Digital Divas Get Social

Talk about a lady that knows how to throw a par-tay! Peg Samuel, Social Diva and author extraordinaire, and her gaggle of digital divas hosted a very sassy, very social shindig at the Hotel on Rivington on Tuesday night in celebration of Social Media Week NY.

While sipping on my ”Retweet” (one of the complimentary signature cocktails of the evening), I met Katie HellmuthMartin, founder of Collective-E (@collectivee), a unique, forward-thinking company that provides female entrepreneurs and small-business owners with the marketing resources and connections they need to build their brands. Here we are, stunned by the flash of one very ”enthusiastic” photographer (think Rico Suave).

A special shout-out also goes out to Khary Barnes, a social-media savvy investor from American Express’ Corporate Development and M&A group and probably the only other person in the room who enjoyed the DJ’s reggae selection as much as I did, given our Caribbean backgrounds (yes, put me in a room of hundreds of people and I can spot the fellow Caribbean folk from a mile away). In the midst of chatting it up, we had to pause to give mad props to Digital Diva Emily Gannett, co-founder of Klickable TV, for her fabulous Twitter necklace.

All in all, the event delivered a truly social experience by bringing together a group of amazing people who share a mutual love of all things digital and all things par-tay. Check out the full photo gallery on Guest of a Guest.

On @Dr_Drea’s agenda for the rest of the week - Whole Foods’ New York Food Media Panel and Harlem Blogging 2.0. Stay tuned…

-Andréa S.