Central New Jersey

 

Red Bank Social Media Club 

 

We will use this wiki as an online whiteboard where we will develop topics, list potential speakers and venues and plot out events. If you would like to be kep up to date of our events, please join the Facebook group [insert url].

 

SPONSORS WANTED:

We're currently looking for sponsors for upcoming events. Please contact Deborah Madey if you're interested in sponsoring an event--you can suggest a topic and help us with a venue!

 

IDEAS WANTED:

We're also looking for great ideas for upcoming events. Please share your thoughts below on possible upcoming events, speakers, sponsors, etc. below.

 

Our schedule of events is below. Locations, hosts/sponsors and topics will be listed as they become available. All events are FREE, unless otherwise stated. As agendas become available, we'll add links to them from this page (click on the date). Thanks to our sponsors, and to everyone on the Leadership team for their hard work to make this schedule possible! 

 

2009 SCHEDULE

• TBD

 

 

NOTE: Please tag all blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and photos with SMCRB and socialmediaclub. If you upload photos to Flickr, we would appreciate you adding them into the Social Media Club pool at http://www.flickr.com/groups/socialmediaclub/. Thank you!

 

PAST EVENTS

All our past events can be viewed on the SMC website.

 

 

RESOURCES:

• Venue recommendations: TBD
• Sponsors: TBD 

 

 

LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM/VOLUNTEERS

The Social Media Club is looking for help shaping the future of social media in our local area. We have identified four roles that we needed support filling. These four people form the leadership team of the Red Bank SMC - Central New Jersey  group. If you'd be interested in helping one of them, please send an email to Deborah Madey -Deborah (at) PeninsulaFirst.com. And your input on these roles is welcome--as with all the Social Media Club Wiki pages, this one is editable too (just sign up for a free wiki account - see top right of page).

 

GENERAL VOLUNTEERS:

 

* Name, Email

* Name, Email

 

Programming Director - TBD

Email: TBD

 

At the heart of the Social Media Club is great interactive events. The Programming Director manages all aspects of the activity calendar for the Northern Montana club. This person is responsible for:

• Developing and managing the schedule of events, including regular (monthly) public meetings and planning meetings
• Identifying topics for upcoming events
• Coordinating with the Partnership Director to secure speakers and identify venues for each event
• Securing speaker bios
• Preparing the event program for each public event, including agenda, directions and other special instructions
• Hand off event program to Promotions Director for publicity and Production Director for planning and coordination of event

 

 

Partnership Director - TBD

Email: TBD

 

Our activities wouldn't be possible without partners. We partner with other businesses and organizations to find topics, speakers and venues for future activities. The Partnership Director manages the relationships with the global Social Media Club parent organization, other important social media organizations (both national and local), as well as with local businesses and organizations interested in sponsoring or hosting upcoming activities. This person is responsible for:

• Managing relationships with SNCR and other national and local social media-related organizations
• Build and maintain relationships with, and identify co-sponsorship opportunities with, local marketing and technology organizations
• Identifying and managing the relationships with past and future event sponsors, co-sponsors and venues
• Coordinating with the Programming Director to find appropriate time slots, topics and venues for partner-sponsored events
• Coordinating with the Production Director to identify speaker and sponsor needs for each event

 

Promotions Director - TBD

Email: TBD

 

Promotion is key to the ultimate success of our organization--and the earlier the better! This person is reponsible for:

• Managing the Social Media Club local chapter web pages, including the blog, wiki, forums and email list
• Coordinating with Programming Director to secure program agenda for each event
• Promoting future events through all the above-named channels
• Publicizing future events through online and traditional channels
• Writing and sending around recaps of each public meeting
• Recording, publishing and sharing audio and video from events

 

Production Director - TBD

Email: TBD

 

This person is responsible for all aspects of event execution, including:

• Assuming responsibility for event program from Programming Director
• Scheduling and managing planning meetings with event sponsors and speakers
• Managing on-site signage, video, audio and lighting
• Coordinating food and drink with event sponsors and/or venue
• Staffing and managing event registration
• Maintaining the master member list
• Managing development and collection of feedback forms
• Managing giveaways and all-other on-site activities

 

Membership Director - TBD

Email: TBD

 

The membership director is responsible for three important roles:

• Managing the master membership list of the local chapter of the Social Media Club
• Promoting local membership in the global Social Media Club organization
• Managing the relationship with the global Social Media Club organization

 

 

As the group develops, other roles may be identified. Your suggestions are welcome. Thank you! Again, if you'd like to volunteer for these or other roles with the [insert city name] group, please email [insert contact data]. Thanks!

 

Digital Scribe?

How about one person responsible for recording and blogging events.

 

 

IDEAS

Throw your ideas into the table below. It doesn't matter how crazy they are. We'll consider them all. Thanks!

 

 

TARGET DATE	TOPIC	ORGANIZER OR SUGGESTER	POTENTIAL SPEAKERS	POTENTIAL VENUE	POTENTIAL SPONSOR	NOTES OR STATUS
	Cluetrain Manifesto Revisited		Doc Searls, David Weinberger
	Second Life Revisted		Linden Labs			SL was hot, then died, but it is about to be reborn as a modeling/education tool for medicine and other industries?
	Social Media and Medicine		TBD
	Future of Journalism			TBD	TBD
	Is Google the New Microsoft?		TBD	TBD	TBD	i.e., are they evil?
	Social Media and the Future of TV		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Social Media and Education		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Personalities and Personal Brands		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Social Media and the Three Gs (Girls, Games and Gambling)		TBD	TBD	TBD
	The Business Case for Social Media (Revisited)		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Sports and Social Media		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Social Media and the Law		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Social Media, Biotech and Medicine		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Social Media and the Protection of Content		TBD	TBD	TBD
	Authenticity and Transparency.		TBD	TBD	TBD	Case studies: Strumpette.com, Nashville is Talking - Too Transparent/Authentic? Are there any issues for people with different identities for work & personal? Are we going to hold people and companies accountable for their words? Tim O'Reilly developed a blogger code of ethics. Are people really policing each other? Is "Authenticity" the same for journalists as it is for bloggers, for individuals, or PR/Corporate agents or entities? Let's define "Authenticity" vs. "Transparency." Is one ever appropriate without the other? If so, when and why?..
	The rise of video					Hooman.tv