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In the words of Lean In‘s Sheryl Sandberg: “Women are held back by many things: bias, lack of opportunity and lack of flexibility. We also hold ourselves back. We don’t sit at the table; we don’t raise our hands; we don’t raise our voice. I believe our world would be a better place if half…
We’re exactly seven days away from our next worldwide Social Media Week event and I wanted to take this opportunity to reach out to thank you for your support. You are among a worldwide community of 100,000 industry leaders and practitioners who have worked so hard to make SMW a reality over these past few…
Each time we host Social Media Week I am shocked. I don’t know why- this is the sixth time we’ve done it, but when I take the time to go through the entire global schedule I am blown away by the extraordinary level of depth and diversity of the programming. With almost 1,000 events scheduled…
Social Media Week started in New York City back in 2009 and since then the startup community has exploded. To promote the booming eco-system of innovation, New York Tech Meetup in conjunction with Nasdaq has produced the following promo to encourage entrepreneurs to bring their startups to the city.
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It’s pretty astonishing to see how far we have all come in the three years that Social Media Week has been in existence. The thirst for knowledge and desire to connect around the most pressing issues we face as a society has never been greater, and here at Crowdcentric, we’ve had the privilege of being…
Our Top Global Picks for Social Media Week September
We’re three days away from the kick off of Social Media Week, and our teams in each of the twelve participating cities have been working tirelessly to finalize their programs of events. In total there are 660 events scheduled to take place next week with thousands of people already signed up to attend. Sessions are…
In today’s world, social media has enabled us to consume news as quickly as it is happening. With our ever increasing use of social media, our understanding of the world has changed. We’re now more aware of situations across the globe, witnessing history changing, connecting with others as they endure tragedies, and able to take…
In the past two years, the global Social Media Week community has hosted more than 1500 individually organized events in fifteen countries around the world. During this time we have worked hard to innovate around the event experience to create more engaging and collaborative ways for people to exchange ideas and connect around shared passions…
Like it loath it, Klout remains the predominant tool for social influence measurement and continues to make significant improvements and adjustments to the way in which an individuals online score is calculated. Over the past few weeks we’ve seen numerous articles and blog posts debating the merits of Klout and it’s clear opinion is heavily divided. To get in on…