UPworld was featured in RISMedia in an article entitled “UPworld.com Membership Passes 2,000 Mark.”
Excerpt from article:
“RISMEDIA, April 14, 2008-The membership of UPworld.com – the first on-line professional networking community for the real estate, architecture, and construction industries – has reached 2,000. Announcing the milestone, Jennifer Magee, UPworld Co-founder and CEO, commented, ‘The explosive growth of the UPworld.com community has vastly exceeded our initial expectations. Since the network’s launch just nine months ago, our members have enthusiastically embraced the idea of professional on-line networking and taken advantage of the business, career, and social opportunities offered by instant access to representatives of all specialties in the real estate and building industries.’
Established in April of 2007, UPworld serves as both a real time social networking tool for professionals and a platform for knowledge exchange among experts that allows for easy and fast development of deals, projects, and advisory teams at virtually any location in the United States or overseas. UPworld connects representatives of all professions involved in the real estate, building, and design industries, which combined comprise the second largest industrial sector in the world, valued at $3.2 trillion annually.”
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The New York Commercial Real Estate Women’s Network organized a panel of networking experts called NYCREW and You: “Effective Networking: How to Be a Superstar” on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at The Penn Club, 30 West 44th Street. The panelists discussed topics such as online networking, effective techniques, common mistakes, and charisma.
Jennifer Magee, UPworld’s Co-founder and CEO, was featured on the panel to discuss online networking and UPworld’s mission to stay on top of this trend. Other panelists included Trish Rubin, a networking author, speaker, and trainer, Olivia Fox, a renowned charisma, influence, and persuasion expert, and Gil Allison, a networking specialists.
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We have added several new features to your UPworld profile and portfolio! So think of your UPworld profile and portfolio as your very own website – with your own, customizable URL! It’s this profile that allows you to effectively market your skills and services to other professionals in the community.
Setting up and maintaining your profile and portfolio is easy!
Your Profile
Check out these new features! Go to Edit My Profile > Account Info in order to change your:
- Profile URL: customize your URL address, which is defaulted to your name (www.upworld.com/johndoe)
- Profile Visibility: determine whether you want only members or all visitors to see your profile
Go to the other sections of your profile to provide more information about your business. The more complete your profile is, the higher you place in UPworld search results.
UPworld profiles have also been indexed for Google searching! So keep in mind what information you want visitors to see. (Note that your contact information is kept private and is only available to members in your network.)
Your Portfolio
UPworld portfolios are now categorized under three types: Property, Professional Work, and Products. Real Estate professionals have been assigned a Property portfolio by default and Product professionals a Product portfolio. Professionals in all other industries have Professional Work portfolios. Go to My Portfolio to change the type and status of your portfolio.
Now, you can do more than just add an image to your portfolio. Now you can specify the location, building type, status, size, cost, client, website, and the role you played for each project you include in your portfolio.
If you haven’t yet set up your profile and portfolio, we can help! Detailed profiles and portfolios are essential for expanding your professional network.
Just send us your resume, company or personal website, your photo, project or property photos for the portfolio section, and other related information. Just email this information directly to Christina Tu, UPworld’s Content Coordinator, at christina.upworld@gmail.com.
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New York, NY, March 2008 – RE Speed Network and UPworld.com held a joint commercial real estate and building industry networking event on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008, at The Beekman Tower Hotel in Manhattan. The reception attracted more than 200 real estate, finance, architecture, and construction professionals. 60 attendees participated in a speed networking session organized during the event by RE Speed Network.
Both the free industry party at the Top of The Tower Cocktail Lounge and the speed networking session at The Beekman Tower Hotel’s ballroom were attended by representatives from the Tri-state’s top brokerage, development, investment banking, architecture, and construction firms.
UPworld.com is a free on-line networking platform that connects thousands of real estate, finance, design, and building professionals to one another for new business opportunities, team building, knowledge exchanges, deals, and projects. Jennifer Magee, UPworld.com Co-founder, stated, “Our networking events complement the on-line activities of UPworld’s members and allow industry professionals to interact with one another in a friendly, open environment.” Oisin Clancy, UPworld.com Co-founder, added, “UPworld members create easily edited on-line profiles and property or project portfolios, to attract partners and prospects, and to showcase their expertise and services. They network with each other locally, nationally, and internationally to develop business connections and form project teams.” UPworld events reinforce on-line connections as the network members can plan meetings at events in advance, and then easily follow-up afterwards through the UPworld site.
Commenting on the fast-growing popularity of speed networking sessions, RE Speed Network Co-founder Laurence Ross, an investment sales broker at Besen & Associates, said, “Today’s fast-paced business environment has created a demand for targeted, efficient networking events that allow professionals to cut right to the heart of the business matter.” RE Speed Network Co-founders Dave Kahane and Oren Klein added, “Our three-minute quick pitch approach to networking is very attractive to fast-paced real estate professionals. It allows participants to quickly determine whether or not there is an opportunity for further business.” Ori Klein, RE Speed Network CTO and Partner, added, “Our registration process ensures a diverse real estate crowd at every session.” The idea to create a speed networking event was born after the founders attended numerous functions that were targeted too broadly to fulfill the specific business networking needs of the commercial real estate industry.
Professionals can join the free UPworld network at www.upworld.com. For information on RE Speed Network’s upcoming sessions, access www.respeednetworking.com.
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Media Contacts:
Peter Wilk, Wilk Marketing Communications, 917.434.6180, peter@wilkmarketing.com
Laurence Ross, RE Speed Network, 212.951.8416, lross@besenassociates.com
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New York, NY, February 20, 2008 – NYCREW, New York Commercial Real Estate Women’s Network, will hold a panel discussion titled “Effective Networking: How to be a Superstar.” The event will take place on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 6:00-8:00PM, at the Penn Club, located at 30 West 44th Street in Manhattan. The admission fees will be as follows: $50 NYCREW members, $85 non-members, and $30 graduate-level students. Advance registration suggested at www.nycrew.org/programs.html.
NYCREW President, Anna Cassan de Valry, Associate Director of Real Estate Capital Markets at Barclays Capital, said, “Networking is an activity crucial to NYCREW members in the development of business opportunities, career progress, and professional growth. The new on-line networking tools present both enormous opportunities and challenges to real estate and finance professionals. Our upcoming panel will discuss the differences and similarities between traditional face-to-face relationships and on-line networking, as well as strategies for maximizing the opportunities offered by both approaches.”
The panelists will include Jennifer Magee, Co-Founder and CEO of UPworld.com, Trish Rubin of New York Minute, Olivia Fox Cabane of Spitfire Communications, and Gil Allison of Right Management. Diane Schottenstein, Esq., of Seward & Kissel LLP, will moderate the panel discussion.
Jennifer Magee is a New York City-based real estate development consultant and architect. She co-founded UPworld.com in 2007 as an on-line networking community and tool for international real estate, finance, architecture and building professionals to share expertise, develop deals and project ideas, generate leads, and easily create project and advisory teams at virtually any location in the U.S. and overseas. The network boasts membership of more than 2,000 professionals, and was recently featured by GlobeSt.com as a leading relational capital-building resource in the real estate industry.
Relational communications trainer and networking guru Trish Rubin is President of The EdVentures Group and Trish Rubin’s New York Minute. She’s the author of the popular business communications book series The New York Minute Guide to Event Networking. Rubin is a member of the National Speakers Association and has spoken at international and national conferences and association meetings, most recently at the United Nations NGO/DPI general session. Her clients include Commerce Bank and First American Title Company.
Olivia Fox Cabane is a speaking and communications coach, and founder of Spitfire Communications. She is also the author of The Pocket Guide to Becoming a Superstar in Your Field, a handbook on the art of networking. Fox Cabane is considered an authority on business relationship building, and has been featured and quoted by leading news and business media, including Bloomberg TV, MSN.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and Smart Money. She has lectured on charisma at Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University.
Career advisor Gil Allison is Senior Vice President at Right Management Consultants. He consults businesses on attracting and developing highly competent employees and coaches individuals on the effective use of networking in managing professional advancement, career transition, and job search. Allison specializes in work with professional service clients and has published numerous articles on career development.
NYCREW, New York Commercial Real Estate Women’s Network is the New York Chapter of the national Commercial Real Estate Women’s Network. NYCREW is devoted to the achievement of parity and providing opportunities for women in commercial real estate. The New York Chapter supports its members through professional development and skills training, organization of frequent networking events, and presentations by industry and political leaders. NYCREW also facilitates community outreach and supports charitable endeavors. The organization has 8,000 members nationwide and includes senior executives and professionals from major national and regional real estate brokerage, development, banking and finance, property management, consulting, design, and construction firms.
Information on joining NYCREW and its activities is available at www.nycrew.org.
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Media contact:
Peter Wilk, Wilk Marketing Communications
Tel: 917.434.6180, E: peter@wilkmarketing.com
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New York, NY, February 2008 – The membership of UPworld.com – the first on-line professional networking community for the real estate, architecture, and construction industries – has reached 2,000. Announcing the milestone, Jennifer Magee, UPworld Co-founder and CEO, commented, “The explosive growth of the UPworld.com community has vastly exceeded our initial expectations. Since the network’s launch just nine months ago, our members have enthusiastically embraced the idea of professional on-line networking and taken advantage of the business, career, and social opportunities offered by instant access to representatives of all specialties in the real estate and building industries.”
Established in April of 2007, UPworld serves as both a real-time social networking tool for professionals and a platform for knowledge exchange among experts that allows for easy and fast development of deals, projects, and advisory teams at virtually any location in the United States or overseas. UPworld connects representatives of all professions involved in the real estate, building, and design industries, which combined comprise the second largest industrial sector in the world, valued at $3.2 trillion annually1. In the U.S., the sector employs approximately 8.5 million people or 10% of the U.S. workforce2, and contributes more than $700 billion to the national economy3. The network brings together investors and financing providers, real estate owners and developers, property managers, architects, interior designers, engineers, builders and contractors, fabricators, and suppliers. UPworld also hosts frequent networking and educational events.
UPworld is the brainchild of two young New York City professionals and entrepreneurs: architect and real estate development consultant Jennifer Magee, and urban designer and architect Oisin Clancy, UPworld’s Co-founder and Creative Director. The network’s concept came to life as the founders realized there was no existing on-line community to assist them in generating project leads, obtaining professional advice, or even initiating virtual peer-to-peer interaction that has become an ingrained part of their generation’s social experience.
An even more significant realization was that the real estate, financing, design, and building professions are so fragmented and disconnected that the traditional chain of communication throughout the development cycle of real estate deals and construction projects was painfully inadequate and archaic. Although real estate brokers, developers, architects, and contractors all participate in different phases of a building project and need each other’s services to succeed, they rarely interact as a team. A new model for integrated communication was in order.
Over a period of one year, Magee, Clancy, and their team of programmers developed the conceptual framework and software for the site that generates an open and instantaneous exchange of expertise, ideas, and resources among all participants of the related industries. The founders named this new community UPworld – a moniker that represents the network’s global reach, upward career movement, and the process of constructing a building from the ground up.
Since its launch in April 2007, the community has been growing at an increasing pace, reaching an average of approximately 200 new members joining UPworld per month in January 2008. “We were incredibly lucky in choosing the right time to launch this type of business-related social networking site. Just a year or two ago, the idea of on-line networking would have met fierce resistance from professionals, who associated it with teenager-occupied chat rooms. However, the new generation entering the world of investment banking, real estate, design, construction, and engineering is as familiar and at ease with on-line presence as the previous generation is with e-mail,” said Magee. “They have no qualms about developing professional relationships on-line, and take advantage of the opportunities with a vengeance,” added Clancy.
This Internet generation-led business relationship revolution has already resulted in tangible outcomes, as UPworld has been helping members link up with one another across the globe. In one example, Vid Bogdanovic, a Serbian architect and 3-D visualization service provider, used UPworld to develop a connection with New York City architect Marc Ackerson. Ackerson hired Bogdanovic to develop visuals for his firm’s U.S. projects. Shortly thereafter, Bogdanovic assisted Ackerson in submitting a bid and winning an assignment in Belgrade, Serbia, to design a soccer stadium, a project that is currently in the planning phase. As another example, there are numerous instances of young developers meeting through UPworld and joining forces in order to obtain financing for new projects, frequently from financing providers, who are also members of the network.
UPworld is continuously expanding its web site with tools that encourage communication and idea exchange among members. The on-line community currently provides the following features:
- Marketplace postings – the most popular UPworld tool for professionals offering their services, seeking partners, searching for financing and projects, or offering positions. Postings are categorized by industry, may be searched by keywords, and may include visuals and photos. UPworld provides a daily or weekly e-mail update on new postings to those members who wish to receive it.
- My Profile – this section outlines in detail each member’s skills, education, expertise, and projects. Numerous UPworld members utilize the profile page as their company or personal web site as it can be easily edited and updated. The profiles include the Portfolio function that allows for presentation of visuals and information on a member’s current and past deals or projects.
- People listing – a list of profiles and portfolios of other members, which is searchable by keywords, industry, name, profession, or location; an excellent tool to identify potential partners, clients, or suppliers.
- Events listing – an area where members can post their events and review other upcoming events.
- My Network – this feature allows members to approve, reject, invite, and manage access by other UPworld members to their information and projects. My Network tool protects members from unsolicited offers, provides a safe information sharing procedure, and allows for direct, instant contact with either selected or all members of one’s network. A member’s contact information remains hidden until a member invites someone to join his or her network. A member has the ability to remove anyone from his or her personal network at any time.
- My Messages – similar in function to regular e-mail accounts, My Messages allows UPworld members to contact other members. A member’s email address is not revealed to any recipient not in that member’s network.
- My Articles – an automatically generated listing of articles potentially of interest to each member. This tool also allows members to post their own articles.
Jennifer Magee, Co-founder and CEO
Jennifer Magee, a native of Dallas, TX, is Co-Founder and CEO of UPworld.com, and Owner of the New York City-based real estate development consulting and architectural firm Ante Architecture + Design. She obtained a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in 2005, a Master of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati in 1998, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from Texas A & M University in 1995. Magee’s work experience includes design and project management positions at Grid2, Lacina-Heitler Architects, and Gensler in New York, NY, and at HKS Architects in Dallas, TX. Her project experience comprises retail, office, and residential facilities for clients that include JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Searle Stores, Saks Off 5th, Galo Shoes, and residential developers in the U.S. and the Caribbean.
Magee also served as Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute’s Department of Interior Design in Brooklyn, NY, and as Assistant Professor at the College of Architecture & Design at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. She won the prestigious 2004 Architectural League Grant for her research project titled “Interfacing Architecture in the Fragile Ecosystems of Australia.”
Oisin Clancy, Co-founder and Creative Director
Oisin Clancy is UPworld’s Co-founder and Creative Director. Born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, Clancy moved to New York to study at Columbia University, where he obtained a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design in 2000. He also holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from Bolton St. College of Technology in Dublin, Ireland.
He is a principal of FieldLines Architecture, a boutique, environmentally-focused architectural, interior design, and furniture design firm located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In addition to commercial, hospitality, and residential projects in the U.S., his portfolio includes numerous overseas assignments in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Ireland, and Jamaica, which provided him with experience in building international teams and managing architects, engineers, builders, and suppliers through on-line tools. Prior to establishing FieldLines, Clancy worked at Gene Kaufman Architects in New York City; Van Dijk Architects, oT Design, and G.A.I.A. Associates, all in Ireland; and Function Form and Light in Manila, Philippines, and Hong Kong, China. His teaching experience includes positions of Adjunct Professor at both The City College of New York and the New York Institute of Technology in New York, NY.
Media Contact:
Peter Wilk, Wilk Marketing Communications
T: 917.434.6180
E: peter@wilkmarketing.com
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New York, NY. February 4, 2008 – New York City-based organizations RE Speed Network and UPworld.com announced they will jointly hold their next commercial real estate industry networking event on Wednesday, March 5th , 2008, at the Beekman Tower Hotel located at 49th Street and First Avenue in Manhattan.
According to RE Speed Network Co-founder Laurence Ross, an active investment sales broker at Besen & Associates, “today’s fast-paced business environment has created a demand for targeted, efficient networking events that fit neatly into the fold and allow professionals to get right to the heart of the business matter.” RE Speed Network Co-founders Dave Kahane and Oren Klein agree that “while our three-minute quick pitch approach might seem overwhelming to some, the ‘throw-the-spaghetti-on-the-wall’ concept is very attractive to fast-paced real estate professionals. It allows you to quickly determine whether or not there is an opportunity for further business.” Ori Klein, of Locust Systems, adds, “our unique registration process ensures a diverse real estate crowd at every event.” The idea to create a speed networking event was born after the founders attended numerous functions that were targeted too broadly to fulfill the specific business networking needs of the commercial real estate industry.
UPworld.com is an innovative on-line networking platform, which connects thousands of real estate, finance, design, and building professionals to one another for new business opportunities, deals, and projects. Jennifer Magee, UPworld.com Co-founder, states, “our networking events complement the on-line activities of UPworld’s members and allow industry professionals to interact with one another in a friendly, non-intimidating environment.” Oisin Clancy, UPworld.com Co-founder, adds, “UPworld members create easily edited on-line profiles and deal/project portfolios, to attract partners and prospects, and to showcase their skills and expertise. They network with each other to establish valuable business connections and form project teams.”
This special event will feature an exciting night of speed networking and general mingling. RSVP now to attend the FREE networking party at www.upworld.com and book in advance for the Speed Networking session at www.respeednetworking.com.
Call 212-532-8378 for sponsorship opportunities or email events@respeednetwork.com
Media contacts: Laurence Ross, RE Speed Network, 212.951.8416, lross@besenassociates.com
Peter Wilk, Wilk Marketing Communications, 917.434.6180, peter@wilkmarketing.com
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UPworld was featured in the January 1st – 7th issue of the New York Real Estate Journal in an article entitled “R.E. tech tips: Networking website – Upworld.com”.
Excerpt from article:
“Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster have been very successful over the last several years with widespread appeal. They have led to the creation f other networking sites such as LinkedIn and Ryze which add a business twist to it. Both are dedicated to professionals and utilize imilar techniques to establish connections and foster business relationships. There is now a trend towards building specialty networking ites that target specific verticals in the business world. Upworld.com is one of those sites and is taking the real estate industry by storm.
“Created in 2007 by Jennifer Magee and Oisin Clancy, both with architectural and development backgrounds and respected leaders in their field, Upworld already has over 2,000 members worldwide in its short history. The platform was created to connect real estate professionals o one another for new business opportunities, deals and projects. It is the first networking site to connect developers, contractors, investors and other related industries on a well thought out designed and unified platform.”
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UPworld’s Event with the Young Real Estate Professionals of New York (YREPNY) on October 15, 2007 was featured in Mann Report’s January 2008 issue under the title “UPworld And YREPNY Hold Networking Event In New York.”An excerpt from the article:
“UPworld.com and YREPNY held a joint networking event, which took place at Barna at the Hotel Giraffe in Manhattan. The event attracked nearly 400 participants from a cross section of the real estate and A/E/C industries.
UPworld.com is the first professional on-line community to connect representatives of all professions and industries involved in the international real estate and building industry. UPworld serves as a real-time social networking tool for professionals and a platform for knowledge exchange between experts that allows for easy development of project and advisory teams at virtually any location in the United States or overseas. It brings together financing providers, real estate owners and developers, property managers, architects, interior designers, engineers, builders and contractors, fabricators, and suppliers.”
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New Profile Ranking System Added
Want to Get Featured More Prominently on UPworld?
We have just added a ranking system to the member profiles. All you have to do is fill out your online profile as completely as possible and upload a photo of yourself!
So now when you search for professionals on UPworld, members with the most complete profiles will be displayed first! So fill out your profile to rank at the top of search results!
Wondering how complete your profile is? Visit the section entitled “My Profile” on the main homepage after you login. The percentage of your profile completed will be listed there.
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