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Ypulse Sponsored Interview: Catherine Cook, Founder, myYearbook

Posted by anastasia | 06/19/08 | No Comments

myYearbook has been a long time Ypulse.com sponsor and is a sponsor at this year's Ypulse Mashup, where they will be presenting a case study focusing on their advertising partnerships. In case you missed the news, myYearbook is now the number…

Virtual Entrepreneur Joins Totally Wired Superstar Panel @ The Ypulse Mashup

Posted by anastasia | 06/17/08 | 2 Comments

A while back, I ran a link to this fun piece in the Wall Street Journal about virtual teen entrepreneurs. Ypulse reader/YA librarian Kelly Czarnecki emailed me to ask whether we considered inviting a virtual entrepreneur to speak on our annual…

Youth Are Rocking The Vote 2.0 Style @ The Ypulse Mashup

Posted by anastasia | 06/16/08 | 1 Comment

Today The Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that "two-thirds of internet users under the age of 30 have a social networking profile, and half of these use social networking sites to get or share information about politics or the…

Ypulse Interview: Jacqueline Lane, Vice President, TeenEyes Division, C&R Research

Posted by anastasia | 06/12/08 | No Comments

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Jacquie Lane, VP, TeenEyes Division at C&R Research. C&R is the exclusive research sponsor of the Ypulse Mashup in July and will be running our pre-conference session Deep Dive: Understanding Tweens and Teens. Here's a sneak…

Ypulse Interview: Aria Finger, CMO, Do Something

Posted by anastasia | 06/09/08 | 1 Comment

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Aria Finger, the CMO of Do Something. Several months ago I posted looking for someone to organize and host our Building A Youth Movement pre-conference at the Ypulse Mashup in July. Aria virtually raised her hand. I met…

Ypulse Interview: John Davison, WhatTheyLike.com

Posted by anastasia | 06/05/08 | No Comments

As you may know, the Ypulse Mashup in July is offering four, count em', four pre-conference options this year — all completely different. You heard from Ypulse Books editor Alli, yesterday, about the Ypulse Books pre-conference (btw we just added…

Mark Your Calendars

Posted by anastasia | 05/29/08 | No Comments

People often ask how we get the word out about Ypulse events (beyond our universe of readers and fans). It's by partnering with other like minded organizations and cross-promoting our efforts. In this spirit, I want to tell you about…

Missed Connection: Teen Who Emailed Wanting To Speak @ Ypulse Mashup Conference

Posted by anastasia | 05/21/08 | No Comments

A teen guy podcaster emailed me just the other day and in between my Blackberry, loaner computer and just over zealous deleting of email, his email is gone. If you're out there and read Ypulse, please email me again…and apologies!

Ypulse Interview: Antti Öhrling, Co-Founder, Blyk

Posted by anastasia | 05/12/08 | 1 Comment

The 2008 Ypulse Mashup in San Francisco is just a few months away (only a couple of weeks before the "early adopter" deadline) so I wanted to give readers another sneak preview by interviewing one of our keynote speakers, Antti Öhrling,…

10 Reasons You Shouldn't Miss The 2008 Ypulse Mashup

Posted by anastasia | 05/06/08 | No Comments

I feel like Letterman doing this, but oh well:

1. The keynotes: MTV's Ian Rowe on how they are rocking the vote 2.0 style, Antti Ohrling, Co-Founder of Blyk, the first free mobile service in the world for youth 16-24, award-winning director…