Me, a strategist

I’m glad to continue my stories in this blog after a while. So sad to leave Denmark today, even though snowy (this year only) and windy as always, it will always remain as a pleasant memory in my head.
I have just finished one of the periods in my life.. the most exciting one actually.. My thesis is defended, that means my Danish master of science studies came to an end. Please congratulate the new fresh strategist

This blog post was written during the flight from Copenhagen back to Vilnius.

Giving back the favor to Odense

I have just discovered Denmark’s marketing efforts on www.mydenmarktv.com and want to share embedded video reports with my friends. In this way I give back the favor  to Odense city, where I have been living and studying for the last few years. With some of the details mentioned here you might be familiar, however I hope some will be a discovery

Part 1: Focuses on history of the Odense city, bicycle infrastructure, sausage wagons, local employment possibilities, spirit of Brandts passage;

Part 2: Talks about remains of King Canute in one of the churches, Odense as a Hans Christian Andersen birth city, University of Southern Denmark and even more;

Maybe you have something to add after all?

Shoefiti or leaving the mark in Odense

If you haven’t heard about Shoe flinging or “Shoefiti” before, you probably have noticed a pair of sneakers hanging on overhead cables, power-lines or simply tree branches in your city. That refers to american cultural phenomena now rapidly spreading around the globe.

Yet, there is no common explanation or symbolic behind it, just several separate theories explaining possible reasons for this activity, such as:
- hanging shoes may symbolize troubled neighborhoods, gang-related activities or places to buy drugs;
- shoes may be casted as memorial, to commensurate someone who died close to the site;
- it may be hanged due to celebration of certain passage such as graduation or a forthcoming marriage;
- or just as a simple prank.

Since I’m leaving Denmark next week, I though it might be a good idea to leave some sort of sign here. A pair of my old shoes, which I have really wanted to get rid of lately, now contributes this stream of modern art in Odense harbor. Admit, its a charming way of cultural expression…

Pair of shoes hanged on wires in Odense 2009

Odense Havnekulturfestival 2009 starts this weekend!

As I’m living quite close to Odense Port (it takes around 5 minutes to walk), I feel that it is my duty to promote the upcoming gorgeous events through my networks So if you are not too busy and not too far away this weekend (29-31th of May, 2009) please don’t hesitate to come by. At least what I remember from the last year’s festival, it was a really pleasant danish cultural experience. Otherwise, we will meet in even larger Lithuania’s Millennium celebration in Vilnius, this year 6th of July.

Check out the best moments of last year’s festival in the video below.

Official website http://www.havnekulturfestival.dk/ provides detailed event schedule.

Sustainability II. Canvas bags

Inspired by yesterdays blog post, I’m desperately trying to drop my lazy habits and “do” something for the environment like all those “doers” around me. Well, I certainly use less gasoline these days as my bike tires are correctly inflated. I spend much less time in traffic as Odense is less intense city than Vilnius. I have planted around 1200 trees this year alone, not kidding! I think that should be enough to regenerate oxygen out of all my deflated CO2 during the lifetime. There should be something more I can do! Something small but worthwhile.. Here it’s what comes to my mind next! (Watch the great Tim Minchin music video below)