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17
Apr
10

Upcoming Events 4-16-2010 Edition

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(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

April 19 – Indy Hall National Mechanics Blood Drive 9 am – 3 pm  National Mechanics  22 S. 3rd Street   Give Blood – Save a Life – it really is that simple!  Make your appointment today.

April 20 & 21 – 140Character Conference - The 92nd Street Y – Exploring the State of Now – This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people.

April 27 – PANMA - 5:30 – 8:30 pm Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room JMHH G55, 3730 Walnut Street – HTML Demystified – We’ll help demystify HTML5 as well as provide real-world insight into how to begin using aspects of the language today and what resources to dive into to get started.

April 29 – Social Media Club Philly -   6 – 8 pm - Temple University Center City Campus 1515 Market St., Room 621 -  This next meeting is a throw back to SMC meetings of the past. Here’s where we strip down and get back to the basics: sharing. This will be an open forum, roundtable meeting. No speaker and no topic EXCEPT social media. We’ll take turns going around the room and sharing intel on favorite new tools and platforms, what we’re working on, key learning’s from things we’ve done and share best practices.

April 28 – Entrepreneur Unplugged -  7 pm – Hamilton Hall 320 South Broad Street -  Entrepreneurs Unplugged is back, with Brad Blumberg leading our group through the intricacies of selling innovative technologies to existing markets resistant to change.

May 1 - Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow -traditional and interactive marketers will converge to discuss relevant 21st century challenges and trends in the marketing industry. MarketingCamp Philly is a conference/unconference for the marketing community as a whole and will attract thought leaders from various marketing disciplines (@mktgcampphl)

May 17 – Mobile Monday - Mobile Marketing and Advertising with PHIMA (Philadelphia Interactive Marketing Association)

May 24 – Spark Networking 8:30 am – 6 pm – The Hub Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street – A  conference for Philadelphia’s cutting-edge entrepreneurs. Spark is an interactive entrepreneurial conference that focuses on developing business ideas and vital business relationships where ideas, connections and passions are exchanged in a creative environment. (@sparknetworking)

May 25 – Social Media Plus Summit – Philadelphia Convention Center -SocialMediaPlus will be the Mid-Atlantic’s largest business summit for professionals interested in learning about the latest in Social Media and web 2.0 technology. (@socialmediaplus)

June 4 – 6 – Philly Give Camp - Microsoft Office in Malvern PA – Donate your time and skills to a local charity by creating software solutions that will transform the way they in turn serve others.

Hope to see you at some of these events!

05
Apr
10

Upcoming Events 4-5-2010 Edition

By Gloria Bell 1 Comment
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(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

April 6 - NetSquared – Jenkins Law Library, 833 Chestnut Street, 12th Floor – Social Entrepreneurs, the Social Web and Social Change – a fascinating discussion featuring Garrett Melby, CEO of GoodCompany Ventures, Blake Jennelle, founder of Missioneurs, other local social entrepreneurs

April 7 – Sonatype Maven Meetup - Society Hill Sheraton – Sonatype Maven Meetup will focus on development infrastructure technologies, offering talks and workshops led by core contributors and package maintainers. Sessions in two tracks will cover tools such as the Apache Maven build and release manager, Hudson continuous integration engine, Nexus repository manager, Sonar quality server and other technologies widely used by software developers around the world.

April 8 & 9 – Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise - Society Hill Sheraton  Discover what’s new and what’s next in enterprise technologies. ETE 2010 brings together pioneers across the spectrum to discuss the principles, practices, and products that are transforming IT’s ability to drive the success of the enterprise.

April 8 – Entrepreneurs Entourage CoWorking & Networking Day 10 am – 4 pm – Philadelphia Java Company, 518 S. 4th Street – This is a great way to network and work collaboratively with other Philly entreps and freelancers. Make new connections and learn more about coworking in Philadelphia.

April 10 -Drexel PRSSA Presents “Bizarre PR” – 9 am – 4 pm – Radisson Plaza – Warwick Hotel 220 South 17th Street

April 13 - Entrepreneur Expo 2010 - 6 – 9 pm  Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts – Innovation on Display   Join Philly Startup Leaders as we once again celebrate & show off the entrepreneurial spirit in Philadelphia!  (@eexpo)

April 14 - Good Company Ventures Launch 5:30 pm – 7 pm – Blank Rome Conference Center
One Logan Square – 130 North 18th Street – Philly launch event about social entrepreneurship and mission-driven investment

April 14 – Philly Startup Leaders Happy Hour 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Ladder 15, 1528 Sansom Street

April 19 – Indy Hall National Mechanics Blood Drive 9 am – 3 pm  National Mechanics  22 S. 3rd Street   Give Blood – Save a Life – it really is that simple!  Make your appointment today.

April 20 & 21 – 140Character Conference - The 92nd Street Y – Exploring the State of Now – This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people.

May 1 - Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow -traditional and interactive marketers will converge to discuss relevant 21st century challenges and trends in the marketing industry. MarketingCamp Philly is a conference/unconference for the marketing community as a whole and will attract thought leaders from various marketing disciplines (@mktgcampphl)

May 17 – Mobile Monday - Mobile Marketing and Advertising with PHIMA (Philadelphia Interactive Marketing Association)

May 24 – Spark Networking 8:30 am – 6 pm – The Hub Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street – A  conference for Philadelphia’s cutting-edge entrepreneurs. Spark is an interactive entrepreneurial conference that focuses on developing business ideas and vital business relationships where ideas, connections and passions are exchanged in a creative environment. (@sparknetworking)

May 25 – Social Media Plus Summit – Philadelphia Convention Center -SocialMediaPlus will be the Mid-Atlantic’s largest business summit for professionals interested in learning about the latest in Social Media and web 2.0 technology. (@socialmediaplus)

Hope to see you at some of these events!

19
Mar
10

Why you need to be at Twestival Philly

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This is Red Stapler’s second year as a sponsor and co-organizer of Twestival Philly and we could not be prouder or more humbled to be a part of this amazing event.

Twestival is a global charity event.  200+ cities all holding unique events in the same 24 hour period raising money for the same charity, Concern Worldwide.  From Philly’s Search for Concern – a bar crawl and scavenger hunt through historic Old City to the black tie affairs happening in other cities, everyone is gathering to take our online connections into offline meetings to make a difference in the world.   Every penny raised goes directly to the charity, every event is run by volunteers, every prize, venue or item needed to run the event is donated.   City organizers are charged with one mission and a few rules – Raise as much money as possible for the charity while spending no money and using only volunteers.   As you can imagine that is not as easy.  What it is, however, is fun and rewarding.

2009′s Twestival event raised $250,000 for charity:water.  We are trying to raise that much or more for Concern Worldwide.  We want to support them in their efforts to educate and improve the lives of the world’s most impoverished and disadvantaged children.

So why do you need to be there?

  • Because you have been blessed to live in this country and to have received an education.
  • Because you know that every little bit makes a difference in the life of a child.
  • Because you believe that we can make a better world one small step at a time.
  • Because the $20 ticket price is probably less than you spend on beer at a normal happy hour.
  • Because you like getting to see all your online peeps face to face.
  • Because you like to have fun and win prizes.
  • Because you are just a good person and like to do fun things that help others.

So get your tickets now!

27
Feb
10

Upcoming Events 2-27-2010 Edition

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(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

March 2 – NetSquared - 6 – 9 pm Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney 50 S. 16th STreet  – “Social Media & Crisis Response”  This month’s Net Tuesday will be on “crisis response” (whether caused by nature or humans) and social media.  (@phlnet2)

March 3 - A Mad Tea Party at the Rosenbach Museum - The Rosenbach is toasting Lewis Carroll and his Alice books at a madcap tea party. Examine the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, meet Scott Hoyt, the director of the documentary, The Meaning of Tea, sample unique teas, and learn how to brew the perfect cup with Alexis Siemons, a local tea enthusiast and founder of the blog teaspoonsandpetals.com.  (@teaandpetals)

March 4 – Screening of The Meaning of Tea - 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tbar 117 South 12th Street – An exclusive screening and the opportunity to meet the filmmaker of the documentary The Meaning of Tea

March 8 - 140Conf Philly Meetup - 5:00 – 9:00 pm – Manayunk Brewery 4121 Main Street – An opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. A monthly gathering for friends of #140conf to get together and discuss issues of the day.

March 10 – Philly Startup Leaders Happy Hour 6:30 – 9:30 pm – Midlantic Restaurant 3711 Market Street (@startupleaders)

March 11 - Coworking & Networking Day 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Tuscany Cafe 725 Walnut Street – This is a great way to network and work collaboratively with other Philly entreps and freelancers. Make new connections and learn more about coworking in Philadelphia. (@EntrepEntourage)

March 16 – Mission Mob 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Ladder 15, 1528 Sansom Street   When startups and social entrepreneurs come together, amazing things happen.  This is a happy hour with a mission for people on a mission.  Bring your mission, your thirst to help other startup and social entrepreneurs and, well, your thirst.

March 17 – Social Media TownHall 7:30 – 9:30 AM  The Hub at the Cire Center -  This program will focus on the high-level opportunities and challenges of social media, which will include a discussion about the human resources, legal, marketing and risk management aspects of social media.

March 17 – PSL Fishbowl 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Connelly Auditorium, Room 806, UArts Terra Building, 211. S. Broad Street – PSL welcomes The City of Philadelphia CTO Allan Frank for a presentation and feedback regarding a vision for digital Philadelphia and an economic development model for the tech ecosystem. (@startupleaders)

March 25 - Twestival – Philadelphia – Old City  (times & more details TBD)  Join us for Philly Twestival’s “Search for Concern” – a Bar Crawl Scavenger Hunt!  More details to be released soon. Twestival is a Global charity event held in hundreds of cities in the same 24 hour period to raise money and awareness for the same charity.  This year’s charity is Concern Worldwide.  (@phltwestival)

April 8 & 9 – Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise - Society Hill Sheraton  Discover what’s new and what’s next in enterprise technologies. ETE 2010 brings together pioneers across the spectrum to discuss the principles, practices, and products that are transforming IT’s ability to drive the success of the enterprise.

April 13 - Entrepreneur Expo 2010 - 6 – 9 pm  Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts – Innovation on Display   Join Philly Startup Leaders as we once again celebrate & show off the entrepreneurial spirit in Philadelphia!  (@eexpo)

April 14 - Createadelphia 10 am – 2 pm  Kimmel Center   This is the once-a-year chance for job seekers and employers in the creative industries to gather together to network and explore full-time and freelance opportunities.  (@innovationphila)

April 19 – Indy Hall National Mechanics Blood Drive 9 am – 3 pm  National Mechanics  22 S. 3rd Street   Give Blood – Save a Life – it really is that simple!  Make your appointment today.

April 20 & 21 – 140Character Conference - The 92nd Street Y – Exploring the State of Now – This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people.

May 1 - Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow – Interested in learning more or sponsoring?  Sign up here http://bit.ly/mktgcamp (@mktgcampphl)

May 24 – Spark Networking (location and details to be announced soon!)  A conference for Philadelphia’s cutting-edge entrepreneurs.  (@sparknetworking)

May 25 – Social Media Plus Summit – Philadelphia Convention Center – learn and discuss the future development of social media and the technology related to it.  (@socialmediaplus)

Hope to see you at some of these events!

18
Feb
10

Upcoming Events 2-18-2010 Edition

By Gloria Bell 1 Comment
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(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

February 22 – M.A.P.P.  (Making a Progressive Philadelphia) Happy Hour – Making A Progressive Philadelphia (MAPP) hopes to give out 20 grants – totaling $20,000! – this year throughout the city of Philadelphia. We can only do this with your help!  …and join us on Monday, February 22nd, from 4-7pm, at CANTINA DOS SEGUNDOS (931 N. 2nd Street). The Cantina will donate 20% of Happy Hour proceeds to MAPP!   (@phillymapp)

February 23 - PANMA – 5:30 – 8:30 pm  3711 Market Street, 8th Floor  – Mobile App Development DeMystified – a look at what it takes to develop mobile apps for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and more (as well as a brief look at designing & optimizing regular web sites for the next generation of mobile browsers).  (@panma)

February 24 – SMC Philly - 6:00 – 8:00 pm  Jolly’s Dueling Piano Bar, 2006 Chestnut Street – “Digital Love” – Shmitten Kitten’s own Anna Goldfarb will be leading a discussion on dating and social media.  (@smcphilly)

February 24 – Philly Startup Leaders Fishbowl – 7:30 – 9:00 pm – UArts Terra Building, 211 S. Broad Street – Featured company, Technically Philly shares its plans for building a sustainable technology news site. (@startupleaders)

February 26 – Trend Camp – 6-9 pm Two Liberty Place, 32nd Floor, Offices of Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney, 50 S. 16th St, Philadelphia – A user-generated conference where we explore What’s next. The community is the best tool available to predict, analyze, and create the future.  (@trendcamp)

March 2 – NetSquared – 6 – 9 pm Location TBD – “Social Media & Crisis Response”  This month’s Net Tuesday will be on “crisis response” (whether caused by nature or humans) and social media.  (@phlnet2)

March 3 - A Mad Tea Party at the Rosenbach Museum - The Rosenbach is toasting Lewis Carroll and his Alice books at a madcap tea party. Examine the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, meet Scott Hoyt, the director of the documentary, The Meaning of Tea, sample unique teas, and learn how to brew the perfect cup with Alexis Siemons, a local tea enthusiast and founder of the blog teaspoonsandpetals.com.  (@teaandpetals)

March 4 – Screening of The Meaning of Tea - 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tbar 117 South 12th Street – An exclusive screening and the opportunity to meet the filmmaker of the documentary The Meaning of Tea

March 8 – 140Conf Philly Meetup – (stay tuned for further details on venue, time and speakers)

March 10 – Philly Startup Leaders Happy Hour 6:30 – 9:30 pm – Midlantic Restaurant 3711 Market Street (@startupleaders)

March 11 – Coworking & Networking Day 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Tuscany Cafe 725 Walnut Street – This is a great way to network and work collaboratively with other Philly entreps and freelancers. Make new connections and learn more about coworking in Philadelphia. (@EntrepEntourage)

March 17 – Social Media TownHall 7:30 – 9:30 AM  The Hub at the Cire Center -  This program will focus on the high-level opportunities and challenges of social media, which will include a discussion about the human resources, legal, marketing and risk management aspects of social media.

March 25 - Twestival - Philadelphia  – Old City  (times & more details TBD)  Join us for Philly Twestival’s “Search for Concern” – a Bar Crawl Scavenger Hunt!  More details to be released soon. Twestival is a Global charity event held in hundreds of cities in the same 24 hour period to raise money and awareness for the same charity.  This year’s charity is Concern Worldwide.  (@phltwestival)

April 8 & 9 – Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise – Society Hill Sheraton  Discover what’s new and what’s next in enterprise technologies. ETE 2010 brings together pioneers across the spectrum to discuss the principles, practices, and products that are transforming IT’s ability to drive the success of the enterprise.

April 13 - Entrepreneur Expo 2010 – 6 – 9 pm  Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts – Innovation on Display   Join Philly Startup Leaders as we once again celebrate & show off the entrepreneurial spirit in Philadelphia!  (@eexpo)

April 14 – Createadelphia 10 am – 2 pm  Kimmel Center   This is the once-a-year chance for job seekers and employers in the creative industries to gather together to network and explore full-time and freelance opportunities.  (@innovationphila)

April 20 & 21 – 140Character Conference - The 92nd Street Y – Exploring the State of Now – This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people.

May 1 - Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow – Interested in learning more or sponsoring?  Sign up here http://bit.ly/mktgcamp (@mktgcampphl)

May 25 – Social Media Plus Summit – Philadelphia Convention Center – learn and discuss the future development of social media and the technology related to it.  (@socialmediaplus)

Hope to see you at some of these events!

08
Feb
10

Upcoming Events 2-8-2010 Edition

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(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

February 8 – Refresh Philly 6:30 – 8 pm  340 N. 12th Street, Suite 402  – Presentations on http://walkshed.org/ and CommonSpace: Sustainable Transit Visualization

February 10 – Philly StartUp Leaders Happy Hour 6:30 – 9:30 pm Midlantic Restaurant, 3711 Market Street  Join us at the best networking opportunity in the region for startup entrepreneurs and their friends in the community

February 11 – Entrepreneur’s Entourage CoWorking Day -  (Stay tuned for time and location details) Bring your laptop, do a little networking or just have a cup of coffee and a chat with us while we get some work done and build relationships.

February 17 – Philly StartUp Leaders Entrepreneur Unplugged 7 – 8:30 pm Hamilton Hall
320 South Broad Street  Entrepreneur Unplugged is the series that brings successful local entrepreneurs on stage to educate, entertain and inspire the startup community. Ed Sullivan, founder of Aria Systems will be outlining an insightful and somewhat top-secret strategy for business success.

February 22 – M.A.P.P.  (Making a Progressive Philadelphia) Happy Hour – Making A Progressive Philadelphia (MAPP) hopes to give out 20 grants – totaling $20,000! – this year throughout the city of Philadelphia. We can only do this with your help!  …and join us on Monday, February 22nd, from 4-7pm, at CANTINA DOS SEGUNDOS (931 N. 2nd Street). The Cantina will donate 20% of Happy Hour proceeds to MAPP!

February 23 - PANMA - 5:30 – 8:30 pm  3711 Market Street, 8th Floor  – Mobile App Development DeMystified – a look at what it takes to develop mobile apps for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and more (as well as a brief look at designing & optimizing regular web sites for the next generation of mobile browsers).

February 26 – Trend Camp – 6-9 pm Two Liberty Place, 32nd Floor, Offices of Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney, 50 S. 16th St, Philadelphia – A user-generated conference where we explore What’s next. The community is the best tool available to predict, analyze, and create the future.

March 2 – NetSquared – 6 – 9 pm Location TBD – “Social Media & Crisis Response”  This month’s Net Tuesday will be on “crisis response” (whether caused by nature or humans) and social media.

March 3 - A Mad Tea Party at the Rosenbach Museum – The Rosenbach is toasting Lewis Carroll and his Alice books at a madcap tea party. Examine the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, meet Scott Hoyt, the director of the documentary, The Meaning of Tea, sample unique teas, and learn how to brew the perfect cup with Alexis Siemons, a local tea enthusiast and founder of the blog teaspoonsandpetals.com.

March 17 – Social Media TownHall 7:30 – 9:30 AM  The Hub at the Cire Center -  This program will focus on the high-level opportunities and challenges of social media, which will include a discussion about the human resources, legal, marketing and risk management aspects of social media.

March 25 – Twestival - Philadelphia (location, times & details TBD)  Join us for Philly Twestival’s “Search for Concern” – a Bar Crawl Scavenger Hunt!  More details to be released soon. Twestival is a Global charity event held in hundreds of cities in the same 24 hour period to raise money and awareness for the same charity.  This year’s charity is Concern Worldwide.

April 8 & 9 – Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise – Society Hill Sheraton  Discover what’s new and what’s next in enterprise technologies. ETE 2010 brings together pioneers across the spectrum to discuss the principles, practices, and products that are transforming IT’s ability to drive the success of the enterprise.

April 13 - Entrepreneur Expo 2010 – 6 – 9 pm  Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts – Innovation on Display   Join Philly Startup Leaders as we once again celebrate & show off the entrepreneurial spirit in Philadelphia!

April 14 – Createadelphia 10 am – 2 pm  Kimmel Center   This is the once-a-year chance for job seekers and employers in the creative industries to gather together to network and explore full-time and freelance opportunities.

April 20 & 21 – 140Character Conference - The 92nd Street Y – Exploring the State of Now – This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people.

May 1 - Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow – Interested in learning more or sponsoring?  Sign up here http://bit.ly/mktgcamp



Hope to see you at some of these events!

31
Jan
10

Upcoming Events 1-30-2010 Edition

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(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

February 2 – NetSquared - February’s Net Tuesday will be a highly participatory event where a few “Social Changers” who are using — or trying to use — the social web for the common good will have the opportunity to tap into the skills, talent and experience of all attendees. (The Center City location will be announced shortly.)

February 3 – Delaware Tweetup – Gov. Jack Markell will be the guest of honor at our Feb. 3 tweetup.

February 8 – Refresh Philly 6:30 – 8 pm  340 N. 12th Street, Suite 402  – Presentations on http://walkshed.org/ and CommonSpace: Sustainable Transit Visualization

February 22 – M.A.P.P.  (Making a Progressive Philadelphia) Happy Hour – Making A Progressive Philadelphia (MAPP) hopes to give out 20 grants – totaling $20,000! – this year throughout the city of Philadelphia. We can only do this with your help!  …and join us on Monday, February 22nd, from 4-7pm, at CANTINA DOS SEGUNDOS (931 N. 2nd Street). The Cantina will donate 20% of Happy Hour proceeds to MAPP!

February 23 - PANMA – 5:30 – 8:30 pm  Huntsman Hall, Room F-36, 3730 Walnut Street – Mobile App Development DeMystified

February 26 – Trend Camp – 6-9 pm Two Liberty Place, 32nd Floor, Offices of Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney, 50 S. 16th St, Philadelphia – A user-generated conference where we explore What’s next. The community is the best tool available to predict, analyze, and create the future.

March 3 - A Mad Tea Party at the Rosenbach Museum – The Rosenbach is toasting Lewis Carroll and his Alice books at a madcap tea party. Examine the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, meet Scott Hoyt, the director of the documentary, The Meaning of Tea, sample unique teas, and learn how to brew the perfect cup with Alexis Siemons, a local tea enthusiast and founder of the blog teaspoonsandpetals.com.

March 25 – Twestival – Philadelphia (location, times & details TBD)  Twestival is a Global charity event held in hundreds of cities in the same 24 hour period to raise money and awareness for the same charity.  This year’s charity is Concern Worldwide.  Stay tuned for more info!

May 1 - Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow – Interested in learning more or sponsoring?  Sign up here http://bit.ly/mktgcamp

Also coming in Spring 2010 -

Entrepreneur Expo 2010 – Join Philly Startup Leaders as we once again celebrate & show off the entrepreneurial spirit in Philadelphia!

Hope to see you at some of these events!

20
Jan
10

Upcoming Events 1-20-2010 Edition

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(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

January 22 – PhillyChi Design Slam - Messagefirst, 230 N. 2nd Street, Suite 2C, Philadelphia  6 pm – 8:30pm   Contestants will participate in a fast-paced race to create the best design solution to a “made-up” real-world problem.

January 25 – Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic Demo Night - The Hub at Cira Centre, Philadelphia PA,  5:30PM – 8:30PM.  DEMO Night gives mobile-related businesses from the Mid-Atlantic region the chance to present their products, innovations or business ideas to an audience of local and national industry experts, entrepreneurs, investors and media.

January 26 – Social Media Club Philly January Meetup – Tritone 6:30 – 8:30 pm  Join SMC Philly for Happy Hour – Putting the Social in Social Media!  Bring an idea for a resolution or prediction for social media in 2010.

January 26 – The Innovators Club - Great American Pub, Conshohocken, PA  – Jim Worth, IT Director for Merck Research Labs, will share his insights about how enterprises are utilizing social media approaches within and beyond their four walls.

February 2 – NetSquared – February’s Net Tuesday will be a highly participatory event where a few “Social Changers” who are using — or trying to use — the social web for the common good will have the opportunity to tap into the skills, talent and experience of all attendees. (The Center City location will be announced shortly.)

February 3 – Delaware Tweetup – Gov. Jack Markell will be the guest of honor at our Feb. 3 tweetup.

February 26 – Trend Camp – Philadelphia (location and times TBD)  – A user-generated conference where we explore What’s next. The community is the best tool available to predict, analyze, and create the future.

March 25 – Twestival - Philadelphia (location, times & details TBD)  Twestival is a Global charity event held in hundreds of cities in the same 24 hour period to raise money and awareness for the same charity.  This year’s charity is Concern Worldwide.  Stay tuned for more info!

Also coming in Spring 2010 -

Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow – Interested in learning more or sponsoring?  Sign up here http://sn.im/mktgcamp

Entrepreneur Expo 2010 – Join Philly Startup Leaders as we once again celebrate & show off the entrepreneurial spirit in Philadelphia!

Hope to see you at some of these events!

09
Jan
10

Redefining social through a lesson learned

By Gloria Bell 2 Comments
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I posted this tweet yesterday afternoon -

“DO NOT call yourself a social media consultant, expert, guru, visionary – anything – if all you do is push out links & RT other ppl’s stuff”

To my surprise, I received a fair amount of negative feedback from my followers.  I was, rather harshly in some cases, admonished for “telling people how to use Twitter”.   I have to admit that the responses both hurt and made me angry, until I stopped to really think about them.

There is one clear truth when it comes to Twitter. We all use it for different reasons.  We all have different objectives, or in some cases, no objectives at all.  And there is nothing wrong with that.  Every social media platform should be used by each individual in the way they find most beneficial.  I realized that I was upset because the negative responses I received made it appear that I was trying to tell others how to use Twitter.  That was not my purpose and, unfortunately, 140 characters was not enough to explain. So, it was time to write a blog post.

What prompted my tweet was a series of new followers.  As I have explained in earlier posts, I carefully evaluate each new follower to decide if I am going to follow them back.  I want to make sure that the connections I make will be mutually beneficial.   I was aggravated by several new followers who, per their bios, were self-professed social media consultants, experts, gurus, visionaries, etc… , but when you read through their tweetstreams, they were comprised almost exclusively by links, retweets and self-promotional statements.   Go ahead and call me old-fashioned, but I still believe in the SOCIAL part of social media.  That if you are going to profess yourself an “expert” in this field, then you have to also believe its power is in its social aspect.  That means you don’t just talk to yourself.  That you understand it is not traditional push marketing.  That is a medium that allows us, possibly for the first times ever, as people and companies, to TALK to one another in larger numbers and on a wider reach.  When the supposed “experts” devalue the medium by using it to solely push information at others, I believe we all lose.  But, that is just me.  I may be alone in my thinking, I would love your comments and feedback to know if I am or not.

What I did find most valuable from these exchanges is the lesson I learned in the potential damage of a poorly worded tweet, status update, email, whatever the message form.  Failure to find a clear way to express our message or intention leaves open the possibility of misinterpretation and misunderstanding, as was the case with my tweet.   My critics apparently interpreted it much differently than it was intended.  My intent was never to tell anyone how to use Twitter, it was to express my frustration with the self-professed social media “experts” who have not embraced what I feel is the most important aspect – the social.

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10

Upcoming Events – 1-8-2010 Edition

By Gloria Bell Leave a Comment
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With the Holidays and end of the year hustle, I was a bit lax in keeping this post up to date, but with a new year, comes many new & exciting events in Philly.  Here once again is this week’s list of some of the fun, interesting, educational and exciting things I’ll be doing over the next few months.

(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you.  These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with.  If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)

January 11 - Refresh Philly- Science on Tap at National Mechanics – 6 pm – Dr. Ernie Schuyler, Curator Emeritus of Botany, Academy of National Sciences presents “The Origin and Evolution of Beer”

January 12 – 140Conf Philly Meetup - National Mechanics 5 pm – 9 pm – An opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. A monthly gathering for friends of #140conf to get together and discuss issues of the day.

January 14 – Ladies Who Launch at Rittenhouse Women’s Wellness Center - 1632 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19106  5:30 pm – 7 pm  Learn about three excellent resources for women in one night!   You’re invited to Rittenhouse Women’s Wellness Center to meet this unique and highly talented group of practitioners along with other women in the community who either have their own business, are starting their own business, or have an idea percolating in the back of their minds to start one.  Learn more about the center from its medical director, Dr. Leslie Saltzman, talk with the directors of Philadelphia’s Ladies Who Launch market, and the dynamic team behind the Empowerment Group.

January 20 – Philly Startup Leaders Fishbowl - featuring Fwd:Vault

January 22 – PhillyChi Design Slam - Messagefirst, 230 N. 2nd Street, Suite 2C, Philadelphia  6 pm – 8:30pm   Contestants will participate in a fast-paced race to create the best design solution to a “made-up” real-world problem.

January 25 – Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic Demo Night - The Hub at Cira Centre, Philadelphia PA,  5:30PM – 8:30PM.  DEMO Night gives mobile-related businesses from the Mid-Atlantic region the chance to present their products, innovations or business ideas to an audience of local and national industry experts, entrepreneurs, investors and media.

January 26 – Social Media Club Philly January Meetup – Tritone 6:30 – 8:30 pm  Join SMC Philly for Happy Hour – Putting the Social in Social Media!  Bring an idea for a resolution or prediction for social media in 2010.

January 26 – The Innovators Club - Great American Pub, Conshohocken, PA  – Jim Worth, IT Director for Merck Research Labs, will share his insights about how enterprises are utilizing social media approaches within and beyond their four walls.

February 26 – Trend Camp – Philadelphia (location and times TBD)  – A user-generated conference where we explore What’s next. The community is the best tool available to predict, analyze, and create the future.

March 25 – Twestival - Philadelphia (location, times & details TBD)  Twestival is a Global charity event held in hundreds of cities in the same 24 hour period to raise money and awareness for the same charity.  This year’s charity is Concern Worldwide.  Stay tuned for more info!

Also coming in Spring 2010 -

Marketing Camp Philly - Where online & offline marketers share, learn & grow – Interested in learning more or sponsoring?  Sign up here http://sn.im/mktgcamp

Entrepreneur Expo 2010 – Join Philly Startup Leaders as we once again celebrate & show off the entrepreneurial spirit in Philadelphia!

Hope to see you at some of these events!


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