We learned just hours before our event was ready to live that our guest speaker, Krista Neher, was a victim of the airline industry’s characteristic carelessness with their customers’ schedules. These things happen, and we took it in stride. After all, we’re a club, admission is free, it’s a social event where we learn and interact. We can view change as a disruption or as an opportunity. Our choice was opportunity.

Instead, we created a forum event where the topic of discussion was “Social Media and Privacy–Where Do You Draw the Line?” The discussion was engaging and active–sometimes hyper-active, and the result was at the end of the night, nobody was ready to stop talking. We stumbled upon a very good recipe for engaging the members at our meetings and a new format for some of our presentations.

Out of this meeting, expect to see a few changes in the club. We will continue to bring guest speakers to join us, and we will plan to bring Krista to Evansville as soon as we work out the date. But we’ll also develop more opportunities where you have a voice as well, and can share your insights through forums like last night’s meeting.

We will also add a Member’s area to the website, where those who would like to be listed can have their name, and social media accounts listed for connecting with others.

The last change will be a form on the website where you can submit topic ideas, questions, and comments about the meetings, that won’t be published automatically to the website. You can make suggestions or ask questions in private, or you can submit comments to posts here, on Twitter, or on Facebook. It’s your call.

Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s Social Media Club of Evansville event. It was a huge success, and in some ways, our best one yet!

The Social Media Club of Evansville has 50 confirmed attendees for our first meeting, 51 followers on Twitter, and 113 members of our Facebook group, and we’re just getting started. You know this is going to be big. This Monday, February 15th, we’re bringing Erik Deckers to town and he’s going to share his 7 Secrets that Skyrocket your Social Media Presence. Really, how can you miss that?

The Social Media Club of Evansville meets on the third Monday of each month at Ri Ra Irish Restaurant and Pub, 701 Northwest Riverside Drive in Evansville, IN. Come down and join us! We start at 6PM and we’ve got the entire upstairs reserved. There will be a bartender on hand, and we’ll make sure the evening is both social and informative. Invite your business associates and tell your clients. Show them that you’re on the forefront of what’s happening in online marketing.

To keep up with what’s going on, sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Facebook or Twitter.  Help us plan our seating by registering for this Monday’s event by signing up at EventBrite.

I hope we’ll see you Monday!

Tim

About the Social Media Club

The Social Media Club of Evansville brings together bloggers, technology experts, business leaders, artists, and community advocates to socialize, and to discuss and learn about social media in a casual context. The club meets at Ri Ra Irish Restaurant and Pub every third Monday evening starting at 6PM and wrapping up at 8PM in the upstairs lounge. Visit us at http://smcevansville.org

Hi! Thank you for joining us. This might seem like a funny way to start, but this is social media–it’s meant to be personal, conversational, and interactive. That’s one of the qualities that makes social media unique.

There are a bunch of us here in the southwestern corner of Indiana who use social media for business, for community-building, or just sharing the things we’re passionate about. Until now, we really didn’t have a way to find each other or learn from each other. The Social Media Club of Evansville was formed to give our community a way to connect, socialize, and learn.

We’re not alone. The Social Media Club started in 2006 and has grown to more than 90 active chapters around the globe. We converse and exchange ideas with other Social Media Clubs, and also connect and coordinate with other state-wide organizations such as Smaller Indiana and BlogIndiana. Social media has grown explosively because of its ability to connect people across vast distances at lightning speed.

Our regular meetings are on the Third Monday of each month, in the upstairs dining room at Ri Ra Irish Restaurant and Pub in Evansville. Meetings begin at 6:30pm and our formal presentation begins at 7pm. You can look forward to a full schedule of presenters from within our community and beyond.

Connect with us, subscribe to our email list subscribe to our feed, visit our Facebook page, join us on Twitter. We’re glad you’re here, and we’re happy to connect with you.