Author Archives for Mike Chapman

David Almacy of Waggener Edstrom in Austin this Saturday for Social Media Happy Hour


Of all the many good people doing really interesting and important things in social media, David Almacy stands out from the crowd. David did much of the work that you see if you go to the White House website or have dealings with the digital media components of the White House communications operations. David is […]

Andy Meadows, Live Oak 360, to Speak on Digital Landscape Management™


Be Sure to Register to Attend
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/139328736

Join us for an evening of discussion and getting to know your fellow social media users/creators in Austin. Pizza and drinks at 6:00; program starts at 6:30. NOTE: The meeting is free, but we ask you to register because space is limited.
Our special guest for this month’s regular […]

Social Media Club Events in Austin


July Meeting
Be Sure to Register to Attend
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/139328736

Join us for an evening of discussion and getting to know your fellow social media users/creators in Austin. Pizza […]

Social Media Club Forms Interim Board: Connie Reece and Mike Chapman Members


The Social Media Club, an international organization focused on advancing new media and social media, has announced today the formation of a new interim board of directors. The board is a working group and is charged with taking the organization to the next stages of its development, including the election of a formal board as […]

Blood Drive Tweetup a Success


Cosponsored by the 501 Tech Club of Austin and the Austin Social Media Club, spearheaded by Club members Michelle Greer and David Neff (@michellegreer and @daveiam), the first Austin Blood Drive Tweetup was a resounding success.
Staff at the The Blood Center of Central Texas confirmed that we more than doubled their usual donations at the […]

Blood Drive Tweetup


July 2nd is my birthday. So what I want all of you to do, for my birthday, is to sign up to give blood at the Blood Drive Tweetup. No, it doesn’t matter how old I am…mid-forties…what does matter is that if we donate blood we might save a life and we certainly have done something […]

Small World Labs on Viddler.com at Austin SMC


In case you weren’t able to make our last regularly scheduled meeting, Sam Eder of Small World Labs gave a great presentation on private label social networks. Small World Labs is a successful Austin based company lead by Michael Wilson.
Thanks to David Neff, we have a “video of Sam’s presentation” on Viddler.com. If you have […]

A Very Social Media Summer


In addition to our regularly scheduled meeting this week, featuring Michael Wilson of Small World Labs, there are a number of other social media events and opportunities.
If you haven’t registered for the Austin Social Media Club meeting yet, please do so by going to our Eventbrite page. This will help our very gracious host, Josh […]

Small World Labs at Austin Social Media Club


You’ve all heard of FaceBook and MySpace, but do you realize that there are social networks springing up all around you? Michael Wilson from Small World Labs will be presenting the landscape of private-label social networks and case studies of how companies have created their own social networks to increase customer retention and attract new […]

Josh Bernoff, Groundswell author, to Speak


The Austin chapter of the Internet Strategy Forum, a nonprofit professional association for corporate in-house Internet strategists, has invited members of the Austin Social Media Club to attend their May 29th meeting, featuring Forrester Principal Analyst Josh Bernoff, co-author of the much-buzzed-about book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies.
Josh will present key […]

Mike Chapman

Mike Chapman is proof that professionals from non-tech sectors can adapt and even thrive in the new media landscape. The principles of being open and genuine, considering customers as humans, remaining open to constant feedback and criticism, and being completely willing to trade old ways of thinking for new ones, have made Mike an enthusiast for social media. It may sound ironic that a former Washington lobbyist and Congressional staffer would be eager to specialize in communications based on honesty and authenticity rather than promotion, but those are the exact qualities that drew him into the field of new media and communications. Mike is a cofounder of the Austin Social Media Club and the international Social Media Club. As a principal and founder of Every Dot Connects - a social media consortium - Mike works with clients who have an interest in governmental affairs and some who do not. In either case, Mike brings his enthusiasm for finding new and better ways to communicate, remembering that the very best communicators he has worked with were those who knew how to listen most effectively. Mike’s career started with the late J.J.”Jake” Pickle as part of his Washington D.C. staff, and has included stints with current U.S. Senator Tim Johnson, the National Association of Realtors, the American Medical Association, and Texas State University.