What superhero power would you have? If I could chose one, I think (especially in weeks like this one) I would duplicate myself and be in two places at once! Since that can’t happen, then I have to take come comfort in at least sharing what events and conferences are on my radar.
New Orleans
Classical music anyone? Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has been hard at work launching a group for young professionals called Prelude. For $25 you get access to 6 events and the opportunity for discounts to LPO performances, drink specials and networking opportunities. The kickoff event is Thursday night at the Davenport Lounge in the Ritz Carlton from 5:30pm – 9pm. Join today (we did)!
Let’s get social! Social Summit 2010 is a 2-day training and business resource conference in New Orleans on September 28th & 29th that aims to change how you do business. From basic to advanced social media training sessions, the conference also includes opportunities to interact with experts in insurance, design, finance, and more. Cause we love to support locally created endeavors, we have a special discount code to offer readers. Enter “LICIOUS” in the checkout for $50 off registration!
New York
Tonight (9/22)! 5 ALIVE is presented by White Ribbon Alliance, NextAid, and Turntables on the Hudson. Part of this week’s UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), and WIE (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) Symposium, I’m a big supporter of these organizations and excited to attend tonight. See you there?!
San Francisco
Los Angeles
September 22nd-24th: Opportunity Green is a leader in the green space and successfully gathers (since its inception a few years ago) the best and the brightest in the green space to come together and collaborate in a new way of collective thinking that brings together unconventional ideas to push change in unexpected ways.
Sloane Berrent is a cause-based marketing and social branding consultant, nonprofiteer and budding social entrepreneur. She uses social media, product evangelizing, fundraising and community development services to help for-profit and nonprofit companies with a focus on social action campaigns. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, she has lived in Burlington VT, Boston MA, Rome Italy, and Los Angeles, CA. She spent 2009 as a digital nomad, traveling the world experiencing life and volunteering including stints in South America, New Orleans and three months in the Philippines as a Kiva Fellow.
She co-created “Cause It’s My Birthday” a campaign to raise money (over $19k to date) and awareness for malaria prevention in Ghana. Sloane moved to New Orleans as her new home at the end of 2009 and co-launched NOLAlicious, a weekly newsletter of events in New Orleans. She was recently named the citizen journalist to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for the MySpace and The Wall Street Journal communities. Her consulting practice, Answer With Action, focuses on strategic integrated marketing consulting. She speaks frequently on building community and blogs at The Causemopolitan.
