Our Next Event: The Four Screens…

We are pleased to announce our next event on Thursday December 17th
“THE FOUR SCREENS: Everything you had no idea you needed to know but were afraid to ask!”
What comes after television, the internet and mobile is what has been commonly referred to as the fourth screen. But what is the deal with all these screens. [...]

Ellis Henican & Fred Seibert: It’s All about Fun!

I had the pleasure this past week of producing an event in partnership with LIEG (The Long Island Entreprener Group) and Adrian’s Network featuring our buddies Fred Seibert (of NextNewNetworks) and Ellis Henican (Newsday and Fox News). If I were to describe it in a word it would be FUN. As many of you know [...]

The Latest News From SobelMedia

Here it is hot off the press…the latest news from SobelMedia, featuring:
EVENT HEADLINES
9/16  (Daytime): Business Development Institute, B2B Social Communications
9/16  (Evening): Lessons in Brand Development & Innovation featuring Fred Seibert and Ellis Henican
9/17  (Evening): Toward the Sentient City  the relationship between ubiquitous computing, architecture, and the city
9/24  (Afternoon): Social Data Summit, What is the Value [...]

John Havens: VP/Social Media at Porter Novelli

Congratulations to my good friend, and longtime FOBS John Havens on his new position at VP/Social Media at Porter Novelli.
As a point of fact…John was an early fan of my breakfast events and was an early producer and panelist. But more importantly, with John’s connections and work in the areas of podcasting, blogging and social [...]

MediaCentral tries to put Israel in context for Big Apple journalists

Special thanks to Elizabeth Solomont of the Jerusalem Post for both attending and covering our event with Aryeh Green of MediaCentral last week for the Jerusalem Post
Jul. 12, 2009
E.B. SOLOMONT, Jerusalem Post correspondent
NEW YORK – It was a recent weekday morning, and a group of New York media types gathered to sink their teeth into [...]

The Apollo 11 Command Module “Columbia”

Part II of our series on Apollo 11 will focus on the Command Module “Columbia”
The Apollo 11 command module Columbia served as the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first human lunar landing mission. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins climbed into Columbia for their [...]

Why NPR is the Future of Mainstream Media

I have been a huge fan of NPR for as long as I can remember. While an undergraduate at UAlbany I interned at one of the best public radio stations in the country, WAMC. Here in the NYC area I listen to WNYC…both on the radio and on the web, plus Ira Flatow of NPR/Science [...]

Follow-Up on “Building a Brand…”

I couldn’t have written a better overview myself! Guilherme Cunha and I met only a few months ago and he not only has been attending our events ever since but his write ups about them have been nothing short of awesome…case in point our event last week on brand building in the digital world.
Promoting your [...]

NY:MIEG Internet Week Panel “Digital Brand Building”

Thanks to our friends at NYConvergence for a great writeup on today’s event.
Internet Week: Panelists Discuss Digital Brand Building
NYConvergence ORIGINAL
This morning, NYConvergence attended the New York: Media Information Exchange Group (NY:MIEG) panel: “Selling Yourself: How to Build a Brand in the New Digital World,” at the Samsung Experience at the Time Warner Center.

The Obama Girl to throw out first pitch at Innagural Baracklyn Cyclones Game on June 23rd

OBAMA GIRL TO THROW OUT FIRST PITCH AT BARACKLYN CYCLONES GAME ON JUNE 23RD
At our Internet Week Breakfast on Tuesday morning it was announced that Amber Lee Ettinger, a/k/a “The Obama Girl” has been selected to throw out the first pitch at Keyspan Park on June 23rd…how cool is that?

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