Chicago Sears Tower unveils The Ledge

How cool is this?

from NPR/All Things Considered

High atop Chicago’s soaring Sears Tower, a new attraction opened Thursday to the public. It’s called the Ledge, and it’s intended to give visitors never-before-seen views of the city.

It is not, however, for the faint of heart. Read more

MoMA Thursday Nights

There is alot of cool stuff happenning in NYC during the Summer and as a proud member of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), I thought you’ d be interested in something I am planning on taking advantage of on Thursday nights in July and August.

The Museum of Modern Art will remain open until 8:45 p.m. every Thursday in July and August, providing visitors with a relaxed atmosphere in which to view MoMA’s collection and special exhibitions, and enjoy live music and tapas in the The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. Read more

The Obama Girl Meets the Baracklyn Cyclones…and then what?

Ok…so here’s the deal…

About a week or two before our “Building a Brand in Digital Media…” breakfast (that included Amber Lee Ettinger a/k/a “The Obama Girl”) I had remembered that the Brooklyn Cyclones were honoring the 44th President  of the United States with a game where they would rename the team “The Barackln Cyclones” and among other things they would be giving out Barack Obama Bobblehead dolls and stuff like that….so I had a brainstorm…Call Ben Relles…the brains behind barelypolitical.com and ask what he thought of the idea…using the Cylcones game as  a way to cross promote the breakfast and at the same time, give Amber a chance to have some fun and give the Cyclones a bit more ammo for the game. Read more

Digital Media Conference East

If you are in the DC area and are unable to make to our Danny Meyer event on June 25th I would recommend this event…not only because of the topic and the speakers, but one of our good friends, Limor Schafman, is involved.

On June 25th, the Digital Media Conference East (http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/east/) is taking place at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner. I am partnering with Capitol Communicator (http://www.capitolcommunicator.com/) , the regional public relations, advertising and marketing social networking community, as Show Host interviewing thought leaders who are speaking and attending the conference. Read more

What is The NYC Media Group?

In addition to her role as Commissioner of The NYC Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting (MOFTB), My friend Katherine Oliver is also CEO of The NYC Media Group. Ah. what is The NYC Media Group you ask…a lot bigger than I thought. Read more

Wanda Mann: Mann About Town

There is so much going on in NYC that is is difficult to keep track of everything….whether it’s a museum opening, a concert, a cool networking event or something special…but thanks to Want Mann’s great service “Wanda’s Where & When” the savvy guide to New York City” I am always in touch and up to date! Read more

Coming Soon: Bethpage is Golftown USA!

This is the cover of the “Golf Journal” from June 2002. The Golf Journal, for many years was the official publication of the United States Golf Association, one of the finest golf organizations in the world. While the Golf Journal itself is no longer in publication, its legacy lives on as part of the USGA website usga.org Read more

Will it Blend?

My new friend, Guilherme Cunha, wanted me to share with you information about a new event he is starting called “The Blend: Networking Mixer” that starts this coming Tuesday, June 16th. Read more

GM must overhaul marketing

Interesting blog posting from my good friend and colleage Julie Roehm

Today, a respected former auto colleague, Mike Jackson, wrote an article that was published in the Automotive News. I have attached it here because I could not have described Old Detroit better. Mike’s situation mimics my own at Chrysler. Read more

Global Brands Event on June 16th in NYC

I met Randy Ringer at the Brite Conference at Columbia University a few months ago. He emailed me yesterday with an event he is moderating next week that I thought you’d find of interest.

Next Tuesday, June 16th, the NY chapter of the American Marketing Association is holding a panel discussion on global brands with Nigel Hollis (author of The Global Brand), Dr. Joseph Plummer (of Columbia’s Business School) and Trena Blair (VP at American Express). Read more

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