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9 Super Interesting Boing Boing Articles – from Flash Mobs to LED Mushrooms
Also posted in Design Tagged animals, boing boing, design, flash mods, fun, interesting, LARP, macro photography, Piracy, spiders, ted talks Leave a comment
Hustle 101 – Networking for Recent Grads: Skillshare Class Recap
Topics Covered included What is Hustle, Why Going To Events is Important, How to Stand Out, How to Find Great Events, and The Art of Reaching Out
Also posted in Career, Events, internships, job market, learning, networking, NY Creative Interns, recommendation, small world, social media, tips Tagged business cards, passion, people skills, trends 2 Comments
3 Incredibly Inspirational Talks: Evan Roth, Alexis Ohanian, and Christina Xu
I’ve been a fan of Evan Roth since before I got into social media when I saw him speak at Hofstra a year ago. Alexis recently spoke at our NY Creative Interns event, and Christina has a foundation named after one of my favorite words…awesome.
Amy Vernon: From Blogging 24 to Top Female Digg User to VP of Strategy at Hasai
Amy Vernon is a Digital Whiz and Networker Supreme, recently joining Hasai as the VP of strategy.
Also posted in interview, interviews, social media Tagged 24, Amy Vernon, bacon, bacon queen, Digg, social media, Tumblr 5 Comments
12 of the Best Tech and Social Media Meetups and Event Listings in NYC
Read on for a list of some of the best meetups, events, and class resources in New York City.
99% Conference Recap: 10 Lessons I’ll Be Putting into Action
This past week I had the honor to attend the Third Annual 99% Conference hosted by Behance. The line up of speakers was incredible! Hearing productivity and process tips from such accomplished professionals gave me great insight into how to create more awesomeness at my job. I’ve highlighted my ten favorite takeaways and lessons that [...]
Also posted in Events, Goals Tagged 99% Conference, Behance, Chris Di Cesare, Diego Rodriguez, google, IDEO, Jonathan Jarvis, Scott Belsky Leave a comment
Another Successful NY Creative Interns Event: The Failure Method
Life is good when I can help put together a panel of super cool, talented, creative people, and when I ask them if we can take a silly photo, they are totally down.
Also posted in Events, NY Creative Interns Tagged Amber Rae, David Brown, Holstee, Jason Boog, Meetup, NY Creative Interns, Sterling Publishing, Wendy Wecksell Leave a comment
How Social Media Saved My Life: An Artist Learns to Quit and Start Over
I met Jason Lewis at the social media workshop I ran in early November, Where Do You Belong in Social Media. We both learned a lot of great social media tips from each other that night, as we both agreed that everyone has to forge their own way and learn by doing, “you’re like Sacagawea and I’m like Lewis or Clarke or something!” he said.
Also posted in Career, Goals, internships, interview, job market, social media Tagged Jason Lewis, passion Leave a comment
More Free Social Media Tips from @Sreenet: Online Branding
You know that saying, quality vs. quantity? Well it applies here too! You don’t need to have 1.5 million twitter followers to have “reach” (ie people retweeting you and whatnot)…
Also posted in Career, Events, learning, online presence, social media, time management, tips, twitter Tagged being prepared, columbia, Columbia Journalism, hootsuite, Sree Sreenivasan, Tweet Bookz, twitter 1 Comment