Social Media Club Dallas Launches
January 23, 2007 by Giovanni Gallucci
First off, thanks to Yahoo! for understanding the importance of Social Media and for stepping up to be the location sponsor for the launch of the Dallas Social Media Club. I was pretty concerned about space at the Yahoo! offices as we were limited to 25 registrants. We filled up the seats exactly for the launch and I couldn’t be happier.
As for the event itself, after introductions and a brief history of the Social Media Club, we dove right into a discussion about the Social Media Press Release. The discussion was lively, constructive, revealing, and educational. As the moderator, I chose to let the discussion continue for the duration rather than cut it short because the group was getting a lot out of the back and forth. I will need to have a discussion via wiki or Google groups about the direction of the local chapter or we will need to discuss that topic first next month.
With the attendance and reaction (all positive) I will need to find a new location for the next meeting as it is clear that Yahoo! will not be able to accomodate the size of the second meeting. Fortunately, Big In Japan has already stepped up and offered a bigger space for the next meeting. Thank you Jake!
We will be releasing the audio recording of the event soon in multiple parts. I’ll post a link to the podcast here once it is published.
Special thanks to those who came including folks from 12comm, @visible, American Airlines, anthonyBarnum, Big In Japan, BrainBand, jambo, JH+P, Kinetic Results, Mdirect, PRWeb.com, Rapp-Collins, Samsung, sbig, TagMyCity.com, and Trabian among others.
Really lively scene down there Giovanni. Am looking forward to the audio and getting down there myself for one of these soon. Thanks to everyone for coming out!
HUGE thanks to Giovanni for kicking off the local chapter.
I had a great great time (and hopefully didn’t run my mouth TOO much), and after feeling a bit Social Media Slumpy lately (from vast overexposure combined with new baby exhaustion) I walked into work today with a renewed enthusiasm.
Can’t wait to see where we go from here!
Thank you! While blogging is about virtual conversation, face-to-face meeting was awesome.
Thank you to Jake for keeping my talking in check. By the way, Jake, I have found sleepless nights with a new baby to be the best time to blog…just make sure you preview the copy before you post midnight ramblings!
I second renewed enthusiasm and look forward to the next meeting. Thank you for the opportunity.