Important 2010 Dates
Mark your calendar!
WOW Award Nominations
April 1, 2010
NY Grand Design Tour
May 15-18, 2010
Scholarship Application Deadline
April 1, 2010
WithIt Professional Conference
August 10-12, 2010
WithIt WOW Awards Dinner
August 13, 2010
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Web Briefs
WET IN VEGAS: City Center's Kool-Aid-Colored Fountain, Giant Popsicles: Eye-defying spectacles are brought to you by WET www.wetdesign.com, the Sun Valley, California-based design firm that turns natural elements into high-tech entertainment.Alissa Walker, Fast Company http://bit.ly/87Hwb6 2009 NY DESIGN TOUR REFRESHER: Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for ModernityMOMA November 8, 2009-January 25, 2010 www.moma.org DREAMING FOR A SNOWY DAY: LUXURY HOLIDAY: A luxury holiday is often a once in a lifetime experience. Enjoy www.luxuryholidayideas.com NEED SOME EMOTIONAL SUPPORT: The best FLAT BROKE songs for after the holidays.http://bit.ly/qOrRf FREE WAYS TO UNWIND: Best online word games. http://bit.ly/3A3O4UMind games: www.mindbreakers.com
Puzzles: www.aol.com
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Welcome
New Members
Eliza Alkire
Kendall College of Art and Design
Lakewood, CO
Rick Haynes
Signal Design Inc.
Raleigh, NC
Wade Oppliger
Four Hands
Austin, TX
Emily White
Four Hands
Austin, TX
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Kudos to all members who have renewed for 2010!
You know who you are!
Our 2010 membership campaign kicked off November 1 and memberships are on track with last year. Please confirm your commitment to professional women's growth and renew today. Be a leader and give the gift of membership to a student or a woman that you know could benefit as a member. Send a check with your membership invoice or go to www.withit.org and renew under member services. Don't forget to update your member information while online. Once renewed, you will receive a benefits package in the mail along with your membership card. |
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What's In. What's Out.
Instead of reading a pundit list to find out what is in or out, create your own list for 2009 - 2010. What have you noticed? Here's one member's list to get you thinking. Create your own and then be in charge of your 2010 list next year. Make yours happen for you and the people around you. What's out for you? What doesn't work for you? What's in for you? What do you want to create for yourself?
What's In What's Out
Main Street Wall Street
One item Collections
Real green Fake green
Recycling Tossing
Regular people Spokespersons
Equality The chosen
Simplicity Complexity
Kindles Books
Truth Pundits
Rescue animals Breeding
Hybrids Gas guzzlers
Peace War
Real news Celebrity news
Your favorite color Color trends
Making it Buying it
Saving Spending
Face to face Facebook
Two way conversations One liners
Etsy E-Bay
Hulu TV
Mad Men Mad Men
Compassion Consumption
Submit your own ideas for what's in and what's out to administrator@withit.org and we'll publish your list next month!
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The Registration Deadline for the Symposium is January 4th.
WithIt Technology Symposium
Corporate Strategy, Integration & Investment in Digital and Social Media Technologies
A Unique Opportunity in Home Furnishings Leadership
1:00pm-5:00pm / Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Greensboro/High Point (Airport) Marriott, NC
As digital ecosytems create systemic shifts in the way enterprises do business, WithIt.org will host a symposium for ceos and executive teams on the topic.
The Day's Agenda:
Digital Media Overview: Forrester Research, Inc.
Emily Riley, senior analyst, Forrester Research, authors of Groundswell:
Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologieswill examine online digital behaviors and marketer activity including key tools, tactics, terminology; leveraging sales opportunities, crafting a roadmap for implementation, who to hire or work with, how to get started.
Case Study / Strategy & Application: Ford Motor Company
Maggie Fox, founder and ceo of Social Media Group, one of the world's largest independent social media agencies and social media agency for Ford Motor Company since 2007, will present a case study on how Ford generated real ROI through their social media efforts in "setting content free." Content will include goals, strategy, staff requirements, metrics, bottom-line results, how to avoid pitfalls.
Corporate Panel, Leveraging Digital Infrastructure
Corporate panel members examine digital and social media activity in the home and furnishings marketplace. Moderated by Leslie Carothers, principal of The Kaleidoscope Partnership.
Panelists include:
Bert DuMars, Vice President of E-Business and Interactive Marketing, Newell/Rubbermaid
Pamela Jordan, Director of Online Marketing and E-Commerce, Furniture Brands International
Jessica Koster, Marketing Manager, Cargill/BiOH Polyols
The symposium fee is $100 for the first attendee from a company and $80 for each additional person from the same company. Sponsorships are available and include a one-hour working session with Forrester and Social Media Group, and dated Webinar rights for sharing information with client partners.
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