When SMCHI started over 3 years ago, social media was an emerging trend, and today its a full-blown phenomenon changing the lives of businesses, nonprofits, governments and touching the lives of individuals. As social media grows, so does SMCHI. We’ve held or helped plan over 50 events in that time. We’ve had generous volunteer speakers from [...]
#DaBusHNL App Launch and Tweetup Case Study
April 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
In the early months of 2012, Code for America fellows swept into Honolulu. For those unfamiliar, Code for America is a nonprofit organization who seeks to technically support cities who are looking to harness the City 2.0 concept: blending community with technology. Suddenly, at all kinds of tech and social media events, you could count on seeing [...]
Social Media Policy Planning – Event Recap
February 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
WOW! We kicked 2012 off in style with the help of some great panelist and an awesome and engaged audience, both in person and on the live stream. We gave away the book Get Bold from Sandy Carter to @libz. I am in the process of reading this book and I highly recommend it; we’ll be [...]
SMCHI BOD Kick Off Meeting 2012
February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
WOW. Get five energetic, creative people in a room, mix in a Google Hangout, add a little beer, some pupus and what do you get? Insane brainstorming, problem solving and ideas. Your BOD this year is ALL in and I think its going to be an exciting year. It goes without saying that so many [...]
Creating a social media policy for business – what, how and when?
January 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
As more and more businesses immerse themselves in social media, the need for a company-wide social media policy becomes more and more apparent. Because social media impacts so many areas of a business including marketing, customer service and human relations to name some more obvious examples, creating a policy can present some unique challenges for businesses. Whether [...]
PubCon brings national-level social media, SEO and digital marketing to Honolulu
January 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Let me ask you a question. When was the last time you went to the mainland for a conference? By the time you paid for hotel, transportation, meals, not to mention air travel, I bet it cost you anywhere from $3,000-$5,000 for a couple of days of professional development. Imagine if you could have national-level education [...]
Submit Your Social Media Accomplishment for 2011!
November 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
UPDATE: Free Webinar to learn how to make a 1 minute video for this event. Jump to the bottom of the page for details! This is our Second Annual celebration of your work and success in social media, the Hawaii Social Media Year in Review (#HSMYIR). True to the commitment of our global Social Media Club [...]
Social Media Sweeps October in Hawaii
September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With October right around the corner, social media marketers, users and enthusiasts are anxiously looking forward to a triple play of social media events coming up in October! Never before has there been so much social media-ari mingling opportunities in such a short time. There is truly something for everyone in these three events. Can’t [...]
SMC Book Club: Social Media Analytics
September 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Data geeks unite! If you like to torture numbers, identify what you’re doing right (and wrong) then you know that identifying, tracking and trending social media is a moving target. It varies from client to client and changes with availability of tools which rely on the API’s which are available. Essentially, social media professionals are [...]
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