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
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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
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January 14, 2008
Social Media Club DC: Cloverfield Meet/Twit Up
Join Social Media Club DC for a happy hour and viewing of Cloverfield. We will be meeting on Friday, January 18 at Gallery Place for the 5:00 p.m. viewing of Cloverfield, a monster movie featuring JJ Abrams’ user-generated inspired video style. Buy your tickets today!
There’s a Clyde’s right by the movie theater. Happy hour starts at 3:30 for the monster mash!
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October 30, 2006
One of the intersting things about being involved in the broader social media community within the different cities we visit is being able to compare and contrast regional attitudes and concerns. For me personally, I am always amazed at how much we share in common more so than the differences - the differences tend to be more like the nuanced approach to spices that good chefs use in creating a similar dish - the ingredients are generally the same, but the flavor is a bit different.
So tonight here in DC, rather than heading deeply into the impact of social media on the elections as the focal point, I want to follow on the Round Table in New York last Thursday and our Round Table in San Francisco last Wednesday. So after a short round of introductions around the table and an under five minute pitch on what we hope to accomplish with Social Media Club, I would love to dive into a discussion on “What is Social Media?” While we could talk about that all night, after a while, we will switch into a discussion on the hot topic of Disclosure and the situational awareness of why, when, where and how to properly disclose interests and conflicts of interest. Finally, we can wrap up the last 30 or so minutes and get into the matter of social media in the elections. There is a very fluid dynamic here, so we will go with the flow and talk about other matters that look interesting as well, but it would be great if we could delve into those three questions.
Afterwards, we are going out for a ‘blogger dinner’ where everyone is responsible for their own food/drink. The last two we have held in DC were at the Daily Grill, but tonight we had planned on going to Buffalo Billiards. Turns out they won’t let us do the side room without a deposit and guarantee food minimum, so some other venues were suggested like Eli’s. We will make a decision at the round table and post it here in the comments later this evening if you want to join us, or use your Internet sleuthing skills to find my cell # and give me a call after 8pm.
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