Salt Lake City is a twitter with Social Media Club activity
February 20, 2009 by Pete Codella, APR
More than 110 people crowded the downtown Salt Lake City loft-style office space of Neutron Interactive last night. They’re some of the valley’s most respected social media practitioners.
The Feb. 19 gathering was the second third Thursday meeting of the newly organized Social Media Club of Salt Lake City.
The social media panel discussion included four Utah residents, each well-known for their use of social media in various industries. At the last minute, the panel was supplemented by Philadelphia-based Frank Eliason, director of digital care for Comcast.
For an hour or so #smcslc was the number one trending topic on Twitter.
As the chapter’s program director and one of its original founders, I was once again overwhelmed by the amazing support from the community for the Social Media Club.
There appears to be a real need to speak out on social media best practices and serve as a resource in the community.
In fact, because of my involvement with Social Media Club I have been interviewed by a handful of traditional journalists in Salt Lake the past couple of months on stories that include Internet information. They approached me.
What has played out in Salt Lake City for the Social Media Club I’m sure has occurred in dozens and dozens of locales across the globe. Six chapter founders launched the local organization using only social media tools to spread the word. Instead of a few dozen participants in our first meeting we had more than 75. Now we’re planning our March meeting in a space that will accommodate 150.
With use of the Internet increasing at record pace and the desire for individuals to connect with each other and business to represent itself using social media tools, the future for Social Media Club is certainly bright.
We’re already discussing the launch later this year of the Utah Valley chapter of the Social Media Club, just 45 minutes to the south.
If you’re ever in Salt Lake City on the third Thursday, it’s Social Media Club Thursday in Utah and we’d love to have you join us at one of our events.
From Salt Lake City,
Pete Codella, APR
Program Director of the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City
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I love what you guys are doing! I always welcome reasons to physically socialize with the people I know online. Thank you!
A couple of suggestions… the panel last night was a little hard to follow. I would like to see more focus to the topics in the future. Cowork Utah does this really well with their panels & I’ve gotten a lot out of them.
Also, Jesse Stay has been on every local social media panel I’ve attended thus far. He is a very interesting guy, but I would like to see some fresh faces & am hoping this isn’t going to be a recurring theme amongst local groups.
Pete, it was a great event last night. Amazed at how many people showed up, and I only see it getting better and bigger every month!
Thanks for all you are doing!
Doc
Great write-up Pete! You guys do great work organizing the program.
It was a great meeting, amazing turn-out, and one of the most amazing networking forums I have ever seen. We definitely have something great on our hands here.
I do agree with all of Jesse’s suggestions. There was a lot of basic knowledge about social media, and it was a good reader’s digest version of those panelists experience. We should get into some depth & focus on very specific topics and work from strategy & content through distribution.
Thanks for bringing this together.
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