I've had the joy and honor of announcing for a couple of live shows in the past - most recently for the National Donor Marrow Program's Be The Match annual awards ceremony, and The General Mills GIMMEE Awards.

This week, however, the event was just a little bigger. Thrive, held over two days in New York, brought the pleasure of announcing great talent - grammy-award winning violinist, Miri Ben-Ari, for example, and many others. And now, please welcome your hosts Arianna Huffington and Mika Brzezinski...