advisory board
5 Minutes With Sara Holoubek
Sara Holoubek is the CEO and founder of Luminary Labs, a consultancy focused on operationalizing innovation. We are pleased to have her as a member of this year’s Advisory Board and to hear her thoughts on this year’s SMW! 1. What is your or your organization’s greatest success with social media to date? In late…
5 Minutes With Deanna Zandt
Deanna Zandt is a media technologist, the author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking, the creator of a killer TEDxBerlin talk and an all-around bad ass. Chatting with her is always fun and informative — plus, we got hearing Samuel L. Jackson singing Taylor Swift out of it… She’s emceeing…
This year, we’re excited to have DMW Music is an official event partner for SMW NYC. What does that mean? DMW Music is 2 day event with 500+ of the most influential music and digital media leaders gathering to socialize, share ideas, do deals and learn about new technologies and services. This two-day event features…
Advisory Board Member, Colin Nagy, is the Executive Director of earned and social mediaThe Barbarian Group. We asked him about the future of social, his interest in SMW and a few other questions. Here’s what he had to say: 1. What is your or your organization’s greatest success with social media to date? We’ve done…
Advisory Board Member Jared Hendler, EVP, Global Director Digital & Creative at MWW Group took a few minutes to chat about Social Media Week New York City: 1. What is your or your organization’s greatest success with social media to date? Nikon. We have been able to execute some incredibly successful programs throughout the years…
Sharon Chang, Founder of Yoxi and Advisor to SMW NYC, shares her thoughts on the maker movement, upcoming SMW events and the most successful employments of social media. See her #SMWNYC favorite events here, and learn more about this powerhouse below: 1. What is your or your organization’s greatest success with social media to date?…
Named one of 10 modern day Madmen by Fast Company, Advisory Board Member, Faris Yakob, shares his take on current state, and future, of social media. 1. What is your or your organization’s greatest success with social media to date? My greatest success with social media to date has been, without doubt, the lovely people…
(Photo: Susan McPherson, third from the left, at SMW NYC 2012) Next up in our Advisory Board interview series is Susan McPherson, Senior Vice President and Director of Global Marketing at Fenton Communications: 1. What is you or your organization’s greatest success with social media to date? With Fenton’s support, I’ve had the opportunity to…
5 Minutes with David Berkowitz
(Photo: David Berkowitz, center, speaks at SMW NYC 2012) Recently we sat down with with David Berkowitz, Vice President of Emerging Media at 360i, and an Advisory Board Member for Social Media Week NYC. Here’s what he had to say: #1 What is your or your organization’s greatest success with social media to date? This…
2013: A Bright, Collaborative Future
Today is the last day of 2012. It marks a number of triumphs for our team at SMW NYC, but it also marks the day before a New Year’s adventures begin. One of those adventures, our 5th annual Social Media Week New York City, occurs in less than two months. And as you may have…
It Takes A Village: The Team Behind SMWNYC
It’s been an exciting year for Social Media Week. Our events in NYC and around the world have been a testament to the power of social media and the role it plays in furthering our connectedness; the catalyst for our new global theme Open & Connected in a Collaborative World. As the next SMWNYC fast…
This post is contributed by Social Media Week Advisory Board Member Susan McPherson. Looking back, I’m feeling a very different emotion than I was at the start of Social Media Week last Monday. Five panels… what was I thinking? Yes, I was only “formally” participating in three of them, and yes, there was an…
Christian Borges is the VP of Marketing at Mr. Youth, the agency known for its innovation, fresh thinking, and awesome atmosphere. He’s spent a good chunk of his career immersed in the world of communications and experiential marketing, creating cutting-edge strategies that engage consumes both online and in the physical world. His resume boasts names…
Esteemed SMW NYC Advisory Board member Peter Himler has served as Senior Media Strategist for several of the world’s top PR firms (think Edelman, Burson-Marsteller, Hill + Knowlton, and Cohn & Wolfe) before forming his own Flatiron Communications, LLC. Peter is a master of teaching communications professionals techniques and trends that will serve them best. Not only…
With over 500 speakers, almost 300 events, over 120 event partners, and more than 60 locations (including our Content Hubs), SMW12 is promising to be nothing short of spectacular. Our Advisory Board has shown enthusiam and guidance throughout the planning process, sharing their time, ideas, and tweets to create the best Social Media Week yet. Drawing upon…
Susan McPherson is Senior Vice President at Fenton, the nation’s leading public interest communications firm. Her focus? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Prior to joining the Fenton team, Susan was Vice President of CSR services at PR Newswire. She helped companies communicate their CSR activities, sparked new business relationships, and managed partnerships with companies such as TechWeb,…
Ever wanted to know what goes on during our Advisory Board meetings? We’ll tell you. This past Monday, we dove into the challenges of defining unconferences with the help of Matt and Mark from We Make Cool Sh.it. We’re always looking for new ways to encourage event partners to push beyond typical panel formats and…
Meet Ashley. Ashley is the New Business and Client Relationship Manager in Clear‘s New York office. She devotes her energy to expanding Clear’s U.S. business through compelling, strategic projects and attentive client relationships. No stranger to to creativity and innovation, Ashley worked in Business Development at IDEO before joining her current team. While at IDEO,…
5 Questions With… Ian Schafer, CEO Deep Focus
This post is part of a weekly series called “5 Questions With…” featuring Q&As with Social Media Week Global Advisory Board members. Ian Schafer is CEO and Founder of Deep Focus, a full-service interactive marketing agency, delivering pioneering and meaningful engagement in the digital space. Advertising Age named Ian a ‘Media Maven’ and he is…
This post is part of a weekly series called “5 Questions With…” featuring Q&As with Social Media Week Global Advisory Board members. Steve Rosenbaum is CEO and Founder of Magnify.net, a video publishing platform that makes it easy to integrate user-generated video, video that you produce, or video that you discover into your website. Read…
