Welcome to the inaugural post of Podium 53, the virtual speaking platform for HCSB (the HarperCollins Speakers Bureau, located at 10 East 53rd Street in New York City). You’ll see that we’re in tune with “womenomics,” keeping up with the world through Anderson Cooper, and ready for a little improv anywhere.

In our current feature box news anchors Claire Shipman and Katty Kay reveal female power in the workplace in what they call Womenomics. View Charlie Todd, founder of Improv Everywhere to see why he’s “causing a scene.” On our speaker blog roll you’ll find Anderson Cooper, the Nation’s Johnathan Cohn and buzzmachine’s Jeff Jarvis, among many. In the words of the late Mississippi radio personality, Pearlie Mae Toliver, please “check us out and lock us in.” Send us a post. Tell us what you think. Join our community.