Social Media Club Orange County

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). Thanks to our sponsors, and to everyone on the OC Leadership Team for their hard work to make this schedule possible!

SPONSORS WANTED: We're currently looking for sponsors for upcoming events. Please contact nburokas at modernmediainstitute dot com if you're interested in sponsoring 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. Share your thoughts on possible upcoming events, speakers, sponsors, etc. in the OC Ideas section below or in the LinkedIn Group discussion forum.

NO MONTLY MEETINGS SCHEDULED YET

CLICK ON THE EVENT DATE TO GO TO THE EVENT PAGE

The Social Media Club of Orange County is looking for marketers, strategists and technologists...anyone who is interested in shaping the future of Social Media in Orange County. Based on prior club experience, we have identified and are actively recruiting to fill four critical roles. These four people will form the leadership team of the SMC OC group. If you're interested in one of these roles or other volunteer oppportunities with SMC-OC, please send an email to nburokas at modernmediainstitute dot com. We also welcome your input on these roles. As with all the Social Media Club wiki pages, this one is editable (the password is above, feel free to add your comments or suggestions below).

LOCAL LEADERSHIP/VOLUNTEER TEAM

Programming Director - Linda Zimmer

Email: lzimmer at marcominteractive 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 Orange County 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

Partnership Director - Nina Burokas

Email: nburokas at modernmediainstitute 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 national 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

Promotions Director - Carol Thorp

Email: carol424 at aol dot com

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 Orange County 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
Writing and sending around recaps of each public meeting
Recording, publishing and sharing audio and video from events

Production Director - TBD

Email:

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/or venue
Staffing and managing event registration
Maintaining the master member list
Managing development and collection of feedback forms
Managing giveaways and all-other on-site activities

Membership Director - TBD

Email:

The membership director is responsible for three important roles:

Managing the master membership list of the Orange County Social Media Club
Promoting local membership in the global Social Media Club organization
Managing the relationship with the global Social Media Club organization

Potential Additional Roles

Director At-Large?

Digital Scribes - Carol Thorp & TBD

How about one person responsible for recording and blogging events.

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 Orange County group, please email nburokas at modernmediainstitute dot com or join the SMC OC LinkedIn Group and start an ideas discussion topic. Thanks!

Register Your Contact Information Here
Your Name	Website	Contact
Nina Burokas	Modern Media Institute	nburokas@modernmediainstitute.com ; 949.388.1504
Linda Zimmer	MarCom Interactive	lzimmer@marcominteractive.com ; 714.283.6206 ; @ZnetLady

TOPICS/IDEAS TO COVER

This is a white space for ideas for upcoming events. Hopefully it will help us match ideas up with sponsors, organizers, venues and dates! List your ideas below or start an ideas topic in the LinkedIn Group Discussion Forum. Thanks!

TOPIC

ORGANIZER OR SUGGESTER

POTENTIAL SPEAKERS

POTENTIAL VENUE

POTENTIAL SPONSOR

NOTES OR STATUS

2008 SCHEDULE

Planning Meeting 12/4
Let's get this conversation started!

Please join us for a planning meeting on Thursday, 12/4 from 6-7:30P at The Sports Club LA-Irvine.
Objective is to discuss what we would like OC SMC to be - i.e., types of events and specific topics - and put together a plan of action for launch in early 2009.

If you can't attend but would like to add your input, please join the LinkedIn OC Social Media Club Group and start a discussion (i.e., topics) with your thoughts.

Sports Club LA-Irvine
OLIVER café | lounge (2nd Floor)
1980 Main St
Irvine, CA 92614
(949) 975-8400
Self-parking (club validates) is available in the garage located to the south of the Club.

First meeting is TBD (Q1 2009)

Events marked with a dollar sign ($) have an entry fee. See the event page for details. Please note that registration and sign-up procedures will vary from event to event. Please be sure to read carefully about registration requirements for each event. Thanks!

Please tag all blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and photos with smcoc 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/|http://www.flickr.com/groups/socialmediaclub/. Thank you!