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

Seasons of Change: A New Mayor, A New SMW NYC Vision & Home

The city has a new mayor, creating a new beginning and shift in the air. And here at SMW NYC, together with the city, we embrace this change. We celebrate change. This February, we’re bringing a new vision; a renewed passion.

This is our sixth year of SMW NYC, and we’re bringing you a totally new experience.

A New Home: Official Campus

We want your SMW14 experience, to be more social, more interactive, and more productive than you ever thought possible. Powered for a third year by our long time partners Nokia, we’ve moved all official programming to our Official Campus venue at Highline Stages to give you a more unified and cohesive experience.

A Unifying Theme: The Future of Now

SMW is where we make progress in terms of how technology and humanity come together. This February we will look at this through our theme The Future of Now, which will explore our always on, always connected world. Driving the conversation will be our keynote speakers, which this year include:

+ Steve Case – Revolution, founder of Case Foundation, and founder & former CEO of AOL
+ Robin Chase – co-founder of Zipcar and CEO of BuzzCar

Both Steve and Robin have built and sold hugely successful businesses, and both continue to drive change in their respective fields. In addition to these pioneers in business, you will also hear from:

+ Nancy Lublin – DoSomething.org
+ Doug Rushkoff – Author of Present Shock
+ Eli Pariser – UpWorthy
+ Scott Heiferman – Meetup
+ Cindy Gallop – MakeLoveNotPorn.tv
+ Soraya Darabi – Zady

We will be making many more speaker announcements over the coming weeks, but for now we have a really exciting offer to get in early! All events at Campus will require a pass, and today we are announcing an incredible offer, just for you, our existing community.

Because you’ve been a long standing member of our community, we want to thank you with a special offer. If you buy your pass in the next 24 hours and share it with your friends, you get 50% discount. SMW is designed to be social, so invite your friends.

Three floors of activities; four stages of content; four days of programming; and four ways you can experience it all.

Learn more and get the pass that’s right for you here.

Thanks and we can’t wait to show off all we’ve been working on this February!