Mark Zuckerberg was only 19 years old when he launched Facebook.  While this certainly makes him exceptional (in light of the almost complete world domination of Facebook and it’s billion-dollar valuation), teens launching tech startups is becoming commonplace.  A new generation of kids, emboldened by an economy desperate for innovation in order to rebound and enabled by technology that has [...]

We can’t give away all of our secret sauce but we love sharing how we make our clients happy when providing social media coverage for their events.  Here’s what we know to be 100% true:  great hashtag tweets = happy clients Below is a presentation case study of an event where we provided Hashtag management, support and content.  By the [...]

PRESS RELEASE Day-One of the Social Media Strategies for Travel North America (our client) draws the most innovative companies and minds in the travel industry – and they tweet! (Live online version: http://pitch.pe/129555) 03.03.2011 (New York) – How can a small conference with an attendee list of only 300 people create 2,000 tweets in several hours? Have an agenda that [...]

Who doesn’t love music?! Well, we’ve just been given the priveledge of providing social media coverage for Digital Media Wire’s 11th annual Digital Music Forum East conference featuring over 300 music industry executives and artists, and an online music community that is both passionate and informed about the music they love and an industry that is trying to stay afloat [...]

I was intrigued when I received a Facebook invitation from an associate to attend Botacon 0 (a small, grassroots event being held in Brooklyn, December 11th (11AM – 7PM)).  Granted, a conference about robots may reduce the average geek to tears of joy, but the initial thought of it really did little to move my “event emotions”. Then, I went [...]

paidContent (@paidContent) is livestreaming their conference Battle for the Digital Home Conference today (livestreaming starts at 9AM sharp).  Some of the questions they’ll be addressing include: “Are we at the beginning of a broadband multichannel world or an a la carte one where the consumer is the programmer? Can incumbents innovate pricing and products fast enough to stay dominant?  Can [...]

What happens when you get over 100 experienced and aspiring journalists together in one room to discuss the state of journalism in this digital age?  You definitely get heated (but constructive) debates, stories of personal triumph and frustrations, great ideas, and new partnerships. The New York Press Club (@nypressclub) held their Journalism 2010 conference in New York a few days [...]

The Influencer 2010 Conference (@influencer10) in New York City, September 30 – October 1 (which Served Fresh Media partnered in producing along with FREE DMC, New York Times, Heineken and others) was an event like no other. This was an event that focused on facilitating discussions with 50 of the most influential people in tech, media, fashion, philanthropy and music [...]

Okay, so this may not be earth-shattering events news to anyone outside of Edinburgh, but I just love the title, I love events and I love potatoes.  There you have it — the makings of an event blog post the day before the 4th of July holiday weekend.  Besides, who knew there was such a thing as The World Potato [...]