Entries Tagged 'SMB Twin Cities' ↓
July 11th, 2008 — SMB Twin Cities
Join us to network and chat about using social media and social networking tools in your business and careers.
Our fifth gathering will be at the beautiful Minneapolis Central Library in the Doty Board Room. They’ll be plenty of room, Wi-Fi, and lots of coffee and pastries (thanks to our generous sponsors!). What a perfect opportunity to show off your new 3G iPod!
Agenda:
- Special guest speaker: Jon Gordon (@jongordon onTwitter, Public Radio Tech Reporter and host of “Future Tense“)
- Special guest speaker: Paul Saarinen (@taulpaul on Twitter - talking about “How online gaming taught me everything about social media”)
- Presentation on how Hennepin County Library uses social media by Meg Canada and Jody Wurl (@MegCanada & @Jodyth on Twitter)
- Review of PublicRadioCamp
- SMBMSP logo review
- Open discussion (Anything left over from last time, or things you want to see addressed, or things you had heard in conversations on Twitter, Plurk, Friendfeed, Identi.ca etc.)
Visit & join our own social networking site: http://smbmsp.ning.com
RSVP Here: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/872412/?ps=7
Maps, Buses, Rail, Bikes, Parking, Directions:
http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/centralmap.asp
See you there!
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June 6th, 2008 — SMB Twin Cities
We’ll be meeting at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN again this time since it worked out so well last time.
When: June 11th from 8am to 10am
Where: Concordia University, St. Paul
RSVP: Check out the event page on our SMB Twin Cities Ning site!
Details:
Concordia University, St. Paul has again offered meeting space with WiFi, true conference room facilities, and parking.
Agenda will follow soon.
We’ll be in the Library Technology Center Room 215 for the event. Here is the location information:
The Concordia University Library Technology Center is located on the north side of the campus, near Concordia Avenue and directly east of the Pearson Theater. The Library Technology Center’s physical address is 1282 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104
Here is a campus map: http://www.csp.edu/AboutUs/maps/color_campus_map.gif
On this map, The Library Technology Center is building 25, and parking can be found in lots A, B, E, & H. Parking may be tight due to a few other conferences hosted on campus. There is street parking available on Concordia Ave, Carroll Ave, and Syndicate Street.
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April 12th, 2008 — Recaps, SMB Twin Cities
SMB Twin Cities 2 was a great success! While we gathered at a venue that was admittedly too small for the group, we had tremendous turnout! We had somewhere north of twenty SMBer’s show up despite the nasty early April weather, and another 18-20 join us remotely via the video feed.
Over good coffee and cramped space, the conversation flourished. The group again had ideas of what they wanted to talk about, which I’m glad to see. These “organic” conversations are much more informative and enjoyable than a planned agenda could provide.
Topics the group touched on are at the core of social media, including the question “What is Social Media?”. No, we didn’t get that definition completed for those interested, though someone suggested we lock the door until we did define it! 
We talked about Twitter, what it means by Hugh MacLeod leaving it, privacy and how to protect the anonymity for those that need it. Comparison of the professionalism of LinkedIn vs. the personal aspects of Facebook. How to introduce social media tools to those less acquainted with the concepts. What about the rise of shared feeds and services like FriendFeed, Cullect, and similar services. Finally, there was real interest in how to filter all these information sources so it was easier for a person to keep on top of it all.
One of the really fun points at our meetup this week was to break the news of Seesmic’s new Customer Service and Community Support person: Thomas Knoll (dydimustk on Twitter). Keep an eye out for Thomas on Seesmic (dydimustk)!
Some lessons learned for the meetups themselves are that we need larger spaces, WiFi is a necessity, a live video feed worked well and was much appreciated by remote SMBer’s. Also, bridging the conversation disconnect between the remote viewers and the discussion in the room is needed.
Overall the SMB group in the Minneapolis & St. Paul area is growing fast, our social network (http://smbmsp.ning.com) is now over 40 members and doesn’t show signs of stopping. We’ll be enhancing the meetup and are already setting up the May event.
Thank you to everyone who was able to take time out of their busy day and make it over to the meetup, or to tune in online. See you in May!
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March 21st, 2008 — SMB Twin Cities
We’ve created a social network on Ning for the Social Media Breakfast - Twin Cities group. SMB-TC is a great place to network with local peers, share ideas, get tips, and recommend topics for future breakfasts in the Twin Cities! Come check it out and give us your feedback.
If you’re in Minneapolis, St. Paul or somewhere in the area, please stop by and get in touch with us. Let the group know what you’d like to do and don’t hesitate to jump into the discussion. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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February 15th, 2008 — Recaps, SMB Twin Cities
The inaugural SMB in Minneapolis/St. Paul was a good time and a great success. While we were hoping to have about 10-12 people 
participate, we had an outstanding first group of 16 meet in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday. Hosted at Keys Café in the historic Foshay Tower, talk of social media over coffee and eggs was long overdue - Bryan Person really had a great idea in these SMB’s!
This first meetup really was left fairly loosely structured, and most appreciated just having time to really meet in person the people we’ve been interacting with for months online. Common topics that made it around the table were related to Twitter, mobile access to new media, and the common challenges of social media adoption in the Midwest.
Also, we were treated to a demo of the new Shareable Feed Reader Cullect.com by Garrick VanBuren and Albert Maruggi did an interview on Utterz with me. Overall, it was a great time, and something the crew here in the Twin Cities area has been hoping to do for some time. We’ve got a lot of talented people here looking to help organizations leverage the opportunities that social media brings to building and connecting with a community.
Below is a list of attendees with links to their Twitter profiles (sorry if I missed anyone - not everyone left a link!):
We’re looking forward to future SMB’s and are looking for suggestions, ideas, and other feedback. If you would like more structure, presentations, demos, breakouts, etc… just leave a comment or email Rick Mahn at “rickmahn [at] gmail [dot] com”.
Technorati Tags: Social Media Breakfast, SMBMSP1, Garrick VanBuren, Albert Maruggi, Cullect.com
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February 9th, 2008 — SMB Twin Cities, Upcoming breakfasts
The Social Media Breakfast series will begin in the Twin Cities on Wednesday, February 13, when Rick Mahn hosts an event at the Keys Cafe in Minneapolis.
Details are below, and in a post previewing the breakfast on Rick’s blog.
- Date: Wednesday, February 13th, 2007
- Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
- Place: Keys Cafe Minneapolis - Located in the Foshay Tower
- Address: 114 South 9th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (Directions/Map)
- Cost: Buy your own breakfast, and enjoy free WiFi!
- RSVP at our Upcoming page: Social Media Breakfast - Twin Cities!
Technorati Tags: Social Media Breakfast, SMBMSP1, Rick Mahn
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