If you want to mess around with building something shinny, LittleBits is opensource library of electronic modules that snap together with tiny magnets for prototyping and play. The come in simple kits and you can build all sorts of things like halloween lights to piggy banks. You’ll look like a geek genius but it’s actually super simple.

YOU

A current Community Manager that has at least 2-3 years of digital strategy experience. And for at least a year, you have managed a brand community of about 50k+. You have a deep understanding of digitally-fueled social technology, media, tools, trends and adoption rates. You have the ability to identify, distill and disseminate community and advocate insights into actionable information while monitoring and interacting with relevant communities for campaign-drive conversations. You are dynamic and persuasive when presenting, especially to clients;  your presentations are very well crafted. Although you are a collaborator in a team environment, you also do not require any hand-holding.

THEM

An innovative global agency that develops strategic vision and creative solutions that create growth for their clients. They have offices in New York City, Amsterdam, and Sao Paulo with Mumbai under development. Adweek describes them as being part of a trend towards independent agencies where “big global clients don’t need big global agencies any more.” They actually pride themselves as being the world’s first Cultural Movement agency. And right now they are looking for a Community Manager who is into foods, travel and beauty. Want to be a part of their movement?

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

Do you remember when you first discovered you were creative? Or when you first realized that you wanted to work in the creative industries? Well a lot of people never do, or not until it is too late. But hopefully that’s changing.

Keen to increase the diversity of talent entering the industry, while at the same time identifying and nurturing creative talent that might have been overlooked by the exam-based school system, the Ideas Foundation was set up in 2004 by the unforgettable-man-in-the-purple-suit Robin Wight, otherwise known as the President of Engine. The Ideas Foundation runs a range of projects that aim to teach young people about the creative industries and in turn how to effectively answer a professional brief. With clients ranging from 20th Century Fox to Nokia, young people are getting an amazing opportunity to learn and understand how to answer a real brief from a real client that they then have to pitch to.

In a bid to increase their reach, the Ideas Foundation has now launched their first online project, ‘I Am Creative’. The vibrant and simple website is loaded with competitive briefs from global brands such as Nokia, Vodafone and Metro, as well as a comprehensive resources library to support and teach their users how to answer a brief.

Once completed, work can be uploaded to the gallery for brands to see and judge (and maybe even make). The winner gets a material prize from the brand (think iPad or phone) and a work placement, and the top 3 highly commended get a place on one of the Ideas Foundation more intensive projects.

The project is being picked up by young people all over the country from London to Norwich to Manchester, with students proving to really enjoy their experience:

“By working on I Am Creative, we have been able to develop many skills that we will utilise later on in life. The experience was truly priceless as it gave us a real life scenario”  Student, 14, London

I Am Creative is also working with schools to run projects based on the briefs on the site, and in only 2 months have 15 schools working on an I Am Creative brief.  The CEO of the Ideas Foundation, David Holloway MBE said:

‘The response of schools to I Am Creative has been brilliant. Students love the briefs and are coming up with some amazing ideas. We are really hoping this will be the key to getting more diverse young people into the creative industries.’

If you are keen to find out more about I Am Creative, or you would like to get involved, please head to www.iamcreative.org.uk or email jemima.jordan@iamcreative.org.uk.

When it comes to great collaboration, Lego has been a true innovator in the field. From letting their consumers suggest new product lines, to mindstorms, to managing a strong online fan base, Lego is perhaps the most successful brand when it comes to leveraging the power of their community.

For our May shout collaborator’s event we’re super proud to have Peter Esperen speak to us. Peter is the Online Commmunity Lead for Lego Group based in Denmark. He’s super smart.

Peter will talk about tips and tricks to successfully engage your community.

His talk will be on Weds, 23rd of May from 7 until 8PM at Bossa. Bossa is a lovely new digital production studio that is located on the 6th floor of 116 W Houston St., New York, NY 10012.

If you’d like to attend please email us on hello@everybodyshout.com and let us know how many people are attending. Please note we only have 20 spots for this event and will be handled on a first come first serve basis.

YOU

A production artist with a digital background who knows how to be the middle person between the creative and development teams. You are well versed in standard creative applications, knowledgeable about digital production needs and have a great eye for design. Detailed and organized, you have the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. You have a strong proficiency in Adobe Create Suite, solid understanding of the requirements for internet graphics as well as understanding of technologies related to web graphics. Collaborative by nature, you are able to work from creative direction as well as functional and technical specifications. It’s also ok if you are a junior designer.

THEM

The design & production studio of a global network agency based in NYC. The agency was most recently named Global Agency of the Year by Adweek as well as listed on Ad Age’s Agency A-List. They are looking for either a senior production artist or junior designer to join them on a perma-lance basis, but with the possibility for future full-time employment.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

YOU

A hands-on digital designer with a solid understanding of design (online banners, site design, typography, color theory, composition, etc.), knowledge of Flash and motion design, as well as a passion for visual/interactive/motion design trends. With a keen eye for detail, you are well versed in standard creative applications and digital production requirements. Comfortable as a team player, you have worked with ACDs to create, modify and/or prep files for interactive production. You also are a great mentor to junior designers and other production artists. You are self-motivated, have a positive attitude and welcome new challenges, especially with thinking outside the box. It’s even possible that you have print experience, light HTML/CSS coding, After Effects and 3D.

THEM

The design & production studio of a global network agency based in NYC. The agency was most recently named Global Agency of the Year by Adweek as well as listed on Ad Age’s Agency A-List. They are looking for a digital designer to join them on a perma-lance basis, but with the possibility for future full-time employment.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

We’re super proud to announce our Boston chapter being lead by the lovely Genevieve Crain, founder of April May June Communications and the talented graphic designer Mary Ann Guillette. Boston will have its first meeting in June. So Boston ladies, watch this space.

YOU

Have 4+ years experience as an art director, with at least a couple at an agency. Although integrated, you are strong in the digital space, including social. You may even have some killer skills in video and experiential. You are definitely not a wallflower. You are a conceptor, a thinker and hands-on designer. Happy to do the work at hand, you are also ready to take on a bit more responsibility in mentoring junior creatives. There are no issues for you to hit the ground running, you thrive for it. And its your preference to be a part of a smaller, collaborative set-up. The priority for you is to find a new home where you can create and produce amazing, impactful work that you can be proud of.

THEM

A marketing agency that launches products and changes perceptions through social storytelling, digital content, and physical experiences. They ignite the fan cultures and broader communities that shape conversations and deliver results for their clients; which are a mix of entertainment and big brands. They are a huge believer of the work-life balance. And as icing on the cake, they were recently selected as small agency of the year.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

Learning something from anyone, anywhere seems to be a new trend. Platform sites connecting people seeking a skill with those that can teach it count for a whole new world of non-academic education. But we haven’t seen something quite niche like the Amazings before.

The Amazings serves up classic and curious skills taught by retired and retiring people. The old teach the young as the site encourages everyone to  ”try something old.”

The Amazings was co-founded by  Katie Harris, an upcoming speaker at our SCAMP conference.

Money money money, not so funny when you feel less than worth it. Let’s talk about the issues around costing, salary and how much to charge…

SheSays Brighton: “Show Me The Money!”… what’s your worth?

Speakers include:

Musician, filmmaker, photographer and social media rabble rouser Laura Kidd has had an exciting few years touring the world with Tricky, The Penelopes and Lil’ Chris, writing and recording with Grammy nominated mashpop collective The Young Punx, making films for businesses and charities including Design Council and London Philharmonic Orchestra and releasing two gloom-pop solo albums as She Makes War alongside creating a plethora of visual content and all sorts of other things besides. @shemakeswar

Patricia Ayling is an experienced coach and mentor who supports people through change and helping their to achieve their goals. At our event, Patricia will focus on our perception of ourselves and our clients, how to recognise and overcome barriers and how to find our true worth.

Venue kindly provided by Cogapp, 4th Floor, Lees House, 21 -33 Dyke Road, Brighton

This event is FREE but please register here as we will ‘sell out’

http://shesaysbrighton-show-me-the-money.eventbrite.co.uk/

See you on June 14th.

Love from the SheSays Brighton team x

Follow: @SheSaysBrighton

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SheSays Brighton help women in media, digital & creative industries through inspiring events with brilliant speakers, we’re part of the national @SheSaysUK and the global SheSays network. Get involved, we won’t bite.

We’re very proud to announce SheSays’ first cross-country event: SCAMP, a conference in London and New York about gems of ideas that are yet to become big.

SCAMP is curated for people who are looking for inspiration outside their bubble, this includes thinkers, creatives, innovators, publishers, artists, curators, strategists, creative technologists, UX evangelists and entrepreneurs.

We’re telling you first and you can get all the details here: http://pinterest.com/scampconference/

This event is sponsored by

If you play a part in client services this is a chance to share tips and thoughts with fellow colleagues and for others to learn and benefit hearing from the other side.

Speakers
Vibha Nigam – Senior  Programme Manager and Alexandra Black Senior Account Director from Sapient

Amanda Prosser – Executive Director from Public Zone

Natasha Jackson – Head of Digital and Content at River Publishing

Kirsten Ruby – Client Partner at LBi

** THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT**

Pimkie is a color forecast site that shows trends in real time. How? They’ve installed cameras on the fashionable streets of Milan, Paris and Antwerp. Every second, a shot of passers by is taken, its color dominance analysed and matched to a database. The site then spits out the color that outweighs the rest and displays it on the site. We want this in all other cities where SheSays exists. Now!

If you’re one of the folks who thinks of Dallas as nothing more than a haven for fried food fests, make sure you come out and let our panel of innovative local ladies prove you wrong. We’ll be brushing through those big hair stereotypes in order to show you that Dallas is a great launching pad for big ideas in the digital space.

AGENDA
6:30 to 7 pm: cocktails and convo
7 to 8 pm: speaker panel
8 to 8:30 pm: talk amongst yourselves

WHO
Sarah Jane Semrad
Membership and Marketing Manager, KXT 91.7 FM

Tiffany Hughes
Co-Founder, SongVote.com

Farah Fleurima
Founder, Editor in Chief, TheDallasDiva.com
President, D+D Media Group
Nikki Lott
ACD Copywriter, Integer
Blogger, BadderHomesAndGardens.com

Nikki Koenig
Envision Interactive, CD
Marketing & PR Director, AgainstTheGrainProductions.com
Chief, Cykochik Custom-Handbags.com

If you’re interested in attending this free event please book it here.

Moms are the most influential people on the planet. They’re also among the most misunderstood. As children grow, moms go through entirely new stages of learning. And that’s something marketers are yet to really tap into.

This month, our speakers will talk about the modern mom, what has changed and how advertising can connect and engage with them in a meaningful and relevant way. The event will be on Weds, 25th of April at McCann Erickson NY from 6.30PM. For more information and to attend this FREE event please go to Eventbrite.

Ok it has been done before but we love SWAJP. It lets you use your iPhone to interact with your screen to paint. Someone needs to create one of those for Unicef where we throw shoes at dictators ; )

YOU

Have 7+ years in client service at an interactive ad agency or marketing firm with experience on CPG brands. Capable of leading, presenting and selling effectively while building rapport amongst your clients. You are also strong at fostering internal team relationships. Comfortable and confident in various leadership engagements including your immediate team, client and any partner agency. With the support from your more senior team members, you are able to manage the interactive strategy for your client and their brands. You have experience with identifying organic business growth and participating in new business pitches. With a keen interest in the industry and client verticals, you constantly keep abreast of category trends, best-in-class work and forward thinking viewpoint to help you service your clients appropriately. You are either already a Management Supervisor or even possibly a fabulous Senior Account Manager looking for your move up.

THEM

A worldwide interactive agency network that ranks as one of the largest and most award-winning in the world. They were the first interactive agency to be named Advertising Age Global Agency of the Year in 2008. Their NY office has 100 people, making them a very entrepreneurial shop. They are about big ideas, and they satisfy their clients’ needs by being an integrated agency partner while being digitally centric. They were just recognized by Forrester as leading mobile agency.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

Throughout the month of March, Young Women Leadership Network held their signature career day series called Cool Women, Hot Jobs at The Young Women’s Leadership Schools (also known as “TYWLS” – sounds like “twills”) in NYC.

Several SheSays members, including Ale Lariu, Amanda Jaskiewicz, Simone Sneed, Rashida Bobb, and Gina Soloperto, volunteered to share their experiences to inspire young women in 11th and 12th grade. The goal of the program is to expose students to female role models willing to share career advice.

TYWLS provides an academically rigorous education fused with strong social-emotional support, the basis of their “whole girl” approach.  Their students are college bound and already thinking about their future dreams and aspirations. That’s why TYWLS graduates achieve four-year college degrees at triple the rate of their peers, and exposure to volunteers like us is a key ingredient in their success.

If you’d like to volunteer, the next event is their annual Brag Party with Peggy Klaus on May 3rd at The Museum of Jewish Heritage. They are looking for energetic women to help teenage girls learn the art of bragging and building self-confidence. If you’re interested please email Jessica Baxter – Development Officer for Corporate Giving and Volunteer Cultivation – jbaxter@ywln.org.

SCAMP is a playground where inspiration and actions collide.

WHEN: JUNE 14 – GOOGLE CAMPUS

Isn’t it exciting to witness gems of ideas before they become big?

SCAMP 2012 is a conference where nothing is quite like it seems. Two years ago in London we put on a conference about ideas-in-progress, prototypes, experiments and innovation. The feedback was fantastic so we brought SCAMP back in 2011.This June we’re pushing the boundaries further with a new crop of speakers, ideas and interactions to spark serendipity and unexpected relevance. Come find some new inspiration.

Get all the details here: http://pinterest.com/scampconference/

LONDON SPEAKERS

Confirmed speakers will be announced for the next few weeks.

As a taster we can let you know speakers include Ogilvy Labs, Penguin Publishing, Getty Images, Star Doll, Sidekick Studios / The Amazings, MakieLab

Talks, sessions and activities will be announced in the coming weeks.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Expect a full day camp filled with talks, experiments, interactive activities and collaborative formats. SCAMP is definitely not your average conference.

WHO SHOULD COME?

SCAMP is curated for people who are looking for inspiration beyond the usual creative industry bubble. We welcome innovators from all across the creative, media and communication spaces: cross-platform specialists, publishers, artists, curators, strategists, creative technologists, UX evangelists, writers, designers… if you’re a thinker, maker or doer, you belong at SCAMP.

Entrepreneurs, starter-uppers and freelance creatives – SCAMP is a great networking opportunity. If you’re looking for more industry connections, come find them here.

GIRLS AND BOYS WELCOME!

So join us! Go on. We dare you!

GLOBAL SPONSORS

LOCAL SPONSORS

ON THE DAY

This conference is a full day event. Be prepared listen, think, make, do and network.

We provide lunch, snacks and drinks throughout the day. Once the conference ends the afterparty starts – expect a BBQ, a bar and a rooftop celebration.

WHAT MAKES SCAMP DIFFERENT?

We’ve grown a little tired of conferences where 80% of more of the speakers are men and as few as 20% (sometimes even less!) are women. So we’re reversing the trend.

SCAMP is a conference where 80% of the speakers are women and 20% are men. But it’s not about that. There’s no talking about gender or making a point of percentages. It’s about discovering the best ideas out there – and putting on a wicked day for everyone who attends.

GET INVOLVED

We love volunteers. We need help with events, PR and generally spreading the SheSays word. Please get in touch if you want to help out.

LIVE IN NEW YORK?

SCAMP is in New York this year too. June 15th. ADC. Check out the speaker list here.



Our friends from RAPP are having another RAPPATHON on the 19-20 of April. It’ll be for a good cause in Brazil. Results will be shown during Creative Week.  For more information email them at rappathon@rapp.com

Love your apps? Tapjoy helps you curate them by sending you customized app recommendations based on which apps you currently use, recommendations of your friends, and other factors that predict which apps they’ll likely enjoy the most.

And if you are an app maker or developer you can use them to help monetize your little baby. Cool huh?

Want to know how the Gilt Group took only four years to take the fashionista crowd by storm? Well, you’re in luck: today Gilt’s founders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson are launching a book about how they’ve risked everything to co-found a startup that catered to their own passions as shoppers.

The book is called By invitation only and also covers the way its founders revolutionized both the fashion and e-commerce industries, attracting five million members and a $1 billion valuation.

And here’s a special treat for all SheSayers in NY. The founders will be our May event guest speakers. So if you want in send us an email to pre-register.

Diana Hong – NYC

Coleen DeCourcy – NYC

Mehera Obrien – NYC

Kris Keiger – NYC

Jill Nussbaum – NYC

Corina Falusi – NYC

Suzana Apelbaum – NYC

Vivian Rosenthal – NYC

Colleen Decourcy -NYC

Mary Fagot – LA

Karin Fong – LA

Laura Jordam Bambach – London

Liz Sivel – London

Fernanda Romano – London

Belen Coca – Madrid
All the ladies here are pretty awesome and rank high on google so just do a search to see what they do. And feel free to suggest us more people on the comments below from any city in the world. We’d love your contribution.

Ingrid Bernstein – NY

Farrah Bostic – NY

Lindsey Weber – NY

Sarah Watson – NY

Natasha Jakubowski -NY

Lisa de Bonis – LONDON

Amber Finlay - BOSTON

Amelia Torode – LONDON

Heather Lefevre - AMSTERDAM
All the ladies here are pretty awesome and rank high on google so just do a search to see what they do. And feel free to suggest us more people on the comments below from any city in the world. We’d love your contribution.

Kelsey Falter – NYC

Cindy Gallop – NYC

Nora Abousteit – NYC

Cindy McLaughlin – NYC

Kat Egan – NYC

Jerri Chou – NYC

Holly Lynch – NYC

Elizabeth Kiehner – NYC

Margot Bloomstein – NYC

Sara Holoubek – NYC

Elizabeth Talerman – NYC

Lauren McDevitt – NYC

Denise Horton – Boulder

Heidi Dangelmaier – NYC

Amanda Steinberg – NYC

Ana Akbari – NYC

Christine Lee – SF

Shauna Mei – NY

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson – NY

All the ladies here are pretty awesome and rank high on google so just do a search to see what they do. And feel free to suggest us more people on the comments below from any city in the world. We’d love your contribution.

We’re very excited about our new Mobile Course because it takes you on a journey from ‘why you should do mobile’ (because sometimes it’s not right to do it), all the way to achieving great design, UX and results.

The course will be in NY on the 27th of April for a full day costing $575 per person.

So book here for this one day course and learn about the best use of mobile as technology, platform and channel for your client’s brand and how to use it to engage with consumers in the best possible way.

Sonali Sridhar, SheSays NY speaker and BDay Party Hackathon lead, wants to encourage women to go into engineering. So her project Hacker School has just partnered up with Etsy to launch a new scholarship program for women in technology. Together they’ll be hosting the summer 2012 session of Hacker School in the Etsy headquarters and providing ten Etsy Hacker Grants of $5,000 each — a total of $50,000 — to women who want to join but need financial support to do so. The goal is to bring 20 women to New York to participate, so join in.

Cinemagram is an app that lets you animate a part of your static photo to create ‘a magical image that’s part-photo and part-video’. Check out their gallery for some beautiful – as well as ridiculous – results.

By the end of the year, Google is coming up with some Augmented Reality glasses that through a low-resolution built-in camera, will stream real time information about locations, buildings, and nearby friends.

All we need now is to come up with some good looking glasses.

Join us this Wednesday night at Bryan Street Tavern for happy hour. There isn’t an official speaker or agenda, just an excuse for a mid-week break with the ladies from SheSays. Stop by and say hi!

The SheSays NY 4th bday  hackathon ended up being more of a ‘sketchathon’ where both groups thought through what makes a killer networking app different from Sonar, Glangee, Groupee and Highlight.

Both groups got to astoundingly similar functionality – ok the glass walls weren’t that soundproof – so we’ve decided…. we’re all winners. Whooop.

One of us, however, is more of a winner than others: Jocelyn Leavitt won a facial on our draw. (and yes, we’ve used a 3rd party for the draw – no funny business). Jocelyn we’ll be contacting you about your deserved pampering.

What happens next? As soon as SheSays gets some funding we’ll be contacting participants to continue working on the development of the app on paid basis.

Thanks everyone who participated and RAPP NY for being such a lovely host.

YOU

A highly organized, analytical digital media planner with at least 1-year experience under your belt. You have already been developing plans for clients based closely on objectives and strategies, and are engaged throughout the campaign to monitor and optimize results. With the ability to think creatively about ways to represent clients, you are comfortable with contributing to decisions regarding the best form of media for clients and their campaigns. Research and analysis of media, location and target audience (consumer behavior) has been part of your training. You have also been given opportunities to present to clients your proposals, successfully. Building and maintaining collaborative relationships with internal teams and media owners comes naturally to you; including utilizing your excellent negotiation skills. With a Bachelors degree in advertising, communication studies, mass media, marketing or related major, you might even have ComScore experience.

THEM

A content and technology startup studio in NYC that likes to tell stories and help brands be more social with the things they care most about. They pride themselves on making great applications and products for mobile, social media, distribution and community engagement – they create participatory media for their clients and their brands. They are searching for a hardworking, detail oriented assistant digital media planner to join their growing team to develop media plans and implement partnerships, as well as maintain and optimize campaign results.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

We couldn’t think of a better way to get SheSays off to a flying start in 2012!

Launching Who’s Your Momma in Sydney is an amazing achievement and just one of our exciting objectives for this year. Laura, Sarah and myself are passionate about providing success and guidance for women throughout their career – no matter how junior or senior you are.

To celebrate this launch we hosted a very special event at the uber cool offices of TBWA Whybin/Tequila. In front of another lively and large crowd, the mothers of the mommas presented some stellar words of advice.

These fabulous mothers reminded us of the bigger picture – something that can be all too easy to forget:

• Jane Evans, mother and Who’s Your Momma mentor gave us the rallying cry we all need: If you don’t like something, don’t complain do something!
• Carol, mother of Megan Hale encouraged us to find a hobby or passion we can take throughout our career and onto retirement
• Kay, my mother (Yasmin) spoke about the all-important relationship you have with yourself and the need to make decisions that allow you to confidently look at yourself in the mirror at the end of the day

And lastly here is a fabulous video from Jo Cooper’s mother:

Watch a Skype chat from Dot

If you’d like to be a mentor or have a mentor, please drop a line to yourmomma.sydney@gmail.com – Laura, Sarah and myself would love to hear from you!

Is branding getting harder? Every generation of marketers probably thinks it’s got the biggest challenges (just ask the perpetually scowling Don Draper of Mad Men fame).

SheSays speaker Julie Cotinneau believes these are very exciting times for marketers “it does seem like we are in midst of some unique challenges that require not new thinking…but a more diligent adherence to the fundamentals that have always made brands strong”.

She’ll be discussing these in more detail on a webinar in partnership with Getty Images on April 4th.It’s open and free to all who are interested and there will be an opportunity for you to weigh in with comments and questions.

Albeit slightly freakish, The Composites has real appeal. The project shows images created using a commercially available law enforcement composite software to put together descriptions of literary characters.

Created by Brian Joseph Davis this site is a treasure for literature lovers who want to see what their favorite characters really look like. Or at least according to the police.

The IBW – Images of Black Women – Film Festival is back this spring with a challenging programme of  UK Premieres, panels discussions, events and forums. From April 13^th to 15^th, the Tricycle Cinema will host the only festival in the UK dedicated to the representation of black woman in film.

Follow them on facebook,  twitter and become a Nucinema member for dedicated updates and news on the cinema of the African Diaspora at nucinema.co.uk

DJ Jess Jubilee - Miami
DJ Elle - Miami
Dj Tina T -LA
DJ Lindsey – NYC
Jennifly – NYC
DJ Krunk Pony – NYC
Mia Moretti – NYC & LA
Samantha Ronson – NYC
DJ Eli – NYC
Beverly Bond – NYC
DJ Sky Nellor -NYC
DJ JACLYN – NYC

All the ladies here are pretty awesome and rank high on google so just do a search to see what they do. And feel free to suggest us more people on the comments below from any city in the world. We’d love your contribution.

The Equal Pay app challenge is a cool initiative by the US government. It’s an online contest to come up with an app idea that raises awareness about the Equal Pay Act. Nearly 50 years after President Kennedy it, on average women are still paid less than their male counterparts for doing comparable jobs. The challenge is to use publicly available labor data and other online resources to educate users about the pay gap and to build tools to promote equal pay.

From March 21st until the 25th New Orleans will run like a tight ship with a bunch of ux’ers in town. The IA Summit is a 12 year old event focusing on “maturing the practice of user experience and information architecture amidst a constantly evolving ecosystem of devices and platforms. It’s not easy being a user in a cross-channel world, but it’s not nearly as difficult as being an information architect.” This is a must attend event not only for IA professionals but also for digital creatives and interactive designers.

Here at shout we’re always proud of how our community works together. The way you always constructively build upon other people’s comments, ideas or even the way you work together on projects. It takes guts to expose your ideas to other professional women you have never met before.

To celebrate the meeting of great minds – and people who dared to go beyond their comfort zone – we’ll start a series of intimate events where two or more people/companies from different perspectives or backgrounds get together to do something amazing.

Our 1st shout collaborators meeting will be at ShootersNYC (156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, NY) on the 27th of March at 7PM. Our guest collaborator speakers are Jason Musante and Richard Schatzberger from co:collective. They will be talking about how co: has a different model in the way they work with clients and each other.

This is also an opportunity to network, have a drink and physically meet other people onshout. Yes, why not add a face to that username you keep seeing everywhere on the platform.

So if you’d like to come to this free event please RSVP to hello@everybodyshout.com.

In March SheSays NY will be 4 years old. And we’ll celebrate it in style with a hackathon. We’ll divide people into groups (design, ux, strategy, dev) and attempt to create the best networking app out there.
SheSays will pay to make the app and there’s an opportunity for you to get a percentage of sales too.
The hackathon will be at RAPP NY on Weds 28th of March from 6 to 9PM.
If you’re interested in attending book through eventbrite.

YOU

A highly motivated individual with experience and passion for blogging, micro-blogging and community participation leadership. Having experience or training in PR (or similar field), you have 2-3 years of interactive media campaign management and at least 1-3 years of direct client management. You are someone who tweets and uses Facebook on a regular basis, a social media addict. Great writing skills and ability to crank editorial and technical writing, you are also able to communicate and maintain favorable public perceptions of an agency as well as client’s accomplishments and agenda. You are a pro and understands the social media universe including YouTube, Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Forums, LinkedIn, Twitter, Wikis, blogs, etc. Outstanding organizational skills, you have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines. There is also a high likelihood that you have experience with fashion and luxury clients.

THEM

Present in 6 countries, they are a unique global communications agency that delivers complete, digitally integrated communication solutions in order to create an intelligent, meaningful dialogue between premium brands and their audience. They nurture creative relationships, manage reputations and cultivate progressive campaigns across multi-platform mediums. Having built a world-class team with an innovative, integrated approach to communications, they are now looking for a Manager of Influencer Relations to oversee and contribute recurrent content to holistically support their social media initiatives and specific client programs.

YOU

Have at least 1-2 years experience in SEO, SEM and social media, and are able to manage projects – large and small – across all aspects of digital design. You have worked with creative teams to deliver B2B and B2C digital assets. It is second nature for you to work alongside the account management team in order to understand clients’ goals and develop appropriate campaign strategies. You keep up to date on trends in Facebook advertising and other digital advertising channels. Experienced with Content Management systems such as WordPress and familiar with HTML and CSS, you might also have Google Adwords certification. There is also a high likelihood that you have experience or at least an interest with fashion and luxury clients.

THEM

Present in 6 countries, they are a unique global communications agency that delivers complete, digitally integrated communication solutions in order to create an intelligent, meaningful dialogue between premium brands and their audience. They nurture creative relationships, manage reputations and cultivate progressive campaigns across multi-platform mediums. Having built a world-class team with an innovative, integrated approach to communications, they are now looking for a Optimized Media Strategist to join their winning team and assist in developing and managing internal/external SEO, SEM and social media campaigns.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

YOU

With 7+ years of marketing and digital media experience, you’ve worked in an agency environment on media planning, communications planning and/or emerging media with P&L responsibility. Comfortable and confident in being a spokesperson within the industry, you are a proven thought leader with an innate curiosity and aptitude. Always on top of the latest trends/platforms/technologies in digital and social media, you have a POV on how best to leverage them in new ways that achieve divergent marketing goals. You are experienced in business and strategy development, have a deep knowledge of the industry and are very well connected. Having an entrepreneurial spirit, you get excited about finding smarter ways to do things. There is also a high likelihood that you have experience with fashion and luxury clients.

THEM

Present in 6 countries, they are a unique global communications agency that delivers complete, digitally integrated communication solutions in order to create an intelligent, meaningful dialogue between premium brands and their audience. They nurture creative relationships, manage reputations and cultivate progressive campaigns across multi-platform mediums. Having built a world-class team with an innovative, integrated approach to communications, they are now looking for a Digital and Social Media Director as a senior addition to join their winning team. This position will be responsible for selling their digital media services to clients and ensuring that these efforts are fully integrated with their services and across their portfolio.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

If Steve was Steph is a blog that started from a simple question: if Steve  (jobs) had been a woman, would she have been able to get away with his antics?

The blog author Angele Beausoleil’s vision is to share her personal story through themes extracted from the book in the hope to capture stories from other women in technology who had taken different and interesting paths to success.

According to Angele, the blog “is written through the lens of a rural born, french canadian female pioneer. It is intended to be provoke conversation and inspire storytelling from women who have similar and/or even better personal stories to share”.

So if  you are currently reading or have read this book…please share your story here.

The SoDA (Society of Digital Agencies) report is a compilation of thoughts and opinions of ≈700 marketers, agencies, technologists and digital industry professionals. If you want to get insider info on budgets, hiring strategies and what marketers value the most, add this to your reading list. The report can be accessed via slideshare and SheSays get featured on page 61. Whoohoo.

An angry email, a cry or an aggressive walk … How do you cope when things at work get heated? Conflict and work seem to go hand in hand. It can be an emotional mess. Or not. If you’ve ever wondered how to handle a conflict at work with grace, don’t miss the March SheSays. Our panel will discuss work confrontations and the real world.

Register for this FREE event here.

The Australian Graphic Design Agency (AGDA) are putting on an event where they have kindly invited SheSays ladies to attend. Join Zoe Pollitt (Co-founder, Eskimo), Linda Jukic (Creative Director, Moon), Jacqueline Morony (Creative Director, Generation Alliance) and Yolanda Vega (CEO, Australian Womens Chamber of Commerce and Industry) in a conversation about women, design and business.

They’ll share their individual experiences of how they reached the top of their respective fields and what inspires them beyond their commercial work.

Monday 5 March
6.15 for 6.30 start

NSW Trade and Investment
Level 47
MLC Centre
19 Martin Place
Sydney

Members $30
Non members $60
Student members $20
Student non members $35

**Special discount for Shesays members – please email Yasmin: shesays.sydney@gmail.com for the code**

RSVP
Order tickets online at the
event page

If you want to see what others are saying about this issue, join the conversation here

With this, you can read your mail on the wall.  It’s a novel wearable system that enables graphical, interactive, multitouch input on everyday surfaces, like tables, books and even the body. With OmniTouch, multitouch interaction is possible everywhere. Check it out!

Ever wanted to write a killer brief that puts the user in the center? Or how about use social listening tools to help brand engagement? These are just some examples of what we’ll discuss at the next SheSays Digital Strategy course in New York on Friday, March 30th.

This full day course is for men or women with a traditional strategy or comms planning background who want know more about the digital space. Courses cost $575.

For more information and to register please go to eventbrite.

Two of our ladies, Ale Lariu and Liz Sivell, will be speakers at the Digital Marketing Live! conference in Amsterdam on March 21st and 22nd. The conference will open with Digital Dinner on March 21st.  Digital Marketing Live is ‘the’ digital conference in the Netherlands. Watch out SXSW.

Read a magazine totally customized after your interests. Zite evaluates millions of new stories every day, looking at the type of article, key attributes and how it is shared across the web. They then just match stories to your personal interests and delivers them automatically to your iPad or iPhone. And the more you use it, the smarter it gets. Get your own magazine here and sort out the blur.

Ever talked to a someone and said ‘you should really meet my friend/colleague (insert name)’? Now you can follow up and make it happen. YouGuysShouldLunch.com lets you encourage friends, colleagues and acquaintances to meet for lunch by connecting two people through LinkedIn.

Give it a try and start connecting people!

YOU

With 5-7 years of experience in the digital media design space, you are an extremely creative and conceptual thinker. You have had formal design training with strong typographical, motion graphic, and interactive design skills. A bit of a geek, you have an in-depth understanding of advanced Web design techniques (e.g, HTML5) and the capabilities of various web browsers. Experienced in creating branding concepts to user interfaces, animations, and web graphics, you have strong skills in Adobe’s CS suite of tools. You are also comfortable and confident at managing junior creative talent as well as directing Flash and Web Developers. Self-motivated, you are highly capable of managing yourself on projects.

THEM

An award-winning New York City based integrated creative agency with an enviable reputation for strong brand strategy and creative thinking. They are fueled by the believe that large, international clients obtain the best creative solutions from a small team of senior and talented creative problem solvers, they have produced venerated campaigns for Amazon, LVMH, Comcast, vitaminwater, Coca-Cola, Heineken, and Samsung. They are now looking for a mid to senior level Interactive Art Director to join their team and collaborate on 360 campaign ideas with creative teams and lead interactive-specific components for client including Stoli, Comcast, Wyndham, ING DIRECT and new business.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

YOU

For the past 5+ years you have been leading the development of interactive websites and online media campaigns, to name a few. You’ve also been involved with developing integrated campaigns, and possibly experienced with broadcast. A proven track record for successfully managing projects from start to finish, with an amazing attention to detail. Collaborative by nature, you prefer working in a team environment. And handling high pressure, challenging situations are the norm. You are a professional when it comes to the creating and maintaining all relevant project proposals and documentation. A great communicator, you are also confident in fostering relationships with producers and internal departments such as creative and client service. You also enjoy managing various vendor relationships.

THEM

An award-winning New York City based integrated creative agency with an enviable reputation for strong brand strategy and creative thinking. They are fueled by the believe that large, international clients obtain the best creative solutions from a small team of senior and talented creative problem solvers, they have produced venerated campaigns for Amazon, LVMH, Comcast, vitaminwater, Coca-Cola, Heineken, and Samsung. They are now looking for a mid-level Digital Project Manager to join their team and work closely with their Digital Director across Agency clients including Stoli, Comcast, Wyndham Hotels and ING DIRECT.

Contact: amanda@weareshesays.com

Pongr.com is a cool new site that rewards you for loving brands. Great, huh? You take a picture of the brand and mail it to brandname@pongr.com, for example Apple@pongr.com. When you love brands, you earn points that you can use to redeem gift cards and get special deals from companies such as iTunes, Amazon and Walmart.

Check out Pongr and get rewarded!

Doodle.com is an online scheduler that eliminates the chaos of scheduling. The site saves you a lot of time and energy by allowing you to propose several dates and times. The participants can indicate their availability online and it gives you a simple overview where you can see the best time to meet. Best of all – the service is free.

Give them a try next time you want to schedule a meeting with several busy people!

Garden camping, BYOD, Loosecubes, Wii U. Ever heard of them? There’s no other way to put it: this month’s event is all about inspiration and cool things to watch this year. From tech all the way to street and lifestyle our speakers will be taking you through some insights and super clever ideas you wish you had.

Director of trendspotting at JWT, Ann Mack, and brand strategist Jasmine Takanikos will be speaking at this free event at Strawberry Frog. Check out the details here and come check it out!

The KNOW HOW conference brings you new insights on finance, innovation, creativity and collaboration within creative industries across Europe. Various industry experts and policy makers – such as Michael Thomson, Jurriaan van Rijswijk, Jenny Tooth and Sylvain Pasqua – are willing to share their knowledge and interact with you.

Make sure you don’t miss this entirely online conference!

Register for FREE here and see our very own Emma Sexton from SheSays UK speak too http://www.howtogrow.eu/knowhow/

The final part of one shout‘s very first beta projects has gone live for branding superstar Julie Cottineau. She has launched her new site, BrandTwist and it looks amazing.

You can check out all the submissions from back in July/August. The collective was asked to re-brand Julie by coming up with a new logo design, business cards and site design. Elaine was both the community and client choices.

Julie had nothing but positive things to say about her experience with shout and its community:

“Working with shout was amazing. I got a terrific breadth of ideas in a relatively short amount of time. I loved watching the community comment on the work and improve it with their passion and expertise. I am delighted with my new logo and brand direction, it really represents who I am and what I was hoping to express. I look forward to watching shout twist and grow and I would definitely come back to the community with more creative projects down the line.”

Credit also goes to the developer Bob of Tiger + Rat, who shout partnered up with to build the site for Digiday, another design project on shout. He continues to be a great shout partner.

Follow Julie on Twitter @JCottin

A documentary on how media can make us or break us. Film introduced by Christine Day, CEO lululemon athletica.

About the Film:

Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.

Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics, like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.

Screening

When:  February 28th | Screening starts at 7pm Doors open at 6:30pm

Where: Pacific Cinematheque (1131 Howe Street, between Davie and Helmcken) Vancouver, BC Canada

Tickets $10 Purchase online at http://www.missrepresentationvancouver.com/

All proceeds from the screening will be donated to a local girl-centric charity.

***SOLD OUT – Follow us on Twitter @SheSaysVan for ticket giveaways and information on how you can attend.

We’re launching Who’s Yr Momma!

Who’s Yr Momma is a fabulous mentorship program that’s been successfully running in New York and London. So naturally us Sydney-siders want a piece of the action! This program is a great way for you to partner up with a wise woman who can offer support and advice on your career.

And remember, it doesn’t matter where you are on the corporate ladder, we could all do with having someone to bounce ideas off or lend a few pearls of advice.

So join us in celebrating our launch of Who’s Yr Momma.

We have some marvellous mommas lined up to share their gems of wisdom on the night.

When:                     6.30pm, Thursday 23 February

Where:                    Tequila, 80 Gipps Street, Pyrmont, Sydney, 2009

*** WOW! OUR EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

PLEASE EMAIL YASMIN AT SHESAYS.SYDNEY@GMAIL.COM TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST.

I’M SURE WE CAN SQUEEZE YOU IN! ***

How does Who’s Yr Momma work?

First of all it’s free! Most importantly it’s a flexible arrangement between you and your mentor. Together you decide the terms of engagement – how regularly you meet up and what you want to get out of it,

How do I sign up?

It’s really simple. Drop us a line with what you’re looking to get out of Who’s Yr Momma – that way we can find your perfect match!

yourmomma.sydney@gmail.com

We need you!

If you’re one of those exceptional people who love to offer support, guidance and a laugh or two when times get tough… then WE NEED YOU!

Please get in touch with us at yourmomma.sydney@gmail.com

Thank you

This month’s illustration was brought to you by the super talented Kitti Gould.

Wouldn’t it be great to see how the world feels when something big is going on, like a presidential election or the Olympics? At Mappiness.com you can track how you have rated your happiness and see the world’s mood trends.

Some solutions are clever and just plain fun and Mappiness is one of them. The site asks people to rate how happy they feel on a scale of 1 to 9 and shows a mood map of how the world feels. You can zoom in and out to anywhere you like and follow your friends.

Give it a try and map out your happiness, or just see what mood everyone is in around you.

Wunderkit is a beautiful new project and task manager that helps you organise your work, and your life. The interface is really slick and intuitive. And you can invite people to join projects and interact by commenting on your progress.

This Berlin-based company has made the Wunderkit experience even better with cloud synchronization between the iPhone and web, making it available wherever you are. Try organizing yourself!

Are you up for the challenge of setting the online world alight? If you are, you should definitely sign up for The Urgent Genius Weekender 2.

Last year they hosted the Urgent Genius Weekender, a worldwide competition and search for the Internet’s next big thing. Memes like ‘Thom Yorke Whips his Hair’ and ‘Shaun of the Dead Island’ attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers and made it into media as diverse as the Guardian, Rolling Stone and perezhilton.com. This year it will be even bigger and better, giving entrants the chance to be mentored by -and to go up against- industry figures and well-known creatives.

From the 2nd of March, your team will choose a trending topic, create and seed a reaction to it in the space of 48 hours. The team that creates the content with the most hits/likes/retweets wins.

The competition is open to creatives everywhere and this year it also invites students to join. Check them out!

Do you ever wonder how women at the top of their game got there? Then come join us for a lively evening where our panel of TOP GUNS in the business tell us how they got where they are today.

Come learn how you can make it to the next level! Join us, make connections and friends.

WHERE/WHEN:
Wong, Doody, Crandall, Wiener & United Future
Wednesday, February 22, 2012,  7 — 10 pm

TOP GUNS (UPDATED 2/16):
Jessica Barron - Business Leader for TeamBeachbody.com at Beachbody
Roseleen Browne - Management Supervisor at WDCW
Suman Nichani - Director of Product Development at BeachMint

RSVP:
Seats are limited, so we recommend you arrive on time. RSVP here for the event. Sorry guys, this is open to women only.

We look forward to seeing you there!

GHAVA is an agency that works within the overlap of art and design. With an exhibition in Philadelphia they displayed research, inspiration, new logos and potential corporate tie-ins to present a new image and corporate identity of none other than God.

They have brought an artistic slant to a bunch of clients including Nokia, AOL and Coca-Cola, and they also did a cool series of morning exercise videos for MTV.

The Digital Girls Club are hosting the Web Chix Connected event on Friday 17th February during Social Media Week in NYC. It’s going to be a screening of the film Connected followed by a panel discussion focusing on fostering collaborations and empowerment. SheSays has been invited to be a part of that panel which also includes Girls in Tech NY, Girl Approved, Sandra Ordonez (Joomla), Fab and social media maven Amy Vernon. Make an evening of it. Tickets are $15, but they are limited so don’t wait too long. Come connect with us.

Markover.me is an amazing tool for creative people. Just upload an image of something you’re working on and other people can add comments on top of your image. Founded and coded by Kelsey Falter, this new tool is yet another great example of collaboration. We can’t wait to see how we can integrate markover with our very own co-creation platform shout.

In preparation for Valentines day why not give your loved one a gift that authentically expresses your feelings of un-ending love, lust & desire. Or at least that is what artist Chad Silver believes in. So he created an installation called Love is Lame currently at JaegerSloan. You can go see the exhibition or  you can buy some of the bears here. We’re definitely getting one.

Tired of now knowing your NFC from your RFID? SheSays is officially announcing a series of one-day courses. Classes in Digital Production, Strategy, Creative and Mobile will happen every month – see calendar on the right.

We’re here again to present a networking session with top quality female speakers on juggling life, work and everything else in between!

SheSays Brighton: Make it So!….getting things done, Thursday 15 March 2012, 6.30pm to 9pm at Cogapp offices, Lees House 21-33 Dyke Road, Brighton, England

Our awesome speakers from Brighton’s Digital industry include:

Ellen de Vries is a freelance copywriter and writing trainer, and 3 years ago she founded The Copy House, where several writers collaborate under one roof. Ellen also works as a writing trainer, helping companies develop their own writing style across all their communications. Ellen works at the heart of Brighton’s web community. She lets her creativity loose with puppet-making and performance. Ellen also runs ‘Not for the Faint Hearted’ writing workshops and poetry courses. Follow @eldevri on Twitter.

Nadine Schofield has been a project manager in the digital world for 15 years, establishing herself in boutique agencies in Hampshire and Brighton before spreading her wings with larger agencies in London. After a decade as an FTE Nadine launched her consultancy offering and never looked back: always changing, challenging and exciting; Project Management On Demand. The journey has enabled Nadine to do what she loves most: delivering quality on or under budget, exceeding expectations and helping her clients make money.

Thank you for kind support from Cogapp. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW VENUE! Register to attend this free event.

Thank you for this beautiful bespoke illustration from the talented Brigitte Sutherland.

Join SheSays Brighton chapter for more updates and follow @SheSaysBrighton

See you then

love from the SheSays Brighton team

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BERG is a london studio dedicated to developing technologies by finding opportunities in networks and physical things.

They are behind many cool products like Mag+ (the first magazine platform for the iPad), SVK (a comic printed in invisible ink) but most importantly the amazing Little Printer. The soon to be launched Little Printer scours the web on your behalf, assembling the content you care about into a very cute mini-newspaper that gets delivered to you twice a day. Why paper? According to its creators “Paper is like a screen that never turns off. You can stick to the fridge or tuck it in your wallet. You can scribble on it or tear it and give it to a friend”.

DIGITAL PRODUCTION
DIGITAL STRATEGY
DIGITAL CREATIVE
MOBILE
GET SMARTER WITH DATA

If you are an account manager or producer come to the next SheSays Digital Production course on Friday, 17th of February.

This course is perfect for professionals who work with a lot of print and broadcasting projects and want to expand their knowledge into the digital space. We’ll give you all practical information you need to start selling and making digital to your clients. And expanding your skill set may get you that higher salary you promised yourself this year.
For costs and further information please visit our eventbrite page.

IU Stencils is one of the most fun, nerdiest sites out there. It sells everything browser sticky pads all the way to iPhone icons in a stencil. Great for UX/UI and any interface designers out there.

The way we work has changed. And platforms like our very own shout are a prime example of that. So the organizers of re:working conference in New York invited SheSays to speak on managing communities and how we ensure that everyone involved gets value. And talking about value, if you want to attend the conference use this code to get 20% off ticket prices: REWKAL20

We all work with brands. And whether you’re on the client or the agency side, we all tend to get too attached to brand bibles, navel gazing on the smallest details and therefore missing a big point: the consumer’s perspective. According to Ty Montague from co: collective, 80% of CEOs believe their company products are different from the competition and 8% consumers agree.
This information suggests that, despite all forms of testing and social listening, we’re still not doing a good job of putting the consumer first.
So this month, we’ll attempt to show you some tools that will help you do exactly that. We’ll show you how to take consumers in to account before, during and after a project launches.

SPEAKERS
Melissa Silvers – Creative Director – Ready Set Rocket
Christine Peterson – Director of Media – LBi
plus a VIP speaker

This FREE event will happen on Tuesday, January 31st at LBi. LBi’s offices are located at 11 West 19th Street – 3rd floor. Doors and networking open at 6.30PM. Speakers start at 7.15PM.
If you’d like to come please RSVP through eventbrite and feel free to pass this on to other ladies you know.

We’re looking forward to seeing you then.
SheSays NY

For as little as $100, anyone can get a TechShop membership and start using some serious equipment to make things. Laser cutters, 3D printers , welding machines, anything that you could never afford is now available for as long as you want. Techshop is the perfect place if you need to make a prototype for something – see Dodocase’s example. But word of advice for the TechShop guys – who are currently opening spaces around the US – your site needs some serious love.

Floating yoga, garden camping, healthy vending machines. These are just some of the trends Ann Mack, director of Trendspotting at JWT NY and February SheSays speaker, believes are going to be big in 2012. You’ll discover some cool things like loosecubes but you’ll also be surprised as to why things like cloud-based services are listed – so 2011 darlings. Still, some very entertaining reading.

We are smokin’ as another shout project comes to life. In just 3 months, Digiday’s new site launched this past weekend. Congrats.

If you can’t remember the project, take a quick look at the ideas here. The client’s choice (as well as our community’s choice) was done by NORAHrrr. What we see live today has stayed true to the design proposed.

The clients have said fantastic stuff about their experience with shout and our talented collective:

“We’re very pleased with how the site turned out, which is a credit to all of you. The feedback’s been terrific. We really appreciate the hard work everyone put into this.”
- Brian Morrissey, Editor-in-Chief

“It was a terrific experience and you helped us raise the bar. I am most grateful. Thank you.”
- Nick Friese, CEO

We’d also like to reach out and give credit to the developer, Bob of Tiger + Rat. Thanks for being such a great shout partner and putting in the hard work to build Digiday’s site as NORAHrrr had envisioned.

Further proof that our community is made up of quality women and is serious about the work we deliver.

Keep it up.

If you need to translate something fast,  WorldLens is the best thing out there. It creates a layer on top text in a foreign language and translates into your language. OK, it only reads text but we reckon sound translation on the fly is next. And no one will ever have to learn any language again – scary.

Shift Happens: A Personal Look at Your Professional Paradigm

The digital space is dynamic, your role within it should be too. With so many possibilities for what you can be in this world, you shouldn’t feel stuck in a rut. If you’ve dreamed of transitioning into a different role within your career but wonder, “How do people do that?,” we’ve put together a panel of four women who’ve managed it quite nicely and lived to tell the tale. Join us for cocktails and a Q&A.

Kate Kemp | Conceptor | The Marketing Arm

Date: January 25
Time: Cocktails at 6:30 pm, Panel at 7 pm
Place: TracyLocke, 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2800, Dallas, TX 75201

Back again the annual SheSays portfolio surgery kicks off another year of amazing events and networking. This time it is hosted by Vitamin T / AQUENT.

If you need advice, want to make sure you are heading in the right direction, looking for some inspiration this is the event to be at.

We have asked some of the best Creative Directors in the UK to lend a hand, review your work, give their feedback. It doesn’t matter if you’re a senior, mid-weight or junior everyone gets their work seen. And you may be lucky and meet someone who will give you your next job.

TICKETS

We have two types of tickets. If you want your portfolio reviewed please select the “I need a portfolio review”. If you just want to come along and have a drink select the “I just want to observe”.

Due to the popularity of this event:

“I need a portfolio review” tickets (first round) will be available 10am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. The second round at 10am on the 4th January, 2012. Put it in the diary now.

“I just want to observe” tickets will also be available from 10am on Wednesday 4th January, 2012.

This event is for the ladies only – sorry no lads at this one.

OUR FABULOUS CDS ARE:

Tom Sacchi – Unit9

Sam Ball – Lean Mean Fighting Machine

Steve Price – PlanBStudio

Jose-Carlos Mariategui

Paul Banham – JWT

Alasdair Graham – EuroRSCG

Becky Power – FullSix

Nathan Cooper – Anomaly

Andy Cameron

Carl Jones

Tom Eslinger – Saatchi

Liv Sivell – Start JudgeGill

Mike Williams – Ubermore

Simon Poett – Special Moves

And more to follow in the upcoming weeks.

SheSays Crew

Emma Sexton, SheSays Director in London was awarded “Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs for 2011″ during Global Entrepreneurship Week. The Future 100 Awards were first launched in 2008 to recognise and profile young entrepreneurs running businesses, which have a triple bottom line. The definition of a triple bottom line, is a business that addresses people, planet and profit. They have a strong commercial foundation as well as a significant social and environmental impact. The Future 100 Awards recognises the success of entrepreneurs aged 18-35 who demonstrate entrepreneurial flair and innovation in progressing a responsible business venture. Congrats Emma!

It will be interesting to see how the site develops over the next few months. At the moment each story allows you to post words, pictures, locations, sounds and characters. We would love to see this community develop. Maybe we can have section of SheSays writers up there? We noticed SheSays speaker Jinal Shah has posted some stories too.

Another successful project on shout came to a close this week, a redesign of Ann Daniels’ homepage. It is super cool that our collective has been able to be a part of helping make history for women.

The top ‘helpers’ (aka winners) are:
1st place// DianaL
2nd place// rachaelblume
3rd place// lilliancoryn

Ann had a hard time deciding on which one design she was going to select as each one of them had something she liked. She ultimately picked lilliancoryn’s design as “…it was a clean and simple design but was still dynamic and fresh.  It incorporated all the elements important to me and gives a busy exec or a casual browser everything they need to know about me on one page.”

Ann had a great experience working with our collective on the platform and wanted us to share the following with everyone:

“I can’t thank everyone enough for supporting me on this. The response has been overwhelming and I am indebted to you all.  Not one of my achievements has come without the generous help of others and I believe that no one can do great things alone.  It takes a community and a great team working together.  Women working together can be so powerful. So thank you all.”

Woot woot. Please join us in congratulating everyone’s creativity and hardwork.

One of the things we’re looking forward to in 2012 is the release of the film Bigger Than Me staring SheSays speaker and big wave surfer Wrenna Delgado. Wrenna is one of four women in the world to surf big waves and was just nominated for female performer of year in the 2011 XXL Big Wave Awards.

Perhaps we’ll pair her up with polar explorer – and SheSays speaker – Ann Daniels for a SheSays event on fearlessness – and conquering water, frozen or not.

If you’re obsessed about interface design then Pattern Tap is the place for you. Whether you’re looking for inspiration for pulling off a horizontal nav bar with a ton of sections or you just want to give your 404 page some flavor, the sites gives you loads of ideas and best practices to design the loveliest interfaces out there.

We all gathered at the suitably glamorous offices of Publicis Mojo to give and receive fabulous advice on getting a foot in the door.

To kickstart the night off, a bunch of leading ladies in recruitment and HR dispensed some wise gems. Here are just a few:

Dene from iknowho recruitment encouraged us to:

• Send Thank you notes after an interview or ‘chat’
• Manage your online profile. Have you googled yourself recently?
• Keep your CV short and sweet. One page is the best

Nicola from Michael Page Recruitment told us to:

• Smile! It goes a long way during an interview
• Make a smart shoe choice. Flats, not flip-flops
• Do it like Dolly Parton: “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life”

Sondra and Catherine from Nakama Recruitment prompted us to:

• Have an online portfolio if you work in digital
• Use descriptions to help a non-creative see your work in all its glory
• Show your second-best piece of work first and leave your best till last

Raechel from DMG asked us the killer questions:

• Why are you here today? What are your growth areas? What can we offer you?
• How do you fit into an agency’s cultural fit?
• Does you have ‘preparedness’ – the ability to identify a problem then bring a solution?

The magic continued with the second part of the night – a host of leading ladies offering one on one advice and words of encouragement.

A big thank you to all those who helped out on the night, as well as:

• The lovely ladies from Classic Beauty for doing our nails
• Fran and Kate from Publicis Mojo
• Talented designers Cat MacInnes from Jackie Winter and Airi Nakayama, from Mark

Every now and again we find some cool sites out there. But the best thing is when we find reference sites like Designers Envy that aggregates tons of visual goodness with one click. And Design Envy has kudos from having curators selected by AIGA, amongst them our friends from JaegerSloan.

Hello there,

You’ve worked so hard all year, so let us buy you a drink, or two.

We are super proud of how everyone on SheSays has helped to build and grow the community.

2011 has been a great ride for the NY chapter:

• we’ve redesigned the site,
• started 7 new chapters,
• helped 51 women through our mentorship program and another 70 through career management,
• started a monthly newsletter in March,
• had 11 successful events for over 800 attendees,
• had our first Golden Stilettos award in the US,
• taught over 140 people in our courses,
• tweeted 1170 times, wrote over 233 posts
• and launched shout – a platform for all shesays smart ladies to work together on client briefs.

But we couldn’t have done this without you. So come and celebrate with us on Wednesday, 14th of December, from 6.30PM until free bar lasts. We’ll meet at the Archive Bar located at 12 East 36th Street between Madison and 5th. RSVP here.

Bring someone you like, men or women ; )

See you at the party,
SheSays NY team

Shout had two pieces of work selected for a FastCompany article about girls being a better ROI for parents. We’ve put the work up as a invite only brief on the platform and 2 posters got picked up: “Born to Rule” by Ale Lariu and Lindsey Lanpher and “Do it for her” by Karen Gereffi and Carla Ballercer. Congrats on the amazing work and for having two campaigns selected amongst a ton of ‘big boy’ agencies.