Social Media Club Los Angeles

 

 

 

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 Los Angeles team for their hard work to make this schedule possible!

 

SPONSORS WANTED: We're currently looking for sponsors for upcoming events. Please contact Jackie Peters at jackie at heavybagmedia dot com (twitter ID: @jackiepeters) 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. 

 

2008 SCHEDULE

 

• Wednesday, November 5th:

 

Is Social Media Changing the Face of Politics?

The fourth meeting of Social Media Club LA will focus on the ways in which social media have effected the political process and political outcomes in the US. The meeting is tentatively scheduled to take place on November 5th, the day after the presidential election.

 

 

Panelists:

 

Jason A. Kiesel

Founder & CEO

FreedomSpeaks, LLC

http://blog.freedomspeaks.com

 

 

James Lee

President

Lee Strategy Group

http://www.leestrategy.com/

 

 

Tony Katz

CEO/co-Founder of Aweli, Inc.

http://www.tonykatz.com

 

 

Leo Briones

President and Founder

Centaur North Strategic Communications

http://centaurnorth.com/campaignNews/campaignNews4.html

 

 

Co-Moderators:

Brooks Bayne

 

 

Jackie Peters

Founding Partner, Heavybag Media - http://blog.heavybagmedia.com

Director, Social Media Club LA - http://socialmediaclub.la

 

 

Thanks to our sponsors!

 

Venue Sponsor:

Mahalo - http://mahalo.com

 

Food & Beverage Sponsor:

Visible Factors - http://visiblefactors.com

 

Media Sponsor:

Tech Zulu - http://techzulu.com

 

 

 

• Thursday, September 11th:

   

  Socializing the Music Industry

   

  Digital distribution and social discovery are having a serious impact on the music industry. And if we look into the future a bit, the impact is potentially even greater. We are assembling a panel of industry leaders to offer their insights on how the music industry is changing from a variety of perspectives.

   

   

  Panelists:

   

   

  Anthony Batt

  President and Founder, Buzznet

  www.buzznet.com

   

   

  Scott Perry

  Publisher, New Music Tipsheet

  http://www.newmusictipsheet.com

   

   

  Lugas Gonze

  XSPF Leader at Xiph.org Foundation

  http://gonze.com/about/

   

   

  Nic Adler

  Owner, Roxy Theater

  http://theroxyonsunset.com

   

   

  Moderator:

   

  Andy Sternberg

  Director of Interactive, Live Earth

  http://www.liveearth.org/

   

   

  Weber Shandwick offices are located on the 7th floor of the PDC. Weber Shandwick has generously covered parking in the PDC garage, just say you're with us!

   

  *Upon entering our parking garage via Melrose Ave, please park and find your way into the green bldg. (There is an information kiosk if you need assistance). Take the elevator to the 7th floor and our doors are located on your right hand side.

   

   

  Special thanks to our event sponsors:

   

   

  Venue Sponsor: Weber Shandwick - http://www.webershandwick.com

   

  Food & Beverages: Sometrics - http://www.sometrics.com

   

  Media Sponsor: TechZulu - http://techzulu.com

 

 

Please tag all blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and photos with #SMCLA 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!

 

 

TOPIC IDEAS

LIST OF LA CHAPTER TOPIC IDEAS

 

 

 

PAST EVENTS

 

• 2008 Events
  • Kick off meeting June 25th 6:30 - 8:30 at Rubicon Project RSVP: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/730400/
  • A Social Media Primer July 28th at Mahalo

  • Creative Commons Salon (Thursday, June 26) at Found Gallery: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/813329/

 

RESOURCES:

 

Put your name here and what you'd like to help out with if you are interested in being a co-organizer for the Los Angeles chapter

CLICK HERE FOR A LISTING OF CO-ORGANIZER OPPORTUNITIES

• Mike Prasad
• Michael Lambie
• Brady Brim-DeForest
• Alex Piner
• Michael Marsalisi