The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE in association with NY: MIEG &  The E.Factor, Present

SOCIAL MEDIA AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: The Paradigm Shift

How this presidential election season has attracted more new voters than ever. One aspect that doesn't get enough coverage in the news, though, is the unprecedented influence of social media sites like MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube, on youth participation and beyond. As we head into the general election next week, Americans can rest assured that the next President, no matter who comes out with the upper hand, will be someone who appreciates - to some degree, at least - the use of technology.

We have assembled a panel of people who all understand the paradigm shift and look forward to sharing it with you as well as hearing your feedback.

Ellis Henican (Moderator), an award winning Columnist for Newsday and Political Analyst at Fox News Channel

Sarah Bernard, President of 236.com a political satire site created at the Huffington Post and now part of IAC (Barry Diller) offering insight into current events, from politics to pop culture.

Mike Germano, Founder and President of CarrotCreative, a new media agency who ran his own political campaign using Social Media 3 years ago and won.

Howard Greenstein, President of The Harbrooke Group is a Social Media Consultant and advisor to WEtv "WE Vote '08"

Rachel Sterne, Founder and CEO GroundReport.com one of the hottest citizen journalism sites on the web

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 30 6:30pm - 8:30pm

LOCATION:
Samsung Experience, 3rd Floor, Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, 59th Street & Bway

ADMISSION:

$25 for CBSACNY, NY:MIEG (Paid Up Members) and E.Factor (Business & First Class Members),

$35 for the General Public and non-members)

TO PRE-REGISTER SEND AN EMAIL TO: nymiegcolumbia@gmail.com



Special Thanks to Samsung for generously providing the space and audio-visual equipment for this event

 

Convergence 2008: The Roundtables

Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: The Graduate Center/CUNY: 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Registration Fee: $195 (se promo code NYMIEG for a discounted rate of $145)
Website: http://www.bdionline.com/convergence2008

What's different about this program? Instead of the typical keynotes, panels, and presentations, we will have a unique interactive format that maximizes knowledge sharing, collaboration and high level networking around topics of mutual interest related to convergence.

Attendees will participate in 4 separate forty minute moderated roundtable sessions throughout the breakfast. You will interact with 4 different groups of leaders and discuss 4 different topics related to convergence.  Roundtables will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE