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Here Comes the Event Planner

This past Saturday was my sister’s bachelorette party in Philadelphia, and consequently my first venture as an event planner. As the maid of honor it was my responsibility to organize the night. After months of working at Convene, and hours of … Continue reading

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The Heart of a City

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One of the first interviews I conducted when I began working as an editor for Convene four years ago was with Fred Kent, founder of the Project for Public Spaces in New York City, and one of the liveliest minds … Continue reading

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Not-So-Great GoogaMooga: When Inaugural Events are Bashed on the Internet

The weather was ideal for the inaugural Great GoogaMooga, the first ever “foodie festival” in Brooklyn on May 19-20. But most attendees would say this was the only thing that was ideal. Glitches are to be expected with any inaugural event, however … Continue reading

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Lessons from ‘Lost’

Jimmy Wales wasn’t at the 2010 Media Summit in NYC this week to talk about Wikipedia, the giant, user-created encyclopedia he created nearly a decade ago. Instead Wales – joined by Internet all-stars including Caterina Fake, the founder of Flickr … Continue reading

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