Renee Blodgett

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  1. Fancy Food Show Brings Vendors in to Taste From 50 Countries Over 3 Days

    1/27/12 12:03pm by Renee Blodgett
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    Recently I attended the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, however it hosted a number of vendors well beyond the world of food in the BayArea. Global in attendance, vendors showed up to tout their latest and greatest from Asia, South America, Mexico, Europe, Canada, Australia and others. I saw and tasted so many things, my head was spinning by the end of day, as was my stomach.  Read more >

  2. San Francisco's First Deaf Restaurant: Mozzeria for Pizza, Signing & Pasta

    1/23/12 7:41am by Renee Blodgett
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    Duck Pizza

    The Mozzeria blog, which debuted on December 17, 2011, explores the husband-and-wife team of Melody and Russell Stein’s love for pizza, and Melody’s determination to become the third generation restaurateur in her family.  Read more >

  3. UBER: A Must Have Car 'Service' App When Timing, Attitude & Perception Matter

    1/17/12 3:25pm by Renee Blodgett
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    For those of you who haven't heard of UBER, and because of the name, think it's some funky, hip device, think again. UBER is a car service that is as simple to use as calling a taxi. Many higher end car services require you to call them well in advance and they're often fairly pricey.  Read more >

  4. Tunisian Revolution, Kairouan Style, a Place of Cultural & Artistic Innovation

    1/14/12 3:11pm by Renee Blodgett
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    One year since the start of the Tunisian ‘Revolution’, the city of Kairouan brought a cultural Revolution. The mural project in Kairouan was mobilized and organized by a group called El Khaldounia, based out of the capital Tunis. The project entailed the painting of a 40m x 7m wall positioned just beyond the turrets of the old Medina in Kairouan (place of cultural and artistic innovation since the first Islamic Empires.) The participants had spontaneously asked to take part in the project taking place in their town.  Read more >

  5. Next Time You Pass Through Boston, Here's 10 Boston Restaurants For Serious Foodies

    1/13/12 4:36pm by Renee Blodgett
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    For foodies, a handful of restaurant GREATS in the Boston area (10 to be exact) for those traveling through or who live in New England are below, including menu selections and photos. (please add your own thoughts and experiences if you live in the area or have spent some time eating your way through Boston and Cambridge).  Read more >

  6. Steve Wozniak & Leonard Nimoy Add Energy to the Stage at the Temple Bar

    1/8/12 5:57pm by Renee Blodgett
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    I'm a long time fan of the DEMO Conferences and events and have been attending for well over a decade (since the start of their events really, but let's not date myself that much shall we?). This past week, they held an evening event called DEMO Enterprise Disruption at San Francisco's Temple Bay & Nightclub at was so well organized that it felt like a shorter version of their twice-a-year launch events. (in the states that is as they're now doing events around the world).  Read more >

  7. San Francisco Dining: 17 Favorite Restaurants in Mission & Bernal

    1/4/12 7:02pm by Renee Blodgett
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    I like dining in the southern part of San Francisco for many reasons, one of which parking is easier at least mid-week, and they have a more neighborhood feel to them even though I’ve been to a few really great Pac Heights, Richmond, Russian Hill and Castro restaurants (review of a gem in the Castro is coming in the next six weeks) and cafes which most notably have their regulars.  Read more >

  8. Berkeley's Sea Salt for Sustainable Seafood Including Great Oysters & Margaritas

    12/29/11 12:14pm by Renee Blodgett
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    I don’t get to Berkeley (CA) as often as I’d like. On a trip over the bridge from San Francisco earlier this week on a mission to find beat up antique chairs I could restain and mix with several other misfit chairs I own, we fell upon Sea Salt Restaurant that touts not just fresh oysters, but id="mce_marker" oysters from 4-6 during the week.  Read more >

  9. Shopping & Fashion in Paris: My Top Picks

    12/23/11 12:58pm by Renee Blodgett
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    There’s shopping and there’s shopping, and there’s no better place than Paris except for maybe the good ole days in Hong Kong and Singapore, where you can find nearly anything you want, in any color, flavor or shape. The same goes for food in the streets of Paris.  Read more >

  10. 25 Fabulous Restaurants in Paris (Reviews & Photos)

    12/21/11 10:10am by Renee Blodgett
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    Below are some of my favorite foodie haunts in Paris. This list is a curation of places I have tried over the years, some visits better than others, but like Paris promises again and again, the food is consistently good regardless of what district you find yourself wandering around in. An oldie but goodie I first discovered several years ago is L’Avant Goût Restaurant on 26 rue Bobillot.  Read more >

Renee Blodgett

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Renee Blodgett
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As CEO and Founder of Magic Sauce MediaTM, Renee offers a very personalized approach of working with clients, their customers and the influencers that impact them. She has been providing full service strategic communications and marketing consulting for global companies and executives for over twenty years.  

She ran Blodgett Communications for close to a decade, before launching Magic Sauce Media in 2010. Her global approach comes from living in ten countries and visiting more than 65, giving her a unique understanding of how cultural nuances impact brand and corporate perception. She has launched companies, services and products from around the world, including South Africa, Australia, Holland, Scotland, India, England, Belgium, Germany, Israel, and France.

Her market approach focuses on driving demand and traffic, creating brand awareness and cutting-edge strategies, building and nurturing customer relationships, increasing partnerships and sales and building loyalty. She understands grassroots media, what they look for and how they think. As one of the first marketing and PR bloggers in the industry, she represented and worked with leading blog software developers and RSS tools when they first launched in the nineties.

Renee blogs at Down the Avenue, which combines technology, culture and life’s passions under one roof. Her blog was voted the top blog in a month long contest, up against some of the top blogs and agencies in the world, many of which represent Fortune 500 companies.

She is the founder of We Blog the World, a global blog network dedicated to stories, voices, and content about society, business, technology and culture from around the world.

Renee is founder of Magic Sauce Photography, which extends her storytelling through visually rich images from across the globe. On her site, you can view over ten photography portfolios and 6 photo books. There is more photography over on We Blog the World in the photography and photos sections.

She is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, whose mission is to collaborate with global technology innovators and influencers in various countries, cross pollinate ideas and mentor organizations and individuals, and then share that knowledge through blogging, video, podcasts, social media tools and meet-ups.

Previously, she headed up worldwide corporate communications for leading speech recognition player Dragon Systems, through to the acquisition to Lernout & Hauspie, now Nuance. Blodgett’s agency experience is extensive with posts at Brodeur Worldwide, London-based Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising and Saatchi & Saatchi Direct, Porter Novelli, Cone, and Cudaback Strategic Communications.

Renee has held advisory board positions on b5 Media, a global new media network, Cozmo Media, which taps into community to put video content in front of the right audience, Toktumi, a virtual home office VoIP phone solution, BlogHer, the first conference and group blog dedicated to women bloggers, which now has nearly 20,000 blogs in its global network, Radus, a dynamic media rich social network and content aggregator and PopTech, an innovation conference whose goal is to accelerate the positive impact of world changing people and ideas. She is also the co-curator of TEDxBerkeley, an independently organized TED event.

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As CEO and Founder of Magic Sauce MediaTM, Renee offers a very personalized approach of working with clients, their customers and the influencers that impact them. She has been providing full service strategic communications and marketing consulting for global companies and executives for over twenty years. By combining her international experience with top-notch relationships and a diverse portfolio in nearly every technology sector, Renee has proven results time and time again.

She ran Blodgett Communications for close to a decade, before launching Magic Sauce Media in 2010. Her global approach comes from living in ten countries and visiting more than 65, giving her a unique understanding of how cultural nuances impact brand and corporate perception. She has launched companies, services and products from around the world, including South Africa, Australia, Holland, Scotland, India, England, Belgium, Germany, Israel, and France.

Her market approach focuses on driving demand and traffic, creating brand awareness and cutting-edge strategies, building and nurturing customer relationships, increasing partnerships and sales and building loyalty. She understands grassroots media, what they look for and how they think. As one of the first marketing and PR bloggers in the industry, she represented and worked with leading blog software developers and RSS tools when they first launched in the nineties.

Renee blogs at Down the Avenue, which combines technology, culture and life’s passions under one roof. Her blog was voted the top blog in a month long contest, up against some of the top blogs and agencies in the world, many of which represent Fortune 500 companies.

She is the founder of We Blog the World, a global blog network dedicated to stories, voices, and content about society, business, technology and culture from around the world.

Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, whose mission is to collaborate with global technology innovators and influencers in various countries, cross pollinate ideas and mentor organizations and individuals, and then share that knowledge through blogging, video, podcasts, social media tools and meet-ups.

Previously, she headed up worldwide corporate communications for leading speech recognition player Dragon Systems, through to the acquisition to Lernout & Hauspie, now Nuance. Blodgett’s agency experience is extensive with posts at Brodeur Worldwide, London-based Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising and Saatchi & Saatchi Direct, Porter Novelli, Cone, and Cudaback Strategic Communications.

Renee has held advisory board positions on b5 Media, a global new media network, Cozmo Media, which taps into community to put video content in front of the right audience, Toktumi, a virtual home office VoIP phone solution, BlogHer, the first conference and group blog dedicated to women bloggers, which now has nearly 20,000 blogs in its global network, Radus, a dynamic media rich social network and content aggregator and PopTech, an innovation conference whose goal is to accelerate the positive impact of world changing people and ideas. She was also the co-curator of TEDxBerkeley, an independently organized TED event.

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Magic Sauce Media

Blodgett Communications

Porter Novelli

Dragon Systems

Cone

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