NOTE: THE EVENT IS ON JANUARY 22, 2010.
Ticket sales end on 1/21 in the evening. Do not confuse the Eventbrite ticket end date with the event date!
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This month’s Social Media Breakfast is brought to you by Uptown Uncorked, DimDim, and Girls Inc. of New Hampshire.
You already know about Uptown Uncorked, since we are the breakfast maestro each month (however, Kevin Micalizzi was the maestro this month), and DimDim, who handles the periodic live casting of the breakfasts (note: this breakfast will not be live cast). Let me tell you a bit about our venue:
We’re excited to have Girls Inc. of New Hampshire donating space at their Manchester Girls’ Center. If you’re not familiar with Girls Inc. of New Hampshire, their mission is:
Our mission and passion is to help girls achieve their personal best through one-on-one attention, leadership development, a talented staff and volunteers, a wide range of enrichment programs, and a caring family environment.
Thanks to Ric Pratte of JitterGram for helping with introductions to the venue team.
[Note: In the event Manchester public schools are closed on the 22nd, our "snow date" for Social Media
Breakfast NH #8 will be January 29, 2010.]
Social Media Breakfast History
On seeing growing demand in this area, I decided to fill the need with a new branch of the nationwide Social Media Breakfast in NH. It isn’t that we don’t love Boston, because we do, but our neighbor to the north is rich in technology and social media, and often overlooked when events are planned. I saw a need for networking opportunities that were easier to get to for the northern tech and social media crowd, and decided to step up and fill it. Because NH itself is a diverse and scattered state, the Social Media Breakfast there will be just a little bit different than the one in Cambridge/Boston. Our first meeting was in January 2009, and was a roaring success.
What is a Social Media Breakfast?
From the official description: The Social Media Breakfast was founded by Bryan Person in August 2007 as an event where social media experts and newbies alike come together to eat, meet, share, and learn. Marketers, PR pros, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, new-media fanatics, and online social networkers are all welcome to attend.
The breakfast series began in Boston and has now spread to more than a dozen cities throughout the United States and around the world.
How will the Social Media Breakfast in NH be different?
The main difference between Social Media Breakfast NH and other SMBs will be all-inclusiveness. I do not want only social media people and companies to attend, I also want technology types, programmers, coders, tech writers, tech companies and more to attend. As a state that is rich in technology but scattered in distance, I think the best networking and connection making effect will be achieved by combined our different cultures. You never know, as a social media type you might just meet the coder you’ve been looking for to create your dream project if we all come together to connect and to learn from each other!
Theme for the 8th Social Media Breakfast: Ethics in Social Media
The seventh Social Media Breakfast NH (hashtag #smbnh) will be all about topics related to Ethics in Social Media. 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.
In addition to Kevin Micalizzi, 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.
Speakers:
Opening Remarks by Kevin Micalizzi (@kevinmic), Dimdim Community Manager
Welcome Remarks by Girls Inc. of New Hampshire (to be confirmed)
Ethics of Social Media and Real Estate Jay and Monika McGillicuddy (@acemaker and @monikamcg on Twitter) – NH REALTORS™ who have been rocking the social media world in their field, and who also conduct training on how to use social media in real estate for other REALTORS.
Ethics of Social Media Validation: Leslie Poston (@leslie – formerly @geechee_girl), co-author of Twitter for Dummies, is a speaker and leading authority in social networking, new media, brand and business development with a concentration in food, wine, spirits, off-beat brands, music and film. She is the Founder and CEO of Uptown Uncorked social media and business development consultancy and the Founder of Social Mic. She is also the Co- Founder of Film Pop!, a digital and new media services development agency for independent film. A firm believer in translating online relationships and successes into the offline world, she has also founded Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire, PodCamp NH, the S•Cub3d Conference and the nationwide Strong Women in Tech initiative.
Ethics of Social Media and Health IT: Justin Herman (@justinherman) is a digital public affairs and government innovation strategist who has diverse experience with the Departments of State and Defense, the U.S. Congress, healthcare IT, non-profits, charities and the corporate world. He is also the founder of TechAdventure and active in Social Media Club DC. He currently serves on the Planning Committee of Gov.20 Camp Los Angeles.
This is going to be a great breakfast!
TO SPONSOR THIS OR A FUTURE SMBNH CONTACT LESLIE POSTON via Twitter, Email or Phone.
Let’s make SMBNH crackle with energy and success! See you there!