Happy hour for a good cause Thursday March 10

From a friend raising money for a good cause, and who is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to do so:

Celebrate Friends and the Kilimanjaro climb for Obstetric Fistula on Thursday March 10th !!!

Come raise a glass to support Kilimanjaro climbers!  The climb team is raising funds and awareness for life changing obstetric fistula surgeries for women in Africa (details at: http://www.mountainsformoms.org/?page_id=2).  Meet  at Public House (140 E 41st Street, NY NY 10017) on March 10th from 6-8PM to learn more about the climb and the cause.  If you donate (suggested $10), you will also receive a bracelet for discount drink specials ($3 domestic beer, $4 house wine, $5 house mixed drinks).  However, no donation is required.  When you arrive, indicate you are with Michele Costello's party. 

Women in finance - networking and volunteering events

High Water Women (www.highwaterwomen.org) is a great organization of women in finance who get together to network, volunteer, and donate to causes helping women and children. 
Check out these upcoming volunteer and other events!
Katharine
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This issue of the Volunteer Bulletin includes a variety of new, exciting, and rewarding volunteer activities helping women and children.  If you've been thinking about volunteering now is a good time.  To sign up or read more about these opportunities please follow the links provided, or you can visit our website at www.highwaterwomen.org. If you haven't already registered on the new website, you will be prompted to complete registration before signing up for a volunteer activity.  If you have any problems or questions please contact Elanor Brand. 

In this issue: Brag Party with Peggy Klaus Career Day Series Casino Night Count Me In Guest Speakers for Project Enterprise Ice Skating Jumpstart to College Partnership with Children FUNday Women In Need Young Women's Council Event Visit our site: Home Page Volunteer Opportunities NonProfit Partners Donate Now Unsubscribe: If you no longer wish to receive newsletters... Click here to unsubscribe

HWW 6th Annual Casino Night Date: April 15th Time: 6:30 PM - midnight Location: Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway @ 36th Street Please join High Water Women for their Sixth Annual Casino Night!  It will be a fun night: dinner, gaming, poker and black jack tournaments, a live auction, a 10pm to midnight after party, and much more. Event proceeds will benefit HWW programs and our support of partner organizations that help so many women and children in need in our area. For more information on packages and tickets, please contact Jessica at 914-235-1490 x14 or e-mail hww@thejfmgroup.com.  You can also buy tickets on-line by visiting our secure Casino Night donation page on the HWW website.  Buy tickets now.  We look forward to seeing you there! Meet HWW's Newest Nonprofit Partner: Project Enterprise supports and develops entrepreneurs and small businesses in under-resourced communities in New York City by providing access to business loans, business development services and networking opportunities helping entrepreneurs increase their standard of living, create jobs for their communities, and build financial assets. Project Enterprise will hold an orientation for those interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities as follows: Date:  March 2nd Time: 6:00 PM Location: 144 West 125th Street on the 4th floor, between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (6th and 7th Avenues). Guest Speakers needed for Project Enterprise's Business Planning Course The Entrepreneurial Assistance Program is Project Enterprise’s intensive 10-week business planning course. Dates:  March 10th, 22nd, 29th & April 14th Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Abyssinian Development Corporation, 4 W. 125th Street, 3rd Fl. Speakers are needed for the following dates/topics: •         March 10th, March 22nd, March 29th - business taxes and financial management for entrepreneurs. Speakers can advise which of the March dates listed are most convenient. •         April 14th - Two volunteers are needed to serve as guest reviewers during the final business plan presentations.          Sign up now. Ice Skating Chaperone Dates:  March 4th & March 11th Time: 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Location: Wollman Rink Enjoy the wonderful atmosphere at Wollman Rink in Central Park. Help kids put on skates, and take a turn on the ice yourself if you desire!  The Children's Storefront will be taking 12 third and fourth graders to Wollman Rink for 30-minute skating lessons on six Friday afternoons starting in January.   A teacher will accompany the students to the Rink, but we need 3 - 4 volunteers per session to assist the children in tying skates, and then changing back into shoes after the lesson. Experience with skates or skating is not necessary.   Please indicate which sessions you can attend. Sign up now. Partnership with Children FUNday Date:  March 16th Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Location: Morgan Library, 29 East 36th Street Join students from elementary school PS 3 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for a special program at the Morgan Library.  The program is called "Write a Picture, Draw a Story", and it will explore the work of Roy Lichtenstein.   This program will engage students in writing/drawing.  Following the museum program the group will get pizza before going home. Six volunteers are needed.  Sign up now Women In Need Date: Saturday April 2nd Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Location: WIN's Brooklyn Residence (exact address to be provided) This event has two volunteer components.  The first is a personal finance budgeting program.  A speaker has volunteered to lead the workshop but additional volunteers are needed to work with the individual women.  The second is to help with childcare during the program.  This will include some form of an activity for the children.  You will be contacted prior to the event for any ideas you have for activities or crafts that the children can do while their mothers learn about budgeting.  Please indicate which part of the program you are volunteering to participate in. Sign up now. Count Me In Dates: April 6th - April 29th Time: Any 2 hour window between 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: 240 Central Park South (between 7th Avenue and Columbus Circle) In 2005, Count Me In ("CMI") introduced its Make Mine a $Million Business program to help women entrepreneurs grow and build sustainable enterprises, create jobs and develop innovative products and services.  For upcoming Make Mine a $Million Business Events ("M3"), CMI will select award winners.  CMI needs volunteers to review applications for these M3 events to select Finalists.  Finalists are pre-approved for financing, so committee participation involves reviewing financial statements and personal credit reports.  You will also assess the company's potential to scale to $1million (or more) in revenues and its marketing, financial and management plans.  Sign up now. Jumpstart to College Workshop Dates: April 6th Time: 5:15 PM - 7:45 PM Location: TYWLS of East Harlem, 105 East 106th Street Jumpstart to college is a workshop held in evening for 12th grade students at the Young Women's Leadership Schools and volunteer coaches. The purpose is to help students gain skills and confidence to help them prepare for college and to get valuable guidance and advice from adult volunteers.  Each coach is paired with 1- 2 girls at the workshop.   Sign up now. Career Day Series Dates and Locations (you can sign up for 1 or more workshops):  March 4th for TYWLS of Brooklyn, 223 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn March 11th  for TYWLS of Queens, 150-91 87th Road, Jamaica March 16th for TYWLS of Astoria, 23-15 Newtown Avenue, Astoria March 24th for TYWLS of East Harlem, 105 East 106th Street, New York May (date tbd) for TYWLS at Rhodes, 3100 N. 29th Street, Philadephia Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Young Women's Leadership Network is looking for High Water Women volunteers to participate in a Career Day morning workshop for students (grades 6-12) from The Young Women’s Leadership Schools in New York City and Philadelphia.  Volunteers will educate and inspire girls in grades 6-12 about the diverse career opportunities available to them. You will be asked to speak in classroom and fair settings about: your daily activities; responsibilities and challenges; the education and skills needed to succeed in your field; your career path and interesting aspects about your profession.   Please indicate which workshops you are interested in when you sign up.     Sign up now. Brag Party with Peggy Klaus Dates: April 14th in New York and April 15th in Philadelphia The annual "Brag Party" is for high school juniors from The Young Women’s Leadership Schools.  We need energetic and fabulous volunteers to help teenage girls learn the art of bragging and building self-confidence! Peggy Klaus, communication guru and author, will show the girls and volunteers how to deal with two of the most difficult soft skills for women to master: the impostor syndrome, and self-promotion. This high-energy, experiential workshop provides insights, strategies, tools, and techniques for conquering the little voice inside your head that whispers self-defeating thoughts and then teaches students how to toot their own horn (the right way, of course!) about the great things they’ve accomplished. This event is taking place on April 14 in New York and April 15 in Philadelphia.  Details to be announced.  Sign up now. Young Women's Council Event Panel Discussion & Networking on the Harvard Business School Case Study: "Why Men Still Get More Promotions than Women". Date: Wednesday, February 23rd Time: 7 PM-9:00 PM Location: TBA Sponsorship versus mentorship? What's the difference? And why is it important to us as women? Meet us for a conversation on why sponsorship matters, especially for women. We look forward to your thoughts as well! A 10 minute interview with the author can be found here:  http://hbr.org/2010/09/why-men-still-get-more-promotions-than-women/ar/1#               RSVP to danielle.frissell@jpmorgan.com

Membership is FREE.  Volunteering feels GOOD.

Empowering women and youth is PRICELESS.

Volunteering Event with Obama for America in NYC, Sun 2/27

OK, so this is a bit off topic from the usual networking posts, but I think this event looks really cool and should be a good forum to both make a difference in the local community AND meet great people (esp. if you're an Obama fan).
Cheers,
Katharine
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In order to help those friends and neighbors who have fallen on hard times, Obama for America volunteers will gather every Sunday -- starting this weekend, on February 27th -- at the Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter's basement kitchen. We'll cook, serve, and share brunch with the shelter's 65 residents.

I'm excited to take part in this kind of work -- will you join us?

Here are the details:

What: OFA community service

Where: Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter
211 E. 81 St.
New York, NY 10028

When: Every Sunday, starting February 27th
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

If you can't make it to this event, please consider finding other service opportunities at serve.gov -- it's a great website that helps people find ways to volunteer in their area.

RSVP to join us on Sunday:

http://ny.barackobama.com/Neighborhood-Coalition

Thanks,

Geoff

Geoff Berman
New York State Field Director
Organizing for America

International Women Artists' Salon Feb 28 event

I talked to Heidi Russell of the International Women Artists' Salon and she posted this to her Yahoo Group recently.  If you're interested in art or just want to meet some great people, check this out!
Happy networking,
Katharine
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Fabulous Salonistas! Time is at hand for our February Salon!

Monday, February 28th, 6:30-9:30.

Orietta Crispino and her artist run organization called Theaterlab will be our host...
Theaterlab is located at137 W. 14th Street, btwn 6/7, studio C...
The space can accommodate the presentation of large sized work, including a lovely dance space and projection, with a cd/ipod player/speaker system and wifi. You can read more about Orietta and Theaterlab here...
http://www.theaterlabnyc.com/Theaterlab3/Theatlerlab_contact.html..
.6:30-7:00 arrival and mingling
7:00-8:00 round robin introductions
8:00-9:00 presentations
9:00-9:30 mingling poll

Tech and innovation events in NYC this week

From VC Charlie O'Donnell of www.thisisgoingtobebig.com - see below for one of my favorite NYC event lists.
Happy networking!
Katharine Bierce
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Tuesday, February 22nd

6:30PM NY Video February 2011 Meetup

Programming:
- Shay David: CTO of the fast growing Kaltura talks about raising more money than you can shake a stick at, video, the changing platforms and standards, and who's going to win the platform wars.
- Tzahi Sofer Founder & CEO of Attractv.com (a Vidget Creation Platform)
- www.startupjetnyc.com will talk about a way to get to the hottest TV Festival at an amazing discount
- The Messenger Poet Show

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/nyvideo/events/16347825/


7PM NYC EdTech February Meetup: Topic: The Future of Curicculum

Who Should Attend?
You care about education and student success
You get excited about the impact technology can have on education
You either work in an institution or are working on a solution outside the institution
You currently are, or want to become, an EdTech champion
You believe collaboratively we can do more
You believe EdTech is more than just a smart board in the classroom
You generally consider yourself filled with awesomesauce...and so do others

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/NYEdTech/events/16195568/


7PM Global Impact with Social Media Panel

Panel discussion with some premier organizations doing innovative social media work on an international/global scale. The discussion will cover how social media tools are used in this context, what particular challenges there are in using these tools, and how your organization can apply some of the same techniques to promote your own global or local mission.  Panelists:

Arturo Romboli, UNICEF
Øistein Moskvil Thorsen, Oxfam
Anna Curran, Crisis Camp

RSVP: http://www.grassrootscamp.org/events/16532597/


Wednesday, February 23rd

6PM Sunshine Suites Entrepreneur Meet-and-Greet and Pool Party!

The office community of Sunshine Suites is know for its incredible networking bashes, and what better way to shake off this cold and wet February than with a killer pool party?! Sunshine invites any and all in the small biz and entrepreneurial community to come out to the Gracy Hotel on Feb 23 from 6-9 PM to take a dip in the pool, have a drink, mix and mingle! This party will be epic, you do NOT want to miss out.  Plus, you get to see if Kim Bellinger keeps her Cal Ripken-like streak of being the first one in at every tech event near a pool.

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179099532127074


6:45PM Hoboken Tech Meetup 9

One of the most significant challenges entrepreneurs face is how to raise the funding needed to bring their vision to market. David S. Rose, who has both raised and invested millions of dollars of venture capital as one of the country’s leading startup investors, will demystify the options and provide a clear and actionable path to early stage financing.  He'll also be bringing a huge novelty check.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/HobokenTechMeetup/events/16012451/


7PM New York Viral Meetup

Speakers:

    * Faris Yakob, Chief Innovation Officer at MDC Partners and head of the Hair Club for the Social Media Elite (also a client)
    * Jordan Cooper, CoFounder/CEO Hyperpublic & Venture Partner, Lerer Ventures
    * Colin Nagy and Shelby MacLeod (of the Clan MacLeod) from The Barbarian Group - Case Study on the Samsung Campaign Tweet Wrap

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/New-York-Viral-Media-Meetup/events/16182282/



Thursday, February 24th

6PM TV APPS, Social TV, Content & Viewer Experience

From Hulu, to Google TV to streaming Netflix it is clear that the future of TV is online. Are best practices emerging? Is one case setting the tone? Attend Order to Chaos, the world's premier Digital Media and Social Network Conference from Talk NYC to learn about what's new and discuss what's next with leading industry players and digital thought leaders.  Wait... what's TV?

RSVP: http://www.talkforumnyc.com/marketing-partners/  <-- $20 discount for my readers!


6:30PM NYC2050: What will the future bring to NYC?

A lot can happen in forty years and while we can’t predict the future, we can anticipate some of the urban challenges and begin to address their potential impacts. Join us for a two hour session of participative discussion and collaborative problem-solving.

We will kick off with a panel of guest speakers who will give us an overview of the urban challenges that they foresee for NYC in 2050, like the mole people from the sewers. Their insights will lead to an evening of rapid design prototyping where everyone will be asked to imagine how we might redesign our city in response to some of the challenges ahead.

RSVP: http://nyc2050.eventbrite.com/


6:30PM Digital Dumbo

Come join us and Brooklyn-based behavioral data company, Saaspire, to celebrate the launch of its SaaS-based behavioral analytics tool, FocusLab, at Digital DUMBO.  FocusLab was recently showcased at O'Reilly's Strata Conference, which covers emerging opportunities in Big Data. The SaaS-based tool enables web operators to visualize data and gain insights into user behavior. The event will feature a look into the affinities and motivations of visitors to RCRDLBL.com, a premier music destination for free, curated, legal, MP3 downloads from the hottest marquee and emerging artists. RCRDLBL is owned by Downtown Music, a record label that artists such as Gnarls Barkley, Cold War Kids, and Santigold call home.

All Digital DUMBO attendees will receive free trial access to the FocusLab software and will be treated to music from DJ Ian Beck, who will be spinning hits from Downtown Music artists. As usual, there will be a free beer and wine bar!

RSVP: http://digitaldumbo.eventbrite.com/


Friday, February 25th

7PM Touchtech Launch Party

Join us to celebrate the launch of another awesome company started at NWC, Touchtech!

Touchtech is all about Android. Specifically, building new Android apps, porting iOS apps, and designing apps for tablet form factors. They also have a new product, Touchtrak, which captures screen shots, audio, touch events, and debug info feeds. In other words, it's a badass way of testing out new apps to see how users react to them.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/coworking-nyc/events/16580894/


Sunday, February 27th

1PM HTML5 and CSS3 Intensive

You have been hearing all about HTML5, now come find out what all the fuss is about. The course will be a mix of lecture, samples and hands-on labs to get you up and running.  You will leave the class with new knowledge AND a ready-reference card!  Pre-requisite: The Intro to HTML/CSS class, or a working knowledge of HTML/CSS.

In this three-hour class we will:
    •    DIscuss HTML5 and CSS3 at a high level, examining what it is, where we are now, and who is leading the way.
    •    Cover CSS3 effects, including rounded corners, inset and drop shadows, and gradients.
    •    Learn how to add audio and video to your sites using HTML5 with no plugins required!
    •    Review HTML5 Offline Storage, what it is and how to use it.
    •    How to test for individual HTML5 feature support in your visitor’s browsers.
    •    Examine sites currently live using HTML5 and CSS3, and discover resources and materials for learning more.


RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1247187371



Technically Speaking


Monday, February 21st

6:30PM February NYC Java Meetup

Intro Speaker: Timothy Fagan on Java Best Practices

Featured Speaker: Reza Rahman, Author, EJB 3 in Action; Member, Java EE 6 and EJB 3.1 expert groups

Topic: Effective Caching Across Enterprise Application Tiers  Increasingly, caching challenges span multiple tiers within the enterprise. Architects and developers are discovering cache and clustering settings are crucial to understanding the life cycle of scalable critical components. In this session, attendees will learn how to leverage caching across enterprise application tiers to achieve better scalability. The presentation focuses on examples geared to caching as applied in enterprise development tools such as Java EE and Spring.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/nycjava/events/16098983/


Tuesday, February 22nd

6:30PM php meetup CouchDB: JSON, HTTP & MapReduce Introducing noSQL and the Document-oriented Database with PHP and CouchDB

CouchDB is a document-oriented database that stores JSON documents, has a RESTful HTTP API, and is queried using MapReduce views. Each of these properties alone, especially MapReduce views, may seem foreign to developers more familiar with relational databases. This presentation will demystify the basic concepts behind CouchDB and give web developers a practical guide to getting started with CouchDB. We'll discuss how CouchDB relates to other SQL alternatives and what makes CouchDB unique.

RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/PHP-Presentations/178_CouchDB-JSON-HTTP-MapReduce


7PM Aviary - NYC Tech Talks Meetup

This month, we will have Ari Fuchs and Bruce Drummond from Aviary talking about AviaryFX API, a server side image manipulation and effects service, and Feather, their simple client side image editing tool (www.aviary.com/html5).

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Tech-Talks/events/15128578/


7PM hacker townhall

A casual, tech- and company-agnostic opportunity to get together and get caught up on the prior and coming month.  We'll have:

    * lighting tech talks (more than one!)
    * open stage & forum
    * mix and mingle
    * foodstuffs

RSVP: http://anyvite.com/events/home/6arfodowrd


7PM Twisted with Glyph

We are very lucky to have Glyph, the creator of Twisted, in town! NOTE - this meeting is THIS TUESDAY - apologies for the short notice. Please RSVP soon so we can get an idea of the number of attendees. Thanks!”

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/nycpython/events/16603364/


7PM Hackfest

Bring your laptop or just yourself, and come hang with other Rubyists.

RSVP: http://www.nycruby.org/events/16179485/


7PM Learning Feature Hierarchies for Vision

This month we're very lucky to have Yann LeCun from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Neural Science at NYU presenting "Learning Feature Hierarchies for Vision." Here's Yann's abstract: Intelligent perceptual tasks such as vision and audition require the construction of good internal representations. Theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that the perceptual world is best represented by a multi-stage hierarchy in which features in successive stages are increasingly global, invariant, and abstract. An important challenge for Machine Learning is to devise "deep learning" methods than can automatically learn good feature hierarchies from labeled and unlabeled data.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Machine-Learning/events/16489490/


Thursday, February 24th

6:30PM Social Analytics on MongoDB with Buddy Media

In this session, Buddy Media's Chief Product Officer, Patrick Stokes will talk about how Buddy Media is implementing their entire platform analytics engine on MongoDB.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/New-York-MongoDB-User-Group/events/15680304/


8:00PM Primer on Android Development

In this course, students will learn the essentials of Android application development. Come with a laptop and leave with all the basics you need to develop applications on your own. In the first session, students will build their Android development environment (IDE, SDK, Emulator) and learn the building blocks of Android SDK.  Prerequisites: A basic understanding of the Java programming language. Students should bring laptops.

RSVP: http://developingformobile1.mogotix.com/

Feb 23 women in finance event

Attention women in finance - check out this career workshop next week!  High Water Women is an association of women in finance (esp. hedge funds) who also do philanthropic work.
Happy networking,
Katharine
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High Water Women's Young Women's Council (YWC) is presenting a two part series entitled "Women in Finance and an Introspective Look at Our Careers". What better way to kick off 2011 than furthering our careers by gaining a better understanding of how to present ourselves when it's our turn to brag (i.e. performance review time) and a focus on the role of our mentors and sponsors.

Part I was a great success last week – we hope to see you on Wednesday!

PART II: Round Table Discussion & Networking on the Harvard Business School Case Study: "Why Men Still Get More Promotions than Women"
Date: Wednesday, February 23rd
Time: 7 PM-8:30 PM
Location: TBA

Sponsorship versus mentorship? What's the difference? And why is it important to us as women? Meet us for a conversation on why sponsorship matters, especially for women. We look forward to your thoughts as well! A 10 minute interview with the author can be found here:  http://hbr.org/2010/09/why-men-still-get-more-promotions-than-women/ar/1

RSVP to danielle.frissell@jpmorgan.com

March 24 concert for microfinance at Lincoln Center

Just heard about this from Women Advancing Microfinance, NY chapter.  It's a great concert for a great cause!
Cheers,
Katharine Bierce
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Pro Mujer is a women's development and microfinance organization that provides Latin America's poorest women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for their families through microfinance, business training, and healthcare support. During its 20 year history, Pro Mujer has disbursed more than $885 million in loans impacting the lives of more than 1 million women and more than 5 million children in Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru.

On Thursday, March 24th at 7pm, Pro Mujer is celebrating 20 years of empowering women in Latin America with a concert event at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center featuring the Philharmonic of the Americas. This unique concert will be conducted by Alondra De La Parra.  Alondra has gained wide-spread attention for her spellbinding and vibrant performances making her one of the most compelling conductors of our generation. She is the first Mexican woman to conduct in New York City and the official Cultural Ambassador for Mexican Tourism.

Help Pro Mujer reach its goals for the next 20 years by attending this special event or by making a donation. 

Ticket prices range from $60 - $250 and tickets at the $60 and $125 levels will only be available through February 22nd, so act fast!

You can purchase your tickets here: https://www.wepay.com/tickets/view/156942
- 100% OF PROCEEDS GO TO PRO MUJER

If you cannot attend but would like to make a donation visit this page: https://www.wepay.com/donate/14598 

More information is included in the attached invitation. Please share with friends and colleagues. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Rebecca Feinberg at rfeinberg@promjer.org or (646) 626-7000 x11

Tech and innovation events in NYC this week

From www.thisisgoingtobebig.com - check out this week's events in tech and innovation in NYC!
Happy networking,
Katharine


Tuesday, February 15th

5:30PM NYC Software Process Improvement Network: We Need It Before The End Of The Year: What’s Your Estimate?

No matter what your position on a project you must be a good estimator of your work, and it is a cardinal sin to let good estimates by smart people get overwhelmed by the strong desires of powerful people. Accurate estimates are the foundation of all critical project decisions regarding staffing, functionality, delivery date, and budget. How do we accurately estimate in a world where tradition declares that the deadline is set before the requirements are even known? Tim Lister will offer practical advice on dealing with this thorny issue.  We think this talk will run two hours, but we're really not sure at all.  That's why we're going.

RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1131162337/


6:30PM Founders @FAIL: Mike McCready and the story of Polyphonic

Way before Pandora ever outed you as a Phil Collins fan or Amazon suggested you might also like to buy a spatula with that hot plate, Mike McCready was using statistical analysis and signal processing to predict if the latest pop songs would become hit singles.  Yet, the failure dog buried a bone in his backyard.  Come hear the story.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/foundersatfail/events/16069282/


6:30PM Arts/Tech Social Media Week Edition: Social Media Art

Well, technically it's the week *after* Social Media Week, but if Restaurant Week can go on for 2-3 weeks at a time, why not Social Media Week? Either way, we'll be looking at how artists are integrating social media into their art making practice.  This month's event is exploring the creative overlap between social media and the arts. Instead of the usual discussion of Facebook fans and Twitter followers, we wanted to take a look at some of the most inventive implementations of social media we've come across: social media art experiments.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/Arts-Culture-and-Technology/events/16369364/


6:30PM food+tech: Real Time Farms Demo

Real Time Farms is going to give us an introduction to their site and their newly launched features--enabling you to track your food digitally from farm to fork.  Somewhere, there's a cow tweet joke in there somewhere.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/food-tech/events/16518331/


Wednesday, February 16th

6PM General Assembly: The Essentials of Startup Law - Session I: Financing // Selim Day & Adam Dinow, Partners at Wilson Sonsini

This course will introduce entrepreneurship law to students who wish to gain an understanding of the core legal issues involved in starting a company.  From choosing the right corporate structure to negotiating a term sheet with a venture capitalist, this comprehensive course will cover the topics an entrepreneur needs to know.  The first session will discuss the alternatives available for startups to raise capital, including convertible notes, preferred stock, and common stock.  There are no jokes here...just lawyers.

RSVP: http://essentialsofstartuplaw1.mogotix.com/


6PM Extreme Hiring: Applying agile principles to hire better developers

A few months ago, we had a Fishbowl Discussion on what makes a good Agile developer.  But now that we know what we want, how do we go about finding and hiring them?  There are better ways to find and interview good candidates than just looking at a resume and then asking a few technical questions.  How do we test for "pairing" and TDD fanatics? Come join our discussion as we focus on how to find and hire good Agile developers.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/xp-26/events/16250386/


6:30PM #OpenNY's Feb Meetup - @CodeforAmerica, #iCities & #OpenGov in Thailand

Hot off the heals of GovGeeks & Drinks and Social Media Week, once again we are hosting our monthly OpenNY Forum Meetup at New Work City. For February, we will discuss the following important issues:

1. Code for America, what is it and what is the DC team working on?
2. Intelligent Cities Conference (#iCities), what is it and how can you attend?
3. (Potentially) A report back on Thai Open Government initiatives.
4. Setting the record for hashtags in an event title.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/openny/events/16416485/



Thursday, February 17th

6PM Inaugural #BikeNYC Tech Meetup!

We are off to a great start! 90 biking nurds ain't too shabby. For our inaugural meeting, I want to open the floor to introductions. To those of you who have projects and/or need help in making some project happen, I'd love for you to spend a few mins outlining what you need. For everyone else, I want to hear want from this meetup.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/BikeNYC-Tech-Meetup/events/16385603/


6PM General Assembly: Introduction to HTML

This intensive hour-long class will teach students without any web development background the key elements of HTML needed to build a basic static web page.  Topics to be covered include styling HTML text, creating paragraphs and lists, inserting and manipulating images, creating forms (text input fields, buttons, and dropdown lists), and a brief introduction to styles and layouts, including an overview of how CSS integrates with HTML.

RSVP: http://introductiontohtml1.mogotix.com/


6:15: Entrepreneurs Roundtable: David Pakman

David joined Venrock in 2008 as a Partner and focuses on early stage venture investing in internet and digital media companies. Previously, Pakman was the CEO of eMusic, the world’s leading digital retailer of independent music, second only to iTunes in number of downloads sold. Prior to joining eMusic, Pakman was Co-Founder and President of Business Development and Public Policy at Myplay, Inc.

RSVP: http://er33.eventbrite.com/


6:30PM Best Practices: Building a Great Team/Company

The success of every company hinges on having a great team, from the CEO and founders in the early stages down to the managers and employees as the company grows.  But how do you go about (i) finding those rare “A-players”, (ii) putting together a ”killer” core team and (iii) building a group that that can allow the company to take full advantage of its opportunities.  Come and learn how to build a great team/company from 2 successful guest CEO’s, who will join Best Practices host Joe Chin, serial CEO, in an interactive discussion: Lucinda Duncalfe Holt, CEO of ClickEquations, and Steven Krien, CEO of Organized Wisdom

RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1233817381



Technically Speaking


Wednesday, February 16th

7PM The New York Android Developers February Meetup

Dario Laverde's talk on Securing Android Applications:

  How to use LVL (License Verification Library), obfuscation and additional techniques.

  and why LVL is currently broken and not sufficient enough.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/androidnyc/events/16513530/



7:30PM R in the New York Times Graphics Department

While the New York Times introduced the general public to R way back in 2009 with its feature article on the language, the newspaper has been using R for many years to produce data analysis and statistical graphics.  This month we are extremely lucky to be hosting Amanda Cox from the New York Times' Graphics Department. Amanda will present how R is used in the news cycle at the The New York Times to crunch data and prepare graphics before they go to print or online.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/nyhackr/events/16008037/


Thursday, February 17th

7PM Django NYC - Class Based Views

This month we'll be talking about Class Based Views.  To start off the night we'll be viewing a talk from last year's Djangocon on the topic and we'll follow up with a Q&A/Discussion session.

RSVP: http://www.djangonyc.org/events/16240938/


Friday, February 18th

9AM Northeast Scala Symposium

The Boston, Philadelphia, and New York Scala user groups have combined to organize this first ever Northeast Scala Symposium.  We've got lots of great speakers within our groups. At the Symposium we'll get to share them among the groups and meet Scala enthusiasts (and employers) across the region.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/ny-scala/events/15526582/


Saturday, February 19th

10AM Foursquare Developer Hackathon

the first-ever foursquare hack day. we'll supply: • food, • drinks, • breakout rooms, • engineers to answer your toughest questions, • fellow hackers ('Zero Cool' and 'Acid Burn' not included). you should: • bring your best ideas and your hacker friends, • meet foursquare engineers (collect them all!), • listen to talks from fellow developers using our platform (more info at http://developer.foursquare.com/) • collaborate with others on interesting projects.

RSVP: https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC1TY3p4ZFpHVWZoYkZTczlfOHZxYkE6MQ

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network events in February..

....from the YNPN email list.
Happy networking,
Katharine
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February Social, 2011 YNPN-NYC Member Meeting, YNPN National Survey & more!

Generated on February 7, 2011

2011 YNPN-NYC Members Meeting
Do you want to learn more about YNPN-NYC’s mission, Board and upcoming programs?
Interested in discussing the 2010 Membership Survey results and what it means for you?
Looking for an opportunity to get more involved?
Excited about providing feedback to the Board as we work on programs for the new year?
If any or all of these describe you, we invite you to attend the first YNPN-NYC Members Meeting of 2011!
We are raffling off a free one-year YNPN-NYC membership!
Where: Support Center for Nonprofit Management, 305 Seventh Ave (28th & 7th)
11th Floor, Training Room.
When: Wednesday, February 23rd. 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Why: We would love to hear your feedback and meet you in person!
Questions: membership@ynpnyc.org
RSVP: Click here

Afterwards join us for…

Network and Socialize with Non-Profit Professionals at The New Age of Giving: Philanthropy in the 21st Century
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
To register click here
Interested in growing your professional network?
Then join YNPN-NYC on February 23, 2011 at Slate Lounge for our networking event with FLiP Future Leaders in Philanthropy!
Connect with young emerging leaders in the nonprofit industry, meet our Board Members and learn about the exciting opportunities, including service events and professional development programs, we have planned this year.
There is no better time than right now to network, and get to know other nonprofit professionals! Remember, “It’s not what you know… but WHOM you know!” So come join us for a Happy Hour drink, relax and spend time with us having fun!
PLEASE NOTE: Happy Hour Networking will begin at 7:30 p.m. this month. We welcome you to attened the Members Meeting then walk with us over to the Social! Drink special will be available.  Feel free to bring along friends or coworkers and do not forget your business cards. We will be networking in the back lounge. If you have, any questions feel free to contact us at socials@ynpnnyc.org.

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Make Your Voice Heard. Improve Our Sector. Take YNPN’s National Voice Survey Today!
Over the past several years, a great deal of literature has been released noting significant leadership challenges for the nonprofit sector. With each issue revealed has come a compelling set of recommendations for how the sector can meet these challenges head on.
The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) asks that you help put these recommendations to the test by taking its 2011 National Voice Survey! Click here to begin. We look forward to sharing our results with you later this year!

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As a Supporting Organization for the 2011 Charity Effectiveness Symposium, YNPN-NYC invites you to attend Master the New Normal. The event should be an incredible one this year – we hope to see you there!
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium VMastering the New NormalStrategies and Insights from Change Leaders

Where: Hosted By:  Baruch College School of Public Affairs (55 Lexington Avenue at 24th Street, 14th Floor)

When: February 22, 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon

Tickets are $25

Register here

Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard, March 5-6

Just heard about this from Stanford Social Innovation Review's monthly email list.
Harvard is hosting a Social Enterprise Conference from March 5-6, 2011.

http://www.socialenterpriseconference.org/event-registration

The Social Enterprise Conference hosts speakers and panelists with a wealth of knowledge and experience in innovative, cross-sectoral approaches to addressing social issues. Throughout the Conference, participants have opportunities to learn from experts, network, and explore a wide variety of career opportunities. The Conference is spread across two days, each with distinct style and content. We encourage you to attend both days, but you may find that one meets your needs or fits your schedule better than the other. This year's conference will feature:

• Two days of exciting social enterprise content
• 1,200 conference participants including students, alumni and professionals
• More than 100 panelists and speakers
• Approximately 30 panels on the latest topics in social enterprise
• A conference reception, small group lunches and workshops with leaders in the public, private and nonprofit fields
• Social Enterprise Career Fair
• Pitch for Change Business Plan Competition

Last year's conference was comprised of more than 400 professionals, 700 students and 100 speakers. Whether you are pursuing a career in the nonprofit or public sector, thinking about a socially-conscious business career, or planning to serve on the board of a social enterprise, the Social Enterprise Conference is for you!
Saturday Program        
Sunday Program

Women in finance - networking events

Check this out!
Happy networking,
Katharine

Y O U N G   W O M E N ' S   C O U N C I L
High Water Women's Young Women's Council (YWC) is presenting a two part series entitled "Women in Finance and an Introspective Look at Our Careers". What better way to kick off 2011 than furthering our careers by gaining a better understanding of how to present ourselves when it's our turn to brag (i.e. performance review time) and a focus on the role of our mentors and sponsors. PART I: Book Discussion: "Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn without Blowing It" by Peggy Klaus Date: Wednesday, February 16th  (rescheduled after snow storm) Time: 7 PM-8:30 PM Location: Midtown Wine Bar - Details TBA We look forward to a great discussion on how to "self-promote" in a sincere and effective way! This is a great introduction to Peggy Klaus' book, ahead of the April "Brag Party" hosted by Peggy for high school juniors from the Young Women's Leadership Schools. Reading the book before hand is definitely not necessary but is recommended.  Sign up now… we have a few seats left! RSVP to danielle.frissell@jpmorgan.com PART II: Round Table Discussion & Networking on the Harvard Business School Case Study: "Why Men Still Get More Promotions than Women" Date: Wednesday, February 23rd Time: 7 PM-9:00 PM Location: TBA Sponsorship versus mentorship? What's the difference? And why is it important to us as women? Meet us for a conversation on why sponsorship matters, especially for women. We look forward to your thoughts as well! A 10 minute interview with the author can be found here:  http://hbr.org/2010/09/why-men-still-get-more-promotions-than-women/ar/1 RSVP to danielle.frissell@jpmorgan.com
Visit our Facebook page - HWW Young Women's Council  To find out about additional events and  philanthropy opportunities, visit our parent organization, www.highwaterwomen.org

Feb 24 Digital Dumbo event

Techies of NY, check this out!
Happy networking,
Katharine

Come join us and Brooklyn-based behavioral data company, Saaspire, to celebrate the launch of its SaaS-based behavioral analytics tool, FocusLab, at Digital DUMBO on February 24th at 6:30pm. FocusLab was recently showcased at O'Reilly's Strata Conference, which covers emerging opportunities in Big Data. The SaaS-based tool enables web operators to visualize data and gain insights into user behavior. The event will feature a look into the affinities and motivations of visitors to RCRDLBL.com, a premier music destination for free, curated, legal, MP3 downloads from the hottest marquee and emerging artists. RCRDLBL is owned by Downtown Music, a record label that artists such as Gnarls Barkley, Cold War Kids, and Santigold call home. All Digital DUMBO attendees will receive free trial access to the FocusLab software and will be treated to music from DJ Ian Beck, who will be spinning hits from Downtown Music artists. As usual, there will be a free beer and wine bar!

You're Invited to Digital DUMBO Sponsored by Saaspire with Special Guest RCRDLBL Please join us for Digital DUMBO on February 24th! RSVP at EventBrite.
MapQuest Directions For directions to The DUMBO Loft, visit MapQuest.

Stay in Touch!

Facebook.com/DigitalDUMBO
DigitalDUMBO.com
@DigitalDUMBO

Feb 8-11 events in tech and innovation

Venture capitalist Charlie O'Donnell (www.thisisgoingtobebig.com) has one of the best events listings in NYC for innovation/tech/random cool startup stuff.  Check these out!
Happy networking,
Katharine Bierce


Tuesday, February 8th

9AM Health | Tech | Food

Health | Tech | Food is a space and time to innovate around the core health issues of New York through the lens of social technology. While social technology most frequently addresses the upper half of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we will explore how these same technologies can also serve greater societal needs, namely, our health.

RSVP: http://www.amiando.com/smwnyluminary.html


12PM How Social Commerce and Mobile Change the Way We Make Decisions and Shop

Technology is evolving in such a way that previously distinguishable digitalized information formats, services, applications, networks, and business models are blending in ways that reduce distinctions.  Objective: Highlight why and how  convergence is impacting marketing, advertising and sales. Provide a deeper dive into mobile and social commerce and what this means for brands.

RSVP: http://www.amiando.com/smwnysaatchi.html


3PM Gamify Me: How Game Mechanics Have Infiltrated Marketing

Winning points or badges, sitting atop a leader board and getting to the next level are all actions that we have grown accustomed to.  Now marketers are incorporating these activities to encourage desirable behavior.  We will talk about who is winning using game mechanics and how marketers can avoid getting blasted.  Editors note:  Here's a pretty simple rule...  Game mechanics are not a bolt on.  You can't just "add game mechanics" to something that wasn't designed to be a game in the first place.  If you read this line, you get 10 points.

RSVP: http://www.amiando.com/gamifyme.html


6PM Mashable's NextUp NYC

Mashable's fifth NextUp NYC focuses on the skills that news organizations will demand and the tools journalists will need to be successful as they redefine the way they report, produce and distribute their content.  Featuring Vadim Lavrusik, Community Manager & Social Media Strategist, Mashable, Jay Rosen, Journalism Professor, New York University & Blogger at PressThink.org, Queen of Journalistic Awesome Jenna Wortham, Technology Reporter, The New York Times, Drake Martinet, Associate Editor, D: All Things Digital/The Wall Street Journal Digital and Snowball Princess Laurie Segall, Money & Technology Reporter, CNN

RSVP: http://www.92y.org/shop/92Tri_event_detail.asp?category=92Tri+92YTribeca+talks888&productid=T-MM5LC60



6:30PM Social Impact & Social Media Panel: Jumo, Change.org and Idealist

For Social Media week, we're taking a special look at what social media is doing for causes. We'll be hosting a panel discussion from three of the major organizations using digital tools to have a social impact; representatives from Change.org, Idealist.org and Jumo will talk about the about the current state of social impact tools in the digital space, and what the future holds for using social media to promote causes and social good. The panel will also discuss issues such as "slacktivism" and the digital divide that affect social media based activism.

RSVP: http://www.grassrootscamp.org/events/16199522/



7PM NY Tech Meetup

We've got a bunch of awesome demos -- plus a brand new geektastic segment called "Hack of the Month" (co-produced by nyhacker.org).

Here's where it's at:

    * CollegeOnly - remember when Facebook was just for college students?
    * HonestlyNow - ask your friends what's best for you.
    * Consmr - yelp for consumer, packaged goods.
    * DontEat.At - what the resturaunts don't want you to know.
    * Hyperpublic - find the cool things around you.
    * Teaspiller - accountant finder, activated!
    * Proust - learn more about your family.
    * TinyPass - secure, quick access to premium content.


RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/16099499/



7PM Eats & Apps - A Food (App) Lovers’ Roundtable

Come join us for a mobile food app showcase featuring reps and founders of 8 innovative food and beverage apps.

Attendees will hear/learn more about the apps and interact with their teams in a social setting. This dinner will bring together those at the forefront of social food tech and food app enthusiasts for an evening of great food, drinks, and networking.

RSVP: http://eatsandapps.eventbrite.com/


Wednesday, February 9th

6:30PM Ignite NYC XI - The Emily Edition

This Ignite will feature three speakers named Emily, which I suppose isn't so improbable given that it was the 25th most popular baby name of the 1980's (I looked it up.)  These women were ahead of their time it seems... as Emily reigned supreme as the top name 1996-2007, well after they were born.  This is what happens when you get lost in the internet.  Where was I?  Oh, yeah...  something about presentations and a can't miss event.  If you don't know how cool Ignite is by now because you live under a rock, you probably shouldn't sign up.  Click below if you don't want to be a .  Tikva rocks.  Party on.

RSVP: http://ignitenycxi.eventbrite.com/


Thursday, February 10th

5:45PM NYEBN Startup Learning Series #3 - ProFounder & LivePerson

Startup Learning Series #3 features Dana Mauriello (Founder & President of ProFounder) & Robert LoCascio (Founder and CEO of LivePerson).  The topics listed are sort of general... but these are two really great folks, so I hope that shines through.

RSVP: http://www.ny-entrepreneur-network.com/events/16068755/


6PM Exploring Social Commerce

Discuss the emerging market of social commerce. Among the topics each company will cover are the technologies being created to serve the social e-commerce space, new emergent opportunities for sales conversion through social media, and the social e-promotion “GroupOn” phenomenon. Panel members will reflect on where social commerce originated from and they will dive into the trends, projections, and predictions of where it is going.

RSVP: http://www.amiando.com/smwnysocialamp.html



Friday, February 11th

12PM Cross-Mobile Brand Strategy

A discussion on how leading brands are utilizing mobile applications, mobile websites, and text messaging to activate their brand's regional and global social engagement strategies.  Format: 3-4 five minute presentations followed by a panel discussion with brands leading the way in the mobile space, moderated by Stefan Gromoll.

RSVP: http://www.amiando.com/dotgo.html


Saturday, February 12th

9AM Music Hack Day New York 2011 - Sponsored by the RIAA

Ok, so not really... but they should, right?  The goal of Music Hack Day is to explore and build the next generation of music applications. It's a full weekend of hacking in which participants will conceptualize, create and present their hacks in 24hrs. Anything goes as long as it's music related.

RSVP: http://nyc.musichackday.org/






Technicalities - Events for Developers


Monday, February 7th

6:30PM Hack and Tell Round 6

The format stays the same. 5 Minutes to show off your hack, your library, your visualization, your new programming language, whatever. After those 5 minutes, we the audience, get 5 minutes to pick your brain, give you feedback, tell you that we love it or hate it (we've been very successful so far!). Other than that, there are 2 rules: No Startup Pitches, and No Deckware.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/hack-and-tell/events/16078050/


Wednesday. February 9th


6PM A walk down NoSQL Lane in the cloud

The last two years have seen an explosion in alternate, non traditional and unorthodox data stores. Used to be that the only game in town was relational. That is no longer the case. Come stroll down NoSQL Lane and see which new players are available for consideration when selecting a new data store for your project. We will cover a number of products currently in production such as Riak, CouchDB, MongoDB, and Redis among others and explore ideas regarding how to pick the right one for your needs.

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/nyccloudcomputing/events/16007373/


7PM Introduction to Python for Experienced Programmers

So you've used C, C++, or Java, how do you leverage this knowledge when learning Python?

RSVP:  http://www.meetup.com/nycpython/events/16248585/

Great events in NYC this week

Check these out!
Happy networking,
Katharine
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You can also find the list of events online at http://newyork.garysguide.org/events

Monday, Feb 07 9:00am          Keynote David Eastman, JWT Worldwide North America CEO, Followed by Panel Social Gaming  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave #6 9:00am          Consumer Activism: A New Economy of Social Change, Hosted by Purpose  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 10:00am          Sustainable Flashmob, Hosted by Foodspotting and Whole Foods Market  Whole Foods Market, 95 East Houston St 12:00pm          Earned, Owned, Paid Media: Hosted by Microsoft  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave # 6 12:30pm          Beyond Blogspot: New Venues and Opportunities for Authors to Get the Word Out  Hachette, 466 Lexington Ave 13th Floor Atrium #237 1:00pm          Content & Conversations  Time & Life Building, 1271 E 6th St 6:00pm          Mobile Meets Social: Seamlessly Converting “Check-ins” to Check-Outs, Hosted by Taylor  Taylor Offices, Empire State Building 38th Floor 6:00pm          Relative Virality: How to Explode in Your Niche. Lessons Learned from the Jewish Market, Hosted by Causil  Sesame Workshop, 1900 Broadway 4th floor 6:00pm    $30      Git Ready: A 3 Hour Source Control Crash Course  New Work City, 412 Broadway 7:00pm          The Virtual Workspace: Breaking Down Cubes & Connecting the Dots  Wix Lounge, 10 West 18 St. 7:00pm          Hello? Is this thing on?, Hosted by Clear  Hive at 55, 55 Broad Street 13th floor 7:00pm          Oysterpedia - Have Your App and Eat It Too  The Mermaid Inn, 96 2nd Ave # 1 7:00pm    $10      Social Media Week: Inaugural GovGeeks & Drinks  New Work City, 412 Broadway   Tuesday, Feb 08 9:00am          Health - Tech - Food  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 9:00am          The Social Web – Have We Arrived?, Breakfast Hosted by Meebo  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave #6 10:00am          Is Three a Crowd? Getting the Most Out of Third-party and Social Giving Sites for Your Nonprofit, Hosted by Convio  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 11:00am          Future Library: Socializing History with Maps  The New York Public Library, 5th Avenue, 42nd Street 12:00pm          Convergence: How Social Commerce and Mobile Change the Way We Make Decisions and Shop, Hosted by Saatchi Wellness  Saatchi & Saatchi, 375 Hudson Street 2:00pm          Let Them Eat Tweets: Online Organizing for Real World Change  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 2:00pm          Gamify Me: How Game Mechanics are Infiltrating Brand Marketing, Hosted by JWT  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave # 6 4:00pm          The New Normal: 12 Driving Forces in Communications  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 5:30pm          High Art vs. The Masses: How the Art World is Embracing The Social Web  Gramercy Park Hotel, 2 Lexington Avenue 5:30pm          How I Did It: Financial Services Social Media Champions Tell Their Story  The BGK Group, 16 West 23rd St 5th floor Skylight Room 6:00pm    $30      When Publicly-Held Companies’ Free-Wheeling Social Media Collides with Disclosure Policies  McGraw-Hill, 1221 Ave. of the Americas 6:00pm          Metromix.com Social Media Week Mixer  Angels and Kings, 500 East 11th Street at Ave A 6:00pm    $15      Mashables NextUp NYC  92YTribeca Mainstage, 200 Hudson Street 6:30pm          NY Data Visualization Meetup: Social Visualizations  Dogpatch Labs, 36 E. 12th Street 2nd Floor 6:30pm    Free      Adverlytics - Tuesday February 8th 2011  Forum, 127 4th Ave 6:30pm    Free      Social Impact and Social Media Panel: Jumo, Change.org and Idealist  New Work City, 412 Broadway 2nd Floor 6:30pm    Free      Travel 2.0 Startup Discussion Meetup with Jetsetter  NYU Poly, 160 Varick Street 12th Floor 7:00pm    $10      February 2011 NY Tech Meetup  NYU Skirball Center‎ For The Performing Arts, 566 Laguardia Place, Manhattan 7:00pm    $5      Under30CEOnyc Social Media Week Meetup  Mc Ann's Bar and Grill, 3 West 46th St. upstairs 7:00pm    $20      Be Your Own Boss: Intro to Entrepreneurship with Urban Girl Squad  In Good Company, 16 W 23rd St 7:00pm          Open Angel Forum - New York #4  Venue, TBD   Wednesday, Feb 09 7:30am    Free      Wix.com Social Media Collective  Wix Lounge, 10 W. 18th st 2nd Floor 7:30am    Free      TV Goes Social  CresaPartners Center, 100 Park Ave. 23rd Fl. 8:00am    $195      Financial Services Social Communications Leadership Forum  New York University Midtown Campus, 11 West 42nd Street Room 1027 9:00am    $50      Social Media Camp NY  Roger Smith Hotel, Lexington Ave & E 47th St 12:00pm          Innovation Showcase: Social Media in Higher Education presented by McGraw-Hill Education & GradeGuru.com  Auditorium, 1221 Ave of the Americas 12:30pm          WikiLeaks and Online Civil Disobedience  Hearst Tower, 300 W 57th St 1:00pm          Live from the British Librarys Business & IP Centre: Inspiring Entrepreneurs: The Power of Social Media  Science Industry and Business Library, Room 14/15 6:00pm          Social Media, The New Weight Watcher / Supporting and Building Athletes  Jack Rabbits Sports, 151 7th Avenue 6:00pm          Adweek Media and JWT Present ‘Defend the Tweet’  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave # 6 6:00pm    Free      Web Analytics Wednesday: NYC  Houndstooth Pub, 520 8th Ave, 6:30pm    Free      I Heart PRNewser Cocktail Party in NY  The Hill, 416 3rd Avenue 6:30pm    $10      Ignite NYC XI  Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn 6:30pm    $20      Engineering Viral Media  NYU Stern, 44 W. 4th Street 7:00pm          NYC Amazon Web Services User Group Monthly Meetup  Roots & Vines, 409 Grand Street 7:00pm          Social Media Influencers Party  Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard St 9:00pm          Freddie Laker Head of Digital Strategy in Asia for Sapient Nitro/ Social Media Across the Pond  Hearst, 300 W 57th Street   Thursday, Feb 10 7:30am    $395      ANA TV & Everything Video Forum  Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street At Grand Central Terminal 8:00am    Free      The New York Open Coffee Club Meetup  Taralucci e Vino, 15 East 18th Street 8:30am          It’s 2011…How’s Your Facebook Strategy Doing? -- Hosted by Ogilvy360 Digital Influence and Buddy Media  Ogilvy, 636 11th Avenue 9:00am          The Rise of the Movement Entrepreneur  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 9:00am          Tips to Build Brand Relationships Amidst the Social Media Clutter, Hosted by MTV & Text 100  Art & Culture Hub @ Hearst Tower, 300 W 57th Street 11:30am          Open UN: Engagement in the Age of Real-Time, Hosted by United Nations Global Pulse  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 11:30am          DMCNY February Luncheon: Digital Marketing 2011  Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Ave 12:00pm          From Borges to Lost: How Narrative Went Nonlinear with Frank Rose, Author of The The Art of Immersion  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave # 6 1:00pm          Social Books: How Social Media is Changing the Writing, Reading and Promotion of Books  The Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street 5:30pm    $15      NYC Startup Event - Featuring ProFounder & LivePerson (2/10)  Select Office Suites Conference Room, 116 West 23rd street 5th Floor 6:00pm          NYC Economic Business Update: Learn What NYC is Doing to Grow & Retain Business in the Region  Fordham University's Lowenstein Building, 113 West 60th Street (9th Avenue) 12th Floor Lounge 6:00pm          Exploring Social Commerce  NYU Polytech Incubator, 160 Varick Street 6:00pm          OBLITERATI: Social Media Week 2011  Sweet & Vicious, 5 Spring Street 6:00pm    Free      Digital Identity Meetup Monthly Meetup  Ace Hotel Bar Breslin, 20 W 29th Street 6:00pm          Digital Divas - Social Media meets Fashion Week  The Empire Room, 350 Fifth Avenue @ 33rd Street 6:00pm    $50      Wharton Green Networking/ Dinner Event  Wyndham Worldwide LEED Silver Headquarters, 22 Sylvan Way, Parsippany 6:30pm          Social Media Week Bigscreen LittleScreen: Web Series Meet Twitter  Digitas, 355 Park Avenue South 4th Floor 6:30pm          SUXORZ: The Worst Social Media Advertising of 2010, Hosted by Blogads  The Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street 6:30pm    $20      DigitalFlashNYC exclusive Social Media Week Event: Who Owns Social?  Fifth Ave Loft, 78 Fifth Ave 10th floor, NY   Friday, Feb 11 8:00am          Tower of Babel - v2.0 - How to Reach Global Audiences With Multi-lingual Video  Science and Technology Hub at Google, 76 Ninth Avenue 9:00am          Rise of Mobile Publishing Keynote with MB Christie, FT.com, Followed by Panel: Check In or Check Out  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave # 6 9:30am          Media Jam NYC  SAE Institute NYC, 1293 Broadway 9th floor 10:00am          Citizen Cartographer Workshop: Tracing 19th Century Manhattan, Hosted by The New York Public Library  Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Astor Hall, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street 12:00pm          Social Philanthropy  The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street 12:00pm          Cross-Mobile Brand Strategy, Hosted by DOTGO  JWT, 466 Lexington Ave # 6 5:00pm          The Jazz Social  Whole Foods Market, 95 East Houston St   Saturday, Feb 12 9:00am    Free      Music Hack Day New York 2011  General Assembly, 902 Broadway 3:00pm    Free      Plovgh Party  Veronica People's Club, 105 Franklin Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn