SMW NYC: You Made It, So Thank You!

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Thank you for playing your part in helping to make Social Media Week such a huge success. We were thrilled that you were able to contribute to the incredible energy at our new Campus experience last week.

Together, we saw some inspirational speakers, from Don Tapscott exploring how we can solve problems together to Seth Godin joining Robin Chase and Lisa Gansky to expound on the future of the sharing economy. Other highlights included:

  • + Fabien Cousteau announced the launch of Mission 31, his first attempt to live and work underwater.
  • + Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed joined our founder for a keynote interview.
  • + Percolate showcasing the power content and distribution at scale.
  • + We held our first Wearable Tech Fashion Show, in partnership with Tech in Motion.
  • + Chipotle launched their new (unbranded) series, “Farmed and Dangerous.”
  • + 10 incredible social entrepreneurs competed for $10k with Yoxi.
  • + Our NOW Studio, powered by Nokia, was packed full of some of the world’s most prolific Vine artists, illustrating how to become a better content creator.
  • + Leica was at Campus shooting beautiful portraits of our attendees.
  • + 140 Proof brought to life your social profile with a caricature artist.
  • + Under Armour presented daily yoga.

While off Campus AOL threw a great bash, and SUXORZ returned to give out worst in social awards. Sociality Squared and Contra Studios explored how creatives can keep their creativity and sanity in our always on world. And this is just a handful of all the activities last week.

Most importantly, we were honored to have you join us. As our first year hosting all Official Events in our new Campus, we know we faced some challenges, but thanks to your real-time feedback, we adjusted our process, which we hoped improved your experience over the course of the week.

As we reflect and regroup, we are asking for you to tell us what you thought of the experience. How can we get better? What needs to improve? What was missing for you?

Please take 5 minutes to complete our survey here — and we’ll be giving away a prize pack, allowing you a chance to win either a Nokia Icon or Lumia 1520 plus, Purity Monster In-Ear Headphones and a FitBit.

Thank you again — for your time, for your participation, and for being a part of SMW14.

A very special thank you to our production partners MKG, our Global Headline Sponsor, Nokia, and supporting sponsors including, Spotify, Merck, Prodigy Network, Google+, Unmetric, and Percolate. We want to give credit where credit is due, and SMW wouldn’t be what it is without them.

Google+ Hangouts at SMW NYC: Live Tonight And More!

We’ve got some big news, and we want you to join us. Grab your laptop, and get ready for SMW NYC interaction on a new level…

SMW13 is partnering up with HuffPost Live

Today, at 5pm EST, our media partner HuffPost Live covers how safeguarding free expression and an Open Internet is still a critical issue.  Watch the exchange on the current issues facing both our country and the global community, with leading thinkers, including: Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Andrew Rasiej of Personal Democracy Forum, and Christine Chen of Google.

With their use of Google+ On Air HangOuts, HuffPost Live does live integration of social media better than most.  

Check it out and share your comments. The conversation doesn’t stop on HuffPost Live.

Join us today here, but don’t get too settled. That’s just the beginning of what we are doing with Google+!


Google+ Contest

We asked our community to come up, and then host, incredible Hangouts during SMW13, with the best one recieving a $5k prize! Over 40 events were chosen to participate! From chatting about education with girls in underdeveloped nations, to cooking tortillas, there is a wide range of Hangouts for you to chose from and participate in. Tune-in. Tell us which SMW user Hangouts you think are best, and we’ll unveil the winner following SMW13. See them all here.


Hangout During SMW NYC

In addition to the above collaborations, you can join in and watch during SMW NYC! We are thrilled to feature two incredible Hangouts:

Wednesday, Feb. 20th from 2:30 – 4pm: Daria Musk and Google: Social Media and the Rock Star
If you’re looking for a bit more fun, then you want to head to Hearst (or G+!) to see Daria Musk. An Internet sensation, she’s taken over Google+ to expand her reach musically. She may even give you a performance or two…


Warby Parker and Google+

Warby Parker: the latest business sensation. Google+: the stable but creative force. Together. From February 19 to 21, Ideas Connected at the Global HQ will feature an installation which allows users to interact via Google Hangout. Pulling in some surprise attendees, one thing you do know is it’ll be fun and spot-on. If you’re in town, make to check it out live.

Head over to Google+, and try out a Hangout as well. We look forward to seeing you online and in-person!

Calling Early Adopters: Trial a Nokia Lumia 920

How would you like to get your hands on a Nokia Lumia 920 for the duration of your time at this year’s Social Media Week in New York?

Well, Nokia@Work currently have 20 Lumia trial devices they want to loan to the hard working people who are making their way from all over the USA to be at SMW New York.

Nokia want to know how the Lumia 920 with Windows Phone 8 fits into your work life and how the phone can make you #SmarterEveryday in the workplace.

During the week, a Nokia@Work film crew will be on hand to catch your reaction and thoughts on the phone and to capture your philosophy on working smarter. Sign-up here, selecting SMWNYC from the dropdown, and tweet @NokiaAtWork to let them know you are interested.

Lots of Nokia@Work events will be taking place at SMWNY this year. Follow them for more details on when and where they will be taking place and to follow the conversation online, and make sure you check out their events on productivity and getting the most out of mobile. From Designing Your Day: Maximize Your Brain, Maximize Your Day to Designing a SmarterEveryday to Designing your day: Practical Tools to boost your creativity & productivity, you’ll want to be there.

Smarter Every Day: Nokia@Work

With the pace of today’s always-connected business world, being both productive and efficient is key to staying on top. The way business people structure their offices, their teams, and of course, their time is hugely important.

To assist here, SMW Global Headline Sponsor Nokia launched their Nokia@Work initiative, helping businesses of all sizes to get ahead through productivity and in utilizing mobility so that we can all get “Smarter Everyday.” Something we’re excited to get behind.

Courtesy of Nokia@Work and their Smarter Everyday campaign, we are giving away 150 complimentary passes (regularly priced at $99) to the Global HQ at the Metropolitan Pavilion between February 19-21. Our Global HQ will explore how we can architect our own future, collaborate together for better solutions and invent better ways of doing everything. We’ll also feature Master Classes from Nokia and leading brands and experts like Dachis, Percolate, Tumblr and more to give you hands-on opportunities to really grasp new skills and concepts – making it a great experience for businesses and their employees.

How do you get involved? Share something unique about your work space environment!

It could be the way your meeting rooms are designed or the style and function of your desks. Or it could be something completely unique, like a slide that enables people to move between floors or a tree-house you use for company meetings. The more unique, unusual and, of course smarter, the better.

We want to see what inspires you every day.

Take a picture, upload and share on twitter using the hashtag #SmarterEveryday. Nokia will pick their five favorite ones each week. As always, we encourage you to see the full rules here.

Get snapping and show us how you work smarter. Then, if you’re in NYC, make sure you take a break from the HQ to hear how Nokia is creating a Smarter Everyday on Tuesday, February 19.