Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference Post-Mortem

7 Jul

About the Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference on June 26, 2011

Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference schedule and panelist bios

Facebook Photo Album (Event coverage by Eleanor Templeton; portraits by Kamau Ware)

DIYBA Facebook page

DIY Business Association Twitter (hashtag: #bkdiyba)

Program PDF

Media Kit

"Increase Your Income" panel featuring (from left) moderator K. Tighe, Amber Rae, Joshua Fischer, and Dean Haspiel

Volunteers Amber Drea and Marti Trgovich

In the Press & Our Own Coverage

“5 Rules of Success From Brooklyn’s DIY Masters: Experts on makeshift innovation held court at the first DIY Business Association Conference in Brooklyn. They share their unconventional wisdom with Inc.com.” on Inc.com By Tim Donnelly (June 28, 2011)

The Evangelist Behind Seth Godin’s Speedy Publishing: Amber Rae is pounding the street about the Domino Project’s innovative new publishing model. And in her spare time she’s awakening individuals’ passion and potential on Inc.com by Tim Donnelly (July 6, 2011)

“Top 10 DIY Biz Tips” on acedepartment.com by Rachel Johnson (June 27, 2011)

“Maya Penn on the DIY Business Conference” by hedykiesler on the Etsy Blog (July 14, 2011)

“Gearing up for the DIY Business Association Conference” (An interview with DIYBA Founder Amy Schroeder), on Splashlife.com, June 7, 2011

“DIY Business Association Conference + Red Pepper Hummus and Beet Dip” on EatingtheBeats.com by Laura Leebove (June 27, 2011)

“The Perfect Conference for Me: The need for a Do-It-Yourself-Together community snapped into clear focus for me at the first Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference” By Lesley Ware on diyba.org (July 12, 2011)

“Learning My Worth: The Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference showed me how to increase and my income and proved that money isn’t the only currency” by Niema Jordan on diyba.org (July 14, 2011)

Niema Jordan and Laura Leebove (photo by Kamau Ware)

Conference Lead-Up Posts on DIYBA.org

“Andrew Wagner is ready for next steps: The former ReadyMade editor-in-chief talks about a book and TV project after Meredith folds the ‘culture of making’ magazine” on diyba.org (June 21, 2011)

“Vote for your favorite ‘Best Idea’ in Splashlife $1,000 Micro-grant Contest (deadline: June 25)” on diyba.org (June 20, 2011)

Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference for the Music Industry

Advice from Panelists and Participants

“3 Small Business Tips from CEO Melissa Helmbrecht” on the Etsy blog (June 17, 2011) Note: Splashlife CEO Melissa Helmbrecht was not able to attend the Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference, but Splashlife Executive Editor K. Tighe filled in for her on the “How To Increase Your Income” panel

“One down, so many to go: I learned so much good stuff in planning the first DIY Business Association Conference in Brooklyn that I can’t wait to throw some more sh** up against the wall” By Amy Schroeder (July 1, 2011)

“How to take your own best advice: Taking other people’s advice is good, too. But as writer-performer Jessica Delfino suggests, why not dive into the Olympics of life and create your own two cents?” on diyba.org (May 24, 2011)

“How to Make Ideas Happen: Idea machinist Marcos Salazar shows how to take an epiphany from good to great—with free tools to boot” on diyba.org (March 28, 2011)