FAB Event Recap: "The Fashion Factor"

FAB Event Recap - The Fashion Factor - LIM College - October 2, 2012

The Fashion Factor event was a candid discussion held at LIM College focusing on "an insider's look beyond the glitz and glam". Topics included careers, departments, responsibilities and resources within the fashion industry. Featured professionals included: Ray'uana Aleyce, Free Agent Model and Founder of Model Social Media LLC, Deidra Clark, Assistant Buyer for Lord & Taylor and Founder of Getting Back To Me, Kristen Devine, Senior Account Executive for Tracy Reese, Laurel DeWitt, Designer/Founder of LaureLuxe Metal Couture and Sonya Holley, CEO/Founder of Trendcocktail.com and Sonya Holley Jewelry and Professor at Berkeley College and LIM College - Where Business Meets Fashion. Jessica Styles, Professional Coach & Founder of The FAB Network and Professor at LIM College - Where Business Meets Fashion served as moderator. We discussed some meaty topics such as tips to excelling in a fast pace and competitive industry, strategies to increase your network and industry resources. 

Take a look at the FAB event pics!

FAB Panelists: (L to R) Kristen Devine, Deidra Clark, Laurel DeWitt, Ray'uana Aleyce, J.Styles & Solly Holley

FAB Treats

FAB Treats

FAB Post Card

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FAB Portfolio

FAB's J.Styles

Fashion Rocks!

FAB Welcome Table

Fashion Designer Laurel DeWitt & FAB's J.Styles

Checking out designs from 2012 Fashion Week 

LIM Student & Attendee

Professional Makeup Artist & Guest

We're FAB!

FAB Member 

Sonya Holley

FAB Member & Friend, Jasmine

FABulous Ladies!

Model Ray'uana Aleyece 

Sharon Mella Reyes, Assistant Director of Career Development for LIM College - Where Business Meets Fashion

FAB Times

Deidra Clark of Lord & Taylor and Getting Back To Me

Welcome & Introduction of Panelists 

Panel Discussion Begins

Learning & Taking Notes

Info from a mode's perspective

J.Styles facilitating the discussion

The crowd

The audience

Sonya Holley

Fun Times

FAB Memories

Strike a Pose

Candid

Fashion from a designer perspective

Listening

Fashion from a buyer's perspective

Knowledge

FAB Talk

LIM - Fashionopolis Building 

We're FAB!

Thank you to the FAB panelists for their expertise, advice & encouragement! 

If you are not a FAB member, you can sign up at www.TheFABNetwork.com. 

Hope to see you at the next FAB event!!

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Budget Travel: Writing on the Road 
Tuesday, October 9
6:30 to 8:00 pm

In a wi-fi world, where it's just as easy to park your laptop at a Bangkok café as at a Starbucks in Brooklyn, careers in travel media are more desirable than ever before. Polish up those writing and video skills and learn how to get your career up and running on the road to everywhere.

Valarie D'Elia, Travel Consultant; Travel with Val, NY1
James Sherman, Founder & Chairman, ShermansTravel Media
Pauline Frommer, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist (through King Features) and nationally syndicated radio talk show host
Moderator: David Kaufman, Freelance travel journalist (WSJ, TIME , Travel + Leisure)


Presented with The New School's Dept. of Media Studies and Film

The New School
Theresa Lang Center, 2nd Floor
55 West 13th Street (5th and 6th Aves)


Content Marketing: The New PR? 
Thursday, October 11
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Brands are always looking for new and compelling ways to attract and engage consumers and the competition is relentless in today's always-on, social media environment.

This means new opportunities for erstwhile and aspiring journalists willing to repurpose their storytelling skills. Learn how content marketing has redefined how PR is conducted.

Paul Berry, Founder and CEO, RebelMouse
Jon Gelberg, Editorial Director, PR News
Stephanie Sarofian, SVP, Managing Director, Digitas
Leslie Reiser, Director, GB Digital Marketing WW, IBM
Moderator: Andy Morris, Founding Partner and Co-Principal, The Morris + King Company

Presented with NYU's Department of Media, Culture and Communication and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment

NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute

20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor


Remembering Helen Gurley Brown 
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
Gail Sheehy, best-selling author and journalist
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)


MLB Fan Cave: Sports Blogger 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
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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Don't miss our upcoming seminars! Register now at www.cencom.org, info@cencom.org or call (212) 686-5005.

Matthew Lillard: Kick Start Your Movie
Monday, October 1
7:00 pm

Meet actor Matthew Lillard (of Scooby Doo fame), who made his directorial debut with indie film, Fat Kid Rules the World, winner of the 2012 SXSW Audience Award. Lillard based his movie on K.L. Going's award-winning novel about an alienated and lonely teenager who finds his purpose through the magic of punk rock. The film boasts solid performances and an original score by Pearl Jam's lead guitarist Mike McCready.

Lillard talks about how he made it happen on a tight budget, and his experience shooting in Seattle, where he encountered an "amazingly collaborative spirit."

Moderator: Jack Rico, founder and editor-in-chief of ShowBizCafe.com; Film Contributor to Vh1's Big Morning Buzz Live

Presented with NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
1871 Broadway (61st and 62nd St.)


Inside Edelman: Careers in PR
Tuesday, October 2
2:30 to 4:00 pm
Undergraduate Students only.
Register at info@cencom.org

Aspiring PR pros should sign up early for our on-site trip to Edelman, named PR Week's "Agency of the Year" in 2011 and listed as one of Ad Age's "Best Places to Work."

Clients include Microsoft, Starbucks, GE, eBay and Volkswagen. Hear from account executives about what they look for in new hires.

Janelle Stokes, consumer health practice
Stephanie Florence, consumer practice
Lily Kim, technology practice
Graham Egan, health practice
Noel Cody, digital practice
Jason Chang, digital practice

Space is limited; register early.


Budget Travel: Writing on the Road
Tuesday, October 9
6:30 to 8:00 pm

In a wi-fi world, where it's just as easy to park your laptop at a Bangkok café as at a Starbucks in Brooklyn, careers in travel media are more desirable than ever before. Polish up those writing and video skills and learn how to get your career up and running on the road to everywhere.

Nina Willdorf, Travel Expert; Executive Editor, All You
Valarie D'Elia, Travel Consultant; Travel with Val, NY1
James Sherman, Founder & Chairman, ShermansTravel Media
Pauline Frommer, co-host, The Travel Show with Arthur and Pauline Frommer; creator,Pauline Frommer Guidebook series
Moderator: David Kaufman, Freelance travel journalist (WSJ, TIME , Travel + Leisure)
Presented with The New School's Dept. of Media Studies and Film

The New School
Theresa Lang Center, 2nd Floor
55 West 13th Street (5th and 6th Aves)


MLB Fan Cave: Sports Blogger 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, The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center
David Rose, Founder and CEO, Gust
Mo Koyfman, General Partner, Spark Capital
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
871 Broadway (61st and 62nd St.)


Entertainment PR: Generating Buzz
Tuesday, November 6
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Social Media has changed the way publicists attract attention and influence consumer choices. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ and YouTube are front and center, but brand new trends are hot on their heels. Leading publicists share the goods on how to get your foot in the door.

Dan Silberman, Senior Vice President, Publicity, A+E Network and BIO Channel
Lauren Auslander, VP, Entertainment, PMK*BNC
Sharon Pannozzo, VP, East Coast, NBC Entertainment Publicity
Moderator: Dade Hayes, Senior Vice President, Rubenstein Communications
Presented with The New School's Dept. of Media Studies and Film

The New School
Theresa Lang Center, 2nd Floor
55 West 13th Street (5th and 6th Aves)

Do you connect your spiritual beliefs to your professional goals?

Question, when you have a goal do you pray about it, even consider spirituality or are these two thoughts separate entities in your mind? How do you approach the over arching questions that most adults ask themselves - what am I doing with my life and what do I need to be fulfilled? It's an interesting concept to consider as you navigate the course of your life and all of the paths that one must take in order to get to their destination of happiness and completion. As we all know, the road to success is filled with uncertainties and no guarantees, so how do you deal? Do you even know? I challenge you to be more cognizant of your thoughts and decisions, having a more present state of mind in all of your endeavors. Being present in the moment is important, however it is equally important to be present in your thoughts, spirit and heart. At least, I believe this to be true. Our ability to persevere and overcome obstacles to reach new heights is a concept much deeper than working hard . . . so just where do you draw your strength from? The thing is, there is no one set answer, no right or wrong conclusion, but a mere personal justification for how you approach your life and goals. The important factor is that you are aware of whatever your answer is so that you can hone in on that deeper driver in you that helps you to maintain a healthy balance. Regardless of how you approach your goals, I encourage you to take some time to self-reflect, give thanks (to whomever or whatever you choose) and practice being present in mind and body. 

Our future starts with our present. 

FAB Invite: AMBER Mag Presents Survival Secrets of Game Changers

Event Date: August 7th, 2012
Guest Speakers Include: Co-Founder of The Gilte Group & CEO of Uni World

A discussion on Fashion & Entrepreneurship . . . interested in learning more? Click on the official invite below!

Official Invite & RSVP Details

FAB Recommendation: Meditation Music

Need quiet time to think? Want to relax? Interested in allowing your mind to roam freely? I recommend that you listen to this Enya video. The soothing sounds really helps you to zone out. Here's cheers to a quiet and private meditation session! Good luck connecting to your mind and spirit!

FAB Event Recap - The Entertainment Exclusive

FAB Event Recap - Entertainment Exclusive - MTV - June 19, 2012

The Entertainment Exclusive event was an intimate discussion held at MTV focusing on careers, profit and culture within the entertainment industry.Featured professionals included: Amoi Alawoya, Human Resources Manager, Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, Chris Classic, Film & Television Executive Producer, Dee Town Entertainment, Autumn Robinson, Associate Manager of A&R Administration, Island Def Jam and Universal Republic, Kiarra Smothers, Coordinator, Content Distribution and Marketing, Viacom Media Networks/BET Networks and Nigil Mack, Senior Director of A&R, Universal Republic. Jessica Styles, Professional Coach & Founder of The FAB Network served as moderator. We discussed some meaty topics such as how to break into the entertainment industry being that it can be cut throat, how online stealing and purchasing of music is affecting artists and record labels and a typical day in the life of a successful professional in the entertainment industry.

FAB  Event Pics

Welcome to the Entertainment Exclusive

(L to R)
Nigil Mack, Chris Classic, Jessica Styles, Amoi Alawoya, Autumn Robinson, Kiarra Smothers 

Introducing the Panelists

 The discussion begins 

Discussing careers, culture & profit within the entertainment industry

Question from the audience

 Interactive learning

Time to network

J.Styles, Founder of The FAB Network

J.Styles (FAB) & Amoi Alawoya (Bad Boy)

 Autumn Robinson (Universal & Island Def Jam) & J.Styles (FAB)

 J.Styles & Chris Classic (Executive Producer for TV& Film)

  

J.Styles & Raedawn J (Professional Makeup Artist)  

 Raffle Time!

FAB Feedback ~

"Thank you for putting on a wonderful event tonight. "The Entertainment Exclusive" was a hit. Very informative and the event I've longed for. Thank you." Misratu "Mish" Saka    "Thanks so much for hosting the forum yesterday! It was insightful, and I walked away informed but more inspired above all else." Essence Grant

Thanks to everyone who came with an open mind to learn, share and connect!

FAB Invite: AMBERmag.com presents "Survival Secrets of Game Changers" - Beauty Edition

DATE: Tuesday, June 12, 2012

TIME: 6:30PM - 9:00PM

LOCATION: National Comedy Theatre 

347 West 36th Street (between 8th/9th Avenue), NYC

COST: $20

RSVP: http://events.ambermag.com/survival-secrets-of-game-changers/

Event Recap - Jones Magazine "2nd Annual Best in Beauty Awards"

We love you Jones Mag!

EVENT RECAP -  Jones Magazine "2nd Annual Best in Beauty Awards Issue" Event - Lali Lali Salon - May 1, 2012

Fashionistas, entrepreneurs, tastemakers, press and an reality tv   stars. Jones Magazine did an awesome job in bringing together creative industries to celebrate fashion & beauty. The salon Lali Lali was an awesome space, decked out in full-size art figures. FAB was on the scene! 

Check out the FAB pics!

Beauty X Art

IMAN Cosmetics was THE makeup sponsor!

The Salon Lali Lali was AWESOME!

Complimentary makeup applications by IMAN Cosmetics

Jones Magazine = Beauty & Fashion

IMAN Cosmetics

Hot Cover!

Celebrity Makeup Artist Raedawn J shares her beauty tips!

Popular DJ Amanda Seales keeping the vibe hot!

Thank you Jones Magazine for hosting such an amazing evening filled with fashion, beauty and entertainment tastemakers!