The wildly successful NYC Schools Gap App Challenge

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Check out the winners and all of the eligible apps here

Proud to have been part of this amazing competition!

Highlights of UserConf 2013

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On May 3rd, 2013 I had the pleasure of attending UserConf 2013: The conference about keeping your customers (happy). It was more informative, inspiring, and fun than I could have thought possible. Here are the highlights:

The speakers. The lineup was really impressive:

Richard White, UserVoice // Founder/CEO
Sarah Hatter, CoSupport // Founder/CEO
Darnell Witt, Vimeo // Director of Support & Community
Rich Armstrong, Fog Creek // General Manager
Marssy Benitez, Flickr // Support Operations Manager
Andrea Murphy, Meetup // Community Manager
Jon Lane, Harvest // Quality Assurance
Bill Bounds, Mailchimp // Head of Support
Max Crowley & Alex Priest, Uber // Community Managers

My favorite speaker was definitely Darnell Witt, Director of Support & Community at Vimeo. The love he has for his job and the Vimeo community really came through in his presentation. He also noted a direct correlation between support team morale and the number of GIFs in your workflow. 

imageThe venue. As someone who used to work in publishing, attending a conference at the Scholastic building felt like coming home. And having lunch on the roof on a beautiful day was a pure delight.

imageSwag and surprises. Frozen yogurt, cake, t-shirts, MailChimp dolls, temporary tattoos, a photobooth, and more added an element of fun that made the day truly memorable. 

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The next UserConf is taking place in San Francisco on October 18th, 2013. 

URL to IRL: Stand Out Online & Make Connections in Real Life

Looking for your first job? Starting your NYC internship? If so, join NY Creative Interns at Ogilvy HQ tonight, May 20, for URL to IRL: Stand out Online & Make Connections in Real Life

We’ll discuss how to balance your online and offline efforts, create introductions with both personal and professional heroes, and start conversations that carry over from the digital space to in-person meetings.

Meet other young creatives and gain insights from pros at Gilt.com, Social@Ogilvy, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

RSVP: http://www.nycreativeinterns.com/standout

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The @GaryVee Manifesto

Could not be feeling more excited to have Gary Vaynerchuk as the Keynote Speaker for Find & Follow Your Passion next weekend.

Find & Follow Your Passion at The New School

Keynote Speaker: Gary Vaynerchuk.

Do not miss this: http://conf.nycreativeinterns.com/

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Inside the Mind of HR: How Hiring Really Happens

Register: http://nycreativeinterns.com/insidehr

NY Creative Interns + Warby Parker

Incredibly excited to be working with one of my favorite companies, Warby Parker

Meme Me

Just a few of the memes my awesome co-worker, Kevin Bongart, created for an internal meme challenge we did at ChallengePost.

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Feliz Navidad!

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This amazing video was made by my boss, Brandon Kessler, and features me and my wonderful co-workers Samantha Tse and Megan Arend.

Ask yourself: what if money was no object?