Social Media Club San Francisco/Silicon Valley

We are using this wiki space as out online whiteboard where we flesh out topics/speakers/sponsors, etc.

For up to date SMC SFSV news, please join the Facebook group, which we are using as our main communications hub. There is also a Twitter account for those who prefer notices that way.

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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 volunteer team for their hard work to make this schedule possible!

SPONSORS WANTED: We're currently looking for sponsors for upcoming events. Please contact kristie [at] socialmediaclub [dot] org 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. Check out the SF Bay Area Ideas listed below and share your thoughts on possible upcoming events, speakers, sponsors, etc.  

2009 SCHEDULE (we meet on the third Tuesday - mostly - of every month)

Registration is required for each event - $10 presale or $20 at the door. SMC 'card carrying' members get in for free unless otherwise noted (meaning if you have paid for a membership).

• January 20th - in San Francisco at Zannel - SEO + Social Media
• February 17th - in Mountain View at Loopt  - Government 2.0
• March 24th - in San Francisco - venue TBD - The 'Because' Effect
• April 21st - in Silicon Valley - NBC Universal -  Social Networks in the Enterprise
• May 19th - in San Francisco - at Citizen Space - User driven topics with Ravit?
• July 11th - in Sonoma - various vineyards - Sonoma Bound! Wine tasting trip
• August 4th - in San Francisco at Blackbird Bar - Tweetup only
• September 25th - in San Francisco at Citizen Space- topic TBD
• October 20th - in San Francsico - venue (possibly Microsoft) - topic TBD
• November 17th - in Silicon Valley - venue TBD - topic TBD
• December 15th - in San Francisco - venue TBD - topic TBD

Please tag all blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and photos with smcsfsv 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 of our past events are listed on the Social Media Club events page.

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TOPICS/IDEAS TO COVER

This is a white space for ideas for upcoming events. Hopefully it will help us match ideas up with sponsors, organizers, venues and dates! Throw your ideas into the table below. It doesn't matter how crazy they are. We'll consider them all. Thanks!

Other possible topics/speakers:

• Nonprofits - can get Marnee from Compumentor and Rachel W. from NetSquared and a couple others to highlight what nonprofits have been doing in SM.
• Blogger tour to China, for instance, maybe with Shel Israel, Christine Lu, Robert Scoble? Can also add in Israel and South Africa if we want real global as several friends have done blogger tours there.
• James Hanusa on web3.0, not the symantic web, but the collective web - working with the Change.org, Change the Web, Silicon Valley Innovation Institute and/or the Innovation Journalism Dept. at Stanford folks.
• Journalism 2.0 - invite local newspapers, TV stations, Craig Newmark, JD Lasica, Tom Foremski, etc. to discuss Social Media + News 2.0.. Might be able to get local TV station to host.
• Social Media for business  (get a realtor, a lawyer, a SMB, etc] to share how they are using tools.
• Social Media and Healthcare. I know folks at Blue Shield and Cathryn has a hospital as client. Can get a couple more.
• Social Media and Education??
• Favorite SM tool in 2009???
• Derek Powazek on Fray.com: Fray was an early online community in 'web 1.0'.  it has since been reborn as a community built magazine
• Online communities thru the years: From compuserve to The Well to mid-to-lates 90's AOL to Facebook and beyond:  Would love to see a panel combined of participants from all of these.  Hear how online communities have changed and how they haven't
• Creating sticky content: This would look at what makes content interesting enough to be spread. Looking at what makes videos viral, certain blog posts popular, etc. The session would make a distinction between content that brings people in and content that people feel compelled to share with others in their network (by retweeting, blogging etc. about the original content) and focus on the latter.

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The Social Media Club San Francisco/Silicon Valley is looking for help shaping the future of Social Media in Northern California. We have identified four roles that we needed support filling. These four people form the leadership team of the SFSV group. If you'd be interested in helping one of them, please send an email to kristie [at] socialmediaclub [dot] org. And your input on these roles is welcome--as with all the Social Media Club Wiki pages, this one is editable too (the password is above, feel free to add your comments or suggestions below).

LOCAL LEADERSHIP/VOLUNTEER TEAM

Programming Director - Chris Heuer

Email: chris [at] socialmediaclub [dot] org

At the heart of the Social Media Club is great interactive events. The Programming Director manages all aspects of the activity calendar for the San Francisco /Silicon Valley 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 - Kristie Wells

Email: kristie [at] socialmediaclub [dot] org

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 national 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 - Kristie Wells - needs help here

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 San Francisco 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:

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:

The membership director is responsible for three important roles:

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

Director At-Large

• Karen O'Brien, kobrien at crimson-consulting dot com

• Cathryn Hrudicka, hrudicka at lmi dot net
• Janet Fouts
• Ryan Kudar
• J.J. Toothman
• Holly Hagen

Digital Scribe?

How about one person responsible for recording and blogging events.

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 San Francisco/Silicon Valley group, please email kristie [at] socialmediaclub [dot] org. Thanks!

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RESOURCES:

• Venue recommendations (# of people that can fit):

1.             SAN FRANCISCO - CNET (150), Citizen Space (30), Zannel (100), SixApart (??)
2.             SILICON VALLEY - Sun (100+), Loopt (50), Dolphin RE/Max (50), Forrester (30), Stanford (??)
3.             EAST BAY: The Hillside Club (100)

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