Saturday, October 13, 2012

Center for Communication presents a Series of Events!

Center for Communication 

Join us for our upcoming panels! Register ASAP at www.cencom.org, info@cencom.org or call (212) 686-5005


Remembering Helen Gurley Brown: Feminist or Femme Fatale? 
Tuesday, October 16
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Provocative, fearless and wise, longtime editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan and author of Sex and the Single Girl, Helen Gurley Brown, transformed women's roles in society and shocked early '60s America with her radical views and racy Cosmo covers. Hear how she became a media force and stayed at the top over 30 years.

Liz Smith, gossip columnist; founding member, wowOwow.com
Ellen Levine, Editorial Director, Hearst Magazines
Joni Evans, CEO & Co-Founder, wowOwow.com; former VP, William Morris Agency
Moderator: Jacob Bernstein, contributor, The New York Times; Senior Reporter,Newsweek/The Daily Beast
Presented with Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Flatbush Ave. (DeKalb & Willoughby)

*This seminar will be over by 8:00 pm, and you will be home in time to watch the Presidential debate.*


B Fan Cave: Sports Bloggers Bliss
Wednesday, October 17
3:00 pm
Undergraduate Students only.
Register at info@cencom.org

Calling all baseball fans! Come see where Major League Baseball's most diehard (and luckiest) followers practice their religion, holed up for months at a time in the MLB Fan Cave, whiling away the hours blogging, videotaping and streaming commentary on America's National Pastime.

All pursuits in the Cave play a role in bringing baseball into the digital conversation. Meet the latest group of cave-dwellers, who were chosen based on their social media savvy and passion for the game from a pool of no less than 22,000 applicants.

Space is limited; register early.

Start-Up City: If You Can Make it Here... 
Part 1: Getting Into the Game
Tuesday, October 30
6:30 to 8:00 pm

What goes into creating a tech start-up, and why does New York have increasing allure as the best place to do it? Almost 500 start-ups in NYC received venture financing from 2007 to 2011, and it looks like 2012 is going to beat the average for the last four years.

Clifford J. Schorer, Entrepreneur in Residence, Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center
Rob Fassino, co-founder; EVP, Product Development & Product Management, XO Group Inc.
Mo Koyfman, General Partner, Spark Capital
Rachel Haot, Chief Digital Officer, NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment
Moderator: David A. Wilson, Founder and Executive Editor, theGrio.com

Presented with Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Flatbush Ave. (DeKalb & Willoughby)


Start-Up City: If You Can Make it Here...
Part 2: Tales from the Alley
Thursday, November 1
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Raising funds for a start-up can be difficult and daunting, and once potential investors are identified, the real work begins. Hear from those who have taken the plunge and learned how to swim with the sharks.

Josh Miller, Co-Founder, Branch
Ben McKean, Co-Founder and CEO, Savored
Vinicius Vacanti, Co-Founder and CEO, Yipit
Kathryn Minshew, CEO & Founder, The Daily Muse & Company Muse
Kellee Khalil, Founder & CEO, Lover.ly
Moderator: Rachel Sklar, Writer and Co-Founder, Change the Ratio

Presented with NYIT Auditorium on Broadway and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment
NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
1871 Broadway (61st and 62nd St.)

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