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Saving OurSelves – Help for Haiti Telethon

I’m coming of one of the toughest show I’ve ever done. I was at lunch with my mentor/Exec Producer on Jan. 14. While we were catching up, she answered a phone call from BET and they wanted her to help put on a Haiti telethon for Feb 5th…in Miami. That was just 3 weeks away. Yikes.

We immediately started working, she hired one of my fave Line Producers and we began to work – budgeting, holding staff/crew, researching hotels and sourcing equipment, rentals, everything. Under normal circumstances, this show would take 2-3 months of planning. We had 3 weeks. Less if you take into consideration that we didn’t get an “official” green light until 6pm on Jan. 20.

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And that’s a WRAP!

Oh sweet relief! Today was my last day on the events I’ve been working on for the last couple of months and essentially wrapping up my work for the year. I always love working on events for VH1 & MTV. I was particularly excited this year since we would be shooting/taping the 2 back-to-back shows at BAM so I could walk to work.

It was a bit rough in places on this show. Aside from the usual politricks of Corporate Network BS, there were some struggles within the teams I worked with. Not everyone plays nice with all the kids but in the end, we rocked out 2 amazing shows. Hip Hop Honors got its highest ratings ever. Say what you want about what ended up on screen but you won’t find a harder working bunch of folks in this biz. PS…to all the haters. Just because you didn’t see your favorite artist on there doesn’t mean that the intent or offer wasn’t made. Not everyone could make it to the show. Not our fault.

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Ex to the Next…

Incredibly tired from work. VH1 Divas is done… Hip Hop Honors tapes next week. The Brooklyn block is hot..at least the street surrounding BAM.

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9/09? Divas? Hip-Hop Honors? Brooklyn?? Yes!!

How in the world did that happen? I can already see the leaves turning brown and falling along the streets of New York. But you’d never guess fall was on its way with the heat wave that just hit us in the past couple of weeks. It felt like the entire city was trapped inside a pressure cooker.

Anyway, I can’t keep apologizing for my lack of blog posts. I’ll just say that it’s been a busy summer with work and event season coming. But don’t worry, I’ve managed to squeeze in some fun times.

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We’ve been nominated for a Webby!

Vote for YouTube LIVE!

Actually, we’ve been nominated for TWO People’s Voice Webby Awards! It’s such an honor to receive recognition for the hard work that our entire YouTube Live team put into this show. We would really appreciate it if you could take a moment to vote for us here.

You have to register to vote. Once you are logged in, choose the 2 YouTube LIVE nominations in the upper right hand corner drop down menu to cast your vote. Thank you!!