Slam shut: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and the end of a very exciting workweek.
Before we wrap it up, a heartfelt thank-you to everyone attending last night’s first-ever BrandSlam event, a hearty huzzah for project partners BrandTelling and Stony Brook University Economic Development and a special round of applause for event sponsor ZE Creative Communications.
Our “marketing improv” event explored tons of innovative ideas and shared some excellent on-the-fly creativity, while we caught up with old friends and made lots of new ones. Thanks again to everyone at LaunchPad Huntington, and if you didn’t make this one, don’t fret – we’re already getting excited about BrandSlam 2!
Sweet reward: It’s a “sometimes food” for sure.
Rhymes with “flap pay”: It’s Oct. 7 out there, and if you happen to be fighting off any AfterSlam aftereffects, coffee will help – it’s National Frappé Day, so make it sweet. (And for criminy sake, enough with the mispronunciations.)
Grin reaper: The first Friday in October also brings us World Smile Day, which is all about the power of pearly whites and nothing to do with that creepy horror movie with the brilliant marketing campaign.
Check that math: Second-century Rabbi Yose ben Halafta, who died in 160 A.D., was probably all smiles when he finished his calculations determining that the world was created on what would have been Oct. 7, 3761 BCE (“Before Common Era”).
For those keeping score, that would make Earth 5,783 years old today, which is probably incorrect.
Do you copy: Hard to believe we went from no Earth at all to advanced printing-duplication technologies in five quick millennia, but carbon paper was indeed patented on this date in 1806 by English inventor Ralph Wedgewood.
Deus et Humanitas: Also completing the paperwork on Oct. 7 was upstate Ivy Leaguer Cornell University, which is consistently ranked among the world’s most prestigious universities and was officially inaugurated on this date in 1868.
Maintaining altitude: More than a century later, KLM is still circling.
Going Dutch: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – the national carrier of the Netherlands and the world’s oldest airline – was cleared for takeoff 103 years ago today.
Teen scene: And the dizzy dance party known as “American Bandstand” debuted on this date in 1952 on Philadelphia TV station WFIL.
For the record, it was just “Bandstand” at first – both “American” and best-known host Dick Clark were added later.
Quantum leaper: Danish physicist Niels Henrik Bohr (1885-1962) – a Nobel Prize winner who made foundational contributions to the understanding of atomic structure and otherwise advanced quantum theory – would be 137 years old today.
Young Yo: Seven-year-old Yo-Yo Ma regales the Lincoln Center.
Also born on Oct. 7 were Australian prospector Edward Hargraves (1816-1891), who was not the first person to discover gold in Australia, but did help spark the 1851 Australian gold rush; American computer programmer Henriette Avram (1919-2006), who digitized the Library of Congress and revolutionized global archiving; Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing (1927-1989), a star of the New Left who favored intuitive schizophrenia treatments; American poet, essayist and naturalist Diane Ackerman (born 1948), known best for her poetic explorations of nature; and American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor John Mellencamp (born 1951), who still regrets the whole “Cougar” thing.
Look, Ma: And take a bow, Yo-Yo Ma! The child prodigy-turned-celebrated cellist – stacks and stacks of Grammys, Emmys, national prizes and presidential medals – turns 67 today.
Give the unrivaled American musician (born in Paris to Chinese parents) your best at editor@innovateli.com, where your news tips and calendar events always expand our classical repertoire.
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BUT FIRST, THIS
Student driver: The Long Island chapter of a global business network will give $5,000, and more, to a regional student with a big business idea.
The LI chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, self-billed as “the world’s leading peer-to-peer network of successful business owners,” is now accepting applications from student-run businesses for this year’s qualifying rounds of the EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. A Long Island Qualifying Competition – with a $5,000 local prize – is scheduled for Nov. 21, with regional winners moving on in a global competition that puts $50,000 in prizes on the line.
Open to college students (and younger) who founded or operate regional businesses in operation for at least six months, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization competition – which also includes mentorship opportunities, business-accelerator events and terrific exposure for participating companies – is a running start on the future, according to EO-Long Island President Jim Kanzler. “We believe that entrepreneurs can change the world,” Kanzler said. “[The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards] allow us to identify student entrepreneurs who can make a difference.”
A Mitch in time: “Retiring” Pally isn’t finished contributing just yet.
Experience preferred: Mitch Pally may be “retiring” at year’s end, but the longtime Long Island rainmaker figures to keep busy.
Pally, an attorney who’s served as chief executive officer of the Long Island Builders Institute since 2010, has joined the boards of the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency and the Town of Brookhaven Local Development Corp. Appointed to both boards Sept. 13 by the Brookhaven Town Council, Pally – who also logged 14 years as the Suffolk County representative on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, leaving that post in 2019 – plans to retire at year’s end from LIBI, New York State’s largest home-building trade organization.
Welcoming him back to the Brookhaven IDA – Pally previously served 15 years on the development agency’s board – is a win and a “privilege,” according to Frederick Braun III, who chairs both the IDA and the Brookhaven LDC. “We will benefit from his years of experience as our economic development efforts move forward,” Braun said this week.
TOP OF THE SITE
Early bird gets the discounted entry: The Craft Beer Marketing awards, a bona fide global phenomenon from the big thinkers at The EGC Group, is revving up Round Four.
Latest shocker: Sure, electrical nerve stimulation can ease chronic pain – but do you know why? Feinstein Institutes scientists do.
Straight up: Season 3 of Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast continues next week … make sure you’re caught up on all the innovation and genius leadership, straight from their mouths to your ears.
ICYMI
How to best remember Jack Kulka; how to keep the humans happy.
BEST OF THE WEST (AND SOMETIMES NORTH/SOUTH)
Innovate LI’s inbox overrunneth with inspirational innovations from all North American corners. This week’s brightest out-of-towners:
From Texas: Austin-based brand booster Spectacle launches free Future of Food e-book series with deep dive into “Alternative Seafood.”
From California: Los Angeles-based school-transportation specialist HopSkipDrive rolls into Detroit, the innovator’s 21st major market.
From New York City: Economic-mobility group JobsFirstNYC partners with AI-fueled workforce wunderkind SkyHive to revolutionize skill-based employment.
ON THE MOVE
Sandra Lindsay
+ Sandra Lindsay has been promoted to Northwell Health’s vice president of public advocacy. Lindsay, a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and the first American to receive a registered COVID vaccination, most recently served as director of nursing critical care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
+ Hauppauge-based King Kullen Grocery Co. has announced two promotions: Kamie Seepersaud, supervisor of retail accounts payable, has been named senior accounts manager; and Theresa Maricevic, internal audit manager, has been named senior store audit and inventory controls manager.
+ Nicole Pletka has been hired as assistant principal of the Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School in Rocky Point. She was a teacher leader in the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District.
+ Jerry Ward has been elected treasurer of Melville-based Accelerate Long Island’s Board of Directors. He is a partner at Ernst & Young in Jericho.
+ Jonathan Liebling has been promoted to executive vice president of operations at Premier Care Dental Management in New Hyde Park. He served previously as vice president of procurement.
+ Helen Liriano has been hired as chief financial officer at Hauppauge-based Long Island Cares Inc-The Harry Chapin Food Bank. She held the same position at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island in Islandia.
+ Michael Martinez has been hired as a senior art director at Hauppauge-based Austin Williams. He was a senior graphic designer at Uncle Giuseppe’s in Melville.
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BELOW THE FOLD (Coffee, Tea or Me Edition)
Sip and jab: It’s beans vs. leaves, for the cup.
Good to the last drop: How to brew the perfect cup of coffee.
That was the last drop: Goodbye, Honest Tea, hello, intriguing replacement.
Caffeinated clash: Coffee and tea square off in a battle of “healthy” beverages.
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