Mashable Holiday Party NYC

Come join the Mashable crew including Adam Ostrow (Editor-in-Chief), Sharon Feder (Managing Editor), Adam Hirsch (COO), Tamar Weinberg (Community Manager), Matt Silverman (Associate Features Editor), Brenna Ehrlich (Editorial Assistant) and Brett Petersel (East Coast Director)… in addition to the New York tech and social media community for an intimate 150 person all-you-can-drink networking event at the Roger Smith Hotel (@rshotel). Limited tickets are now on sale through Eventbrite. This year, we are donating a portion of our proceeds to the Association to Benefit Children (ABC). So come enjoy a great collection of wine (thanks to Wine 2.0), Singha Beer, Red Eye Bloody Marys and some appetizers from the Roger Smith Hotel.

A big thanks to our sponsors: RealPlayer SP, Gamehouse, HauteLook and CEIVA.

Date: Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Time: 6:30 – 9:30 PM

Location: Roger Smith Hotel’s Penthouse Floor 501 Lexington Avenue between East 47th and East 48th Streets, NYC

Food: Appetizers will be served 

A Portion of the Proceeds Support

"Association to Benefit Children (ABC) is dedicated to bringing joy and warmth to disadvantaged children and their families through compassionate, sustainable, comprehensive and integrated services, designed to permanently break the cycles of abuse, neglect, sickness and homelessness. ABC’s humane and innovative programs today include early childhood education for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, educational advocacy, housing assistance, mental health services, family support and preservation, crisis intervention, therapeutic out-of-school and summer day camp programs, youth leadership development and mentoring."

Thanks to our Sponsors

"With the new RealPlayer SP, you can share online videos with social web sites like Twitter and Facebook and easily transfer downloaded videos directly to your favorite phone, portable media player or iTunes Library. With the new RealPlayer converter feature, you have more control over your video to change its format, size or quality, making it easy to get video and audio content onto your devices. No need to wrestle with or remember file format and device settings options. For more information, go to www.realplayer.com."

"GameHouse is the trusted online resource for fun casual games, specializing in the delivery of high value entertainment to players around the world. With a growing focus on social gaming, GameHouse leverages an extensive library of original game titles like COLLAPSE! and Text Twist, along with powerful licenses like SCRABBLE® and UNO®, to reach and connect new players across the globe via popular social platforms like Facebook and iPhone."

"HauteLook is an online retailer that brings the thrill back to shopping through exclusive, limited time sale events. Through an edited selection of trusted, high quality brands, HauteLook members enjoy amazing access to premium fashion brands, boutique home labels, beauty and skincare products, and kids’ apparel and accessories at discounts of 50 to 75 percent off every day. In the last two years, over 600 high profile brands have chosen HauteLook to host more than 1,200 private sale events. Some of the most popular fashion brands offered on the site include BCBG, Elizabeth & James, Herve Leger, Joe’s Jeans and M Missoni."

"Back in 2000 CEIVA® invented and marketed the first digital photo frames. Unlike any ordinary Digital Photo Frame, CEIVAs are connected. Utilizing their patented technology, the PicturePlan membership is a revolutionary way to share with friends, family and loved ones all the photos that enrich your life. Always at the forefront of industry breakthroughs, CEIVAs are able to receive photos from: e-mail, camera phones, photo-sites and social networking sites, e.g. Facebook. And in 2009, CEIVA introduced CEIVA Snap for iPhones, Geo-tagging and the worry-free PicturePlan® Lifetime Warranty. Learn more about CEIVA and their products at www.CEIVA.com."

Thanks to our Partners

"As a pediatric occupational therapist for the last 10 years, Keri Wilmot has utilized a variety of toys and concepts to stimulate the development and educational growth of young children. ToyQueen.com was created to provide all parents, caregivers and educators with a comprehensive video and text resource to help identify toys and products that may enhance their child’s development. Alterative ways to play with a toy or product are also highlighted to allow parents to enhance their child’s developmental milestones in ways that are motivating, natural and playful."

"SMAC – the Social Media Advertising Consortium fosters collaboration throughout the entire social media ecosystem, diving deep into critical issues and staying ahead of this constantly evolving industry. By bringing together buy side, sell side, and research professionals to develop relevant standards, comprehensive research and definitive measurement tools, our goal is to grow revenues and increase engagement. SMAC members are groundbreakers. Entrepreneurs. Thought leaders. Together, we form a community that feeds off each other’s creativity, creating an environment for learning and discovery."