Social Media Club JAX (Jacksonville)

 

Welcome to the initial Wiki page for SMC Jax - an effort to bring together those interested in social media in Jacksonville, Florida. You don't have to be a PR or marketing person to join, we welcome everyone who want to learn more about social media and building community online. To get involved with SMC Jax, add your contact information below, or email Lauren Beyer at smcjax@gmail.com. You can also follow @smcjax on Twitter for updates as the club gets going. 

 

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Upcoming Events

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Pecha Kucha Night, the global tongue twister that made its big return in January, is coming back for its sequel in March. Catch it in your favorite neighborhood at the 5Points Theater, featuring a large screen format, beer on tap, and some fast-paced presentation fun. Stick around after the show for music and a movie. Pecha Kucha is a presentation format featuring passionate presenters showcasing their talent or knowledge to you, the crowd. They only have 20 slides that last 20 seconds, which makes for good times, good laughs, and great March line-up:

* Mario Peralta : Playing by the Rules

* Ron Hubbard : Anatomy of a Jazz Album

* Lizz Farhat : The Pursuit of Hobbyness

* Chad Munsey : Peel Me A Grape

* Leigh Ann Sullivan : The New American Family

* Ben Agata : Banana Boy Productions: Super Official Launch Party

Pecha Kucha is a FREE event

$3.50 Beer | $4.50 Wine | Movie tickets available for purchase

 

Past Events:

• Join us this Wednesday, September 23rd at the Hashrocket Office from 6-8 PM for "Social Media:  Challenge or Opportunity?" with Murray Izenwasser. 

  Social Media: Challenge or Opportunity

  Is it possible to drive real business with social media? We'll explore what the opportunities, challenges, and excuses are for (or against)social media, along with real world examples of programs that work - or don't.  What is the one big mistake almost everyone makes when implementing a social media strategy, and what can you do to ensure you don't make it also.

  Murray Izenwasser is a recognized social media expert and strategist, as well as the director of client strategy and interactive services at Starmark, a fully integrated advertising agency based in Fort Lauderdale. He works with local, national and international corporations on social media strategy and has been the featured speaker for numerous events and industry forums related to social media. A past board member of South Florida Interactive Marketing Association, he is currently on the steering committee for the Social Media Club of South Florida. A frequent speaker at industry events, he has presented locally on Social Media at BarcampMiami, Social Media Club, Association for Women in Communications, RefreshMiami, and BarcampOrlando.

  When: THIS Wednesday, September 23rd

  6-7 PM: Social Hour/Networking

  7-8 PM: Topic presentation and discussion

  Where: Hashrocket office

  Suite 712 - Metropolitan Building

  320 N 1st St

  Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

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  Hosted by: Social Media Club Jacksonville 

  RSVP: Click Here

  This event is free to attend and BYOB (bring your own beverage).  

  As always, we encourage you to bring a friend introduce them to SMCJAX!

   

  Join us Wednesday, August 26th at the Hashrocket Office from 6-8 PM to learn more about the measurement and ROI of Social Media. As social media has matured and become part of the communications program for many organizations, the focus now turns to measurement and ROI. If you manage a social media program, how can you show the value of your actions? Josh Hallett will lead a discussion on how effective programs measure their results.

  JOSH HALLETT (@hyku) is director of Voce Connect, a part of Voce Communications. Based in Silicon Valley, Voce serves clients throughout the world with a focus on traditional communications and social media marketing. Hallett helps direct social media strategy and execute international programs for many clients, including Disney Parks, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, eBay and NetApp. Josh began his online communications career in 1995 starting and managing a series of web studios. In 2003, Josh began to focus on social media and has always been at the forefront of online technologies and their integration with traditional communications. For the previous three years Josh has organized and run the highly successful BlogOrlando conference.

  When: Wednesday, August 26th

       6-7 PM: Social Hour/Networking

       7-8 PM: Topic presentation and discussion

  Where: Hashrocket office

       Suite 712 - Metropolitan Building

       320 N 1st St

       Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

  Hosted by: Social Media Club Jacksonville

   

  RSVP: http://bit.ly/smcjax-aug26

   

   

• Mark your calendars for an SMCJAX Meetup on Wednesday, August 12 at Shula's 347 Grill at the Sheraton Jacksonville at 6:00-8:00pm. 

  When: Wednesday, August 12th 6:00-8:00 pm

  Where: Shula's 347 Grill at the Sheraton Jacksonville 

  10605 Deerwood Park Boulevard

  Jacksonville, FL 32256

  Phone: (904) 642-0063

  www.shulasjax.com

  SMCJAX Night Special:  Happy Hour 4-7pm 2-4-1 (any) drinks

  In the area for lunch?  Don't miss Shula's $9.99 lunch special (w/ soda) 30 minutes in-and-out

  Hosted by: Social Media Club Jacksonville

• Start your day off right with a strong cup of SMCJAX! 

  Mark your calendars for a Breakfast Meetup on Thursday July 16 at Southern Grill at 7:30-9am.

  When: Thursday, July 16th 7:30-9am

  Where: Southern Grill

  800 Flagler Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32207

  (904) 858-9800

  Hosted by: Social Media Club Jacksonville

  The event is open to everyone, and we encourage you to bring a friend.

• Join Social Media Club Jacksonville (SMC JAX) for a Mellow Meetup next Wednesday, June 3 between 5:30 and 8 PM, at Mellow Mushroom (Tinseltown off Southside Blvd)!  We'll be enjoying happy hour drink specials and lively discussion on the patio -- please drop by if you can! We're thrilled to have Mellow Mushroom (@mellowjax on Twitter) as our latest event host. The event is open to everyone, and we encourage you to bring a friend. You can RSVP on Facebook through the Social Media Club Jacksonville group so we have an idea of who to expect.

   

• No Fail Whale Here - Just Beer, Tweets, and Good Eats!

  Join Social Media Club Jacksonville (SMCJAX) for our first official TweetUP Tuesday, April 28 from 6pm till late at Times Grill in the Winn-Dixie Shopping Center at Baymeadows and 9A!  The event is open to everyone regardless of your ability to speak in 140 characters or less. 

  Our event sponsor, Times Grill, has generously offered to provide us with yummie apps along with great Happy Hour specials: 2 for 1, Draft Beers (Domestics), Bottle Beers (Domestics) well liquors, and House wine. Be sure to visit www.timesgrill.com and join the Big Times eClub to thank them for their generous support of our event.

• SMC Jax Chapter Launch meeting: Tuesday, February 17, at 6:30 p.m. at Pablo Creek Regional Library (click for map)

  • This was the first open gathering of Social Media Club Jacksonville for everyone interested in joining the club. It was an introduction to what is Social Media Club, what the Jacksonville chapter can look like, and a way to meet like-minded people in the community.  

     

• SMC Jax Interest Breakfast - Saturday, November 22nd at 8:30 a.m, at Original Pancake House at St. John's Town Center

   

 

 

NOTE: Please tag all blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and photos with #smcjax and socialmediaclub. If you upload photos to Flickr, we would appreciate you adding them into the Social Media Club pool at http://www.flickr.com/groups/socialmediaclub/. Thank you!

 

 

RESOURCES (add your thoughts here):

• Venue recommendations for socials (breakfast and/or happy hour) and meeting space

• Sponsors! (see below) 

 

SPONSORS WANTED:

We're currently looking for sponsors for the club and our upcoming events. Please contact Lauren Beyer at smcjax@gmail.com if you're interested in sponsoring or hosting an event--you can suggest a topic and help us with a venue!

 

IDEAS WANTED:

We're also looking for great ideas for upcoming events. Please share your thoughts below on possible upcoming events, speakers, sponsors, etc. below.

 

Our schedule of events is below. Locations, hosts/sponsors and topics will be listed as they become available. All events are FREE, unless otherwise stated. As agendas become available, we'll add links to them from this page (click on the date).

 

LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM/VOLUNTEERS

 Social Media Club Jax is looking for help shaping the future of social media in our local area. We have identified a few roles that we needed support filling. These people form the leadership team of the Jax group. If you'd be interested in helping one of them, please send an email to Lauren Beyer at smcjax@gmail.com. And your input on these roles is welcome--as with all the Social Media Club Wiki pages, this one is editable too (the password is above, feel free to add your comments or suggestions below).

 

Partnership Director - Lauren Beyer

Email: ltbeyer at gmail dot com

 

Our activities wouldn't be possible without partners. We partner with other businesses and organizations to find topics, speakers and venues for future activities. The Partnership Director manages the relationships with the global Social Media Club parent organization, other important social media organizations (both national and local), as well as with local businesses and organizations interested in sponsoring or hosting upcoming activities. This person is responsible for:

• Managing relationships with SNCR and other national and local social media-related organizations

• Build and maintain relationships with, and identify co-sponsorship opportunities with, local marketing and technology organizations

• Identifying and managing the relationships with past and future event sponsors, co-sponsors and venues

• Coordinating with the Programming Director to find appropriate time slots, topics and venues for partner-sponsored events

• Coordinating with the Production Director to identify speaker and sponsor needs for each event 

 

Programming Director - Joey Marchy

Email: joeymarchy @ gmail dot com

 

At the heart of the Social Media Club is great interactive events. The Programming Director manages all aspects of the activity calendar for the SMC Jax club. This person is responsible for:

• Developing and managing the schedule of events, including regular (monthly) public meetings and planning meetings

• Identifying topics for upcoming events

• Coordinating with the Partnership Director to secure speakers and identify venues for each event

• Securing speaker bios

• Preparing the event program for each public event, including agenda, directions and other special instructions

• Hand off event program to Promotions Director for publicity and Production Director for planning and coordination of event

 

Promotions Director - TBD

 Email: TBD

 

Promotion is key to the ultimate success of our organization--and the earlier the better! This person is reponsible for:

• Managing the Social Media Club JAX web pages, including the blog, wiki, forums and email list

• Coordinating with Programming Director to secure program agenda for each event

• Promoting future events through all the above-named channels

• Publicizing future events through online and traditional channels 

 

Production Director - Tom Brenneman

Email: thomasdbrenneman @ gmail dot com 

 

This person is responsible for all aspects of event execution, including:

• Assuming responsibility for event program from Programming Director

• Scheduling and managing planning meetings with event sponsors and speakers

• Managing on-site signage, video, audio and lighting

• Coordinating food and drink with event sponsors and/o venue

• Staffing and managing event registration

• Managing development and collection of feedback forms

• Managing giveaways and all-other on-site activities

 

Membership Director - Stacey Steiner

Email: starpulp @ gmail dot com

 

The membership director is responsible for three important roles:

• Managing the master membership list of Social Media Club JAX 

• Promoting local membership in the global Social Media Club membership site

• Managing the relationship with the global Social Media Club membership site

 

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Digital Scribe - Timothy Jones

email: 

 

• This person is responsible for recording the group's events, through words, photos and video.

• Post recaps on SMC Jax communication channels (blog, email, Facebook) 

   

As the group develops, other roles may be identified. Your suggestions are welcome. Thank you! Again, if you'd like to volunteer for these or other roles with the SMC Jax group, please email Lauren Beyer at smcjax@gmail.com. Thanks!

 

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IDEAS

Throw your ideas into the table below. It doesn't matter how crazy they are. We'll consider them all. Thanks!

 

 

TOPIC	ORGANIZER OR SUGGESTER	POTENTIAL SPEAKERS	POTENTIAL VENUE	POTENTIAL SPONSOR	NOTES OR STATUS
Networking/Intro Meeting	Lauren & Stacey	Chris Heuer or Kristie Wells from Social Media Club	Pablo Creek Library		Set for Tues, Feb 17th at 6:30pm