Media Camp NYC

Social Media Club Princeton member Lynette Young is scheduled to speak at Media Camp NYC on February 5, 2010.

Who’s on the other side? – Figuring out who uses social media technologies, for what purpose & how to best craft a message to reach them

Media Camp NYC

This is an innovative un-conference focused on:

  • mobile media
  • web development, usability, search
  • Internet startups (how do they do it)
  • teaching and educational technology
  • blogging, branding, PR, advertising new and social media

If you do stuff with the web, or want to, come along you’ll meet some very cool people.

What is MediaCampNYC?

It’s a lively interactive educational event where everyone has equal importance. All participants have something to offer and share their experience with the crowd, everyone matters.

Who is it for?

For advertisers, agencies, start-ups, PR agencies, game developers, ad agencies, constultants, bloggers, podcasts, recruiters, webTV, and new media professionals & amateurs for one day to share, explore, challenge, and grow our abilities in new media.

Learn about audio and video podcasting, blogging, web marketing, photography, email campaigns, Second Life, Twitter, and all kinds of other new and social media tools. Whether you’re a veteran or interested in getting started, MediaCamp is for YOU.

This information is posted as a courtesy to Social Media Club members.  SMC is not affiliated with this event.

February 2010 Meeting

February’s meeting will be a topic around Facebook.  Be sure to post any questions or ideas for Facebook discussions on this post so that we can better help you learn more about Social Media!

Princeton Public Library, Princeton NJ

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

February Speaker : Erik Kent, NJWedding.com

This month our guest speaker is Erik Kent from NJWedding.comNJWedding.com was founded by Erik and his wife Beth on February 14, 1997 to help wedding professionals promote their services and directly connect with future brides and grooms. The website features over 500 wedding businesses serving all of New Jersey, as well as parts of New York and Pennsylvania, that future brides and grooms can choose from, including helpful articles and tips about wedding planning, expert relationship and marriage advice and much, much more.  Erik’s business successfully connects heavily with both brides-to-be and wedding professional through social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

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#140conf New York City Meetup

#140confHave you heard of the #140conf?  It’s not just Twitter, but an opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. A monthly gathering for friends of #140conf to get together and discuss issues of the day.  There are limited seats available, so if  you are interested, I suggest heading over and reserving your spot now! (Free to attend.)

January 19, 2010 at 5pm

Speakers include:

  • Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver), Welcome / State of NOW Update / Q+A
  • Anne Mai Bertelsen (@annemai) and Leslie A Berland, VP of Public Affairs, American Express (@AmericanExpress), “@americanexpress: a new dimension of membership.”
  • Dean Landsman (@deanland) and Dean Meyers (@deanmeistr): “Digital Presence in the NOW and Beyond”
  • Bob Watson (@TopBrokerOC) – The effects of twitter on the Real Estate Industry
  • Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak) – Executive Producer and Co-Founder, The Concept Farm; “From Mad Man To Twitteraholic: Time To Change The Way We See Social Media”

(Not affiliated with Social Media Club – just some information to pass along.)

January 2010 Meeting

January 12th 2010 7:00 pm @ Princeton Library

This month’s Social Media Club Princeton will be co-hosted with Tech Talk of Princeton at the Princeton Library (meet at the Fireplace, 2nd floor).  SMCPrinceton’s very own Jay Bryant from LiveWorld.com will be the featured speaker.  Below is an excerpt of the topic for the meeting.  There will be time after for networking, so please bring plenty of business cards and a smile!

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Tuesday Technology Talk: Establishing a Digital Footprint in Social Media

jay bryant

Jay Bryant, sales vice president at LiveWorld.com will give examples and share best practices for professionals and companies to leverage social media to grow their online presence. The presentation will focus on simple steps people can take for their own business or their employer to get engaged with social media. Details will be provided about site metrics, content planning, search engine optimization and online behavior/ethics.
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