About Left Right Minds

We have a wide variety of skills to offer our clients. We're not just a singular type of company. We have people behind the scenes that are working hard to get things done and to get it done right. People is the most important part of what Left Right Minds offers. Oh, and we also have a few pugs that help out in many ways.

We are a Drupal shop. Drupal is one of the most amazing content management systems currently in the open source market. We use it to do pretty much everything. It is scalable, extensible, flexible, and bends to our will. Every site we develop is built on this solid platform.

We are excited to be a part of the Canadian performing arts community and offer artist management services for a roster of five fabulous and eclectic arts groups. Our artists are Vancouver-based performers who perform locally and tour in British Columbia, Canada and internationally. Combined with our web skills, our solutions are a fully realized experience.

We work with clients over the long term. We don't like to develop solutions and then disappear. We work and plan over for the long haul and create a legacy plan with our clients. For shorter term projects, we provide an intense and complete service to make sure you're up and running quicker and faster.

Working with companies, charities, and festivals excites us. We love to get things done and invite people to come and enjoy the events we help to produce. Getting people together and making sure they are having a good time makes us smile and our clients too.

About Left Right Minds

Left Right Minds is a partnership between Allyson McGrane and Shane Birley. We are a company with a growing list of clients.

Allyson McGrane

Strategy

Allyson McGrane is a Vancouver-based business consultant who specializes in the arts, non-profit and small business start-ups. As a partner in Left Right Minds Initiatives, she works to connect arts - business - web. She has over ten years of experience with consulting in the Vancouver arts community.

Her current roster of arts management clients includes: Compaigni V'ni Dansi (Metis and contemporary dance), Les Productions Figlio (contemporary dance / theatre), New Orchestra Workshop (improvised West Coast music), Uzume Taiko (Canadian taiko drumming) and Wild Excursions (physical theatre). Ongoing arts consulting clients include Ruby Slippers Theatre and the Gateway Theatre.

She is also a co-founder and co-producer of the Neanderthal Arts Festival, Vancouver's newest summer theatre festival at the Cultch happening from July 20 - 31, 2011. In addition to her arts practice, she is currently teaching part-time in the Arts & Entertainment Management program at Capilano University.

Shane Birley

Technology

Shane Birley is a Vancouver-based web developer, writer, blogger, and technology consultant with nearly 20 years of experience in building websites. As a partner in Left Right Minds Initiatives, Shane is now working to develop websites using content management systems where his clients can edit and update their own web content.

To help others understand more about the web, Shane gives workshops about technology, web communications and social media. He did extensive research for the published book BitTorrent for Dummies written by local authors Susannah Gardner and Kris Krug, and has co-written the last three editions of Blogging for Dummies.

He has a background in improvisational theatre and a B.A. in English – these qualifications enable him to translate difficult computing concepts into easy plain language. Shane is a member-at-large for the board of The Karen L. Colussi Foundation – an organization which supports and encourages Montessori programs in Victoria, BC. He is also a member of the board for the Northern Voice Society an annual blogging conference.

Victor Terzis

Graphics

Victor Terzis specializes in the creation of logos and corporate identity packages,website design, and in some cases, Flash animation for clients at Left Right Minds.

Prior to being added on to the LRM roster, Victor had worked as a freelancer for a number of years. He has won awards for his own artistic talents very early on and has now focused on a career as a graphic/web designer. With his experience, professionalism to the craft, quirkines and a little bit of charm, Victor gets the job done right and on time.

His training began at the Vancouver Film School as a Classical and 3D animator and is also an Allumnist of Vancouver College where he was the top student in the Graphic Design program.

Victor's other interests include soccer, hockey, beating people in pool, talking to girls, acting out scenes in movies and referencing them during the day for no apparent reason.

At the moment he is continuing to expand his abilites by understanding the fundamentals of business with Allyson McGrane and learning to use Drupal and other backend programming languages as an apprentice to Shane Birley.

Felipe Mascarenhas

Arts Administrator Assistant

Living in Vancouver since Fall 2009, Felipe is originally from the city of Salvador in Brazil, where he first came in contact with the arts business, producing and promoting independent concerts and festivals.

Now a graduate from the Arts and Entertainment Management Program at Capilano University, Felipe is the newest member of the Left Right Minds team, working with the various arts groups of the LRM roster.

He is also a board member and events coordinator for the Brazilian Community Association in Vancouver and has been involved with the Vancouver International Fringe Festival and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.

Serendipity

Office Dog

Serendipity is a Vancouver-based pug, who spends much of her time working hard at being the cutest dog possible. She is in a mild cuteness competition with her counter-part, Faith, and she makes up any perceived deficit by defending the office from every form of invasion. She is quick to let all within ear-shot know when the latest invading troops are in the area and attempts to scare them off with her vocal talents.

Her input at meetings is often invaluable.

Faith

LICK-o-MATIC 9001

Faith hails from Vancouver Island and is the newest canine addition to Left Right Minds. She is learning fast how to climb all over the furniture (and sometimes all over the clients) and is able to look cute. Her skill set allows her to make even the grayest days blue and she is always at the ready with a needed cuddle for both clients and staff.

She is particularly fond of peanut butter.

Monday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 5:30pm

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