Other than to say thank you to our speakers: Geoff Living (@geoffliving), Shashib Bellamkonda (@shashib), and Alex Howard (@digiphile); our Heads of Table: Andy Carvin (@acarvin), Daria Steigman (@dariasteigman), Shonali Burke (@shonali), Josh Greene (@josh_greene), and Mike Schaffer (@mikeschaffer); and our guests! … there is not much left to say.
Our inaugural Social Media Breakfast DC (#SMBDC) was terrific!
Don’t believe me? Alex Priest did an AWESOME job recapping the event here.
Before leaving for the Breakfast, Geoff posted a “Get Mobile Now” manifesto on his blog.
After the event, Shashib recapped the discussion and included a Flickr slideshow with pictures of the breakfast on his Examiner blog.
One of our Heads of Table, Shonali Burke, wrote a post about the Breakfast table talk, the engaging crowd and the new friends and connections our guests were made that morning.
Thank you all! You have us COVERED!
Check out our event pictures, courtesy of Rachel Rule (@rachelrule), Social Media Breakfast Co-organizer.
We were absolutely thrilled with the turnout for our Great Ghost Blogging Debate and enjoyed quite a “spirited” discussion on the controversial topics. Though it might may not have been a cut-throat as some would have liked, Ryan Puckett and Raquel Richardson each clearly laid out their arguments for and against. The debate even went Biblical at one point.
The United Way of Central Indiana proved to be a great host and seemed to enjoy having our early risers come into their building. Panera Bread graciously provided treats and coffee free of charge. It’s because of great community partners like UWCI and Panera that we have been able to keep the events free.
Two participants were kind enough to take some outstanding photos from the breakfast. Thank you Joe Shoemaker and Noah Coffey for your assistance. Please check them out.
We are targeting our next Indy Social Media Breakfast for sometime in mid-February. Happy Holidays!
SMB Austin’s year-end breakfast at Mandola’s Italian Market this past Monday featured predictions on where social media is headed in 2010.
Ten Austin-area practitioners (including Tim Hayden, pictured above) had three minutes each to share their visions on how social media will shape and impact their respective industries in the year ahead. Among them: the view from Deirdre Walsh that we’re moving toward a state of Social Media Pangea.
Looking back at SMB Austin 11–through photos and tweets
What were people tweeting during the breakfast presentations? Check out this collection of memorable tweets, complemented by photos from Callie Richmond (RSS and e-mail readers: You may need to visit the original blog post to see the embedded presentation)
Thanks to a helping hand from Brent Annear and Steve Levine from the Texas Medical Association, SMB Austin was streamed live on Ustream. The video archive can be found on our new SMB Austin Ustream channel, and the second of two segments is also embedded just below (RSS and e-mail readers: You may need to visit the original blog post to see and stream the video).
What’s next for SMB Austin?
Our Austin breakfasts will return again in early 2010. Video content creation, mobile, and social media for small business are some of the topics we’re considering for upcoming events. If you have additional suggestions, please drop me a line: bryan | AT | SocialMediaBreakfast | com.
24 attendees gathered with enthusiasm to discuss, “Is Your Brand Listening?” Another big thank you goes to Matt Mason Photography for providing photos of the event. You can view these here.
Thank you again to all those who attended. Stay tuned for more updates on upcoming Milwaukee Social Media Breakfast events, including our next panel discussion on December 10.
It’s clear that social media tools offer exciting and valuable benefits to help get jobs done with customers, partners and employees. These benefits have already been demonstrated with early adopters and there is no shortage of press, media attention and predictions around the promise of these tools.
But how are social media tools really being received and adopted among mainstream organizations and consumers in Canada today and how will that impact your company’s go-to-market strategy?
Krista Napier, Senior Analyst at IDC, will be featured at Ottawa, Canada’s 12th Social Media Breakfast taking place on Wednesday morning, October 14th, 2009. Krista will examine how Canadians are using social technologies with an emphasis on social media. Her presentation will deliver insight into what social media technologies are actually being adopted from a business and consumer perspective, how they are being adopted and the business implications.
I recently stopped by the Toronto, Canada offices of IDC Canada and recorded this brief video of Krista giving a preview of her research (apologies to Krista for the shaky & poorly exposed video!):
Interesting! In advance of the Breakfast, we invite you to join in the pre-Breakfast conversation on Twitter with @KristaNapier. As usual, our event tag is #smbottawa. Hope to see you on the 14th!
Housekeeping and SMB Ottawa 11 wrapup
Special thanks to Tara Hunt for speaking at our September breakfast. If you couldn’t make it, here’s a video of the start of Tara’s presentation:
We’ve actually broken up Tara’s 1-hour presentation into six video segments. Here are the links to parts 2-6:
Part 2: Video of Tara Hunt at Social Media Breakfast Ottawa
Part 3: Video of Tara Hunt at Social Media Breakfast Ottawa
Part 4: Video of Tara Hunt at Social Media Breakfast Ottawa
Part 5: Video of Tara Hunt at Social Media Breakfast Ottawa
Part 6: Video of Tara Hunt at Social Media Breakfast Ottawa
Following the breakfast, SMB founder Bryan Person sat down with Tara to discuss the highlights of her presentation. This video is also chunked into segments. Here’s part 1:
And here are the links to the rest of the interview:
Part 2: Video Bryan Person’s interview with Tara Hunt
Part 3: Video of Bryan Person’s interview with Tara Hunt
Many people tweeted and blogged the event. Check out this recap by Erin Bury.
Rob, Ryan and I are mindful of everyone’s time so we’re working with our guest speakers to make sure we’ve got plenty of time for Q & A and for your announcements!
I was thrilled to lead a discussion on “sponsored conversations” at yesterday morning’s Social Media Breakfast Houston, held at Coffee Groundz, THE hangout for social media events in the city.
A crowd of 25 or so braved the morning rain–and a fire across the street!–for the occasion.
We broke the attendees into small groups to tackle these four questions:
1) Should bloggers (and podcasters, Twitterers, etc.) create an official disclosure policy around sponsored content?
2) What considerations should brands and PR agencies have in mind when approaching bloggers about a sponsored post or experience?
3) How might sponsored blog posts break the trust of the community, and what should bloggers do to keep the relationship with their readers intact?
4) Bloggers vs. Journalists: Are the rules any different?
The wide-ranging discussions that ensued indicated that the ethics and accepted norms of sponsored conversations are still very much in flux.
The next SMB Houston is tentatively scheduled for Friday, October 2. To join the e-mail listen, contact Jennifer Texada: Jennifer – AT – yahoo – DOT – com.
On a gorgeous Tuesday spring morning in Boston, the city’s social media community gathered at PUMA City on the waterfront to hear from speakers who are “rocking the boat” in their work .
In this video interview recorded shortly after C.C.’s presentation, he talks about the opportunities for brands to better connect with their fans online.
Video: Bob Collins puts a wrap on SMB13
As the breakfast wound down, I asked SMB Boston organizer Bob Collins for his thoughts on the event.
The 3rd installment of Social Media Breakfast San Diego proved to be a dynamic session of learning about recent buzz within the social media space, exchanging ideas about campaigns and bringing on a social project. The first thirty minutes were filled with coffee, pastries and croissants over networking. The new format was definitely well received as we cut it down from two hours to one and a half to keep the session focused and collaborative. With new segments like “Top 10 in 10“, we covered ghost twittering, Skittles.com, Twitterhawk, unfriending and other social media topics. As the session neared the end we did “Feedback in 5“, which allowed people to bring up challenges they were having within their own social media initiatives. I’d say it was a hit. Here are some photos from the session as well as some of the buzz on Twitter:
BreakingPoint Systems‘ Kyle Flaherty informed and entertained in his talk on the business-to-business applications of Twitter at last week’s SMB Austin 6, held downtown in the scenic office space of Tocquigny.
Here are a few #SMBAUstin tweets from the morning that offer a flavor of Kyle’s presentation:
LtoR: Jennifer Navarrete, Joe Ruiz, Donna Tuttle, Jennifer Milikien, Elaine Wolff, Bryan Person, Penny Muckleroy, Laura Lorek
In February, Social Media Breakfast San Antonio’s topic was, “The Media in Transition”. We had representatives from the San Antonio Business Journal, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Current and KSAT 12 News. Donna Tuttle, Laura Lorek, Elaine Wolff and Joe Ruiz shared how Social Media has changed not only how they gather news, but also how it has impacted their industry.
The conversation began with stats for the respective publications and broadcasts. It quickly transitioned to how Social Media is changing journalism. There was a lot of energy and excitement around the increased accessibility of news sources and breaking news. At the same time there was the fear factor and monetization discussion. Given the online push, there is a disconnect between ad dollars in print distribution vs. ad dollars in web distribution. How journalists, newspapers and television broadcast news are making the transition along with the real discussion of how to continue to generate revenue.
It would be fair to say that the overall consensus was that journalism as we know it has changed. While it is an exciting time to be part of the “traditional media”, there is a huge shift in how the industry will continue. The distance between news happening in the world and the time it takes to report the news shrinks. The news media are not the only ones being affected by this transition. Education, big business, government and the non-profit sector are all dealing with the fast pace of the internet coupled with the slowing of the economy. These are topics we will be addressing at future Social Media Breakfast San Antonio events.
SMBSA photo courtesy of Joe Ruiz , Live streaming video by Leslie Baldwin aka Springanew, A special thanks to Social Media Breakfast San Antonio intern Penny Muckleroy for facilitating this month’s event.
