Author Archives for Mike Chapman

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

 
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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 […]

GeekAustin.com and Social Media Club Holiday Happy Hour


If you missed the last Happy Hour that LinearB and whurley hosted at Joe DiMaggio’s in the Domain, don’t be too despondent. The Austin Social Media Club is combining its December meeting with GeekAustin.com for a major holiday blowout on December 11th. The happy hour/holiday party will be at Joe DiMaggio’s again. Click here […]

Second Life Meeting Reminder


Tomorrow night we’ll be meeting at nFusion’s offices at 5000 Plaza on the Lake, Suite 200. Laura Thomas, of Dell, and David Neff, of the American Cancer Society, will share with us what their organizations are doing in SL and then we’ll be going in-world with them.
Due to the high amount of interest we’ve received, […]

nFusion to Host Second Life Meeting


On November 15th, Social Media Club Austin will be hosted by nFusion Group. Second Life will be the topic for the meeting. David Neff, from the American Cancer Society, and Laura Thomas, from Dell, will share their organizations’ experiences and maybe even show us around their islands. Some of the rest of us may […]

Workshop Early Registration To End Oct 29


Dell Campus ~ Austin, TX ~ November 6 ~ 8:30 to 5:30
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE - Monday, Oct. 29

Again, many thanks to the folks at Dell for sponsoring our upcoming Social Media Workshop on November 6. Austin Social Media Club co-founder Connie Reece will be joined by keynoter Shel Israel, coauthor of […]

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.