JOIN US FOR A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP & LUNCH BUFFET
Friday, February 10, 2012 – 11:30am to 5:00pm
Lunch & Learn at Amuse Wine Bar Cupola Theater in the Honolulu Design Center

Learn how new trends at the intersection of human resources & social media are changing everything related to employment, recruiting and staffing. In this hands-on, highly participative workshop, you’ll learn the basics of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for business networking, employee referrals, workforce development & promoting job postings.

Come & network with forward-thinking Human Resources, recruiting & staffing industry professionals, enjoy a delicious hot lunch, and learn from local social media experts.

Designed specifically for beginners, this friendly “what and why” workshop will take the fear out of social media and show you how easy it is to:
* Build your business network using social media
* Promote your employment brand & job openings to a targeted audience
* Effectively use social media both personally and professionally

HOW TO PLAY THE SOCIAL NETWORKING GAME:
In a lively, interactive game led by Tara Coomans, Social Media Hawaii Chapter president and Head Brainstormer at Akamai Marketing, you’ll learn how to develop a social media strategy to meet goals & initiatives, determine which social media platforms are useful for specific tasks, and how to tie them together for a targeted campaign.

TALK STORY – OPEN FORUM:
Learn simple steps on how to get started using social media tools. In an informal panel discussion facilitated by the Social Media Club leaders, local business people will share stories, resources and ideas. You’ll get diverse perspectives on what works from Beth Busch, Connye Harper, Mary Despe, Quincy Solano, Derek Gabriel and YOU. Got a story to share? Or just bring your questions!

PLUS: LinkedIn Essentials
Learn how to get started on LinkedIn, write your profile and join online networking groups to attract clients and make new business connections. Have the confidence to become a super user of LinkedIn in a LIVE WEBCAST presented virtually by Margo Rose aka @HRMargo of the Social Media Club Nashville Chapter.

Cost $25 + $1.62 registration fee
Includes buffet lunch and free parking
RSVP by February 6

Follow this event on Twitter #SoMeHi.

CAN’T MAKE IT? Human resources, recruiting and staffing practitioners on neighbor islands and the mainland who cannot come to the half-day workshop in Honolulu are invited to attend the 60-minute LinkedIn Essentials webinar. Contact info@aps2k.com for details and webinar-only registration.

This program is co-sponsored by SmartSearch applicant tracking software and Harper Strategies human resources consulting. We also invite you to check out Social Media Club Hawaii Chapter program on Social Media Policies Feb 21.

Tuesday, Feb 21st, 2012
6 – 7:30 pm
Amuse Wine Bar, Honolulu Design Center
Lots of free, covered parking, enter off Piikoi, just mauka of Kapiolani Blvd.

Aloha and Happy New Year!

UPDATE: Full event details are now posted here.

P.S. Please read our most recent email newsletter to see other events happening in January and February.

UPDATE:
Please congratulate our newly elected 2012 Board of Directors! All of our current Pro members can be seen listed in the side bar.

Each position is appended with a note about where the work must be done for that position; there are several that can be done from any island!

President: TARA COOMANS
Coordinate all other roles; set strategic course; interface with SMC.org; media spokesperson; MC quarterly events; plan quarterly Professional De sessions; supervise LinkedIn group; negotiate cooperative agreements with other associations and events; chief wrangler and cheerleader. Oahu for now.

Programs: HAL WILKERSON
Plan quarterly meeting topics; seek out qualified presenter; give them our meeting requirements; coordinate their slides and presentation; provide speaker details and links to the communication team; pick up leis for the meeting – for presenter and for sponsor; collect speaker bio; craft and deliver a personal introduction at the event; write a thank you note afterwards. Arrange for transportation/coordination for visiting speakers. Mostly Oahu.

Communication – Social: GWEN WOLTZ
Update Twitter & FB accounts; curate list of all member Twitter accounts and blog RSS feeds; highlight member accomplishments on FB and TW. Manage Flickr account. Any Island.

Communication – Web & Email: LAURA KINOSHITA
Post community events, thank sponsors, promote upcoming events, feature member accomplishments, create Eventbrite page and event blog posts. Any Island.

Communication – PR & Event Marketing: ALL BOARD MEMBERS
Write press releases and distribute; Post event info to SMC site and to as many other listings as possible; outreach to other associations; keep SMCHI in the news. Post SMCHI meeting info on related business sites. Update SMCHI LinkedIn group with information related to events per https://123.writeboard.com/6fspwtygu1qmohk3. Any Island.

Venue Planning: JANA PIERCE
Coordinate quarterly meeting dates and set-up with venue. Ensure venue meets tech specs. Communicate with venue in advance re: anticipated number of attendees. Print name tags for attendees on day-of. Arrive in time to greet attendees. Coordinate with tech support. Coordinate with sponsorship to ensure sponsors receive appropriate recognition. Monitor #smchi tweetstream during events. Post entry to SMC parent website after the event. Must be Oahu.

Venue Technology: DEREK GABRIEL
Set up live stream; set up presenter laptop; perform sound checks; help monitor Twitter and video chat. Coordinate with events to confirm hardware needs. Must be on Oahu.

Website Support: ROXANNE DARLING
Keep software and plugins up to date; create sponsor badges and place as needed; supervise user accounts. Any Island.

Sponsorship: ALL BOARD MEMBERS
Locate sponsor(s) for each qrtrly meeting and for the HSMYIR; collect payments; gather sponsor logo, urls and description for web tech; write entry on blog welcoming the sponsor; make sure sponsor receives due recognition and buzz; introduce sponsor at live meetings. Secure prizes for quarterly drawings. Write sponsorship proposals for new sponsorship opportunities. Mostly Oahu.

Membership: ALL BOARD MEMBERS
Outreach to potential new members; check SMC.org weekly for new members until auto-notification is in place; process new members (related post with info). Invite new members to Pro LinkedIn Group. Welcome new members on social media outlets, Facebook and Twitter. Request membership updates quarterly from SMC. Remind members whose membership is expiring. Keep SMCHI membership list updated on website. Keep membership Google Doc updated. Monitor SMCHI General LinkedIn Group for inquiries about membership. Print Pro Member name tags as new members are added. Assist neighbor island member visitors with transportation needs. Any Island.

Neighbor Island Reps – Maui, Big Island, Kauai: ALL MEMBERS
Be our ears and eyes locally; coordinate satellite screenings of quarterly meetings; share local events with email list manager to help in promotion. Promote social media best practices, Island Specific.

Anyone is welcome to review our BOD guidelines here.

Looking back at the tweet stream, (hashtag #HiMari) there were dozens and dozens of actionable tips: enough to put on your “Facebook Page To Do List” for a good 12 months in my opinion! In fact, I am so excited about all the nuggets that flew by I am sorting through the hashtag conversation and will be posting a separate Tip Sheet in a week or so. I will update this post when that is ready for viewing.

UPDATE 2011-10-26: Member Peter Liu created a Tweetdoc with all the tweets. Available for download here.

Meanwhile, our SMCHI chapter president Tara Coomans created a “Storify” from the event. It’s embedded here for you to enjoy!

What was your favorite moment at Mari’s workshop? Do tell us!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011 – HONOLULU, HI – 6-9 pm

We will be meeting at our favorite space, Amuse Wine Bar in the Cupola Room for an extended gathering 6 – 9 pm. We are still polishing the details, however you can be thinking about *your* social media accomplishments in the past year. This is not a competition! And like most all aspects of social media, everyone is invited! We think of it as our “un-awards” gala!

Here Are The Highlights:

What would you like to share with our Hawaii community?
- Big or small, we honor your adventures in social media – aka the modern way to connect with your customers and employees.
- What are the key points of your story?
- Who was beneficial in helping you?
- What have you gained as a result?
- Submit your story here.
Would you be interested in sponsoring this event?
- We are collecting prizes to give away.
- We would like to be able to purchase some party decorations.
- We have a number of neighbor island members attending; can you assist with lodging, car rental, or airfare?
- Prize drawings – to be announced on Twitter so as not to interrupt the party AND to give you maximum buzz! (We did this last year and it was great fun.) Submit your prize here.
Who will attend with you?
- This will be a fun event to share with colleagues at work.
- Have you been more social with friends? Invite them!
- Do you support a nonprofit who could benefit from social media? Please introduce them to our hui.
- Click here to RSVP for this event so we can have your name tag ready at the door.
What will be happening at the event?
- Food and drinks available for purchase.
- Music and possibly spontaneous outbreaks of dancing…
- Viewing your accomplishments on the big screen, looping all night long.
- Do you Spotify? Add your favorite party songs to our open playlist for the night!

Sponsors:

Our wonderful friends at Hagadone Printing are our Premier Sponsor for this special year-end event! Please follow them on Twitter @h1forall and join their Facebook page.

Vince Mitchell (@digitalsignguy) is bringing his Social Media Kiosk for us to play with! Thanks Vince.

Featured Presenter:
Tara Coomans (SMCHI president) will present an overview of the social media measurement/metrics landscape.

UPDATE 2011-10-25: Here are the slides from Tara’s presentation on Slideshare.net.

UPDATE 2011-10-26: Member Peter Liu created a Tweetdoc with all the tweets from this event. Available for download here.

Read her blog for all sorts of information about this topic.

Follow her on Twitter for a very engaged, informative, and entertaining conversation.

Bonus Presention: Gwen Woltz and Karen Weikert of Wahine Media
Gwen and Karen are going to wrap up the discussion on metrics with her insightful presentation on “What is the ROI of an Elephant?” View the Wahine Media slides on slideshare.net.

Book Giveaway:
Social Media Analytics: Effective Tools for Building, Intrepreting, and Using Metrics by Marshall Sponder You must be present to win! (Amazon.com link)

Free Analytics Webinar by Marshall Sponder:
September 20th, 8 am HST
Read all the details here.

We are working on a few other ideas so this is just the start of what we’ll be offering at this event! We will definitely want to hear about your experiences with social media measurement too.

Who Will Benefit from This Topic:
* Those who are directly engaging in social media and want to understand the ROI
* Those who are managing social media for clients and/or employers (calling our PR, advertising and marketing friends!)
* Those who are just starting with social media and want to know the important things to measure before you spend a lot of time or money developing strategies and campaigns

Location:
Cupola private room, at AMuse Wine Bar, 2nd FL Honolulu Design Center
1250 Kapiolani Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96814
There is free parking in the Honolulu Design Center garage. Entrance is on Piikoi St, just mauka of Kapiolani Blvd.

Event Sponsor: H1 at Hagadone Printing
Please help us thank our Sponsor for this event, Hagadone Printing, and check out their H1 Division for “One SOurce Marketing.” Follow them on Twitter @H1forAll

Here is the slide deck with the preliminary results of the survey. If you are a social media practitioner, please take the survey and share it with your colleagues! More info can be found here.

We’ve also heard on the street that some of the people at our meetings want more formal presentations, Well, we have that for you this month!

We’ve been conducting a survey of social media practitioners to find out how they sell their services, and what types of programs have been truly beneficial to their clients. We will feature a panel of our professional members who will explain the numerous ways to plan and purchase social media services. Here is a short URL you can use to help us spread the word: http://t.co/vGhoXgO

Presenter: Roxanne Darling

Roxanne will present the results to date of our Social Media Practitioners Survey. She’ll be covering what people charge, how they package their services, and all the inside scoop that will make you a smarter social media buyer. Roxanne is a Professional Member of Social Media Club, the founder of the Hawaii Chapter, and a partner at Bare Feet Studios. She just completed a six-month New Media Artist-in-Residence campaign for the Lānaʻi Visitors Bureau.

Presenter: Laura Kinoshita

Laura is joining us in the house from the Big Island! She is a Professional member of Social Media Club and has a PR and Marketing company that specializes in social media. She recently conducted a survey of social media use by small business in West Hawaii and will presenting her results. She is an analytics guru, and measures “outputs, outgrowths and outcomes in areas such as awareness, engagement, influence and behavior.” Her survey will explore a number of local trends.

Presenter: Felicia Durant:

Felicia is a graduate student at UH and has been tracking small business use of social media in Hawaii. This research is an exploratory study that aims to identify the various uses of social media – namely, Facebook and Twitter – as a public relations platform by small businesses in Hawaii and their perceived effectiveness. Preliminary findings and data will be discussed. If you have not taken her survey yet, please do so before the meeting! The link is here.

After the presentations, we will have panelists joining us via Skype and in the room – rumored to be with us are Chuck Lasker, Professional member from Kauai, Peter Liu, Gwen Woltz, Professional member from Oahu, Professional member from Maui, and Toby Tamaye, of AT Marketing, and more!

Doors open at 5:45 pm; Tuesday nights have special discounts on food and wine at Amuse Wine Bar so please bring your appetite along with your curiosity and expertise. We’ll be meeting in the private room Cupola, complete with leather lounging sofas, cafe tables, and waiter service! Please note our July meeting is on a Wednesday.

This month, we’ll be giving away a copy of Steve Garfield’s book Get Seen (book review here), which has some great advice for businesses, entrepreneurs and bloggers for using video as a content cornerstone. Whether you can make it to the event or not, you can tweet @smchi with the hashtag #getseenhawaii to be entered into the drawing.

1. Register Now and Join us on July 20th.
There will be food and drinks for purchase (so the event itself is FREE). Plus, eat pupus and reload your wine card at Amuse!

2. Use and Follow the tag: #SMCHI
That stands for Social Media Club Hawaii and helps us track the conversation and photos about this event!

3. We welcome Virtual Attendees! Please register so we can send you last minute details. You can join our Twitter chat or the live stream chat here:
bit.ly/smchitv

Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Time: 6 – 7:30 pm.
Location: Amuse Wine Bar, Cupola Room
Cost: Attendance is FREE! Drinks and food will be available for purchase!
Dress: Anything goes. Please bring your business cards and smart phones. Everyone is welcome!

Be smart and register now so you will have a pre-printed name tag and can sign in without standing in line!

There is free parking in the Honolulu Design Center garage. Entrance is on Piikoi St, just mauka off Kapiolani Blvd.

5:45 – Doors open; come early and help us set up!
6:00 – 6:15 pm Networking
6:15 – 7:15 pm Discussion
7:15 – 7:30 pm Networking

Our local chapter membership has grown considerably in the past few months and we now have an active “SIG” or special interest group focused on education and engaging with Hawaii’s college-level students, educators, and administrators. Globally, there has been an #SMCEDU initiative underway for two years.

On the call:

Tara Coomans, Moderator, President SMCHI
Burt Lum, Bytemarks Cafe and Windward Community College
Chuck Lasker, SocialKauiai.com, developing course for Kauai Community College
Jesse Mahoney, SocialKauai.com, developing course for Kauai Community College
Julia Myers – Chaminade University Outreach
Roxanne Darling, Bare Feet Studios, SMCHI Founder
Note: All of our members can be found in the blogroll in our sidebar.

Notes:

Key issues for developing a college curriculum:
- acceptable use policy
- privacy issues
- ethics

Local Courses:
Chuck & Jesse want to develop a certification track to help people get jobs in social media over at Kauai Community College. So far it is slow going. Burt is starting a Social Media class at Windward Community College this fall in the computer sciences department; tech focus. The IT department is very excited to have this new offering!

Status of Global and Local SMCEDU:
Tara shared the current status of SMCEDU: a working group for the past 2 years, 9 student chapters at local colleges, early stages of developing standards for Social Media Curricula at the college level.

Many resources are available via Social Media Club – student chapters that are already organized, professionals at various colleges who can lend support, use the main SMC site and follow the hashtag: #SMCEDU. As a local chapter, we can support EDU locally by sharing case studies, guest lecturing, use of our mailing list for those with EDU preferences, our FB page, website, etc.

We discussed open education iniitatives – podcasting courses and looking in iTunes for existing coursework for reference. (Rox mentioned that Stanford and UC Berkeley have been podcasting their entire course catalog for years; she knows of easy, affordable turnkey solutions for classroom recording.)

We agreed to collaborate on course development and delivery via sharing notes, getting support from the professional members, providing guest speakers, etc.

Goal: to create a state-wide Student Chapter of SMC so all colleges and Universities can collaborate. Jesse will add a sub-group to our FB page so we can keep each other in the loop. Julia thinks this is very doable so long as we have some leadership to keep all the students and educators informed. (Hence the Facebook sub-group coming soon!)

Tara has created a subgroup on LinkedIn for EDU discussions. This is part of our members-only area. Please let us know if you would like to know more about joining! There is a Student/Teacher rate of only $25 per year.

We agreed to have monthly calls for ongiong brainstorming and support.
Third Tuesday, 9 am.

Next Call:Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9 am. Rox will post *new* conference call info in LinkedIn. Plan on 30-60 minutes. Today’s call was completed in about 45 minutes.

You can listen to the call here:

Please tell your colleagues; the more data we can collect, hopefully the more accurate our report will be!

If the embedded survey below is not working for any reason, please just use this direct link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T8VYRS6

If two heads are better than one, imagine a room full of smart people! Even if you don’t consider yourself a social media expert you probably have some opinions of value. We’ll be meeting in the private room Cupola, complete with leather lounging sofas, cafe tables, and table service!

Peter Liu and Tammi Hitchcock

Moderator: Tammi Hitchcock
On the Hot Seat: Special Guest Peter Liu, Professional SMC Member from Maui plus other local professional members. Let us know if you want to take a spin on the hot seat yourself!

UPDATE! We have another volunteer for the hot seat! Phyllis Khare will be joining us via Skype; she is the author of a new book on Facebook and the creator of the Social Media Manners chat on Twitter #SMmanners. please let us know if you would like to share your knowledge with us.

1. Register Now and Join us on May 17th.
There will be food and drinks for purchase (so the event itself is FREE). Plus, eat pupus and reload your wine card at Amuse with deep Tuesday discounts!
2. Use and Follow the tag: #SMCHI
That stands for Social Media Club Hawaii and helps us track the conversation and photos about this event!

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Time: 6 – 7:30 pm.
Location: Amuse Wine Bar
Cost: Attendance is FREE! Drinks and food will be available for purchase; special discounts apply!
Dress: Anything goes. Please bring your business cards and smart phones. Everyone is welcome!
Be smart and register now so you will have a pre-printed nametag and can sign in without standing in line!
Virtual Attendees Welcome! Go ahead and register so we can look for you on the live stream and/or the Twitter chat.

There is free parking in the Honolulu Design Center garage. Entrance is on Piikoi St, just off Kapiolani Blvd.

5:45 – Doors open; come early to help us set up.
6:00 – 6:15 pm Networking
6:15 – 7:15 pm Discussion
7:15 – 7:30 pm Networking

Live Stream Link here

We would like to create a white paper out of this meeting to share with the Hawaii business and nonprofit community, so your insights and feedback are important to makeing this the best it can be! We welcome virtual attendees! Please go ahead and register so we can send you last minute details. Then join us IRT via the Twitter tag #SMCHI or in the chat room at our live video stream: http://bit.ly/smchitv

Brian Shiro, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

UPDATE 16 March 2011:
View informational slides that Brian prepared here.
View Judi Clark’s live blog report from the meeting here.
Read the US Navy’s social media communication plan during the tsunami warning.
Read the Pacific Business News report indicating local government leaders missed the boat posting updates to their web communities. (I’d venture to say so did PBN. Their Twitter feed is a one-way bot that only puts out links to their published articles. Not really getting it.)

1. Register Now and Join us on March 15th.
There will be food and drinks for purchase (so the event itself is FREE). Plus, eat pupus and reload your wine card at Amuse with deep Tuesday discounts!
2. Use and Follow the tag: #SMCHI
That stands for Social Media Club Hawaii and helps us track the conversation and photos about this event!

6:00 – 6:15 pm Networking
6:15 – 7:15 pm Discussion
7:15 – 7:30 pm Networking

Register for Free at Eventbrite

UPDATE: Read our follow-up email from this event and get links to the speakers’ presentation here.

We will have a short presentation about each of these followed by our popular Round Table discussions where we figure out how we are going to incorporate these trends in our businesses, nonprofits, and communities.

1. Register Now and Join us on February 15th.
We’ll have food and drinks for purchase (so the event itself is FREE).
2. Use and Follow the tag: #SMCHI
That stands for Social Media Club Hawaii and helps us track the conversation and photos about this event!
3. Advance registration ends 8 hours before this event begins. Be smart and register now so you will have a pre-printed nametag and can sign in without standing in line!
4. There will be Free validated parking, so remember to park in the underground lot on Pohukaina St and bring in your parking ticket.

Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Time: 6 – 7:30 pm.
Location: Oceans 808 at Restaurant Row
Cost: FREE! Drinks and food will be available for purchase.
Dress: Anything goes. Please bring your business cards and smart phones. Everyone is welcome!

6:00 – 6:15 pm Networking
6:15 – 6:45 pm Presentation
6:45 – 7:30 pm Discussion

Bonus! We will have two $25 Gift Certificates to give away!
Zaratez Mexicatessan:
Description: Zaratez Mexicatessen is a LA-style taco truck located at 3121 Mokihana St. (off Kapahulu Ave)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Zaratez
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Zaratez

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network (NMFN)
Description: $25 gift card to Downtown Coffee Honolulu located on the first floor of Pioneer Plaza Building 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 100. Donated by NMFN!

Web: http://thehawaiigroup.nmfn.com/~CareerChangers.htm
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NorthwesternMutual
They have job openings for Financial Reps. Sip some coffee at the Pioneer Plaza downtown and come up to the 5th floor to discuss your career! Free career profile assessment to see if a career in the financial industry is right for you. View the YouTube video to learn more and contact Linda (Recruiter) at 566-5357 for an appointment.

Please read all about it here.

While we are on the subject of social media and the Hawaiian Islands, your state chapter of Social Media Club would like EVERYONE reading this to Join our email list so we know what island is your home. We aim to provide more localized support in 2011 but first we want to build our island-specific list segments.

Follow the conversation with this hashtag: #KauaiTweetUp.

Also follow these Twitter accounts for Kauai:
@22NorthKauai
@KauaiTalk

Will someone who attends please email us a short summary that we can post the the SMCHI blog? We are counting on you Kauai.

Step One: Add your social media accomplishments using our simple form. We will then add it to the slide show loop we are creating for the Dec 15 year in review party. We will also be aggregating this information to present to the local media and to help define Hawaii in the Social Media Community worldwide. Short Link: http://bit.ly/aBMlyb

Step Two: Help us gather prizes to be given away in honor of the social media accomplishments! We have a simple form for that too. You can also print it out and carry a few around with you to ask your favorite merchants, clients, vendors, neighbors, etc. Here is a running list of the prize donors. Short Link to the Submission Form: http://bit.ly/add2JC

Step Three: Win a Grand Prize! We are gathering 5-star dining, hotel overnights, full day at the spa, tech consulting – those kinds of prize luxuries for the hard-working people in Hawaii’s social media community! Please go ahead and RSVP here, now so you have a chance to win!

Please help us Tweet this. Use the tag, #HSMYIR (for Hawaii Social Media Year in Review.) Please encourage your friends to submit.

UPDATE: This event is over however you can read the full wrap-up here!

Our December event is all party! Though we’ll have the usual awesome networking and brainstorming, it will be co-mingled with a slide show featuring all of the accomplishments in social media that we can gather and a Twitter-based prize drawing. This means your participation is both welcomed and essential! We hope you will submit your social media accomplishments and we hope you will contribute a prize that we can give away while giving you online buzz.

RSVP Now – the form is just below! We are especially hoping to hear from all of our friends on Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lānaʻi, and the Big Island as well as those here on ʻOahu.

Tell us your social media accomplishments HERE. >>

Submit a prize HERE. >>

With over 91 million web pages dedicated to telling the world about social media, we’re pulling in local experts to give us their insights on developing a social media strategy relevant to the Hawaii market.

Many times, the focus is on the technology. Have you heard someone say “How can I use Twitter for my business?” But perhaps our real focus needs to center on understanding the behaviors of our current and aspirational customer relationships. Building a network for them, letting them build the conversation. And what about using social media for recruiting, for tech support, for direct sales as well as for marketing and top level branding? There are numerous ways to approach “social media strategy” for your organization.

This program will offer hands-on, roundtable discussions focused on using social media in various types of business and for various purposes. So whether you are in marketing or HR, are for profit or non-profit, gov or edu, travel or retail, services or B2B, you’ll have an opportunity to explore what tools and tactics can be useful for accomplishing your goals. Attendees will be able to ask questions and incorporate best practices into the evening. We’ll summarize the discussion points and you are guaranteed to leave with specific do’s and don’ts for using social media.

Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Time: Doors open at 5:30 for networking; program runs from 6 – 7 pm.
Location: Ka Restaurant at Ward Center
Fee: This event is free and open to the public. Drinks and food will be available for purchase.

Come see how we use Twitter to manage the information flow at this event for live and virtual attendees, on multiple screens!

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• There are several featured speakers (local and mainland experts) with a full day of seminars, luncheon, and exhibits. (Rob Bertholf, Dan Zelikman, Jesse Stay, Nate Riggs, Andy Beal, Simon Fiddian, Eric Baranda, and Roxanne Darling)
• Learn abour social media and search optimization, building communities, tricking out your Facebook page, video tips, cloud computing, and much more!)
• You have a number of options for purchasing a ticket – create a custom agenda for the day or pay just $3 for the Exhibit Hall.
• We recommend getting a full day pass which includes seminars, lunch, and the exhibit hall.
• You can use Discount Code "SMCHI" when registering to save $22 off (exclusively for members of this email list and applicable to the General Admission Ticket)
• If you tweet or blog about it, please use the tag #HISMS!

The main event will be followed by a meetup at about 5:30 – 7:00 pm, that is open to the public. We hope to see you there! Follow the tag, #HISMS, on Twitter to get updates throughout the day.

Read more on Facebook And check out the awesome custom programming on the Expo tab, created by our own Rob Bertholf!

Register Now

Even if you cannot come for the entire day, your SMCHI discount makes this THE MOST AFFORDABLE social media conference of the year in Hawaii! Plus there will be great exhibits, a steady stream of expert speakers, lunch, and plenty of time for networking. Your discount is applicable to the full event ticket that includes all seminars and lunch. On the other end of the spectrum, you can attend the Exhibits Only for just $3!

This event does replace our September event - so please do consider joining us for all or part of it. We will have a table in the Expo, so please bring your biz cards and fliers to share – our space is for all of you here in the Hawaii Social Media Club ?ohana! This event has drawn over 1000 people in the past so this in excellent opportunity to tell the local community about your skills and services! We’d also love some volunteers tp help us at the table.

When: Tuesday, October 5
Where: Ala Moana Hotel (free parking adjacent to the hotel in Ala Moana Center)
When: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

First, I would like to thank everyone for your understanding

History:
I launched our Hawaii chapter in October 2008, public meetings launched in March, 2009. We have over 400 on our email list, and spent 6 months in 2009 shepherding a non-profit from web 1.0 to a full social media presence ont the web. (www.hanabuild.org). Our early meetings were 101, so others could follow along as we created the social assets for our nonprofit. We had, BTW, 14 who applied to the program.

What Matters Now:

• Our meetings have done a superb job at attracting Hawaii organizations (for profit and nonprofit) to come and learn about social media. But we are not attracting or supporting the practitioners, as is our main goal. This meeting discussed that in detail along with the requirements and advantages of becoming an Official Chapter of the Social Media Club. You can see the attendees here.
• Official Chapter status for Social Media Club: It requires a minimum of 10 paid pProfessional Members ($100 per professional membership; nonprofits may join for $50 and students for $25.) There are numerous benefits you can read about here, however the main one IMO is that we can fall under their nonprofit status and they will handle all bookkeeping, legal, and insurance for us. This gives us a tremendous amount of flexibility to actually accomplish things in support of our local community and organizations. Overall consensus appeared to be in favor of seeking this. Join the Social Media Club here.

These are the key points we distilled:

• There is interest in having practitioners-only meetings where we can talk at a high level about solving problems and using social media tools. This is professional development and peer-to-peer support, where we can talk openly in a mutually respectful manner. Non-members could be invited to attend one or two times to check it out.
• There is interest in continuing to hold educational outreach meetings for the business/nonprofit community at large.
• The amount of time required to convene these meetings is a concern. We are looking at having monthly meetings for the official, paid members and quarterly or semi-annual public events on a larger scale, possibly even another Podcamp-type event.
• Rox has been carrying the load for 2 years and wants a break.
• The name, “with “Club” in it, is confusing for people. It sounds private but it’s really very open. That has been a communication challenge.
• Like most groups, we have way more ideas than we can execute.

Specific Goals:

• Help promote the members so they can attract clients looking for professional social media services.
• Create a local Speaker’s Directory so other associations and organizations can find speakers fluent in the social web.
• Work with the SMCEDU group nationwide in develop related curricula.
• Develop special interest groups within our larger group who can meet at different times on specific topics (think Facebook, blogging, video, etc.)
• Connect more directly and more often with neighbor island members. Mahalo a nui to Peter Liu who came from Maui!
• Share more case studies and real life examples of solving problems with social media tools and strategy.
• Collaborate more specifically with related groups, such as PRSA, IABC, SMEI, etc.
• Consider changing to the 4th Tuesday to avoid conflicts with KanuHawaii and SMEI; after work for now, though prefer venue with easy parking. (We are looking in to this at several places.)
• Segment our email list so we can communicate more directly and respectfully with our audience.
• Use the email newsletter to feature members each month.

Let’s continue the conversation here and let us know how this group can serve you and what you can contribute to it. And be sure to join our email list so get the announcements and updates!

Event Agenda: 6:00 – 7:30 pm

• Review our accomplishments to date.
• Present the new and improved Social Media Club – the parent organization now with over 200 chapters.
• Discuss the implications for Hawaii re: the new membership structure and criteria.
• Brainstorm what role(s) our chapter can fill to build a stronger basis for social media practices locally.
• Share ideas for growing our businesses and educating the community.
• Explain the benefits of membership.

We do not plan to publicly live stream this meeting however we can conference call in our colleagues from the neighbor islands if you want to join us in real time.

Parking is available in the rear, or if full, you can use the empty lot around the block on Niu St. (Kalakaua then left on Pau to Ala Wai to Niu). Here is a Google map to give you the visual orientation.

Location:

ING DIRECT Cafe
1958 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI

A few more important reminders!

• Bring your business cards and your business colleagues!
• If you blog or Twitter about this event, please tag it: #smchi
• If you take pictures, please join our Flickr group, add your meeting photos to our pool, and tag them with “smchi”.
• Speaking of pictures, social media events generally have people taking photos, live-streaming video, and posting real time updates on Twitter and their blogs. We can assist if you prefer to stay under the radar; just speak to any of us before the meeting begins.
• Mahalo to Cleo Brown and ING DIRECT for hosting our event and providing valet parking at their spectacular space.

Direct from the SMC:
Social Media University is being produced by Social Media Club and hosted at the Sheraton Orlando Downtown Hotel from November 10-13th, 2010.

Social Media Club is the world’s largest organization of Social Media Professionals, with local chapters in 230 cities around the world. Our purpose is to promote media literacy, share lessons learned, promote ethical behaviour and advance industry standards. We also are organizing SMCEDU in order to improve Social Media education in universities by connecting students with professional opportunities through our local chapters.

This is SMC’s 1st Annual Conference, and it is something that is quite different then what you might be used to from a standard conference on social media. We bring the best of different learning and collaboration styles together to enrich your ability to apply deep insights from real industry masters. As you will see from the final schedule in a few weeks, it is going to be quite an impressive lineup.

What: Learn from a dozen of the true Social Media Masters in this deep dive for Social Media Professionals
When: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 – Saturday, November 13, 2010
Where: Orlando, FL USA
Sheraton Orlando Downtown
400 West Livingston Street
Orlando, Florida 32801

Can anyone say “road trip?”

@RyanAdverderada: @roxannedarling no thx for needed. Your team has taught me so much in just two meetings. @smchi can count on me to help spread the word!

@islevampir: @rob enjoyed chatting with you at #smchi tonight. Thanks for the ideas! The site I got my calling cards from is moo.com

@islevampir: @roxannedarling thanks again for the warm welcome tonight my first #smchi felt both fun & productive.

@judico: Hey @tdcinhawaii @smchi @rob @RoxanneDarling @angieb1019 I hear @freshcafehi is getting bike racks soon. Yay! #smchi was fun too

@RyanAdverderada: Big thanks to @rob @roxannedarling @tdcinhawaii and @smchi for another great meeting. Learned a lot and eager to put it in use! #smchi #sm

@hawaiitwentyten: @smchi Tip: @GeoLorean shows friends’ check-ins from Gowalla, Brightkite and foursquare in one stream #smchi #iphone #app

@rob: Great turnout @FreshCafeHI – join us for the Social Media Meetup #SMCHI

@5pyke: @smchi bummer i couldn’t make it. when’s the next meeting?

@coconutwireless: Tara, Rob and Roxanne talk location based social media #smchi http://flic.kr/p/88TNuk

@hawaiitwentyten: good morning Germany, good evening Hawaii! Meeting of Social Media Club of Hawaii is about to start right now http://bit.ly/ctaskd #smchi

@CommHive: RT @smchi: Join us @smchi tonight – location-based social checkins! http://bit.ly/9fkh7L” @freshcafehi

@Viil @smchi discusses location-based social checkins tonight http://bit.ly/9fkh7L looks like I might miss it, but should be interesting

Everything is NEW this month! Please read closely.

NEW DAY: Our next monthly gathering is TUESDAY, June 8th, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.!

NEW LOCATION: Fresh Café Scroll down for directions. Hat tip to Tara Coomans for scouting a new location for us.

NEW FORMAT: Our topic is using location-based social networks. However! This month we are having an informal meetup to chat and socialize with each other; there will not be a formal presentation. There will be person to person information sharing! Food and drinks will be available for purchase; appetites are welcome.

We are mixing up our meetings this year: even-numbered months will be informal talk story get-togethers while odd-numbered months will have a formal presentation for in-depth learning and sharing. Come check in with your favorite geo-social app or learn what the heck we are talking about and how it might affect your business.

Read this article to get up and running fast on location-based social networks. We’ll be showing each other how the apps work on our iPhones and Androids at the June meetup. Hat tip to Tess Staadecker for sharing this article with us.

UPDATE: Local tech guru Ryan Ozawa also wrote two articles on these services. Check them out:
Overview, from November 2009
Update with info on pay-per-checkin, May, 2010

Here are a few direct links to location-based social networks for you:
Foursquare
Gowalla
Whrrl
My Town
Cause World

Register Now! It’s free. And saves you time and hassle when you arrive on-site. We very much appreciate it when you pre-resgister so we can plan accordingly to welcome you!

June 8 Event Agenda:
5:30 – 6:45 pm ~ Informal Networking, Idea-sharing, Business Card Collecting
6:45 pm ~ Prize drawing; must be present to win. Prizes vary each month.

Live Video Stream
If the Internet cooperates, we will be live-streaming here.

Location:

Fresh Café
831 Queen St
Honolulu, HI 96813
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A few more important reminders!

• Bring your business cards and your business colleagues!
• If you blog or Twitter about this event, please tag it: #smchi
• If you take pictures, please join our Flickr group, add your meeting photos to our pool, and tag them with “smchi”.
• Speaking of pictures, social media events generally have people taking photos, live-streaming video, and posting real time updates on Twitter and their blogs. We can assist if you prefer to stay under the radar; just speak to any of us before the meeting begins.
• Mahalo to Fresh Café for hosting our event. Mahalo also to Bare Feet Studios for covering all of our operational and marketing expenses.

Social Media Club Hawaii (SMCHI) Executive Meeting
Thursday, April 8th
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Longhi’s, Ala Moana Center

We will be meeting to discuss the programs and chapter activity for the rest of 2010. Our meetings are open and we welcome your participation and input. We will also be discussing whether to have meetings on Thur nights or Friday nights, so please let us know if you have an opinion on that!

Tweetup at Blue Hawaii Lifestyle
Tuesday, April 13th
7 – 9 PM
Blue Hawaii Lifestyle, Ala Moana Center

Some of the most useful learning comes these days at the informal gatherings known as tweetups. People find out about the meetup on Twitter, RSVP on Twtvite, a Twitter-based application, and show up to share tips and talk story while posting messages to Twitter and photos to various sharing sites. There will be free parking at Ala Moana Center and you can snack on the ono-licious acai bowls at Blue Hawaii Lifestyle! Located on the second floor near Nordstom’s and across from Lululemon. This event is free and open to the public.
Learn more and RSVP here.

Monthly Meeting of PRSA Hawaii
Wednesday, April 21st
5:30 – 7:00 PM
McNeil Wilson Communications, Honolulu

We often collaborate with our PR colleagues and this month their topic is Branding. One of my most frequently used presentation slides states a precept of the social web: “Customers own the brand.” Now that everyone is a publisher (including the brand itself) the relationship between customers, companies, and the brands they share has changed dramatically.

This event features networking followed by a teleseminar beamed into the theatre at McNeil Wilson Communications.
Click here to learn more and RSVP.
(There is a nominal fee for this event, which includes light refreshments.)

Aloha,

Roxanne Darling, Chapter Founder

Unsure what to do with your tax refund? Have burning questions about saving for retirement? Concerned about investing during an uncertain economy and don’t know where to begin?

Dan will share investing best practices and ways to make investing in your future a simple experience for new and skilled investors. Door prizes, giveaways, and games will be offered during the sessions. Light p?p? will also be served.

WHEN:
Two 90 minute sessions will be offered on Saturday, April 10, 2010:
1st Session – 1:00pm – 2:30pm HST
2nd Session – 3:00pm – 4:30pm HST

WHERE:
ING DIRECT Café
1958 Kalakaua Ave?Honolulu, HI 96815

TO ATTEND, CONTACT:
Cleota Brown, Café Manager, ING DIRECT
P: 808.539-0514
E: cgbrown@ingdirect.com

Click here to view other activities at the Cafe.

About ING DIRECT USA
ING DIRECT, the nation’s largest direct bank and largest thrift, is dedicated to inspiring Americans to become a nation of savers. Since its inception in 2000, more than 7.6 million Americans have entrusted their savings with ING DIRECT, building the bank to $90.3 billion in assets. ING DIRECT has developed a comprehensive social media Savers Community, including Twitter, Facebook and it’s We, The Savers blog. For more information about ING DIRECT call 1-800-ING-DIRECT, and for information about its commitment to financial education visit Planet Orange.

Savers Community
Twitter: @ingdirect
Facebook
“We the Savers” Blog
Planet Orange for Kids’ Education

About ShareBuilder
ShareBuilder Securities Corporation is a leading online brokerage for investors who have long-term financial goals.  ShareBuilder believes everyone deserves a chance to invest in their future no matter their financial situation or place in life.  Whether you are new to investing or already a skilled trader, ShareBuilder makes investing easy.  Customers can open an account with no minimum investment, pay low commissions and enjoy no inactivity fees along the way.  With ShareBuilder, there are two smart ways to invest: Automatic Investing and Real-time Trading. Customers can select one or both to take control of their financial future. ShareBuilder offers a range of investment products including stocks, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds and retirement solutions.
ShareBuilders
Retire My Way

Notice: ShareBuilder Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of ING Bank, fsb, is a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. For more information about ShareBuilder, please visit Twitter and Facebook. Securities products are: Not FDIC insured – Not Bank guaranteed – May lose value.

The above information is provided by the Social Media Club Hawaii Chapter as a free service to our sponsor. They provide us a free meeting venue every month, with staff and technology support.