Social Media Club
A community for the champions of Social Media and those seeking to learn
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Seeking Comment on FTC “Blogging” Disclosure Policy
I have been trying to organize this for a while, but after reading this post from Kim Hart on The Hill.com entitled FTCs blogger rules constitutionally dubious, says IAB, it is time for Social Media Club to create a public response and reccomendation. Our goal is to submit a thorough response to th …
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Where Will Video Take You, Where Will You Take Your Video?
The primary goal of Social Media Clubs Reality Check is to get down to the brass tacks of how people are really using different technologies and to uncover unmet needs. In this, our premiere series of Reality Check, we are focused on how people are using video in both their personal and professional …
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Social Media Boot Camp in Salt Lake City
For those of you on the United States’ west coast, or interested in being on the west coast (or at least the intermountain west) next Friday, October 23, 2009, the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City has arranged for a first-of-its-kind event to be held in Salt Lake City. For the first time, Ragan C …
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Social Causes: Tweets For Boobs.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and my dear pal, Josh Strebel, has rolled up his social cause loving sleeves and launched the Tweets For Boobs website to support the efforts of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The goal is to raise $10,000 for breast cancer research. First off, the site is pu …
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SMCEDU: Richmond’s Panel Kicks Off a New Chapter
On Monday night, SMCEDU-RVA held its kickoff event at Virginia Commonwealth University with a great panel discussion. Kendall Morris and Nathan Hughes of the Richmond chapter of SMC deserve credit for organizing an engaging forum that should result in greater interest for the academic community in c …
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Distance Learning Practice: Socially Aware
This article is an interview between Sarah Jones and myself, some of which will be used in an upcoming article about Audio Distance Learning in Mix Magazine. I have cross posted it here as I feel this has value to readers of this blog, you will see that social learning is a fundamental methodology I …
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SMCEDU: A Mashable Opinion
I had the opportunity to chat with Brett Petersel of Mashable on Monday. Brett, the events director for the worlds largest social networking blog, is a former K-12 teacher and still teaches classes and seminars on eBusiness and social networking for a college in New York. It was great speaking with …
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SMCEDU: Social Media Principles Can’t Be Ignored
Social media is gaining more acceptance in both the business world both as a tool to connect with customers and for co-workers to connect with each other and the academic world, where more educators are using social media tools such as Classroom 2.0 and Social Media Classroom to teach and engage. …
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Orange and Viadeo sponsor the Social Media Club France
Some heartwarming news from the French SMC Chapter just arrived: Orange renews officially its annual support to the Social Media Club France, while a new sponsorship deal has been stroke with Viadeo. By having supported the French SMC chapter since 2008, and with several SMC active members coming f …
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San Antonio Screams and Howls for Social Media
For those of you that remember the SeaWorld Summer Nights event, Social Media Club along with Social Media Breakfast and a few other local groups have been invited to be the special guest of SeaWorld San Antonio once again for their Howl-O-Scream event. As we approach Halloween, SeaWorld has a bevy …
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SMCEDU: Start-up Meeting in Sydney
According to Jenna Langer, the #SMCEDU start-up meeting in Sydney was attended by a group that included SMC-Sydney board member Doug Chapman and others excited about getting the social media education initiative going in Australias largest city. It will be groups like these, started informally (this …
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It’s Time for a Reality Check
I am excited to tell you about the launch of a new Social Media Club program called Reality Check. This will be our coordinated effort to get past the hype on several key issues to Social Media professionals by connecting across several of the different cities with active local Social Media Club gro …
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Tyson Foods Steps up to the Hunger Challenge. Again.
The San Francisco Food Bank, Tyson Foods and Social Media Club San Francisco are working together to increase awareness around the issue of hunger during the 2009 Hunger Challenge taking place this week: September 20-26. Tyson has graciously offered to donate truck loads of food based on our abilit …
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SMCEDU: Two Great Conversations in DC and Sydney
Last Thursday, I met with Social Media Club founder Chris Heuer during the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C. We had a lively conversation about social media in general, and #SMCEDU in particular. What is it that were trying to teach in a formalized SM curriculum? Conceptually, we discussed the imp …
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SCMEDU: Two Great Conversations in DC and Sydney
Last Thursday, I met with Social Media Club founder Chris Heuer during the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C. We had a lively conversation about social media in general, and #SMCEDU in particular. What is it that were trying to teach in a formalized SM curriculum? Conceptually, we discussed the imp …
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Happy Birthday SMCSA, Now One Year Old!
Well weve hit the first of what is sure to be many milestones, our first year in the city of San Antonio and weve had the pleasure of meeting a great many new people and were honored to have them and all of our regular favorites share in this experience with us. Can you believe its been 1 year si …
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SMCEDU: Local Chapters Sprouting Up
Recently, I wrote about SMC-DC and Georgetown University working together to create a student chapter of Social Media Club with the intention of promoting #SMCEDU in the area. The #SMCEDU group would work with the affiliated school and local businesses to create opportunities to meet, network, and l …
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SMC San Francisco/Silicon Valley Chapter Seeks New President/Team Lead
It has been a good ride over the past three years, but the time has come for me to resign as the president of the San Francisco/Silicon Valley chapter*, and hand the baton on to someone who can really devote the time and attention needed to ensure the chapter continues to serve the needs of the loca …
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SMCEDU in Central VA: The Beginning of Something Big
After meeting with members of Social Media Club-Richmond, VA, its evident that central Virginia and SMCEDU are a great fit. I met with Kendall Morris, a media specialist and social media consultant associated with SMCRVA, Nathan Hughes, the programming director for SMCRVA, Marcus Messner, a journal …
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The D.C. Connection: SMCEDU in the Nation’s Capital
On Monday, I had lunch with Steve Radick (the social media lead at Booz Allen Hamilton), Nicole Morales (an undergraduate student at George Washington University), and Cathryn Sitterding (a graduate student at GWU). We discussed the relationship between the Social Media Club-DC chapter and GWU in re …
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