This year’s keynote speaker is award-winning journalist Mara Schiavocampo, digital correspondent for “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.” Companies represented by speakers will include AOL, Associated Press, Dow Jones & Co., Essence, FOX News, FutureBrand, “Good Morning America,” Hearst, The Knot, NY1, New York Daily News, The New York Times, Nickelodeon, and many more.

By donating products for the New York Women in Communications Foundation Student Career Conference gift bags, your brand can connect directly with the ambitious and dynamic students in attendance (mostly young women ages 16-25). As an added benefit, the cost of goods and services donated to the foundation for this purpose is tax deductible.

To participate in the gift bags, your company needs to provide a minimum of 300 items that must be delivered to the New York Women in Communications offices no later than Thursday, Nov. 5. We’re also seeking raffle donations valued at $50 or more. There is no fee for approved product placement. We do charge a fee for insertion of approved promotional materials (where no product is provided).

For more info: http://www.nywici.org/students/career-conference

If your company would like to get involved with product donations, please e-mail Linda Krebs at goodybagdonations@gmail.com by Nov. 5.

The caravan begins Dec. 1 at LuxuryCruiseBible.com. Consumers will visit the blog at http://luxurycruisebible.blogspot.com each morning to learn about the featured caravan “stop of the day.” They’ll link to that site, read the post of the day, and enter to win a prize.

Participating travel bloggers:

JohnnyJet.com (John DiScala – 6*)
MaxaBlog.com (Rudy Maxa – 5*)
CiaoBambino.com (Amie O’Shaughnessy and Kristi Marcelle – 5*)
DreamofItaly.com (Kathy McCabe – 5*)
GoToNicaragua.com (Joshua Berman – 5*)
YourLifeIsATrip.com and EllenBarone.com (Ellen Barone – 5/4*)
CruiseDiva.com (Linda Coffman – 4*)
NovelDestinations.com (Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon – 4*)
TheBrooklynNomad.com (Andrew Hickey – 3*)
EuropeUpClose.com (Terri Fogarty – 3*)
JtheTravelAuthority.com (Jeanine Barone – 3*)
LuxuryCruiseBible.com (Andrea M. Rotondo – 3*)
LuxurySafariExperts.com (Andrea M. Rotondo – n/a*)

* Indicates Google page rank

We’re looking for sponsors to provide prizes like digital cameras, travel guidebooks, luggage and travel accessories, hotel gift cards, gift cards for national stores or online retailers, resort/cruise branded apparel, etc.

This promotion, developed by Andrea Rotondo of LuxuryCruiseBible.com, will draw travelers from all demographics (luxury to budget and honeymooners to retirees), but they’ll all have one thing in common: a passion for exploring new destinations and revisiting old favorites.

Don’t miss out: Be a prize sponsor for the Travel Bloggers’ Caravan & Giveaway.

Contact Andrea Rotondo at editor@luxurycruisebible.com by Nov. 11.

Swag products are being sought in every category. Manufacturers of bags, purses, totes, apparel, shoes, jewelry, skincare products, resorts, etc., are encouraged to inquire. For product consideration/inclusion (no fee), please e-mail image/description/Web site for approval. A minimum of 20 pieces is required. Swag bags will go to the Bad Boy team and VIPs at the event.

The deadline is Nov. 12 to have products in our office. For participation info, please e-mail info@celebritychitt.com or visit the company’s Web site: www.celebritychitt.com

There are several ways to have your company associated with the F.A.S.T. event. Check out our Web site at www.CureAngelman.org and click on the Gala logo. Navigate from there to see the options.

Contact Elke Sprow at sprow101@gmail.com or (971) 226-4656 by Nov. 15.

Contact Jackie O’Neal at onealmedia@live.com by Dec. 31.

I’m starting out with one prize, from a different company, each month. When I have many offers, I will be offering multiple prizes per month. I will write the rules and regulations, along with the affidavit.

You get to publicize for free. You also gain association with Laughtub, a company created to bring happiness and laughter into the lives of all.

To view current and past giveaways, visit http://laughtub.com/about/giveaways

For more information, please contact Logan Lindabury at advertise@laughtub.com or visit http://laughtub.com/advertise/free

There is no deadline.

The McKamey Animal Care & Adoption Center operates under four main pillars:
Spay/neuter - Provide spay/neuter to all animals in our care.

Advocacy - Be recognized, respected and trusted as the leading resource, advocate and educator on animal welfare issues in our region. We will rescue, provide shelter, heal and help find forever homes for animals in need.

Enforcement - Through education and leadership, we will work to improve local, regional and state ordinances and laws that pertain to animals and animal care. Actively promote humane behavior, respect for animals and the public, and professionalism for Animal Services.

Education - Promote the humane care of animals by educating our volunteers and the community on spay/neuter, long-term pet care and owner responsibility while inspiring community action and compassion on behalf of animals.

The center is in need of the following: http://www.mckameyanimalcenter.org/?page_id=199.

I’d really appreciate the assistance of anyone who can help, or put me in contact with those who can. I am a journalist and a blogger whose personal Web site reaches 550,000 unique views each month. I will not only blog about the donations (there is an event this Saturday), but I will additionally take the story to the local paper here. And, McKamey would of course place any information about donations and those who help on their site and at the shelter on display.

Please contact Samantha Hunt at samantha@onthehunts.org by Dec. 31.

Towards this end, with the July anniversary of the American’s with Disabilities Act, which guarantees equal employment and other opportunity for people with disabilities, looming up ahead, Art of Possibility Studios is seeking celebrity advocates and spokespersons who would be willing to publicly wear a complimentary pendant as a show of support for the handicapped artist community, for whom the phrase “starving artist” can be all too real, given their limitations.

Endorsing and wearing this pendant and having a photo featured in the company’s press and marketing materials (that we hope to get further picked up by media outlets) would also be a show of support for cause-conscious fashion, entrepreneurism and consumerism at large, which can indeed “make a difference” in people’s lives — celebrities and others who are fashion-conscious can “vote their values” by what they choose to wear. All of these activities can help generate goodwill publicity in your and your client’s collective favor.

Please advise if one or more of your high-profile clients would be interested in wearing a Phenominoes pendant in public, to not only look great but also publicly support and bring much-needed awareness to this noble cause. Please take a look at the available designs here and let me know which you would like shipped for consideration (include mailing address), the celebrity/personality who would be wearing it, and whether or not he or she would be willing to supply a photo of themself either holding or wearing the pendant.

More information on the product launch will follow. Contact Merilee Kern of Kern Communications at merilee@kerncommunications.com by Dec. 31.