Richmond, VA (USA)


Social Media Club Richmond, VA

 

 

SPONSORS WANTED:

We're currently looking for sponsors for upcoming events. Please contact Caroline Platt 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

 

NOTE: Please tag all blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and photos with smcrva 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:

 

 

LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM/VOLUNTEERS

The leadership team for Social Media Club Richmond, VA  along with active volunteer is listed below.  We are always looking for more people to help  shape the future of social media in our local area so if you're interested in helping out, please send an email to Doug Meacham. 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).

 

GENERAL VOLUNTEERS:

 

* Jolie Odell, jolie.odell@gmail.com

* Kelly Vance, kvance@hodgespart.com

* Emily Duke, eduke@hodgespart.com

 

Programming Director - Nathan Hughes

Email: nathan@bandazian.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 Richmond, VA club. This person is responsible for:

 

 

Partnership Director - Caroline Platt

Email: carolineplatt@gmail.com

 

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:

 

Promotions Director - John R Hopkins

Email: johnhopkins@gmail.com

 

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

 

Production Director - Kira Siddall

Email: kira.siddall@gmail.com

 

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

 

Membership Director - Doug Meacham

Email: smcrichmond@gmail.com

 

The membership director is responsible for three important roles:

 

 

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 Richmond, VA group, please email Doug Meacham. 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

April 2009

Intro to SMC Doug Meacham TBD     Introductory event - provide overview of SMC (history, objectives, plans).  Get input on direction, enlist volunteers
May 2009 Shiny Object Syndrome Doug Meacham Geoff Livingston     Geoff has given this presentation at other SMC events
June 2009 Social Media Karaoke Doug Meacham Doug Meacham, Kaitlyn Wilkins Sushi Ninja? (they have offered to host this month's event)   

How can offline interactions and events help strengthen your client's brand, your corporate brand or your personal brand in the social media space? Join Kaitlyn and Doug as they discuss best practices for planning and executing offline experiences that create buzz online and deliver results against your social media objectives. (Karaoke to follow. For real.)

TBD Social Media in the News Doug Meacham Ryan Nobles, ???     The news media had jumped on the Twitter Bandwagon.  From newpapers to news anchors, journalists are adding the service to their toolkit.  Local journalists discuss the whys and hows, what's working and what's not, and how they are measuring the results
  The Business Case for Social Media TBD TBD TBD   How to think through the strategic reasons for using social media internally or externally and how to make the case to management. 
August 2009 Non-profits and social media Caroline Platt/SMCRVA TBD Mondial Assistance TBD A discussion of Social Media for Social Good. Need to determine format - panel presentation? Speaker?
September 2009 Basics Bootcamp Caroline Platt/SMCRVA TBD TBD TBD Encourage a broader audience that might not be on Facebook or Twitter (gasp!) to attend and join the conversation. Provide stations with an overview of how to engage on all the different sites. Could mimic a "trade show" format with booths staffed by volunteers?
October 2009 Advanced Best Practices Caroline Platt/SMCRVA TBD TBD TBD Discussion of new trends and how best practices are evolving.
  Cluetrain Manifesto Revisited          
  Social Media and Education   TBD TBD TBD  
  Personalities and Personal Brands   TBD TBD TBD  
  Social Media and the Law   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?..