Podcamp NYC is a free “unconference” focused on New Media. It is focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube.
This year’s unconference will take place on April 25-26 at Brooklyn Polytechnic. It is a good place to learn trends, tools and technology, to keep up to date with the New Media industry. Register to attend or speak.
The session schedule is still being finalized. Below is a preview of the tracks and topics that will be discussed, organized by track.
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The third annual Small Business Summit will take place on February 11, 2008. Last year, I was one of the panelists and the topic of our panel was “Growth Strategies - Making Technology Work”. I really enjoyed being a part of the event and it was a really good place to meet other small business owners. I am definitely going to be there this year.
Register Now and be sure to enter the Webgrrls discount code: WEBGRDSC to receive a discounted rate of $79 for early bird and $129 for regular tickets. Only the first 20 people to use the code will receive the discount.
Sonja Thompson, a news editor at Tech Republic, has launched a Women in IT podcast series, which consist of interviews of women who are currently working in IT, their careers and technology in general. I had the pleasure of participating in the Women in IT series in September 2007.
This month Sonja interviewed Esther Dyson, who is a commentator on emerging digital technology and is known as a pioneer in many technology circles. She is a great role model for Women in IT and I would definitely recommend listening to the podcast interview.
I attended the NY Business Expo last week and while meandering from booth to booth, I started a conversation with two other professional women who were there to see the offerings.
As usual, during conversations in a professional setting, the conversation got around to what each of us does. When I asked one of the women what she is involved in, she said a few words about herself and what she did…and then her colleague jumped in and offered a whole host of accomplishment and achievements of this woman and told me about her credentials and successes.
Having been involved in the women’s movement online since the early days, and as the Chapter Leader of the NYC Webgrrls having hosted numerous networking meetings and events, where professional women come together to share who they are and what they do, this was not the first time running into a situation where women either don’t or don’t know how to talk about what they do, who they are, and promote themselves.
Most women I speak with say that they feel uncomfortable talking about themselves and always feel like they are “bragging”.
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I was at a networking event recently and was having a good conversation with someone and as this person handed me her business card, I was thinking…“This would be a good person to work with”.
And then….I see her email address: her-name@aol.com.
Had I not had a really great conversation with her, I would have questioned whether or not she was serious about her business.
If YOU still have an AOL, Yahoo, or Hotmail email address on YOUR business card…it might be time to change that. And I would recommend that you change it ASAP.
It is very easy and you can even do it yourself! Here is how:
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