New Media enthusiasts came together once again for the March Meet Up for the group New Media Cincinnati at The Pub at Rookwood Mews on 3/14. The luck of the Irish was in the air and organizer Daniel Johnson Jr. was creating his Social Media magic while working the near capacity crowd with Ustream capturing the action. Approximately 55 people came together to network, drink spirits and listen to the five Jolt presenters who spoke on topics that they were passionate about for five to 10 minutes each. The presenters and topics were:
- John Buehler, "Communicating Your Web Presence"
- Kristin Beireis, "How Social Is Too Social?"
- Andy Erickson, "University of Cincinnati's Center of Innovation Efforts"
- Heath Parks, "Starting a video blog and learning how to encode for the web"
- Vickie Sciefers: “Changes in Facebook”
John Buehler talked about the site http://lifedigits.com/ that he is working on that will allow for one-stop shopping for all your social media information. He is looking for people to test it out, so give him a shout on Twitter if you are interested.
Kristin Beireis talked about Social Media Etiquette and keeping a balance between business and personal information. “We don’t want to know your bathroom habits!”
Andy Erickson spoke about his passion for creating a Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Cincinnati.
Heath Parks spoke about video blogs and best sites and camera equipment to use.
Vickie Sceifers talked about the changes in Facebook formatting and talked about frustrations that people were having with the site.
The discussion was lively and group members walked away with some great information, new friendships and additional business contacts. We recorded a group shout-out for Ustream and Daniel spent some of the open network time recording individual participant shout-outs for later broadcast.
The question was raised regarding “What brought you to the Meet Up?”
The number one answer was: “NETWORKING” followed by “Friend”- which is just more networking in the WOM vein. Other answers included: the Scene, Love for social media, Twitter, New Media Cincinnati Web site, The Force Newsletter, Learning and Daniel Johnson, Jr..
See you next month for the April 11th Meet Up. Stay tuned for upcoming details.
Michelle Beckham
http://newmediacincinnati.com/2009/03/07/message-to-attendees-of-the-march-2009-meetup/
Copyright Michelle Beckham-Corbin
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