The Sacramento Social Media Club Presents...

Twitter: Small Bites of Big Community

May 19, 2009

*6:30 ~ 8:30

*(see event schedule below)

Twitter...you've heard the buzz, but what is it?  At its core, Twitter is an informal communications channel and, when used effectively, a very powerful business and marketing tool.  An analogy often used, is to think of LinkedIn as a formal business meeting, Facebook as the follow-up conversations in the hallway, and Twitter as the friendly chat at the bar afterwards  It doesn't mean work doesn't get done there, the dialogue just tends to be more relaxed. 

Guest panel Twopics of discussion will include:

Twitter for business

Twitter tools

Twitter tips - 

Twitter measurement/tracking

Learning from Local tweeps - most followers, most tweets, most retweets, early adopters

White board crowdsourcing - Why follow? Why unfollow? Twettiquette

Celibritweets - who are the most followed, what does it mean for Twitter

Event Schedule:

Tuesday ~ May 19, 2009

6:30 ~ 7:00 Networking

Confirmed Panelists: {additional panelists TBA}:

Laura L Good { @goodlaura }

Laura is the Program Director for the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance’s (SARTA) newest initiative, MedStart, which focuses on fostering collaboration within the medical technology and healthcare community and on helping medical device, medical diagnostic and healthcare information technology start ups be successful.  She has a diverse background which includes management experience in a variety of functional areas including operations, finance, sales, human resources and product management.  She also has experience in a number of markets including medical devices, commercial electronics, satellite communications, government, aerospace and defense.

Laura grew up in Northern California in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  She graduated from Santa Clara University with a Bachelors degree in Finance.  Laura enjoys living in the Sierra Foothills with her family and her three dogs.

You can follow Laura here:

http://twitter.com/goodlaura

http://twitter.com/MedStart

http://www.linkedin.com/in/goodlaura

http://www.facebook.com/people/Laura-Good/618454754

Alejandro Reyes { @Successfool }

ADDICTED to People, their Passions & teaching them how to use Social Media to Get Internet Famous! Blogger. Speaker. Entrepreneur.

There is no cost to participate, but we request attendees to register so that we have an accurate head count for refreshments. Light appetizers and drinks will be provided.

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Social Media Club (http://www.socialmediaclub.org ) brings together journalists, publishers, communications professionals, artists, amateur media creators, citizen journalists, teachers, students, tool makers, and other interested collaborators. The Sacramento chapter was founded in 2009 by local users of social media.