Lawrence, KS Social Media Club 

We're getting ready to launch a new chapter of the Social Media Cub in Lawrence, KS.

Our Facebook page is located here. Our Twitter account is @smclawrence.  If you're interested in getting involved or being part of the leadership team, please contact Ben Smith at benasmith71@gmail.com.

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! 

2010 SCHEDULE

We'll be kicking off with a weekly Wednesday morning get together in Downtown Lawrence.  An informal networking event, which we hope will lead to some interesting discussions and grow to include more formal presentations and learning opportunities.

We'll meet each Wednesday from 7:30am to 8:30 am each Wednesday at the Mirth Cafe, located at 745 New Hampshire Street in downtown Lawrence, KS.  We live stream the meeting via this link.

NOTE: Please tag all blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and photos with #smclk.

LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM/VOLUNTEERS

Executive Committee:

Chapter President - Ben Smith

benasmith71@gmail.com

Programming Director - Katy Ibsen

katy.ibsen@gmail.com

At the heart of the Social Media Club is great interactive events. The Programming Director manages all aspects of the activity calendar for the 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 - Andy Bracciano

abracciano@netscape.net

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 IBAC, PRSA 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 - Debbi Johanning

debbi.johanning@gmail.com

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 - Co-Director 1: Julie Martell   Co-Director 2: Wendy Smith  

                                    jmartell@callahancreek.com          wendy@worldconnect.me

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 - Katie Brosious

k.brosious@yahoo.com

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 

Technology Director - Nate Bunnyfield

nate@bunnyfields.com

This role is responsible for all technical needs and aspects, including: 

• Coordinating with the Promotions Directors on online promotions and multimedia archive
• Coordinating with the Production Director on the online presence of events
• Writing technology strategy and architecture recommendations
• Conducting technical requirements gathering, technical analysis and identification of key success metrics
• Serve as the primary technical contact for third-party vendors, identify and document integration points with third party solutions to manage risk accordingly
• Provide accurate work estimates and make resource requests and allocations based on project requirements and budgeted scope 
• Assisting the Partnership Director to identify and manage the relationships with global and local individuals and organizations in the industry

Community Liaison - Dave Greenbaum     

calldrdave@gmail.com

The community liaison works closely with the Membership Director and Promotions Director to promote the group in the community

• Represent the interests of the general membership of the Lawrence Social Media club to the board, maintaining an open communications policy and relaying any concerns that any member might wish to bring to the attention of the board or place on the agenda of a board meeting
• Actively educate others and promote the Social Media Club among these groups and the "offline" community and serve as a "connector" among these groups using the Social Media Club as a hub for interactivity
• Serve on any ad-hoc or subcommittees as requested by the board, and offer general support  as requested by the board and in particular help out when one particular board member needs assistance or needs to step back temporarily from their assigned duties
• Assisting all other board members in obtaining resources and contacts in the community

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, please list your info above. Thanks!

SPONSORS WANTED:

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

• Name, Company, email or phone
• Name, Company, email or phone

RESOURCES:

• Venue recommendations: TBD
• Sponsors: TBD