics. The word alphaesthete is a blend of alpha-male and aesthetics, one definition of the word is ‘a man that professes a special appreciation of what is beautiful and endeavours to carry his ideas of beauty into practical manifestations’. Alphaesthetes could be described as being the successors to the metrosexual and are born out of the idea that “the male desire to be desired has become so mainstream and ‘normal’ that most men are metro now to a degree. An alphaesthete is the metrosexual avant-garde”. Some notable alphaesthetes include Christiano Ronaldo, Kanye West, Tom Ford, Russell Brand, Daniel Craig and Andre Benjamin.
BoonEx is a private software development company specialising in web software for online communities, social networks and dating websites. BoonEx is based in Australia, established in 2000 by Andrew Boon and Julia Boon. BoonEx Software powers over 50,000 community websites and social networks.
Flagship product - BoonEx Dolphin is an open-source PHP community software platform. BoonEx also provides iPhone App, Adob-Air App, and a set of Flash apps that compliment BoonEx Dolphin. Dolphin is being downloaded about 500 times a day and is the one of the most popular software platforms for social networks.
BoonEx is operating BoonEx Unity - a community of over 74,000 web-masters that use BoonEx Dolphin.
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Flagship product - BoonEx Dolphin is an open-source PHP community software platform. BoonEx also provides iPhone App, Adob-Air App, and a set of Flash apps that compliment BoonEx Dolphin. Dolphin is being downloaded about 500 times a day and is the one of the most popular software platforms for social networks.
BoonEx is operating BoonEx Unity - a community of over 74,000 web-masters that use BoonEx Dolphin.
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Jerry Gumbert (born November 8, 1957) is an American author, documentary filmmaker, and media industry strategist. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
TV Journalism career
Building on a childhood love of sports gained playing Little League in Southfield, Michigan, he began his journalism career as the weekend television sportscaster for KTRE in Lufkin, Texas at 19 years of age. Later moving to KLTV in Tyler, Texas, he won several Associated Press awards in 1984, including “Best TV Sportscaster,” “Best TV Sports Story,” and “Best TV Special Sports Program.” In 1986, he became the youngest TV news director in the country when he took the helm of KLTV at 28 years old. Some of his other honors within the field of TV news have included being News Director of the Associated Press “Best Newscast in Texas” three years in a row at KLTV from 1987-1989; and, at 32 years old, becoming the youngest top 40 market TV news director in the country KFOR in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His innovations in the field of local news have included The Weather Lab, Doppler Net, Safe Family Community Programming, and One Class At A Time Community Programming, which was awarded Best TV Sales Concept by NAB 100+.
Documentary films
Gumbert has written, produced, and directed multiple documentary films, including "The Day A Generation Died," which focused on the 50-year anniversary of the New London School explosion, a disaster that killed nearly 300 students and teachers in New London, Texas, and "When Love Meets Science," which starred Sandy Duncan.
Audience Research & Development
In 2001, he assumed the role of President of Audience Research & Development (AR&D), a Dallas, Texas-based media branding and strategy company. Its clients include Fox, Time Warner, Viacom/CBS, ABC, Media General Inc., Scripps-Howard, Evening Post, and Clear Channel Communications.
Under his tenure, AR&D has established itself as the premier company in the field. His major achievements as president include pioneering the Innovations Laboratory, a first-of-its-kind development incubator for the TV industry (2002), and a Panoramic Branding Service (2003). In 2006, he acquired Donata Communications from Terry Heaton, who now works for him as Senior Vice President of their Media 2.0 division, the creation of which is another industry first. In 2007, he acquired The Safran Group from Steve Safran. He is also a co-author of AR&D's first major book release by its senior strategist team, Live. Local. Broken News. In his role as president, he is interviewed frequently for industry publications.
Personal life
He is married and has six children. The family are active members of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Fort Worth, Texas. An active community volunteer, Gumbert also serves on the Board of Directors at Teenaiders, Inc., and the Fort Worth Miracles Foundation.
TV Journalism career
Building on a childhood love of sports gained playing Little League in Southfield, Michigan, he began his journalism career as the weekend television sportscaster for KTRE in Lufkin, Texas at 19 years of age. Later moving to KLTV in Tyler, Texas, he won several Associated Press awards in 1984, including “Best TV Sportscaster,” “Best TV Sports Story,” and “Best TV Special Sports Program.” In 1986, he became the youngest TV news director in the country when he took the helm of KLTV at 28 years old. Some of his other honors within the field of TV news have included being News Director of the Associated Press “Best Newscast in Texas” three years in a row at KLTV from 1987-1989; and, at 32 years old, becoming the youngest top 40 market TV news director in the country KFOR in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His innovations in the field of local news have included The Weather Lab, Doppler Net, Safe Family Community Programming, and One Class At A Time Community Programming, which was awarded Best TV Sales Concept by NAB 100+.
Documentary films
Gumbert has written, produced, and directed multiple documentary films, including "The Day A Generation Died," which focused on the 50-year anniversary of the New London School explosion, a disaster that killed nearly 300 students and teachers in New London, Texas, and "When Love Meets Science," which starred Sandy Duncan.
Audience Research & Development
In 2001, he assumed the role of President of Audience Research & Development (AR&D), a Dallas, Texas-based media branding and strategy company. Its clients include Fox, Time Warner, Viacom/CBS, ABC, Media General Inc., Scripps-Howard, Evening Post, and Clear Channel Communications.
Under his tenure, AR&D has established itself as the premier company in the field. His major achievements as president include pioneering the Innovations Laboratory, a first-of-its-kind development incubator for the TV industry (2002), and a Panoramic Branding Service (2003). In 2006, he acquired Donata Communications from Terry Heaton, who now works for him as Senior Vice President of their Media 2.0 division, the creation of which is another industry first. In 2007, he acquired The Safran Group from Steve Safran. He is also a co-author of AR&D's first major book release by its senior strategist team, Live. Local. Broken News. In his role as president, he is interviewed frequently for industry publications.
Personal life
He is married and has six children. The family are active members of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Fort Worth, Texas. An active community volunteer, Gumbert also serves on the Board of Directors at Teenaiders, Inc., and the Fort Worth Miracles Foundation.