Posted: January 3rd, 2012 | Author: Nate DiNiro | Filed under: SMC Events | Tags: education, HR, human resource, job searching, jobs, social media | 3 Comments »
Social Media Club of Portland presents Joshua Waldman, author of "Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies"
For anyone looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or just setting up for future success, social media is a proven platform for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing the job. Joshua Waldman, author of “Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies” enables you to harness the power of the Internet to research and identify job opportunities, and create a strategy for securing a position.
Joshua will cover topics that he goes in-depth on in his workshops, such as: creating effective online profiles and resumes to sell your strengths; maintaining your online reputation (and ensuring that employers who Google you like what they find) and understanding electronic etiquette; using the power of personal branding and building your brand online; avoiding common pitfalls, such as jumping into filling out a social media profile without a strategy; getting to know Twitter, the only real-time job board with literally thousands of jobs posted daily; using social media sites to uncover opportunities in the “hidden job market” ahead of the competition; and much more.
DETAILS
January 18, 2012 at 6:00 PM | $25 Online, $45 @Door | Limit: 100
Collective Agency
322 NW 6th Ave
#200
Portland, OR 97209
Joshua Waldman is an Author, Speaker and Trainer specializing in helping people re-gain control of their careers in today’s economic and technology climate. As the author of “Job Searching With Social Media For Dummies”, he enjoys presenting keynotes and workshops on personal branding, online reputation and advanced LinkedIn strategy. With the mission of helping professionals break away from outdated and ineffective job-searching strategies, he runs CareerEnlightenment.com, a successful career blog. Joshua has been featured on ABC News, Mashable, International Business Times and Simply-Hired. For more information about Joshua or his book visit: http://careerenlightenment.com/book
Posted: August 26th, 2011 | Author: Nate DiNiro | Filed under: Announcement, SMC Events | Tags: event, grochau cellars, kickoff, sobcon | 3 Comments »
John Grochau, namesake of Grochau Cellars
The fall season welcomes the first-ever SOBCon Northwest conference to Portland, Oregon. So, to roll out the SoMe welcome wagon, Portland’s chapter of the Social Media Club is joining SOBCon to host a conference kick-off celebration. At 6:00 PM on the evening September 15th, 2011, the kickoff will be hosted at Grochau Cellars, where visitors who “Experience Winemaking Without The Drive” will gather for wine, food and fun! For $10 admission (which is just about the price of a single glass of an awesome vino!), or $20 at the door, you can rub elbows with many of the speakers, conference organizers, the Club’s Board and other special guests. You may even hear a few words from some of the speakers while you tour the urban winery and hear the wine makers story. Light nosh’s will be provided and there’s no doubt that countless dinner plans will materialize amongst the attendees, so you won’t want to miss this event!
Finding Grochau
DETAILS
September 15, 2011 at 6:00 PM | $10 Online, $20 @Door | Limit: 100
Grochau Cellars
2621 NW 30th Ave
Portland, OR 97210
UPDATE: We want to thank GoToMeeting by Citrix, as well as Emma for helping us bring the awesome Koi Fusion to the event!
SOBCon Northwest, sibling of the wildly popular and “life changing” event, is being held at Portland’s Ambridge Event Center, on NE MLK Jr. Boulevard, happening on September 16th and 17th of 2011. What’s more, rumor has it that attendees to the kickoff who have missed the early-bird registration may be eligible for a super-sweet offer from the conference organizers, available only to attendees of the kick-off.
SOBCon bills itself as “The Conference Where the Virtual Meets the Concrete”…
“…the think tank of the social web where some of the best minds in the Internet space gather to present models, discuss insights, and determine best practices.”
SOBCON NW 2011
SOBCon focuses on strategies and tactics for merging your online and offline worlds into successful businesses. The conference founders, Liz Strauss and Terry Starbucker, created the conferences to help “…connect businesses to the planet and the people who live on it”, where business models that work for profit AND for social good are the main topics of discussion. SOBCon NW will feature the same “Models & Masterminds” format originated by the Chicago SOBCon, with 6 models and masterminds work sessions, 4 interviews, 4 special presentations, and a 1/2-day non-profit “give back” event.
Established in 2002, Grochau Cellars sees itself firmly anchored to our Oregon homeland, where they approach each vintage with the same goals: Create complex, genuine wines true to their origins and to the distinct flavors of Oregon. GC is the project and passion of John Grochau, and his wife Kerri. John was fortunate enough to learn the trade from some of the Willamette Valley’s finest winemakers at Erath and Brick House Winery.
Stay tuned, because Liz and Terry will also host a special evening social event on Friday, September 16th. There’s no doubt that attending the event will whet your appetite for more!
Posted: June 17th, 2011 | Author: Mike Mathews | Filed under: SMC Events | 2 Comments »
Dean McBeth comes to Social Media Club Portland on July 20. Dean (@evilspinmeister), the Sr. Digital Strategist on Old Spice’s incredibly successful ‘Responses’ campaign, will give you insight on how to sell your wild ideas to your otherwise conservative clients. Hint: Stop talking about Social ROI.
Only 125 tickets are available for this event, so buy yours now! Tickets are $10 online at Eventbrite or $20 at the door.
DETAILS
Date: July 20, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM
Ticket Price: $10 Online, $20 at the door
Ticket limit: 125
Location:
Ecotrust Building Rooftop Courtyard
721 NW 9th
Portland, OR 97209
To Find The Rooftop Courtyard:
Enter the building (on either side)
Climb the stairs to the Eco-Trust office
Take the elevator (or more stairs) to the 3rd (top) floor
This event sponsored by SOBCon Northwest, coming to Portland September 16-18, 2011. Follow @SOBCon for more details.
Updated 6/21/2011
Updated 7/6/2011
Posted: May 13th, 2011 | Author: Mike Mathews | Filed under: SMC Events | No Comments »
Social Media Club Portland kicks off the 2011 WebVisions by welcoming Tac Anderson, VP of Digital Consulting at Waggener Edstrom, to Webtrends on Monday, May 23. Tac (@tacanderson)was named one of iMedia’s 2010 top 25 Internet Marketing Leaders and Innovators, has regular speaking engagements, and blogs at http://www.newcommbiz.com.
Lions, tigers, and bears; Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Working with social media can sometimes feel like a walk in a dark forest. The geometric progression of social media, both in use and in variety, has strategists scrambling up a never-ending ramp trying to keep from falling behind the curve.
Tac’s timely presentation is on Scaling the Social Media Strategist: Knowledge workers are being drowned in information and it’s only going to get worse. Not only are you expected to manage the tidal wave of email, you know have to manage Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and a dozen other social profiles for you and your company. Learn some helpful tips, tricks and strategies for not only taming but the information fire hose but how to beat it into submission and make it work for you.
Make sure to attend this Social Media Club Portland meeting. Who knows, it could provide the roadmap to your work/life balance.
Let us know you’re coming!
Location: Webtrends (@webtrends)
Date: May 23
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: $0
Reserve
Social Media Club is offering its members special prices for WebVisions 2011, a nationally recognized event that explores the future of web design, technology, user experience and business strategy. This year’s all-star lineup of speakers includes author Douglas Rushkoff, design strategist David Armano, noted TED speaker Blaise Aguera y Arcas, mobile visionary Rachel Hinman, user experience superstar Jared Spool, Kelly Goto of GotoMedia, and more!
Register today
Posted: April 15th, 2011 | Author: Mary | Filed under: SMC Events | Tags: awards, daniel baldwin, eMarketing, Innotech, media, Old Spice Guy, Portland, social, SoMe, SoMe Awards, summit | 1 Comment »
Daniel Balwin will emcee of the SoMe Awards this year, and the Old Spice Guy will be there in spirit and possibly in some conversations over the drink you will get with your ticket ;>) The finalists have been announced, but the real excitement happens when the winners are announced LIVE at this year’s SoMe awards being held at the Fez Ballroom on Thursday, April 21st!
We are expecting a sell-out crowd, so make sure to buy your tickets now! There is a substantial discount if you register for both Innotech’s eMarketing Summit and the SoMe Awards – only $89 for both. To get that discount, you have to be signed up for Social Media Club PDX’s newsletter. You can sign up for that here.
The fun kicks off at 6pm and will end around 9pm. Social Media lovers are social people right? Then you definitely want to network with these people! You will see thumbs flying as fast as mouths. Go (grab that mouse, type on your phone, use voice recognition…) and register for the SoMe awards show right now! Don’t forget to wear your Old Spice (leads me to think they need a Lady Spice?).
Volunteers – we are looking for volunteers for the Awards ceremony. Volunteers get in free. Email Jeffrey Kingman for more information at jkingman@chalkboarder.com.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday!
