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Hey there Media Leaders,

We’re excited to be back in NYC for another networking event. We’re excited to mingle and meetup with 100+ of our closest friends in marketing, advertising and tech as we all make new connections. There will be cocktails, socializing and mingling with key influencers. We hope you can join us and be a part of the group.

Watch this video to learn more:

This event uses these twitter hashtag: #MLNYC

EVENT DETAILS:
Where: Pranna Restaurant – 79 Madison Ave # 2, New York, NY 10016-7800
When: Wednesday, October 19th @ 7:00-10:00PM
Happy Hour: Draught Beer— $5, Bottled Beer— $6, Wine— $7 (Sélection of Red & White), Pranna Signature Cocktail — $8
Who: See who’s attending

Three ways to get the most out of this networking event

See Who’s Attending (And Then )

Sarah Maxwell
Margorie Kase

See what people are saying:

Really enjoyed the @MediaLeaders event in Santa Monica tonight! Met some great people

July 12, 2011 8:14 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@AILEENwithitt

Aileen Xu

had a blast meeting everyone at the @MediaLeaders event tonight @ xino :) thx @joshochs

July 12, 2011 10:14 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@binxie

Bianca Chan

@MediaLeaders As usual, made a great series of new contacts and hopefully a couple of them will bite for some #HTML5 sites and apps.

July 12, 2011 11:03 pm via Twitter for AndroidReplyRetweetFavorite

@datatv

Adam Bell

London was great – lots of entrepreneurs! RT @MediaLeaders: How did everyone like tonight’s networking event? #MediaLeaders #london

July 13, 2011 12:24 am via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@Hampstead17

Nora Rothrock

@MediaLeaders The event in London was very good.. well done Sue for putting on a great event.

July 13, 2011 1:39 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@SWrighty777

Simon Wright

Last nights @MediaLeaders event in Santa Monica, CA was a HIT! So many great professionals attended! Im Making things happen! Are you? #LA

July 13, 2011 6:03 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@GiovanniFerro

GiovanniFerro

*Raising hand* Good times, great contacts! RT @MediaLeaders: Who attended one of our #MediaLeaders networking events last night? Which one?

July 13, 2011 3:24 pm via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite

@BreeintheCity

Queen Bree

@MediaLeaders and @JoshOchs, thank you for the awesome networking event last night #Xino. Great people!

July 13, 2011 4:15 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@BarbaraBraghin

Barbara Braghin

@LocalizeAustin is what great to meet you yesterday! Thanks for your hard work putting the event together, it was awesome! #mlatx

July 14, 2011 7:04 am via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@monazu

Rishi Patel

Great Media Leaders event last night! #mlatx – Was like a reunion for all of us @Hi5Mobile! Oh What a Night!

July 14, 2011 4:34 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@SierraMcMillan

Sierra McMillan

This is an amazing event!!! #MLRaleigh Meeting interesting, creative people. Thanks @MediaLeaders

July 12, 2011 4:38 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@kriselie

Kriselie

Great people. Great discussions. Great place. @SpyRaleigh. @MediaLeaders. #MLRaleigh (@ Spy Raleigh w/ @bmcd67) [pic]: http://4sq.com/qJcjuM

July 12, 2011 4:44 pm via foursquareReplyRetweetFavorite

@IanGertler

Ian Gertler

Going to @medialeaders at @spyraleigh tonight was totally worth it to see @jfmecca @1918 and THAT Eddie! cc: @brandonpierce #mlraleigh

July 12, 2011 6:07 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@dhatfield

danielle hatfield

Having a great time at @medialeaders networking event with @BarbaraBraghin

July 12, 2011 7:26 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@SimonaClapan

Simona Clapan

Having a great time with fellow techies @MediaLeaders event! http://twitpic.com/5pcsef @ttcrebekah

July 12, 2011 8:00 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@jimbo2go

James Iliff

Hello Media Leaders,

Thank you to the 1,156+ professionals that registered for our July multi-city networking event series. Together we networked in 6 cities, 4 time zones, 2 countries and thousands of real-life (and digital) connections.

Please see some of our favorite tweets below, along with a list of everyone registered for the event.

Apply here to host an event in your city in October 2011

Join our mailing list to stay updated on future events in your city.

This is an amazing event!!! #MLRaleigh Meeting interesting, creative people. Thanks @MediaLeaders

July 12, 2011 4:38 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@kriselie

Kriselie

Great people. Great discussions. Great place. @SpyRaleigh. @MediaLeaders. #MLRaleigh (@ Spy Raleigh w/ @bmcd67) [pic]: http://4sq.com/qJcjuM

July 12, 2011 4:44 pm via foursquareReplyRetweetFavorite

@IanGertler

Ian Gertler

Going to @medialeaders at @spyraleigh tonight was totally worth it to see @jfmecca @1918 and THAT Eddie! cc: @brandonpierce #mlraleigh

July 12, 2011 6:07 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@dhatfield

danielle hatfield

Having a great time at @medialeaders networking event with @BarbaraBraghin

July 12, 2011 7:26 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@SimonaClapan

Simona Clapan

Having a great time with fellow techies @MediaLeaders event! http://twitpic.com/5pcsef @ttcrebekah

July 12, 2011 8:00 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@jimbo2go

James Iliff

Really enjoyed the @MediaLeaders event in Santa Monica tonight! Met some great people

July 12, 2011 8:14 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@AILEENwithitt

Aileen Xu

had a blast meeting everyone at the @MediaLeaders event tonight @ xino :) thx @joshochs

July 12, 2011 10:14 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@binxie

Bianca Chan

@MediaLeaders As usual, made a great series of new contacts and hopefully a couple of them will bite for some #HTML5 sites and apps.

July 12, 2011 11:03 pm via Twitter for AndroidReplyRetweetFavorite

@datatv

Adam Bell

London was great – lots of entrepreneurs! RT @MediaLeaders: How did everyone like tonight’s networking event? #MediaLeaders #london

July 13, 2011 12:24 am via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@Hampstead17

Nora Rothrock

@MediaLeaders The event in London was very good.. well done Sue for putting on a great event.

July 13, 2011 1:39 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@SWrighty777

Simon Wright

Last nights @MediaLeaders event in Santa Monica, CA was a HIT! So many great professionals attended! Im Making things happen! Are you? #LA

July 13, 2011 6:03 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@GiovanniFerro

GiovanniFerro

*Raising hand* Good times, great contacts! RT @MediaLeaders: Who attended one of our #MediaLeaders networking events last night? Which one?

July 13, 2011 3:24 pm via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite

@BreeintheCity

Queen Bree

@MediaLeaders and @JoshOchs, thank you for the awesome networking event last night #Xino. Great people!

July 13, 2011 4:15 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@BarbaraBraghin

Barbara Braghin

@LocalizeAustin is what great to meet you yesterday! Thanks for your hard work putting the event together, it was awesome! #mlatx

July 14, 2011 7:04 am via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@monazu

Rishi Patel

Great Media Leaders event last night! #mlatx – Was like a reunion for all of us @Hi5Mobile! Oh What a Night!

July 14, 2011 4:34 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@SierraMcMillan

Sierra McMillan

Congratulations to our winners of the @PopChipsLA giveaway:

Congrats @IanGertler & @JeffTippett for winning 6 mo’s of @PopChipsLA! DM us ur email addys so we can award prizes!

July 15, 2011 2:37 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@MediaLeaders

Media Leaders

Here’s what they tweeted after the event

Attended awesome @MediaLeaders event at @SpyRaleigh. Won 6 months of @PopchipsLA. Just arrived. #ChipperWednesday http://instagr.am/p/IpVXV/

July 27, 2011 7:40 am via InstagramReplyRetweetFavorite

@IanGertler

Ian Gertler

My 6-month supply of @popchips just arrived. Thanks @medialeaders for the prize! http://instagr.am/p/IpFGW/

July 27, 2011 6:20 am via InstagramReplyRetweetFavorite

@JeffTippett

Jeff Tippett

Here’s a list of all attendees at our July 2011 International Networking Events:

(Register here for an event in your city, or join our mailing list)

Hey there Media Leaders,

It’s been almost a year since our last NYC networking event. We’re excited to get back to our roots and meetup with 100 of our closest friends in marketing, advertising and tech as we all make new connections and discuss the state of the industry. There will be cocktails, socializing and mingling with key influencers.

Register here | Our Invite Committee | Our Partners | The Venue | See Who’s Attending | What To Expect (video) | What People Are Saying

Watch this video to learn more:

This event uses these twitter hashtags:
#MediaLeaders #NYC

EVENT DETAILS:
Where: LexBar at St Giles – The Court Hotel
130 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016 [Map]
When: Tuesday, July 19th @ 7:00-10:00PM
Who: See who’s attending
Drink Specials: Special thanks to Lex Bar for letting us save $3 on each Jalapeno Margarita

See Who’s Attending (And Then )

See Who’s Attending (And Then )

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING INVITE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Harper Spero
Client Loyalty Representative – Buddy Media
@harper22s Follow @harper22s

Maureen Sheehy
Senior Associate, Marketing – Sapient
@moes2 Follow @moes2

Allison Hertzberg
Project Manager, Fashion Division – Avon
@yoursweetASH Follow @yoursweetASH

Cara Dorgan
Project Manager, LinkedIn
@cdshortandtweet Follow @cdshortandtweet

Laura Swofford
Production Coordinator- 360i
@lauraswofford Follow @lauraswofford

Ashley Hillis
Independent Social Media Consultant
@ashleyhillis Follow @ashleyhillis

See what people are saying:

@nburgwin said: “when the GM of The @GranvilleRoom said, ‘you’re reaching capacity’ – we knew it was a success!”

@Fairlite said: “loving the #medialeaders event!! thanks #vancouver for the amazing turnout!”

@dennispang said: “Skipping accounting class for the #MediaLeaders #Vancouver event. It could easily be the best choice I’ve made this week”

@amymwallace said: “Good turnout for #MediaLeaders #Raleigh! I am loving the rasp. wheat beer (@ Isaac Hunters w/ 4 others)”

Our Partners

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Thank you to the over 650 attendees that RSVP’ed for the second MediaLeaders nationwide event on March 9th, 2010. Your peers gathered from NYC, Austin, San Francisco and Los Angeles.  You brought your business cards and mingled with influencers passionate about changing the way the industry works.

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Thank you to the over 1,200 attendees that RSVP’ed for the first ever MediaLeaders nationwide event on January 26th, 2010. Your peers gathered from NYC, Raleigh, Austin, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles.  You brought your business cards and mingled with influencers passionate about changing the way the industry works.

We learned a lot from this set of events.  Here are some highlights that we have divided into awards.

AWARD FOR BEST SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY: RALEIGH

Congrats to our newest city, Raleigh, NC. In just FOUR hours the Raleigh community pushed over 55 retweets and accumulated over 100 RSVP’s on the main website. Even now, after three weeks, the Raleigh Media Leaders page has been retweeted over 140 times and it has received a Topsy “Top 5K” badge. This is an unprecedented outcome and Raleigh memebers proved to be the most viral out of the national group (That’s right LA, SF and NYC, they beat you BIG TIME…)

AWARD FOR BEST ATTENDANCE: LA

This award is granted to Los Angeles. With over 250 RSVP’s on the guest list, not even afternoon rain could keep the Angelinos from packing the Venice Beach location. Attendees were mingling and trading business cards in all sorts of the bars nooks and crannies while chatting up mobile applications and blogging technologies.

AWARD FOR BEST VOLUNTEERS: BOSTON

Congrats to Boston who printed their own brochures/flyers to greet their guests as they entered the venue. Their creativity and ambition made everyone ask for a date when they could volunteer for the next event.

AWARD FOR BEST LEADERSHIP: AUSTIN

Congrats to the Austin team who successfully led the troops and gathered an impressive lineup of followers. Keep the momentum, you might be our headquarters city for the next event during SXSW.

AWARD FOR BEST VIEW: CHICAGO

Congrats to Chicago who had the best view of the surrounding cityscape. They packed the 33rd floor of the W-Hotel Whiskey Sky Bar and mingled with other professionals till the wee hours of the night.

AWARD FOR MOST LAST MINUTE RSVP’s: SF

Congratulations to San Francisco members who were spreading the word last minute and managed to grab an additional 50 attendees in the last few hours.

Here’s some stats for all you geeks out there:

• This event gathered over 870 mentions of the #medialeaders hashtags over the past 7 days (That’s almost 124 mentions/day)
• Over 274 contributors helped spread the word on twitter
• Over 75% of the retweets were LOCATION TARGETED (They used a city specific tag #raleigh #la #chicago #boston #austin #nyc #sf)

Check out the facebook events all happening at the same time:

This event uses these twitter hashtags: #MediaLeaders #NYC

Bring your business cards to take part in a cutting edge junction of leaders in PR, media, marketing, advertising and tech while discussing current events and new ideas. We are a group of influencers that come together to exchange and thrive on meeting new people and making lasting connections.
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EVENT DETAILS:

Where: W-Hotel Union Square (Olives Lounge)
201 Park Avenue South, New York, NY
When: Tues. Jan 26th @7-9PM
Who: See who’s attending
RSVP on Facebook (Optional)
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RSVP HERE: (Mobile friendly)

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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING LEADERS:
Michelle Fine-Smith, National Consumer Sales Manager, Variety Magazine
Roxie Karpen, Product Manager, Harris Interactive
Leanne Maciel, Assistant Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble
Sandi Hemmerlein, Former VP of Marketing, Razor & Tie
Sarah Goodnow, Senior Account Manager, Civic Entertainment Group
Derek Smith, VP of Business Dev & Co-Founder, Alcove Networks (@Smitdel)
Lisbeth Kramer, Fashion & Luxury Goods Branding Consultant, Identities

OPTIONAL RSVP ON FACEBOOK (OFFICIAL RSVP Here)

SEE WHO’S ATTENDING (RSVP Here)
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Republished from the brilliant Guy Kawasaki.

Searching for a job can suck if you constrain yourself to the typical tools such as online jobs boards, trade publications, CraigsList, and networking with only your close friends. In these kinds of times, you need to use all the weapons that you can, and one that many people don’t—or at least don’t use to the fullest extent, is LinkedIn.

LinkedIn has over thirty-five million members in over 140 industries. Most of them are adults, employed, and not looking to post something on your Wall or date you. Executives from all the Fortune 500 companies are on LinkedIn. Most have disclosed what they do, where they work now, and where they’ve worked in the past. Talk about a target-rich environment, and the service is free.

Here are ten tips to help use LinkedIn to find a job. If you know someone who’s looking for a job, forward them these tips along with an invitation to connect on LinkedIn. Before trying these tips, make sure you’ve filled out your profile and added at least twenty connections

1. Get the word out. Tell your network that you’re looking for a new position because a job search these days requires the “law of big numbers” There is no stigma that you’re looking right now, so the more people who know you’re looking, the more likely you’ll find a job. Recently, LinkedIn added “status updates” which you can use to let your network know about your newly emancipated status.

2. Get LinkedIn recommendations from your colleagues. A strong recommendation from your manager highlights your strengths and shows that you were a valued employee. This is especially helpful if you were recently laid off, and there is no better time to ask for this than when your manager is feeling bad because she laid you off. If you were a manager yourself, recommendations from your employees can also highlight leadership qualities.

3. Find out where people with your backgrounds are working. Find companies that employ people like you by doing an advanced search for people in your area who have your skills. For example, if you’re a web developer in Seattle, search profiles in your zip code using keywords with your skills (for example, JavaScript, XHTML, Ruby on Rails) to see which companies employ people like you.

4. Find out where people at a company came from. LinkedIn “Company Profiles” show the career path of people before they began work there. This is very useful data to figure out what a company is looking for in new hires. For example, Microsoft employees worked at Hewlett-Packard and Oracle.

5. Find out where people from a company go next. LinkedIn’s “Company Profiles” also tell you where people go after leaving the company. You can use this to track where people go after leaving your company as well as employees of other companies in your sector. (You could make the case that this feature also enables to figure out which companies to avoid, but I digress.)

6. Check if a company is still hiring. Company pages on LinkedIn include a section called “New Hires” that lists people who have recently joined the company. If you have real chutzpah, you can ask these new hires how they got their new job. At the very least you can examine their backgrounds to surmise what made them attractive to the new employer.

7. Get to the hiring manager. LinkedIn’s job search engine allows you to search for any kind of job you want. However, when you view the results, pay close attention to the ones that you’re no more than two degrees away from. This means that you know someone who knows the person that posted the job—it can’t get much better than that. (Power tip: two degrees is about the limit for getting to hiring managers. I never help friends of friends of friends.) Another way to find companies that you have ties to is by looking at the “Companies in Your Network” section on LinkedIn’s Job Search page.

8. Get to the right HR person. The best case is getting to the hiring manager via someone who knows him, but if that isn’t possible you can still use LinkedIn to find someone inside the company to walk your resume to the hiring manager or HR department. When someone receives a resume from a coworker even if she doesn’t know the coworker, she almost always pays attention to it.

9. Find out the secret job requirements. Job listings rarely spell out entirely or exactly what a hiring manager is seeking. Find a connection at the company who can get the inside scoop on what really matters for the job. You can do this by searching for the company name; the results will show you who in your network connects you to the company. If you don’t have an inside connection, look at profiles of the people who work at the company to get an idea of their backgrounds and important skills.

10. Find startups to join. Maybe this recession is God telling you it’s time to try a startup. But great startups are hard to find. Play around with LinkedIn’s advanced search engine using “startup” or “stealth” in the keyword or company field. You can also narrow by industry (for example, startups in the Web 2.0, wireless, or biotech sectors). If large companies can’t offer “job security,” open up your search to include startups.

11. Build your network before you need it. As a last tip, no matter how the economy or your career is doing, having a strong network is a good form of job security. Don’t wait until times are tough to nurture your network. The key to networking (or “schmozing”), however, is filled with counter-intuitiveness. First, it’s not who you know—it’s who knows of you. Second, Great schmoozers are not thinking “What can this person do for me?” To the contrary, they are thinking, “What can I do for this person?” For more on schmoozing, read “The Art of Schmoozing.”

By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Job-seeking in this 21st century recession may just have gone viral and mobile.

Since the start of the recession in December 2007, about 6.7 million workers have been laid off according to latest statistics — at a time the popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have exploded, drawing millions of users per day.

As these sites continue to alter social and cultural landscapes, they are also transforming the job search process, enabling more and more people to connect with potential employers, promote their own skills, set up support groups and search for job leads and contacts.

“Mobile technology and social networking has shifted the whole job search paradigm,” said Susan Joyce, editor of Job-Hunt.Org, a site offering online job search tips. “You don’t need to stay glued to your phone or computer at home anymore.”

With mobile devices playing a bigger role in the social networking phenomenon, any job hopeful with a Web-connected or smartphone can now compose resumes, view job listings and contact prospective employers on the go.

Joyce suggests creating a resume through popular networking site LinkedIn — a business networking site that lets users create a profile, list skills, work history, employment goals and contact details — is among the more secure ways to compile a resume online.

It can be done via Research in Motion Ltd’s Blackberry device or Apple Inc’s iPhone, she added.

“The LinkedIn Profile is really the resume of the future,” Joyce said. “The ‘resume’ on LinkedIn is really the standard LinkedIn Profile, but it’s very popular with recruiters looking for good candidates.

“You could build your whole LinkedIn presence from any Web-enabled phone.”

There are any number of job-search applications — downloadable programs for your phone — available for the iPhone, for instance, including one piloted by recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash. Others pool information on jobs in travel and in education, among other sectors.

GETTING CREATIVE

With jobs still scarce, many hopefuls are getting creative about getting noticed. Many have begun using Twitter — a microblogging service that allows users to send 140-character messages at a time — to get the word out.

A career is unlikely to be launched on Twitter alone, but candidates are increasingly “tweeting” or posting messages to outline their skills, experiences and career goals. They are pasting links to their resumes on the micro-blogging service.

People can also use Twitter to follow recruiters or companies of interest and learn of networking events.

Job seekers have gotten job leads and tips on networking events that they otherwise would have missed, had it not been for their Twitter or Facebook account.

“It’s really helped in these hard times. You have a much easier time finding job and networking events. And every time I go to one of these events, I add at least one connection,” said Nilo Sarraf, who was laid off from Yahoo Inc recently and formed a Silicon Valley online networking group called Layoffs Cafe at www.meetup.com/Layoffs-cafe/.

Layoffs Cafe is one of several online support groups that have sprung up during the downturn, tipping off job seekers where physical networking events are taking place.

Chris Hutchins, a former management and business strategy consultant in Silicon Valley, launched LaidOffCamp as the online component to offline events.

“We focus on organizing events for people who are unemployed,” said Hutchins, noting there have been about 11 “LaidOff Camps” set up around the country, drawing anywhere from 100 to 600 participants who attend panels on topics such as how to live on a budget, how to develop a personal brand and how to find a job in the current market.

“We spent no dollars on marketing. If it weren’t for social media and blogs, Laidoff Camp wouldn’t exist,” he said.

While candidates these days are taking advantage of to easily access job information, one of the downsides, according to job seekers and employment experts, is managing the data.

“It can be overwhelming. It’s hard to weed out all the information and manage your time,” said Sarraf.

Privacy issues and falling prey to the many recruiting, work-at-home, make-a-million and resume creation software scams are also risks for the unwary.

“When someone is job hunting, they need to be careful. I know a lot of people who have been hurt by bogus resume companies. People tend to think if its online, its legitimate and when you’re doing a resume, people are being asked to provide a lot of personal information, such as where you live and your social security number,” she added.

(Reporting by Sue Zeidler; editing by Edwin Chan and Andre Grenon)

SPECIAL UPDATE: Check out our event called: “How to ace your interview” on October 10th in Los Angeles