Sree Presents: Smarter Use of Your Smartphone With Advanced Tips (online & NYC options)

#smarterphonetips

Wed, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Sree Sreenivasan (@Sree), Andrew Lih (@Fuzheado) & Digimentors.group present a special workshop in New York City that you can also watch online from anywhere. This is a brand-new course we're offering for the first-time anywhere. 

You will learn how to use your smartphone in smarter ways that will save you time, money, aggravation, and show you how to be more productive and creative with your phone.

• Experts will share tips as you meet cool new apps.
• You will also improve your photo, video and Instagram skills.
• Want to know how you can be super-creative on mobile? Yes, we'll cover that.
• Worried about phone security? After this workshop, you'll feel safer every time you whip out your mobile device.
• Learn how you can go mobile first in your work and life.
• Bring your iPhone or your Android and take lots of notes.

Place: W 83, Loft (150 West 83rd Street)

Time: Wed, Sept 12, 6-9 pm ET in NYC (with online-viewing option as well)

Bring your iPhone or your Android! If you have time, download to your phone before the workshop: SparkPost; Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides; Instagram; Twitter; and LinkedIn.

ABOUT FOOD: There are many delis and food places right near the venue, on either Amsterdam or Columbus Avenues. Bring along non-messy food and drinks and treats to keep your body and mind in shape during the event. 

WATCH FOR: PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS — You may be one of the lucky ones who takes home something cool.

"Sree Sreenivasan is one of the world’s best experts and teachers about how to get the most out of social media. He has a rare combination of knowledge and patience about the subject. I rarely do endorsements, but I recommend Sree highly." - Walt Mossberg, former WSJ columnist and cofounder of Recode, and one of the most influential tech journalists of our time. 
 

Guests include:

Liza Donnelly will demonstrate how artists can create on their phones.

Kamal Singh Masuta will provide tips for keeping our phones safe

Erin Clare Brown will demonstrate how to maximize video on your phone

Steffen Kaplan will show how you can be creative — easily — with your phone 

Srushti Hebbar will teach us how to design mobile content with Adobe Sparkpost

Liz Borod Wright will offer tips on using Instagram Stories

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About Sree (@sree on Twitter and @sreenet on Instagram)

Sree Sreenivasan is a leading consultant, speaker and trainer for nonprofits, corporations, startups and executives. He has been Chief Digital Officer of major institutions in multiple industries: City of New York (working at City Hall); Columbia University; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (leading a 70-person team that helped keep the 150-year-old institution relevant in the smartphone age). Before joining the Met, he spent 20 years as a full-time professor at Columbia Journalism School. He was named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2015; the world's most influential Chief Digital Officer by CDO Club in 2016; and one of Poynter’s 35 most influential people in social media in 2010. He is a contributor to CNBC's "Squawk Alley," appearing monthly to talk tech.

In 2018, he and Andrew Lih launched Digimentors, a new kind of digital consultancy - strategists, trainers and coaches - and doers: http://digimentors.group 

About Andrew Lih

Andrew Lih (@fuzheado on Twitter and @fuzheado on Instagram)is a technologist, author of The Wikipedia Revolution, former professor of journalism at Columbia University, American University, HKU, USC, and an authority on both Wikipedia and internet censorship in the People's Republich of China.

About Liza Donnelly

Liza Donnelly (@LizaDonnelly on Twitter and Liza Donnelly on Instagram) is a visual journalist and a cartoonist at the New Yorker. She is also a resident cartoonist do who does "live drawing" for CBS News and has covered events such as the Oscars, CNN. Liza currently writes on Medium and is a TED speaker. 

About Kamal Singh Masuta 

Kamal Singh Masuta (@7SkiesTech on Twitter) is currently a Director of Technology for the NYC Department of Education (@NYCSchools). Recognized for his expertise in digital security, Kamal also advises on digital strategy and website design. He formerly worked for the Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom).

About Erin Clare Brown

Erin Clare Brown (@ErinClareBrown on Twitter and Ecce_B on Instagram) is a former Senior Editor of Digital Storytelling at the New York Times and part of the team that helped bring Snapchat Discover to the Wall Street Journal. She currently consults internationally.

About Steffen Kaplan

Steffen Kaplan (@SpinItSocial) on Twitter and SKaplanPhotos on Instagram) is a social media and visual consultant. He worked as a supervising photo editor for the New York Times Wire Service for over 15 years and as a freelance photojournalist documenting the NYPD.

About Srushti Hebbar

Srushti Hebbar (@SrushtiH on Twitter and SrushtiHebbar on Instagram) is currently a freelance design consultant, focusing on branding and creating live social media graphics, such as quote cards and infographics, that help with event amplification.

About Liz Borod Wright

Liz Borod Wright (@Travelogged on Twitter and Travelogged on Instagram) is a social media strategist, digital storyteller, and influence Marketer. She has worked for Zagat, NBC New York, and BBC Travel.

Want to make a customized version of this event for your company or non-profit? Email: Sree@sree.net 
Sree will be doing 40+workshops in 20+ cities in 5+ countries in 2018. Sign up to hear more or to bring him to your town: http://bit.ly/sreelist3

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