Business & Entrepreneurship
Today, Crowdcentric, the organization behind SMW globally, are partnering with crowdfunder to open the CROWDFUNDxNYC Challenge and invite you submit your business. The challenge is open to small businesses, social enterprises and startups with a grand prize of $25k available for the winning company, plus in-kind services to help grow your business. Finalists will be…
Today, we are thrilled to announce CROWDFUNDx NYC. Taking place July 17th, Crowdcentric, the organization behind Social Media Week globally, is partnering with Crowdfunder to launch a pitch contest and conference for social enterprises, early stage start-ups, and small, independently-owned businesses that will benefit their local community. CROWDFUNDx: Pitch Contest The contest will feature a…
Over the past five years, as we’ve seen SMW evolve and grow with you, our community, we have seen the power of connected communities. A connected community impacts innovation and job creation. Today marks an important date for businesses around the world. On the one-year anniversary of the JOBS Act in the USA, we’re excited…
SMW believes in a culture of lifelong learning — and we continually seek out opportunities to bring that to our community. So, we’re excited to hear about our partners Fast Company’s annual Innovation Uncensored event. Taking place April 23-24 in New York City, you can join leaders of the most innovative businesses in the world,…
This SMW13, we partnered with our friends Nokia@Work to bring you tips to enhance your productivity. From how you structure your day to how your brain actually processes information, the Nokia@Work Designing Your Day series gave attendees practical information to make their lives better. Bringing in Paul McGinniss, Director of Training & Delivery for NeuroLeadership…
As part of the Designing Your Day program from Nokia@Work, this session provided the neuroscience perspective on how to work with your brain to get the most out of your day. Did you know, around two hours of highly cognitive work is really possible for each of us each day? So what are the times…
Ford Motor Company has been recognized as a leader social media and continues to make groundbreaking efforts in the space, managing communities that are more than 14 million strong worldwide -– and growing. Along the way, the team has learned some universal lessons in social that can be applied to agency and client work, at…
We hope you’re as excited as we are for SMW13, powered by Nokia. Looking over the incredible list of activities around the world, we know it’s going to be one of the best yet. As we finalize preparations, we want to make sure you meet Beatrice Olumhense from Lagos. You’ve already met the other Nokians…
Always On: Meet Nokia Italia’s Alessandro Cusmano
We’re getting close to SMW13, and couldn’t be more excited. As we put all the finishing touches on events and activities with our partners Nokia, we know it’s going to be an incredible week! We’ve introduced you to New York’s Brad Spikes and Copenhagen’s Henriette Povlsen. Now, we’re traveling over to Milan for you to…
Going Social: Meet Nokia’s Brad Spikes
Nokia is back and in full force! Earlier we introduced you to Copenhagen’s Henriette Povlsen, giving you a preview of what to expect there this SMW13. We now move over to NYC to introduce you to Brad Spikes. He’s helping SMW NYC coordinate some amazing things for SMW13, from photo labs at Ideas Connected at…