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Six Linchpins Speak at Midsummer Madness Sweets and Tweets (Hat Tip | Seth Godin)

Listen to six Linchpins who stepped up at the July 21st *Midsummer Madness Sweets and Tweets for delicious pre-Seth Godin cupcakes and to riff for three minutes on how each has made him or herself indispensable at work. Linchpins (and the flip side, self-sabotaging Lizard Brains) are the core concept in Seth Godin‘s newest book, the bestselling LINCHPIN.

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It’s Seth Godin Week in DC

Here’s why: Seth Godin is coming to town for a rare live seminar in DC on July 22, 2010. And his army of local fans is rumbling and ready. I’m hosting a Midsummer Madness edition of Sweets and Tweets (only $5) on July 21st, the day before his seminar, from 8 - 9 PM. It’s at the very cool Baked and Wired in DC’s Georgetown. We’ll raise a cupcake to Seth. And some attendees are stepping up to the mike to talk about Linchpins and Lizard

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Q & A With Peter Corbett on Sex, Lies and DCWEEK

I spoke recently with Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategy Labs and one of DC’s tech celebs. Corbett has been named one of the Most Influential Washingtonians Under 40 and one of 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers by Government Technology Magazine. DW: 1. Did you have any inkling how much effort and time would be required to pull off DC’s first Digital Capital Week? It seems like you and co-creators Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo of Shiny

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DC Week Sweets and Tweets Draws Packed Crowd + Most Influential Women in Tech

A crowd of well over 100 packed into the very cool Hamiltonian Gallery on U Street on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 to hear a provocative panel discussion about women in technology and to devour 120 deliciously dense cupcakes (at left) from Baked and Wired. Make that 119 because one fell on the floor. The panelists and yours truly, the moderator, were DC members of Fast Company‘s 2010 Most Influential Women in Technology.

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Tom Peters Wows an Intimate Group at DC’s Sweets and Tweets

A small group of DC digerati had the rare opportunity yesterday to hear bestselling business author and provocateur Tom Peters talk in an intimate setting. Tom was the featured speaker at my Sweets and Tweets event, a cupcake and social media salon held at the very cool Baked and Wired in Georgetown. His topic was, loosely, Innovation, Prosperity and Social Media. As expected, Tom riffed on a number of topics from privacy (he

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Sweets and Tweets Celebrates One-Year Anniversary With Anil Dash and Sellout Crowd

Thanks to everyone for the great turnout at the March 10, 2010 Sweets and Tweets and to tech celeb and friend Anil Dash for his terrific presentation on Expert Labs and how the social Web can connect ordinary citizens to Washington policymakers. It was the fourth in my continuing cupcake salon, making it the one-year anniversary. The event features DC’s smartest geeks talking about the impact of social media on government and