Social Media Club: Chapter Launches
November 15, 2008 by Kristie Wells
Are you interested in launching Social Media Club in your local city? Need a little help growing your existing chapter? On the hunt for interesting topics?
Join us on our weekly chapter call where we answer questions around what is needed to launch Social Media Club in your local city, how to develop awareness campaigns, discuss topics/conversations that have worked well in other chapters, securing sponsorships, and so much more. The calls take place every Wednesday, and alternate weekly - between 8am PST and 5:30pm PST. An updated schedule is available online in the Social Media Club events calendar. We know these times are not ideal for the International crowd, so feel free to email kristie [at] socialmediaclub.org to schedule an alternate time as needed.
The conference call info is as follows:
Conference Dial-in Number: (269) 320-8400
Access Code: 509633#
We will be recording each call, so if you are not able to join us live - feel free to take a listen when time allows:
Playback Number: (269) 320-8499
Access Code: 509633#
We recently launched an official chapter launch guide, and encourage everyone to review these BEFORE you join the call so we all have a baseline to work from:
- See if your city is already meeting
- SMC Chapter Guidelines
- SMC Founder, Chris Heuer, also interviewed SMC Louisville Chapter Leader, Jason Falls, recently on Organizing a Local Social Media Club. This is a 30-minute podcast, please take a listen.
We have seen a bit of of pick up in requests to launch Social Media Club chapters as of late, and we will start posting a monthly update on what cities are ‘in the works’ to keep everyone posted. To get us current, here is where we are:
OCTOBER:
- Chapter Launches: Chicago, IL (USA) - Indianapolis, IN (USA) - Las Vegas, NV (USA)
- Planning Meetings (preparing for launch): Charlotte, NC (USA) - Honolulu/Waikiki, HI (USA) - London (UK)
NOVEMBER:
- Chapter Launches: Atlanta, GA (USA) - San Diego, CA (USA)
- Planning Meetings (preparing for launch): Jacksonville, FL (USA)
DECEMBER:
- Chapter Launches: London (UK)
- Planning Meetings (preparing for launch): Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI (USA) - New Orleans, LA (USA) - Orlando, FL (USA) - Portland, OR (USA) - Tampa, FL (USA) - Toronto, ON (Canada) - Tucson, AZ (USA)
JANUARY:
- Chapter Launches: Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
- Planning Meetings (preparing for launch): TBD
To find out information on your city launch and/or planning meetings, please visit the SMC Wiki and click on the city nearest you.
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Boy, this is really shaping up. Malcolm Atherton from BusinessWire told me that there is a Social Media Club forming in Utah. If I can get the details, I will 1)help them, and 2)send some people I know from Utah there.
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