Our Weekly GivingTuesday: The Adventure Project, BOND, & SMW NYC

We’re rapidly approaching February and what promises to be our best SMW NYC ever. Our initial speaker lineup is taking shape and looking awesome and tomorrow we publish the initial schedule of events to give you a taste of what February will have to offer.

Speakers include:
+ Buzzcar & Zipcar’s Robin Chase
+ Cindy Gallop of Make Love Not Porn
+ Steve Case of AOL, Revolution, & The Case Foundation
+ BuzzFeed’s CEO and founder Jonah Peretti
+ Smirnoff’s, Global VP, Michelle Klein

We want to make sure you get in on the action early. Register for an Insider Pass today, and we’ll give you a $50 gift card to mobile gifting startup, BOND.

And in the spirit of giving, every Tuesday for the rest of December, we’re building on #GivingTuesday. We’ll be giving 20% of our pass sales to support an incredible non-profit.

Today, we’re supporting The Adventure Project. The Adventure Project helps empower female entrepreneurs in Haiti. Each year four million people die from chronic exposure to cooking smoke, from cooking over open fires. In addition, cooking over open fires uses a lot of energy from charcoal and firewood. In Haiti, where 90% of the country is deforested, charcoal is mainly imported from the Dominican Republic, at a high price. Families spend 40% of their daily expenses on buying charcoal to cook with.

The Adventure Project works with female vendors in Port au Prince on a solution. They distribute $20 charcoal-efficient stoves, creating jobs, stimulating the local economy, and helping create change. When families in Haiti move from using an open fire to a charcoal-efficient stove, they save $220 in fuel costs each year. The median per capita income is $665. So this impact is incredible for families in Haiti.

Check out the gift options here, grab your Insider Pass here now, and help us support sustainable development.

The Adventure Project Haiti

Cyber Monday Special: Giving You a Gift to Share

Thank you.

It’s a simple expression that carries great weight. And we think it can get lost in the mix. So, this holiday season we want to thank you, and help you pass it on. So, as our holiday gift to you, the next 150 individuals who purchase their SMW NYC Insider Pass will receive a $50 gift card to BOND.

But that’s not all. In the spirit of Cyber Monday, today only, we’re offering a special 40% discount! Just go here, select your Pass and redeem your 40% discount and BOND gift card!

This means a gift for you and a gift to share.

BOND is a new New York-based startup and iOS app that helps us remember the important touch of a thank you gift and card. They want to make gift giving fun and easy. Pairing tech with traditional gifts, BOND lets you send unique gifts, accompanied with a handwritten note, to someone important to you. All from your phone or computer.

With our focus on really connecting and examining what it means to be always on and always connected with our global theme, BOND caught our eye. It’s a great example of tech used to better our lives. And we want to share this with you.

Don’t wait too long and miss out on this. So, when you purchase your Insider Pass, in addition to joining us this February, you’ll receive $50 credit at BOND to brighten someone’s day.

Download the app or visit the BOND website to view all the gift options.

Thank you again for helping us make SMW NYC what it is. We can’t wait to celebrate the week with you in February. Until then, share your BOND gift giving stories with us using #SMWNYC.

Cyber Monday Holiday Giving