http://austin.socialmediaclub.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:42:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/07/17/david-almacy-of-waggener-edstrom-in-austin-this-saturday-for-social-media-happy-hour/ 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/07/16/andy-meadows-live-oak-360-to-speak-on-digital-landscape-management%e2%84%a2/ 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/07/15/social-media-club-events-in-austin/ 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/07/09/social-media-club-forms-interim-board-connie-reece-and-mike-chapman-members/ 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/07/05/blood-drive-tweetup-a-success/ 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/07/02/tweetup-blood-drive/ 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" ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/06/29/small-world-labs-on-viddlercom-at-austin-smc/ 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/06/17/a-very-social-media-summer/ 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 ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/06/16/small-world-labs-at-austin-social-media-club/ Many of you are quite comfortable with a variety of Web 2.0 tools and applications, and the recent BusinessWeek cover story about Web 2.0 held no earth-shaking revelations. If, however, there is someone in your network who would find a basic, entry-level course helpful, or if you would like a ... http://austin.socialmediaclub.com/2008/06/11/learn-five-web-20-tools-in-one-day/