Francine Hardaway, one of the organizers for Social Media Club in Phoenix, Arizona, us this link to an article in the Arizona Republic about their recent Social Media Club meeting.

An excerpt:

If podcasts, wikis, blogs, and vlogs sound like sci-fi movie characters to you, you are not alone.

Yet even the handful of the 40 or so attendees at a recent Social Media Club-Phoenix meeting who could not define these Internet communication methods saw the value in learning about them.

“It’s where things are going,” said Rex Reynolds of HQ Quotes LLC. He said he attended to learn how to market his business and receive more immediate public feedback through online communication like blogs or online journals.

But the key item in the article for me was this:

He said he saw the meeting as a free tutorial. “The intellectual capital in this room is amazing,” he said.

Yes. This is what we see in every meeting in every chapter that is running for Social Media Club. The power of the group to teach, train, inform, and assist others for the benefit of all.

Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating today, and Happy Holidays to everyone!

UPDATE: This link takes you to the Phoenix event page for January, if you want to sign up for the meeting.