For me, while I do not work IN tech per se, I certainly aim to be an early adapter when it comes to tech, and I do use what technology has to offer in my daily profession.  The proliferation of blogging and social media has totally opened up the doors for how public relations professionals can do their job of “publicizing” with the use of such tools, and it has turned the media industry on it’s side.

The Re-Launch Party was a lot of fun with all kinds of my favorite Friends-in-Tech faces including but not limited to:  Matthew Caldecutt (fellow publicist and event enthusiast), Tiffany Winbush (another fellow publicist and creator of WomenMakingMoves.org), Brenda Dargan (InStyle.com), Felicia Sullivan (Author and my new favorite blogger), Alicia Granados (recruiter for Tek Systems), Lisa Lacy (Writer and Pie-Connisseur), Oz Sultan (Social Media Celebrity), Brett Petersel (of NextWeb / Mashable), Nelly Yusupova (of Webgrrls), and of course the GIT NYC girls: Amy Cham, Janine Just and Tommy Jenkins.

The most exciting part of the night, for me, though, was guest speaker: Juliette Powell.  Known to the New York Tech community as a media entrepreneur and author of the book, 33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking (which she so graciously gave me a copy of, to be my “Beach Read” on my trip to Turks & Caicos this weekend), I know her better for her days of MuchMusic fame.  She was shocked when I approached her to tell her I was a huge fan of hers when I was a teenager and she was a VJ on both MuchMusic and MusiquePlus (the french version) in Canada, and the host to the weekly Friday Night dance party, “Electric Circus.”  Holy, flashback! Turns out she is just as cool as she always was on TV and one very savvy Girl in Tech.

I look forward to the growth of the NEW New York Chapter.

*Juliette Powell (Photo courtesy of JuliettePowell.com)

[Alyson Campbell for It's All Very PR]