SMC-DC: Now is Gone "2.0"
May 27, 2008
The DC chapter of Social Media Club will meet at 6:00 pm on Thursday, June 5 at Barnes & Noble in Clarendon to have a book discussion featuring the authors of Now is Gone, Geoff Livingston and Brian Solis. They will share their insights on this wonderful world of social media. If you missed the official book launch party in November, this is a great time to meet with both authors and also get your copy signed!
Books will be available for purchase on-site at Barnes & Noble. There is ample garage parking, some metered street spaces, and the store is metro accessible at the Orange Line’s Clarendon stop.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please feel free to join us for an informal dinner and drinks gathering at Whitlow’s on Wilson from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Hope to see you there!
BOOK SIGNING & DISCUSSION
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble – Arlington
Clarendon Market Commons
2800 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22201
DRINKS AND DINNER
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Whitlow’s on Wilson (beach bar, to the left in the back)
2854 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201
RSVP
Please RSVP to Larissa Fair via larissa@livingstonbuzz.com no later than Tuesday, June 3.
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19475921561
SMC-DC Goes Federal with FCW’s Chris Dorobek
April 24, 2008
Our next SMC-DC meeting will be May 15 at Viget Labs. We welcome Chris Dorobek, Editor-in-Chief of Federal Computer Week. Chris is no stranger to social media, and he will share his experience with blogging and social networks (visit him on Twitter and Facebook), as well as his opinion of government and military use of Web 2.0.
The federal government strives for collaboration between the different departments and units it holds. The government is still experimenting with social media, with the wiki Intellipedia already in use for the intelligence community, and even the Department of the Navy’s CIO dipping his toes into blogging.
So how else is the government using social media? Are they ready for it, and what’s the value for them? Come discuss the current and future state of Web 2.0 as the government views it.
More details:
Please RSVP by Tuesday, May 13 to Larissa Fair.
Special thanks to Viget Labs for hosting the event.
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Location:
400 S. Maple Avenue, Suite 200
Falls Church, VA 22046
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19100475790
SMC-DC: Personality Not Included with Rohit Bhargava
April 16, 2008
Come join SMC-DC for the official Washington, DC area book launch for Rohit Bhargava’s new book Personality Not Included. Maybe you caught him at Blogger Social, or maybe at one of his other book tour destinations. But, if not, now is your chance!
Personality Not Included was recently released by McGraw-Hill and serves as a guide for companies on how authenticity is the new standard that brands need live up to in the social media era – the book has received significant early praise and features a forward by bestselling author and entrepreneur, Guy Kawasaki.
We will kick off the festivities with a book signing at Barnes & Noble in Arlington from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. From there, please feel free to join us for an informal dinner and drinks gathering at Whitlow’s on Wilson from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Books will be available for purchase on-site at Barnes & Noble. There is ample garage parking, some metered street spaces, and both locations are metro accessible at the Orange Line’s Clarendon stop.
Please RSVP to Larissa Fair via e-mail no later than Monday, April 28.
Please designate if you will be attending the book signing, dinner, or both.
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11709537599
Hope to see you there!
DATE: Thursday, May 1, 2008
BOOK SIGNING
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble – Arlington
Clarendon Market Commons
2800 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22201
DRINKS AND DINNER
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Whitlow’s on Wilson (beach bar, to the left in the back)
2854 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201
SMC-DC Features WhyGoSolo: More Than Bridging Your Online and Offline Worlds
March 28, 2008
Please join us for our next Social Media Club DC (SMC-DC) event on Thursday, April 10 at 6:30 pm. We will gather at Viget Labs to hear some insight from Ann Bernard, Founder and CEO of WhyGoSolo.
Ann will show us how a local start-up company has created a social media platform that leverages the web from one click of a button. WhyGoSolo has the solution to bridge our online worlds to offline real world connections but that’s only a small part of the story. The more involved and complex social media becomes, the more critical it is to keep it simple and user-friendly for both businesses and web users to leverage. Ann will explain more about the key factors of creating a platform that is fully integrated in everyone’s online worlds and that works has a hub of information that gathers and delivers information where people want to receive it and view it.
This is a fabulous opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at the perspective of a web start-up CEO and how to develop a platform that is built to meet the social media needs of event promoters, planners and entertainment venues.
More details:
Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 8 to Larissa Fair.
Special thanks to Viget Labs for hosting the event.
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Location:
Viget Labs headquarters
400 S. Maple Avenue, Suite 200
Falls Church, VA 22046
WhyGoSolo Group: Join the WhyGoSolo Social Media Club DC Group and find someone to attend this event and future events with you!
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=29723725382
