Social Media Breakfast NH #3, Plus New Team Members

As you all know I am on a great push to get hyper-local this year in addition to my national business (You can read more about that over here). As part of that I’ve been doing small, intimate local classes (like this one on kid safety online) and organizing and sponsoring local events designed to foster knowledge and connection. One of these has been starting and organizing Social Media Breakfast NH.

As we enter our third meeting, averaging 50 – 80 people each time (and growing) no matter what the weather holds, it became time to get some behind the scenes help. Kevin Micalizzi and Matt Turner have been instrumental in helping at each breakfast without being asked (Kevin has been doing the live-casting everyone loves so much through DimDim, and Matt has been excellent on concierge duty the day of each event). It only made sense then to bring on Kevin and Matt officially.

From now on, while I will still be the main contact, you can also submit topic, speaker, sponsor and venue ideas to Kevin Micalizzi as well as to myself. He will also be another source for answers to your questions. Matt Turner is so fantastic at on-site duties and connecting people during the event that he’ll be instrumental in that area, so the day of the event you can see either myself or Matt for whatever concierge-type help you may need.

You probably already follow me on Twitter (geechee_girl). Be sure to follow Kevin (kevinmic) and Matt (onmatt) also. Hashtag for all Social Media Breakfast NH events continues to be #SMBNH.

We also have our next breakfast coming up this Friday, April 17th. From the official EventBrite Sign Up:

Special thank you to our event sponsor, University of New Hampshire (UNH). Thanks to their generosity we are able to offer
this breakfast at no cost to you.

Location: UNH Campus (street address, room and parking information to be added here shortly)

Theme for the third Social Media
Breakfast: Education 2.0 (how social media tools can help educators)

The third
Social Media Breakfast NH (hashtag #smbnh) will be all about topics
related to Education 2.0. In this struggling economy and shifting
paradigm we need to be working together to be more successful and
better weather the storm. We should be pulling in all aspects of
technology, new media, old media and social media to succeed. This
meeting will help us lay the foundation for a richer, better education,
tech and new media community in NH.

Usually, In addition to myself,
who will be your host and MC for the morning, you will have three
speakers giving three brief presentations on topics relating to the
theme for the morning. However, we are switching it up a bit this month. BEcause the focus is education, I thought, “Why not educate?”. To that end we will have two speakers, then any educators in attendance will get the floor to put us, the social media gurus in attendance, on the spot and let us answer their questions. A kind of reverse breakfast, if you will.

Speakers:

Speakers:

• Opening Remarks by Evangelos Simos, Professor at UNH

• Kelley Muir, Partner of Sunder Media and Director of Float Left Labs, has worked in the interactive and new media realm, in NH for the past 5 years. Kelley was part of the first graduating class of New Media from the
University of Maine and has a focus on usability, user experience, and design. Kelley’s favorite word is intuitive. she will be discussing “Interns 2.0: A reflective look at the role of Interns, their treatment in our industry
and country, As well as how the economy has changed the internship process for better and worse.”

• Hans Mundahl has taught since 1995 when he first stepped to the front of a classroom as a Fullbright Exchange Teacher in the former East Germany. Since then he has been creating stimulating educational experiences for students that combine cutting edge tools with durable skills. Hans is the Director of Experiential Learning and Technology Coordinator at the New Hampton School. He will be presenting on using live streaming and Mogulus in the classroom.

• Reverse speaker slot: educators and students in the room will get a chance to pick the brains of the social media crowd for how to use social media tools in and out of the classroom

TO SPONSOR THIS OR A FUTURE SMBNH CONTACT LESLIE POSTON via Twitter, Email or Phone or purchase a sponsor ticket above.

Let’s make the new SMBNH crackle with energy and success! See you there!