Contribute to the KITI
KITI, formerly known as Media Kitty, was established in 2001 by Heather Kirk with a vision of uniting travel and lifestyle media and marketing professionals to achieve a common objective - crafting and sharing better publishing results. This collaborative ethos has been at the core of KITI from its inception, making it a trailblazing online professional community and platform.
We love a play on words and with our rebranding we chose a name derived from the African Swahili dialect. KITI symbolizes a "chair," embodying notions of authority, warmth, and spaces for interaction and discussion. This essence drives KITI Social, our online platform and mobile app that serves as the go-to hub for the sector's most forward-thinking PR and marketing experts.
We have taken the KITI letters to drive our community giving — the Kids In Time Initiative — which helps at-risk youth. Activities include anti-bullying events and talks for young people on parole in various locations including the Mount Charleston Youth Detention Centre, supported by the Vegas Golden Knights. The initiative collaborates with organizations like After School All Stars, led by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and includes through charity auctions. Celebrity and influential brand contributions fund our giving efforts.
At KITI, we nurture a diverse array of mediums including online and offline events, the interactive contributor map - Radar, a dynamic Feed, a comprehensive 24/7 Media Marketplace, the engaging Instinct consumer blog, and The Syndicat, a premium content syndication service. Within this vibrant ecosystem, contributors engage with a global community of content creators and publishers, unlock valuable insights into media relationships, tap into professional development opportunities, explore fresh news and story ideas, and elevate their visibility among industry frontrunners in media and marketing.
With three access levels — Curious, Active and Wild — you can join KITI today and be part of a thriving community where collaboration, innovation, and growth converge to shape the future of travel, entertainment and lifestyle media and marketing through storytelling.
CURIOUS
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
ACTIVE
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
WILD
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Why KITI Social?
KITI Social is so named because it’s an inviting place where everyone on the community contributes something and takes something of value away. A collaborative vibe inspired our origins way back in 2001!
There are three ways to contribute: content, intelligence and subscriptions.
We welcome all three to serve the collective.
How it works.
Since 2001, the KITI is an original meeting place for bonafide cultural content communications and publishing professionals worldwide.
One-stop and non-stop, our resources attract accredited journalists, verified influential personalities and marketing professionals, business owners, expert sources and more devoted to publishing excellence in all manner of content –- travel, wellness, entertainment, culinary, personal technology – from interest niches worldwide.
The purpose is to publish better stories across any platform – print to podcast – through organic connections that move business forward.
Online or using our unique location-based, real-time mobile app, this is facilitated by:
+ check-ins announcing interests, trips, queries and more
+ connections through quick replies and comments
+ project collaboration workspaces
+ a consumer facing blog to publish and syndicate your content
Feed works like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn for contributors to share quick pitches and pick up story ideas, trips, check-ins, fam trip invitations, queries, and content.
Call outs are for contributors to canvas the community research help, sources, speakers, review opportunities, media invitations, speakers.
Radar is a site feature and an app works like Uber where you can see who is nearby, whether you are in your own city or on the road.
The Instinct is a consumer-facing cultural content blog that showcases our content creator work and provides a place to publish stories.
Beliefs
We believe the most meaningful — and often quickest — road to professional growth is through connections. Uniting a range of people who have shared goals, workflows, interests and audiences — from the publishers desk to the syndication seat — leads to better quality content.
The KITI community is made up of remarkable people from all components of the publishing, creative and communications world: Publishers and marketers, journalists and PR pros, agents and celebrities, art directors and visual artists, investors, business owners, and distributors.
As unique as we are, we have common passion for cultural experience and a desire to help one another publish better.
Diversity Matters
The KITI is committed to connecting all professionals because diversity gives us culture. And culture gives us the content we care to create and share.
Diversity sparks creativity and engagement to overcome challenges and tell authentic stories that motivate people across all walks and interests. We are committed to advancing, learning and growing together with a community that reflects the diverse environment in which we aspire to live.
Guided by Principles
Integrity. New relationships, ways and tools help us improve.
Generosity. Shared trust creates bonds for exploration to see and do things differently.
Collaboration. Success comes when we work together for a common cause.