Announcing the 2013 #SMCHI Board of Directors!

Carey Bennett

As the incoming president, I am overjoyed to announce the new 2013 Board of Directors for Social Media Club of Hawaii! Voting was held last week and a majority of our professional members approved the new slate! This year we have a few returning volunteers, but a lot of new ones too. We have an unprecedented [...]

What A Leader Learns from SMCHI

Roxanne Darling and Tara Coomans posting the prize winners on Twitter

This is my last blog post as SMCHI President. What an amazing ride its been. Since becoming involved in SMCHI in 2009, I’ve become part of SMCHI and SMCHI has become part of me. And as much as I’ve dedicated countless hours to SMCHI, its members, its events and sponsors, I’ve received much in return. I’ve learned [...]

SMCHI Is Seeking a Venue for 2013!

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It’s a new year, and we’re on the hunt for a venue for our public educational events! In true social media form, we are asking the community for ideas and suggestions. First, a little bit a about us: We are Social Media Club of Hawaii, an educational nonprofit organization. The members of Social Media Club [...]

Good Bye and Good Luck

photo of roxanne darling under the rainbow

To All of Our Friends, Members, and Sponsors, I have submitted my resignation to the board of directors (and it was accepted) effective yesterday, December 20, 2012. Having founded this chapter over four years ago and having been a founding member of our parent organization, Social Media Club, I have enjoyed countless memorable experiences in [...]

2013 SMCHI BOD Nominations

It’s hard to believe that 2012 is coming to a close already. Where did this year go?! Along with the end of the year comes another exciting chapter in SMCHI history:  It’s time to nominate the 2013 Board of Directors. We have a fantastic team of existing Board Members who are planning to return in [...]

UH Manoa Seeks Participants for Twitter & Politics Research – Hawaii and Mainland Participants Invited.

The University of Hawaii Manoa’s Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) Department Computer-Human Interaction Laboratory has been very busy researching the intersection of social media and politics this year. Throughout the summer, they ran studies on Twitter users during debates and it continues this fall with two debates included in the study:  1. Tuesday, October 16, from 8 [...]

Fastest-Growing Social Media Chapter in the World?

Congratulations and thank you for your support! SMCHI is not only one of the fastest growing in the world, but its also #1 in terms of paid memberships. Subscribe to our newsletter to find out about upcoming giveaways we’ll be throwing to celebrate this achievement! You might win a set of headphones and a couple [...]

SMCHI Announces Changes To Educational Events

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 [...]

Social Media Policy Planning – Event Recap

Social Media Club Hawaii - SMCHI-February 21 2012 Social Media Policy

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

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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 [...]