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Welcome to The Press List, our weekly newsletter alerting you to upcoming media events worth knowing about. April is off to an unsurprisingly rainy start, but with all the media and digital events happening this week, there's no reason to let that rain on your party parade.
Tuesday is shaping up to be the busiest day of the week, with a full slate of day and night events: If you've got an extra $1,000 to spend (and who doesn't these days?) check out Ad Age's Digital Advertising conference. The two-day event focused on technology, social media and the new face of online advertising will bring together digital marketing industry moguls including New York Times Media Group's Denise Warren, Unilever's Simon Clift, Verizon Communication's John Stratton and Yahoo! Inc.'s David Katz for panels, Q&A, networking and a digital advertising awards ceremony.
Then, start Tuesday evening at the "Creating a Media Company for the 21st Century" panel, where Wallstrip.com co-founders and CBS Interactive executive producers Adam Elend and Jeff Marks will offer strategies for navigating the changing technology and the economic conditions. Afterward, get social networking insights at 92Y Tribeca, with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in conversation with BusinessWeek editor-in-chief Steven J. Adler. Finally, end the night at GelfMagazine.com's Media Circus (not to be confused with Mediabistro Circus) for the meta-est talk we've gotten wind of in a while: Jeff Bercovici of Portfolio.com, Gawker's Hamilton Nolan, and author and media writer Seth Mnookin discussing how the press covers and consumes itself. Echo chamber, anyone?
Last week, New York's female techies were in the spotlight at the relaunch party of the NY Girls In Tech chapter, aimed at empowering women working in the male-dominated technology field. Despite the name, the coed group's guest list included Mashable's Brett Petersel, 33 Million People in the Room author Juliette Powell, and The New York Observer's Gillian Reagan. In addition, the largely agency-centric PSFK conference covered trends in innovation, and started with a speakers' cocktail mixer Wednesday night where panelists Sean Khozin of Hello Health, TreeHugger's Graham Hill, and Parsons' Simon Collins mingled over wine and cheese.
We'll be back next Monday to forecast which upcoming media events you'll want to know about, and report all that went down at the prior week's hottest happenings. Be sure to check out 'Conferences, Etc.' and 'Beyond New York' for media events beyond the five boroughs in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C...
Monday April 6, 2009
The Bread Winner Documentary Screening
Screening of a documentary about a boy in Afghanistan
Host: Foreign Policy Association
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6:30pm, Monday, April 6
Where: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York
Tuesday April 7, 2009
Social Media Essentials For PR
A panel on digital public relations strategies
Host: mediabistro.com, PRNewser
Access: Tickets available for purchase
Previous/Expected Guests: John Abel, Lane Buschel, David Binkowski, Joe Ciarallo, Jason Chupick
When: 7pm-9pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, New York
Captains of Industry
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in conversation with Stephen J. Adler
Host: 92Y Tribeca
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 8pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York
GelfMagazine.com's Media Circus
Not to be confused with the Mediabistro Circus, this is a discussion featuring media writers Jeff Bercovici, Hamilton Nolan and Seth Mnookin
Host: GelfMagazine.com
Access:Open to the public -- RSVP not required
When: 7:30 pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: JLA Studios, 63 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, New York
Get Digital Social Media Networking Party
Technology, media, entertainment, and social media networking event
Host: Shelly Palmer, Jeff Pulver
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP not required
When: 6:30pm-8:30pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: New World Stages, 340 W. 50th Street, New York
Creating A Media Company For The 21st Century
Panel focusing on the tools needed to create a successful media company
Host: For Your Imagination Studios
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6pm-8pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: For Your Imagination Studios, 22 W. 27th Street, New York
High Speed Networking NYC
Fast-paced networking event
Host: Networking for Professionals
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6:30pm-8:30pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: Techspace, 41 E. 11th Street, 11th Floor, New York
How To Figure Out What You Want When Changing Careers Spark Speak: Andrew Berger on Trademarking and Copywriting Issues Car Girls Book Signing And Party Dating Event And Book Launch Boardroom Breakfast With Avon's Geralyn R. Breig Jim Breuer at Comix The Talent XChange - Fashion Show And Network Launch Ad Age Digital Conference 2009 BrainStorm Chicago Min Day Digital Summit: Monetizing Your Media Brand Online Bookmaking Bootcamp: Children's Picture Book, Gift Books, and Art Books mediabistro.com Cocktail Party in Atlanta Shakers and Stirrers Santa Monica Shakers and Stirrers Atlanta Shakers and Stirrers Miami Pump Up Your Facebook Strategy And Your Business
A free teleclass series for aspiring career changers
Host: Annemarie Segaric
Access:
Open to the public -- RSVP required
Previous/Expected Guests:
When: 8:30pm-9:30pm, Tuesday, April 7
Legal seminar for graphic designers
Host: Spark
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP required
When: 6:30pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: Office of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, 900 Third Avenue, New York
Cocktails and meet and greet with photographer Jacqueline Hassink for the release of her new monograph, Car Girls
Host: Aperture Foundation
Access:Open to the public -- RSVP not required
When: 6pm-8pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, New YorkWednesday April 8, 2009
Book presentation and mixer with Rachel Greenwald, author of Why He Didn't Call You Back: 1,000 Guys Reveal What They Really Thought About You After Your Date
Host: YourTango.com
Access:Tickets available for purchase
When: 6:30-9:30pm, Wednesday, April 8
Where: M1-5 Lounge, 52 Walker Street, New YorkThursday April 9, 2009
Advertising Women of New York talk featuring Geralyn R. Breig, SVP and president, North America, Avon Products, Inc.
Host: Advertising Women of New York, The New York Times
Access: Tickets available for purchase
Previous/Expected Guests: Geralyn R. Breig
When: 7:45am-9:30am, Thursday, April 9
Where: The New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, 15th Floor, New York
Stand-up comedy from Saturday Night Live veteran Jim Breuer
Host: Comix
Access:Tickets available for purchase
When: 8pm, Thursday, April 9
Where: Comix, 353 W. 14th Street, New York
Fashion show and launch of TheTalentXchange.com, a Web site for professionals in the entertainment industry
Host: The Talent XChange
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6pm, Thursday, April 9
Where: Duvet, 45 W. 21st Street, New YorkConferences, etc.
Two-day conference for design, marketing, advertising, customer service and brand professionals
Host: Ad Age
Access: Tickets available for purchase
Previous/Expected Guests: Sheryl Sandberg, Simon Clift, John Stratton, Fred Wilson, Tim Kring, Michelle Azar, Josh Weiss, Bob Kraut
When: Tuesday, April 7-Wednesday April 8
Where: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th Street, New York
Four days of networking and training courses for business process management professionals
Host: Business Process Management Institute
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: Monday, April 6-Thursday, April 9
Where: Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 E. North Water Street, Chicago
One-day essential gathering of consumer and b2b media leaders with a stake in emedia
Host: Min
Access: Tickets available for purchase
Previous/Expected Guests: Geoff Ramsey, Brenda White, Jim Spanfeller, Robin Steinberg, Jeff DeBalko, Christine Cook, Brandon Holley, Christy Tanner, Roy Schwartz, Todd Haskel, Amanda Kanaga
When: Wednesday, April 22
Where: Grand Hyatt, Park Avenue at Grand Central Terminal
New York
Four-session children's book production workshop
Host: Kris Waldherr Art and Words Gallery
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: Tuesday, April 7-Tuesday, April 28
Where: Kris Waldherr Art and Words Gallery, 1501 Newkirk Avenue, BrooklynBeyond New York
Drinks and conversation for media professionals
Host: mediabistro.com
Access: Open to media/press -- RSVP required
When: 6pm-8pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: Spice Market, 188 14th Street N.E., Atlanta, GA
Network and mingle with top professionals
Host: Networking for Professionals
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6:30pm-8:30pm, Tuesday, April 7
Where: Air Conditioned, 2819 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA
Network and mingle with top professionals
Host: Networking For Professionals
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 5:30pm-7:30pm, Wednesday, April 8
Where: Eclipse di Luna, 4505 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA
Network and mingle with top professionals
Host: Networking For Professionals
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6pm-8pm, Wednesday, April 8
Where: Novecento, 1414 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL
Workshop to build the ultimate business Facebook page
Host: In The Moment Computing
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6pm-9pm, Friday, April 9
Where: Hobee's Pruneyard, 1875 S. Bascom Ave #190, Campbell, CA
