One part hunter. Two parts gatherer.
Curator @ Summit has spent a long time thinking about, and building, community. The formula is actually pretty simple.
We convene multi-disciplinary leaders driving ventures that seek to add positive value to the world, who—just as importantly—have a generous spirit and desire to collaborate.
We host this remarkable group in surreal settings, designed to challenge intellectual, emotional, and physical boundaries. Then we watch the magic unfold. From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Advisor @ From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomAdvisor @ From May 2014 to Present (1 year 8 months) Greater New York City AreaFreelance Reporter @ From July 2013 to Present (2 years 6 months) London, United KingdomFounder @ One part hunter, two parts gatherer, audience.io is a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally. We work with companies on a variety of activities ranging from business development and partnerships to online marketing through content creation and social media to offline marketing in the form of events as small as dinner parties and as big as conferences and hackathons. Members include Fueled, YPlan, Makeshift, Qriously, TaskRabbit, State.com, Secret Escapes, Grouper and Ignite100.
While we are mostly based in New York and London, we're very proud to have built a culture based on the idea that with a solid WiFi connection, you really can work from anywhere. Our small team congregate in far-off cities twice per year for company offsites. In January 2014, we were in Panama; July we're heading to Berlin! This is why our company mantra is "The World is Global, Baby" From April 2013 to May 2015 (2 years 2 months) Co-Founder @ Where the New York and London tech, design, and social good communities meet. 3460 Miles is nothing--but bridging the gap is something. Let us be extraordinary together.
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Email 3460Miles@gmail.com to get your event, company, or yourself featured! From February 2013 to February 2015 (2 years 1 month) Mentor @ Labs is a comprehensive six month program for emerging digital media and technology companies in the UK. Labs aims to help selected start-ups gain traction and scale by working closely with them with the objective of helping them strike a commercial partnership with BBC Worldwide. From July 2012 to June 2014 (2 years) Head of Networks @ Heading up Network Development, Audience Development, Content Strategy & Events for London's coolest multi-product technology company. From May 2013 to December 2013 (8 months) London, United KingdomTech City Advisory Board at 10 Downing Street @ From August 2012 to December 2013 (1 year 5 months) London, United KingdomDirector of Audience Development @ Courtney Boyd Myers helped launch the New York based education company in the UK spearheading GA London's marketing and business development efforts while also organizing classes, workshops & events in technology, business and design. From May 2012 to April 2013 (1 year) Mentor @ From April 2012 to November 2012 (8 months) Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomFeatures Editor @ Courtney's talent and passion for long-form writing and editing allowed her to grow into this position where she wrote and edited all of TNW's long-form content. She also produced all of the content for TNW's first monthly iPad Magazine and handled several of the iPad Mag's first advertising deals. From December 2011 to May 2012 (6 months) East Coast Editor @ Courtney was responsible for launching The Next Web in New York City and oversaw all of the site’s East Coast technology coverage and long-form content. From November 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 2 months) Tech Blogger @ tech reporting From May 2010 to February 2011 (10 months) Managing Editor of Connected Traveler @ Managed our Connected Traveler section and wrote about the intersection of tech and travel http://www.pcmag.com/connected-traveler/ From July 2010 to November 2010 (5 months) Writer @ I wrote about ideas + trends for creative business From May 2010 to November 2010 (7 months) Robot Girl @ News and features about the latest technology, engineering, and science advances including electronics, computing, energy, biomedical,.....AND ROBOTS! From May 2010 to October 2010 (6 months) Reporter @ I wrote about gadgets, gizmos and robots for a UK audience From January 2010 to August 2010 (8 months) Robot Girl @ Writing: Daily multimedia blog posts on technology, music and culture; freelance until Forbes acquired TrueSlant in 2010 From October 2009 to July 2010 (10 months) Associate Editorial Director @ PR for Financial Services (this wasn't a fun job) From January 2010 to January 2010 (1 month) Robot Girl @ I wrote about robots for a new media startup and helped build out their social media strategy From 2010 to 2010 (less than a year) Opinions Assistant Editor and Technology Reporter @ Editing: daily political columns; annual reports on the global state of cities and an exhaustive report on the state of artificial intelligence, which can be found at forbes.com/ai.
Writing: weekly academic interviews; panoply of investigative reports, tech reviews, and slideshows
Video: Coverage for Forbes Technology, Guest on Clayton Morris's Gadgets and Games on Fox News
Conferences Attended: Lux Research 2008, Forbes Energy 2008, Wired 2009, and Singularity Summit 2009 From January 2009 to October 2009 (10 months) Editorial Assistant @ Events: Coordinated the October 2008 World Wide Editor's Meeting in Instanbul, Turkey; Daily editing of event messaging: Copy editing of the Forbes International Partner Guides for all local language editors and clients
Writing: Researched, developed and wrote articles on eco-business, e-commerce and emerging technology
Forbes Rich List: Conducted statistical research and copywriting for the Forbes 400 Rich List and Celebrities List From March 2008 to January 2009 (11 months) Sales Coordinator @ Provided communications between high level executives and the advertising department
Coordinated all invitees aboard the Forbes Highlander and managed all advertising events
Prepared written background reports for the Forbes brothers for client meetings
Managed incoming advertising queries and administrative work: schedules, travel, expenses, etc.
Created presentations resulting in Forbes partnerships: BMO, Chevron, IBM, Greenopia, DeGrisogono From July 2007 to March 2008 (9 months) Editorial Intern @ Research: Compiled statistical research for All the Money in the World: Published by ASAP Media 2007 From June 2006 to August 2006 (3 months) Marketing Intern @ From June 2005 to August 2005 (3 months)
Certificate, Urban Garden Design @ Brooklyn Botanical Garden From 2009 to 2009 Creative Writing, Creative Writing @ Cooper Union From 2009 to 2009 Creative Writing, Creative Writing, New York Stories @ Cooper Union Continuing Education From 2009 to 2009 Certificate, The Politics of International Economic Relations Fall 2008 @ NYU- School of Continuing and Professional Studies From 2008 to 2008 English BA, English, Philosophy, Creative Writing @ James Madison University From 2003 to 2007 BA, English, Philosophy @ James Madison University From 2003 to 2007 Bachelor of Arts, English Literature; Creative Writing; Philosophy; Ancient Greece @ James Madison University From 2003 to 2007 Wilton High School From 1999 to 2003 Courtney (CBM) is skilled in: Writing, Editing, Strategic Communications, Fun, Social Networking, Apps, Google, Facebook, Cooking, Swimming, Dancing, Twitter, Web, Internet, Social Media
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