Social Media Year in Review - November 2010 Victoria BC

It's no secret that I enjoy fine craft beer, in particular Hermann's from Vancouver Island Brewery. It was a pleasant surprise to be invited to the Hermannator launch November 1st.

Doug Brown, agency manager of Copeland Communications, brought Jay Baer, author (with Amber Naslund) of the well respected blog "Convince and Convert"  to Victoria to speak. Then he graciously arranged for Jay to be the guest at a tweetup November 3rd at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa . Jay returns (with Amber) as keynote speaker to Social Media Camp  in June 2011. Jay and Amber's book, "The Now Revolution" is scheduled for release in February 2011.
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Trish Caddy launched the Babes Go Bare 2011 Calendar in early November.

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Open Gov West BC, organized with the leadership of a team lead by Donna Horn, brought together over 150 delegates- government employees, non profits, concerned citizens, and businesses- who work with any level of government.  I was a panelist with Chris Moore (City of Edmonton), Tara Ney (Oak Bay), and Ian Graeme (Prov of BC).

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Most of the day was spent live tweeting the conference. The #ogwbc hashtag trended nationally!   Feeling a little out of my element, I had originally posted this:   but later learned that one of the participants (with a hearing impairment) was able to follow more closely because of my tweets.

Walter Schwabe @fusedlogic from Edmonton attended Open Gov West BC and met with the local Twitter community at our morning #victoriatweetup November 11th. Another long distance Twitter friendship culminating in a face-to-face meeting.

Both the "gents" and "ladies" managed to meet for tweetups in November.

Glenn Letham,  editor and founder of GIS User,presented to Social Media Club on "Geo-location technology and apps". Glenn is recently back in Victoria after many years in the States, most recently in Fort Collins CO. He has great insight! Glenn is also a very talented photographer.

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The Johnson Street Bridge referendum vote was held November 20th. http://johnsonstreetbridge.org/.

After meeting initially in early 2010 and discussing it, Jaryd Zinkewich  and I presented on "Generational Knowledge Transfer"   at Pecha Kucha Night 4

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Social Media Year in Review - May 2010 Victoria BC

Paul Holmes organized a second WordCamp May15th.  Attendance at both has been over 100 each time.

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Don't miss the third WordCamp Saturday January 22nd. Registration costs are modest, and the speaker line-up  includes options for beginners, advanced and technical users. I'll be moderating a blogger panel with Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss 604), Mike Vardy (Eventualism) and Lorraine Murphy (Raincoaster) and speaking on "Promoting Through Blogging".

Pecha Kucha Night volume 2 was held on May 27th. Speakers included Ben Ziegler and Karen Rivers.

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May 25th @RealReporter Salim Jiwa spoke to Social Media Club on "Trends In Journalism Today & The Impact of Social Media". Here's some thoughts from one of the attendees, Yule Heibel.

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Kudos to the Fairmont Empress and Inn at Laurel Point for innovative marketing. May 12th saw the inaugural #poutineoff on the lawns of the Empress Hotel. Judges, sourced via Twitter, were @cqwww @toots11 @flygirlWS @seedtocup @lacouvee @EATmagazine @TravelWithTaste @youcookca. Mayor Dean Fortin was the MC. Fairmont Empress Chef Ito's "Tiger Poutine" was narrowly declared the winner.

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Social Media Year in Review - February 2010 Victoria BC

Social Media Club's topic was "Using Social Media to Advance and Promote Your Business" with Scott McDonald, Rocky Mountain Soap Victoria, Rod Phillips, Liquor Plus, and Michael Steveluk, Scooter Underground.  Scott, Rod and Michael are pioneers locally in their use of social media to engage with their customers.

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Pecha Kucha Night Victoria
debuted to a sold out audience at the Victoria Event Centre. Congratulations to Elisa Yon, Aleya Samji and Amanda Smith for their leadership in creating this exciting event in Victoria. To date 4 evenings have been organized - the next one is February 11, 2011 . 10-15 presenters focus on sharing their presentation - 20 slides at a rate of  20 seconds per slide. Challenging! Follow PKNVictoria on Twitter and join the Facebook group for more information.

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