Author Archives for Mike Chapman

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 […]

Austin Social Media Club is Growing


Organizational Meeting - Friday, April 18, Cafe Caffeine, Noon
In 2006, when I first heard Connie Reece talking about this phenomenon called social media and then later include me in the start-up of the Social Media Club, I had no idea just how quickly so many good things would result from it. To avoid using this […]

Austin Creative Commons Salon Meets Wednesday March 26th


While we continue to recover from SXSW and prepare for our next Austin Social Media Club meeting on April 17th, we wanted to let you know about a meeting of the Austin Creative Commons Salon this Wednesday, March 26th, 2008. The meeting will be held from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at Cafe Caffeine, […]

Austin Social Media Breakfast


Join us for the Austin debut of the Social Media Breakfast with the event’s originator, Bryan Person.
Sponsored by GCI Read Poland

7:30 AM, Thursday, February 21, 2008
Rudy’s Bar-B-Q
2451 Capital of Texas Hwy S
Austin, Texas 78746

NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT YOU MUST REGISTER & PRINT CONFIRMATION FROM EVENTBRITE (see link below)
About Bryan Person
Bryan is a passionate […]

GeekAustin, Dorkbots-Austin and Austin Business Bloggers


This is a busy week if you want to gather with other people involved in social media in Austin. The first Austin Social Media Breakfast, featuring Bryan Person, is scheduled for next week, on February 21st - the location will be announced later this week - but you don’t have to wait until then to […]

Austin Technology Council and Forbes Magazine Host Power Lunch Wednesday


The first in a series of roundtable luncheons hosted by Forbes magazine and our friends at the Austin Technology Council is being held this Wednesday. Following is a brief description and the schedule of events. We hope to see as many of you there as possible.
To register, click here.

 
Power Up Austin Luncheon: Mobile Madness

 
In […]

Buzz Corps, Public Relations Gone Good


Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Chris Aarons and Geoff Nelson of Buzz Corps. Chris and Geoff are partners in the Austin based firm that is changing the way media relations and social media will be defined. In a world where technology is connecting all of us, and all of us have […]

Happy Social Media New Year


We’re running a little late, well I am, on getting things going here at the Austin Social Media Club this year. Hey, business is good, we’ve been busy. So we’re aiming for February to kick off our evening events on the third Thursday. Jon Lebkowsky, one of the genuine experts on the evolution of […]

BSG Alliance, Jelly, Coworking


Don’t forget that there is a day of coworking, November 29th, from 11 am to 6 pm, at Genuine Joe Coffee House. If you would like to attend this Jelly event, sponsored by BSG Alliance, please rsvp here, on Facebook, or email me at chapmanmd@gmail.com. Feel free to come and go, watch a special […]

BSG Alliance sponsoring Jelly Austin


Many of us in the Social Media Club are enthusiastic supporters of coworking in Austin. So we’re happy to let you know that BSG Alliance is sponsoring a special Jelly Austin day of coworking on Thursday, November 29th. We will be meeting at the usual Jelly location, Genuine Joe Coffee House, from 11 am to […]

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.