Nov 02 2008
Media Tech Tonic #6: Social Networking for Artists, Designers, and Creative Professionals, November 19, 2008
Our presenter this month is Diane Darling, an experienced networking consultant. She will share her insights on how creative professionals that work independently can hone and improve their networking skills. She’ll cover a range of of both inter-personal and and web-based tools that she uses herself.
Everyone can network, and in today’s competitive marketplace, it has become an essential competency for everyone. One challenge in becoming more effective in networking is coming up with your own style and learning how to use the best of both F2F (face to face) and web-based tools. This session is intended for artists, designers, and other creative professionals as well as designers who are working on tools to either map social interactions or help bring people together in meaningful ways.
Free and and open to the public.
Location: MassArt, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Room: Alumni Room, 11th Floor Tower Building
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Directions: By car | By T | Campus map (PDF)
RSVP: not required for this event
Additional Parking and Driving Directions
Parking will be available to attendees who drive in the Ward Street lot if you enter the lot between 5:45pm and 6:45pm. If you’re driving, take a close look at a Google Map of the area, finding the Ward Street Lot can be tricky the first time.
If you’re traveling west on Huntington Avenue from Downtown, as you pass the main campus on your right, take a left at the light at the Longwood Avenue intersection, crossing over the trolley tracks. Go straight to the stop sign and turn left, then immediately turn right onto Ward Street. MassArt’s parking lot is short distance ahead on the left.
If you’re traveling east on Huntington Avenue from Bringham Circle, take a right at the light at the Longwood Avenue intersection, then a quick left and right and you’re on Ward Street. MassArt’s parking lot is short distance ahead on the left.
Photo credit: “My social network is most intelligent than Google” by luc legay