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Why SXSW? Why Go to Live Events Anymore?

Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.

Right now I’m in SFO airport about to board a plane to Austin (via Las Vegas) for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi).
But in the age of social media, of being able to connect with people via twitter, facebook, phone, email, skype … why do we need to go to live events at all?
Why go to [...]

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Do You Want Every Day to be Epic?

Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.

Of course you do.
Join @ElizabethPW and @AllisonNazarian for the weekly twitter chat “Epic Adventures in Everyday Life” (#epicchat) on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM Pac / 8:00 PM EST
Join EPW (closer-to-the-edge girl) and ANaz (closer-to-home girl) as they explore:

How life doesn’t stop when you become a mom … it begins.
Why you need (at least) [...]

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The Truth About Vegas, or What I Did in 2009

Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.

I woke, sat straight up in bed, in tears, knowing in my bones that this was the moment.
And I thought: “oh, fuck it.”
The moment was at 5:30 AM in a hotel room in Caesar’s Palace on Saturday, June 6, 2009.
I came to Las Vegas for a big “find your life purpose” event to connect with [...]

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Skype, Starbucks & Skin Grafts: 11 Strategies to Find Friends in Fantasyland

Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.

I always wanted Friends.
Every Thursday night in my Junior year of college, a group of us girls would run back from night class to gather in Mindy’s dorm room, drink illicit margaritas, and revel in the details of a romanticized version of New York City life.
The scenario portrayed on the 1990s TV show “Friends” seemed [...]

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Do It With Your Eyes Open & Be Awesome: Post-#Shine Wrap Up, pt 1

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.

Last week I went to Las Vegas.
Why? Well, it’s Las Vegas. Okay, I also went there to throw a tweetup and hang with the other entrepreneurs attending Ali Brown’s Shine Event.
After 5 days in Vegas, here’s what I learned:
Sometimes you need to do it with your eyes open.
The first “event” after arriving in [...]

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The “Tell Me More” Project: How to Make Human Connections in a Digital World

Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.

::scroll down for updates!::
An open letter to my readers, followers, friends, partners, clients, customers, and pretty much everyone else who I’ve met online or in real life:
Over the years, at the advice of my mentors and many of the guru’s out there I’ve set up various layers of staff between me and you all, really [...]

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