somethingelse is a consortium of skilled & experienced designers, marketers, administrators and entrepreneurs.
We are global. We are local. We are everywhere. We are nowhere. We are family. Welcome to the internet, kiddies.
We believe in small sustainable business, and that success is truly attainable if you know clearly what you want… we’re here to help you get what you want. And that success looks different to everyone.
We believe in honesty and integrity, and strive to uphold a strict mandate of professionalism while still having fun. We laugh a lot.
We believe in service, service, service. (we repeat ourselves when having fun) if at any time you think our service could be improved, we urge you to laugh… and then let us know.
In short, we just want to make business and weblife easier for the people who choose to do business with us, and the people who then do business with them… and so on, and so on.
Our combined 120 years of work background includes:
- commercial graphic design,
- marketing for the arts & entertainment industry,
- management & administration in the non-profit sector,
- youth work,
- theatre,
- music,
- talent management,
- book design,
- AI prompt writing & image creation
- creative direction,
- corporate administration,
- child rearing,
- event planning & production,
- conference planning,
- workshop facilitation,
- volunteer management,
- mental health work,
- animation,
- world travel,
- executive/celebrity travel planning and
- gourmet cooking & baking! (there are probably a few other things too, but who’s counting?)
- finishing carpentry, construction problem-solving, building design and renovation
We hope you’ll join us!
Kera started somethingelse support studio in 1998, as an after-work project when a friend needed help with a website. It was a great excuse to spend time on the internet. Having grown up with an apple IIe and an amber monitor, she’s pretty comfortable with technology, tho doesn’t claim to be an expert at any of it, because, well, it’s still so rapidly evolving, how can one keep up?!
Over and above being the #1 Co-Pilot here, kera is an active volunteer in her community and online. And she LOVES being a grandma (in case you didn’t notice on the homepage.)
When not in front of a computer, Kera can usually be found helping to organize and run community and online events.
The “ideas guy.” his brain never stops, and he can easily go way outside the box. A wizard with words and a visual thinker, Tish is a master at capturing thoughts and pulling them into pictures, and capsulizing large concepts into short, profound taglines.
In his “real life” Tish is a visual artist and writer, coffee & wine lover, caregiver to his variously-abled brother, and crazy-inventive chef. He is also Kera’s other half, so gets dragged along to help out at stuff when he’d rather be watching the Leafs play hockey. Tish also enjoys grandparenting immensely.
Our marketing strategist and event planner extraordinaire. Meaghan is a fierce and fiery redhead who gets stuff DONE. She’s our voice of reason and governance specialist. a long-time community activist for social justice and democracy, Meg is the creative business-minded high-capacity achiever we all aspire to be.
In addition to saving hectares of forest, helping organizations work better, teaching boards how to be more effective, or producing events, Meaghan is an engaged mom and musician.
Our social conscience and journalist. Meghann is a hard-hitting writer who is emerging on the political and health policy scene as woman of substance on topics of community building and social justice.
Mom of four grown kids, Meghann is an active volunteer and scholar, and at one time campaigned to be mayor of her city. She currently works full time in community health and advocacy. She is actively changing the world.
Crazy-mad-typist… Dedrie brings a wide range of experience, from medical transcription to club/restaurant management. She handles our transcriptions and is available for other administrative tasks, too. As a side note, she recently acquired a degree in emergency planning and management, so, you know, if you need that, we’ve got you covered.
When she’s not typing, Dedrie is a sci-fi aficionado who is mom to a budding actor, and she plays a pretty mean trumpet.
A writer deep in her soul, Kim is an administrative professional with a keen eye for detail. She will one day write the great Australian Fantasy Novel, and in the meantime, she is raising 2 brilliant boys with her partner, our son Simon, in Adelaide.
Kim focuses on internet research, beta and proofreading, and other work that puts her English degree to good use!
Our secret weapon who keeps us up-to-date on all things emerging tech, currently exploring how AI can help us help you better!
GetLucky is a wizard at understanding and assimilating technological information quickly – and then explaining it back so mere mortals can understand it.
If you’re facing a challenge that tech can help you solve but you don’t understand how, GetLucky is your guide. (And also parent to Grandson #1).
