Internet Geek Girl

I could start this post musing about the fact that some people I know are still not on Facebook. Can you imagine that? But I’ll save that rant for my next “state of the Face.”

The beauty of a blog is that it’s a quick and easy way to publish information - whether you’re planning your wedding, communicating with your top customers and stake holders or having a web2.0 birthday party (and unconference) in NYC next week. Here you go…..

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Stephanie Agresta is celebrating another year with a new partnership and a new networking event. You are cordially invited to join with business leaders in technology, media, and marketing to explore the latest developments in web2.0 and connect with “influencers” and passionate members of this exciting online community. Be part of the relationship economy and celebrate new beginnings.

You are cordially invited to attend the party on Wednesday, October 3rd at one of NYC’s hottest venues, 230-Fifth.

The cocktail party begins at 6 pm! Weather permitting, we will be up on the rooftop bar. With palm trees and fountains setting the scene at the 22,000-square-foot 230-Fifth, you’ll enjoy the view and the conversation. Otherwise we will be in the Penthouse.

Bring your geek stuff…as attendees will be pod-casting, video-casting and live blogging the event.

The Birthday 2.0 “unconference” begins @ 4:30 pm. Topics will be selected by members and small group discussions will be held in the luxurious and sexy 8000 square foot fully enclosed Penthouse Lounge. Come early and discuss the state of Web2.0 with cool “influencers,” like Chris Brogan, Howard Greenstein, Sanford Dickert and Brian Shaler.

About The Conversation Group:
(Stephanie Agresta, Partner)

The Conversation Group is a new global communications consultancy dedicated to the art and science of participatory media. We work with a broad range of business leaders to dramatically scale their ability to discover, engage and interact with their constituents, wherever they may be — online, offline, and mobile.

In lieu of gifts:
We will be collecting good-will donations for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Unite and fight cancer!

Steve Rosenbaum of Magnify.net posted a beautiful remembrance of 9/11.

I will never forget that day. It is hard to put into words how I feel about 9/11, having lived a few miles away from Ground Zero and having personally lost friends. It’s also hard for me to think about all the anger and bitterness in the world and how violence begets violence. I understand anger, but I feel better when I see examples of people that took that anger and channeled it into something good. Someone like Amy Callahan and her family.

Amy Callahan, my best friend for 25 years, lost her fiance Scott Hazelcorn on that day. Amy is being featured on The Oprah Show today, highlighted for her hard work creating Camp Better Days, a camp for children that lost parents and loved ones on 9/11. On Oprah’s site, Amy stated:

“A few weeks before [the attacks], [Scott] and my brother and I had a conversation about starting a camp for kids in need,” she says. “I had no idea at the time that it would have been these kids.” To help ease her grief, Amy says she threw all her energy into the camp. “It gave me a purpose,” she says.

For Amy and the hard-working staff and supporters of Camp Better Days - It’s about the kids!!!

Since 9/11 I have come to believe strongly in the power of compassion, love and gratitude. I pray that each of us take small steps to incorporate more compassion, love and gratitude into our lives. I am inspired by the children who, despite the horrific loss of their parents, are able to forgive. If they can do it, can’t we?