OK, enough’s enough. Last night I missed a chance to meet Mark freaking Cuban because I completely forgot about a local organized meet-up called #msptweetup.
OK, yes, this is part laziness on my end. I’m definitely accountable here. But, in my defense, it’s hard to keep track of all the Minneapolis/St. Paul events around social media, digital and interactive.
I know about most of these local events, but I just hear about them too late. And, more importantly, I never get them on my Google Calendar (my lifeline). Again, that accountability thing, I know.
Bottom line: There’s no one central place to go for all these events. You have to hunt and peck all over online (or look for messages randomly on Twitter).
So, although I don’t have an ideal solution, I’m doing the next best thing and posting the events I’m familiar with for November and December.
And, I’d like to ask for your help in posting those events I may have missed. Hoping this can be a community resource for us all. Whaddya say? Deal?
If you’re game, please list out additional social/digital events for November/December below and pass this along to your communities. I’ll commit to updating a new post every other month. Or, better yet, if you have a different more efficient idea, please share and I’ll definitely help execute. I just want to help build a resource we all can use.
Twin Cities Happy Hour @(TCThurHappyHour), Nov. 19
Social Media Breakfast, Fri., Nov. 20
MinneBar, Nov. 21
Minneapolis/St. Paul WordPress User Group Meeting, Thurs, Dec. 3
December MSP TweetUp?
December Tech Karaoke?
December Social Media Breakfast?
Other events in November/December?
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Arik,
Great idea to bring all the events together in one place where people can put them on their calendar. I have thought about doing a monthly post like this to encourage ALL different networking groups to help promote each other. Thanks for the Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours mention as well, the event went great last night.
I look forward to connecting soon.
-Jeff
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LikeHey Arik!
I am hoping to get a nice gathering together in Woodbury for an "East Sider" tweetup Nov. 23 between 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Outback Steakhouse (@outbackwoodbury). There will be happy hour specials and I'm encouraging everyone to bring a canned food item to donate to a local food shelf.
Thanks for all you do!
Colleen
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LikeHey Arik. Not sure if you'd want to include this event but I thought I'd send it your way just in case.
On Nov. 17, free arts Xchange is having an event on Technology and Engaging Audiences.
Part of the description: "The panel will discuss the latest technologies they use to bring audiences into their venues, create “on-line only” audiences, and develop creative content, both in conjunction with and independent of marketing."
Here's the link: http://www.artsmidwest.org/programs/artslearningXc...
- Katie
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LikeJason: Thanks for sharing. That would help on the professional organization side of things, but still doesn't cover non-AMA, PRSA, Ad Fed, MIMA and IABC events like SMB, Tech Karaoke, etc. (unless you were planning on including these)
Someone threw out the Google calendar idea. That might work. Anyone know how to set up a group calendar? I really do think a shared resource is the way to go.
Doniree: Thanks for the comment. And congrats to you on being nominated for an Open Web Award. Quite an honor in itself...
@arikhanson
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LikeAh, THANK YOU for doing this or for starting it. I'd love to have one central, shared calendar or list of these events.
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LikeSome of the Twin Cities associations have been meeting to develop a shared calendar. I agree this is something that needs to be done. We are all missing a lot of great opportunities. You can reach out to Vanessa Bright of MN AMA for more details.
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