February 2012
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Scenes from my Job Hunting/Career Management Panel...
Left to right: Emily Miethner, President of NY Creative Interns; Ron Thomas, Principal Consultant at Strategy Focused HR; Maggie Mistal, “Making a Living with Maggie” on SIRIUS XM; David Gaspin, Head of Talent Acquisition at The Ladders.
A packed house at Columbia’s J-school.
Patricia Kitchen, online reporter at Newsday, asked some great questions during the Q&A.
All the speakers...
January 2012
2 posts
Social Media Weekend at Columbia School of...
Social Media and Job Hunting/Career Management
87% of employers use social media for recruiting however over 40% of candidates have never used social media in their job search. — Vault.com
Many people are confused about which network to join, how to make the right connections, and how to translate these into meaningful career moves. Join career and social media experts in an interactive panel...
December 2011
1 post
NY Creative Interns One Year Bash: Celebrating 20+...
In just one year NY Creative Interns has become the largest meetup group for creative college students and recent grads in New York City. We’ve thrown over 20 events that have been attended by more than 1,000 local creatives. The results? An inspired community of emerging creatives who have found inspiration, internships, jobs, mentors, and friends.
We’re celebrating in style with our One Year...
November 2011
1 post
Coolest Birthday Present Ever.
A PostSecret book from Frank Warren.
October 2011
3 posts
Briana Campbell of Unemployed Brooklyn
Briana Campbell started Unemployed Brooklyn two years ago as a way to vent her frustrations, insights and inspirations about being an unemployed and single girl in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She is now juggling the following roles: 1) Head of Social Media at full service digital agency,Zemoga 2) Co-Founder, Producer, Community Manager of Work It Brooklyn 3) Member of The Domino Project Street Team 4)...
The ChallengePost Blog: Making strides against... →
challengepostblog:
If you read this blog regularly, you know that ChallengePost’s mission is to bring people together to solve problems and accomplish goals collectively. So when we heard about the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk happening in New York City on Oct. 16, we knew we wanted to do our part.
This 5-mile walk is a celebration of survivorship, an occasion to express hope,...
Recap: Start Something: Why Every Creative Needs...
There is no question that Start Something: Why Every Creative Needs to Be an Entrepreneur at The New School (my alma mater!), was one of our best events yet. We are so grateful to The New School for hosting us and we plan on doing another event with them in the Spring.
Here’s a recap in case you missed it:
Nicole Wolfrath, Associate Director of the Office of Career Development at The New...
September 2011
1 post
First NYCi event at The New School!
My alma mater! RSVP here.
August 2011
4 posts
My Interview with The New School Office of Career...
(Check out The New School Careers Blog where this interview is now up!)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011
New Frontiers - Marny Smith (Lang ‘05)
The Office of Career Development is introducing another new feature to the blog: New Frontiers! New Frontiers aims to see where alumni of The New School have traveled, metaphorically, in their job search. Alumni of various programs will be sharing their...
Zach Klein's Blog: I'm offering $1000 in... →
zachklein:
Skillshare is a service founded by my friends Malcolm and Michael that allows people to host and take classes with each other. Anybody can register to teach a class about virtually anything, you can offer it for free or charge an admission fee if you’d like.
I haven’t taught a class yet (it’ll go up in a couple of weeks), but the first class I took was organized by a guy whose...
2 Reasons To Buy Time Out New York This Week.
1) It’s the “Find a Better Job” issue.
2) This profile on: Rachael Chong, 29, Tribeca
Founder and CEO of Catchafire (catchafire.org)
The company: Catchafire aims to match busy professionals with nonprofits and social enterprises in search of volunteers. Participating companies pay an annual membership fee, which grants them access to an extensive database of pro bono help.
...
July 2011
2 posts
Tomorrow! NYCi#7: Land an Internship Using Social...
Register here!
June 2011
4 posts
NYC Interns 'Hash It Up' - Sponsored by Hashable...
The NY Creative Interns team is pumped to be working on this amazing event…
Okay, so you’ve got your internship. You made it to the starting line, but now what? What will you accomplish that will set you apart before you reach the ‘internship finish line’ at the end of the summer?
We think we have part of the answer for you. This event is about getting the absolute most...
Scenes from NYCi Meetup #6: How to Survive...
Left to right: Emily Miethner, Charlie O’Donnell (Principal, First Round Capital), Jen Rubio (Digital Strategist, Carrot Creative), Amy Vernon (Vice President, Strategy, Hasai, Inc.), Natan Edelsburg (Business Development, Sawhorse Media).
NYCi Meetup #6: How to Survive Internet Week
Scenes from NYCi and Jenny Blake's Life After...
May 2011
5 posts
Scenes from my Job Hunting/Career Management Panel...
Many thanks to Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Student Affairs and Professor at the Columbia School of Journalism for spearheading this amazing event!
Left to right: Zach Seward (Outreach Editor, The Wall Street Journal), Ryan Healy (Co-Founder and COO, Brazen Careerist), Jenny Blake (Career Development Manager at Google and author of Life After College), Ruben Quinones (Director of New Media, Path...
Columbia School of Journalism - Social Media...
Hope to see you at the panel I organized for Columbia’s Social Media Weekend tomorrow!
Social Media & Job Hunting / Career Management
87% of employers use social media for recruiting however over 40% of candidates have never used social media in their job search. — Vault.com
Many people are confused about which network to join, how to make the right connections, and how to translate...
Life After College Book Launch Tonight!
RSVP here.
Scenes from NYCi Meetup #4 at Etsy.
April 2011
3 posts
Selling Yourself Without Selling Out: Making it as...
NY Creative Interns is extremely excited to be hosting our 4th meetup at Etsy Labs in DUMBO!
What: Selling Yourself Without Selling Out: Making it as an Artist in the Digital Age When: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:30 PM Price: $5.00 per creative Where: Etsy Labs 55 Washington St, Suite 712 NY, NY 10012
In a world where digital rules, how can you take your creative project and do something...
NYCi Meetup #3: Become an Interview Ninja Recap +...
After our first two big events (our Kickoff party and Risks panel both had between 100-150 people) we wanted to try hosting a small event. Luckily, Claudia El Amrani of Creative Solutions Services, LLC reached out to us to offer their wonderful space for our third event. We decided it was the perfect opportunity to host an interview workshop!
The event went over extremely well! Guests were...
March 2011
5 posts
Video: The Failure Method
Couldn’t make it to NYCi #2 // The Failure Method: Why Taking Risks Is Important To Being Successful? Don’t worry, I filmed the whole thing!
Check out this video of our amazing panel answering questions about risks they’ve taken, how they bounced back, things they wished they’d done, how to be a great intern, and more! NYCi President Emily Miethner moderated a panel of amazing...
WatchZappos is known for its superb customer service. Check out this 5 minute video with CEO Tony Hsieh to find out how Zappos goes above and beyond to make their customers happy. Then go buy his amazing book, Delivering Happiness.
Want more? Watch the full 30 minute video at Business Insider.
@SREE'S SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDE - a work in progress
Last week I attended Sree Sreenivasan’s advanced “Social Media One-Night Stand” class at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. If you are interested in the power of social media I highly recommend you take a class with Sree.
sreetips:
==> SHORTCUT TO THIS PAGE: http://bit.ly/sreesoc <==
DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION OF THIS (via Scribd)
I am constantly updating, editing,...
February 2011
5 posts
Skillshare: Why We're Building Skillshare →
skillshare:
“Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” - Albert Einstein
Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone. Our mission is to flip the traditional notion of education on its head and democratize learning. We’re building…
Scenes from NYCi Meetup #2: The Failure Method.
A huge thank you to everyone who came out for NY Creative Interns’ second event: “The Failure Method: Why Taking Risks is Important to Being Successful!”
We were honored to have such a wonderful panel of creative professionals: Amber Rae (Chief Evangelist at The Domino Project), Jason Boog (Publishing Editor at Mediabistro), Wendy Wecksell (Manager of Corporate Development at Tribeca...
A Glimpse Inside A Social Media Manager’s Day.
One of the most common questions we get when people ask about social media management is, “What exactly is a social media manager supposed to do?”
We know they tweet a lot, Facebook a lot, and chat along a seemingly mundane and endless string, but what do they actually do?
Our friends at SocialCast put together this entertaining and yet eerily realistic Infographic about the hectic...
#CMMeetup with @HolidayMatinee @JPedde @Eqx1979...
Last night I went to #CMMeetup (Community Manager Meetup) on Effectively Managing Online Communities organized by Katy Zack, Vadim Lavrusik, Lea Marino and Zach Seward.
Mark Coatney, Media Evangelist for Tumblr, kicked off the event by talking about his experience creating a Tumblr for Newsweek. He made the voice of his Tumblr funny, irreverent and hip –quite unlike the tone of the magazine – but...
The Failure Method: Why Taking Risks Is Important...
RSVP here.
January 2011
8 posts
Celebrating Community Manager Appreciation Day...
I went to the Community Managers’ Meetup last night and the energy and the turnout was so inspiring! I’ve been watching video interviews of Scott Heiferman, Founder and CEO of Meetup, and I wanted to share a quote from Scott’s interview with Andrew Ran Wong, Founder of NY Entrepreneurs Business Network:
A community is different than an audience. A community is something where...
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs (via shaneguiter)
I want to see ads like this in New York.
December 2010
5 posts
NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
My Certificate in Digital and Graphic Design Production from NYU finally arrived! If you aren’t aware, I am a huge fan of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at NYU. All the classes are on weeknights or weekends so it’s very manageable to take classes while you are working. My favorites classes are the ones that are starred.
Color Systems Dreamweaver I: Foundations...
Scenes from the NY Creative Interns Kickoff!...
Thank you so much to everyone who came out for the NY Creative Interns Kickoff Event at Wix Lounge! We had a blast meeting all of you. A special thank you to our wonderful headshot photographer Galo Delgado!
NY Creative Interns Founder and President Emily Miethner introduces our speakers for One Intern, One Pro, One Org: Three Awesome Stories: Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Phi Pham, and Lindsay...
Scenes from Book Camp NY. #bcnyc
Organizer Ami Greko welcomes the crowd.
Over 100 amazing publishing professionals showed up. Dan Blank explains his session on engaging online communities. The Law of Two Feet: If you are neither learning or contributing it is your responsibility to respectfully use your two feet to find someplace that you are learning or contributing. The wall of session ideas. Ryan Chapman, Charlie Schroder,...
Book Camp New York.
Below is a screenshot of the Google Site I put together for Book Camp NY, an unconference, which is happening this Saturday, December 4th from 1-5 pm. I was so thrilled to be asked to contribute to what I know will be an amazing event. Many thanks to Ami Greko and all the organizers for their hard work. Don’t forget to RSVP if you want to go - see you Saturday!