TweetGiving: Changing the world through GRATITUDE
TweetsGiving is a global celebration that seeks to change the world through the power of gratitude. TweetsGiving encourages participants to express their thanks using online tools and at live events. In honor of the people and things that make them grateful, guests will be invited to give to a common cause at events held across the globe. You can read more about the story here. This is a great opportunity to connect your local group with the global network around making a difference and sharing a

Help SMC Austin Help Peggy Into Her New Home
This past August, the Social Media Club of Austin adopted the Mobile Loaves and Fishes’ Habitat on Wheels program for a six month program of creating awareness and raising money. The goal is simply to raise $10,000 in order to purchase one recreational vehicle that can serve as a home to a homeless person in Austin. Alan Graham of Mobile Loaves and Fishes wrote on their website that the real goal was to get one brother or sister off the streets of Austin permanently.  He wrote, “Just imagine a few people giving $100 per month, a few giving $50 per month, a few giving $20 per month and a few giving $10 per

Seeking Comment on FTC “Blogging” Disclosure Policy
I have been trying to organize this for a while, but after reading this post from Kim Hart on The Hill.com entitled FTC’s blogger rules ‘constitutionally dubious,’ says IAB, it is time for Social Media Club to create a public response and reccomendation. Our goal is to submit a thorough response to the FTC before December 1, 2009. If someone wants to step up from the club and take point on this, we would all benefit from someone shepherding this forward. In addition to leaving comments below, I would ask that you tag any posts, twe

Where Will Video Take You, Where Will You Take Your Video?
The primary goal of Social Media Club’s Reality Check is to get down to the brass tacks of how people are really using different technologies and to uncover unmet needs. In this, our premiere series of Reality Check, we are focused on how people are using video in both their personal and professional lives. More specifically, we are trying to discover where you take your video beyond your desktop and your living room and thinking about what you would really like to do with video while on the go. We want to discuss your ideas, insights, case studies and deeper needs so that we can all learn from each oth

Social Media Boot Camp in Salt Lake City
For those of you on the United States’ west coast, or interested in being on the west coast (or at least the intermountain west) next Friday, October 23, 2009, the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City has arranged for a first-of-its-kind event to be held in Salt Lake City. For the first time, Ragan Communications is bringing its world-class training operation to Salt Lake City to presents two seminars: Advanced Writing & Editing