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Social Media Club DC – Mid-Summer Happy Hour (Tonight)

Andrea Baker — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:00:47 +0000

I am pleased to announce that my company Navstar, Inc. will be sponsoring tonight’s Social Media Club DC – Mid-Summer Happy Hour [July 29, 2009 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (ET)] at Bar Louie in Chinatown, Washington, DC.

This event is brought to you by Social Media Club DC and Navstar to introduce the new leadership team, including myself as Executive Vice President and Programming Director. I am very excited to be taking on this role for the team. I have already dived into the position and I can tell you great things are in the works for this fall, including a trip to wine country with DC Tech Adventure.

In lieu of a formal event for July, Social Media Club DC is getting together for a little networking, a couple cool drinks, and a lot of fun.

Please join myself, colleagues from [@Navstar and @CocoNavstar] at Bar Louie on July 29. We’ll be in the back room, with drink specials available for Social Media Club members. As of the time I am writing this I have not yet decided what I will be wearing – but I will have a nametag. I promise, even though we are in the middle of a hot one this summer I will wear my hair down. And those of you going by my twitter avatar pic who have not met me yet, let me warn you, my hair has grown out longer.

Aside from being a fun way to unwind with fellow DC geeks [nerds and technoweenies too!] after a long work day, the July event will also give you a chance to meet and share ideas with our new leadership team.

To RSVP, you can go to http://smcdcjuly.eventbrite.com/ (If the RVSP is sold out, you can come anyways as a guest of mine)

I am very happy to mark this occasion as a kick off to the new leadership team, some of which I am also meeting for the first time. Looking at the list of RSVP’s I see many names of people I have been dying to meet for some time. If you are wondering if you are one of those people, you are. So come say hi, seriously.

As my company is sponsoring my first event as Programming Director of SMC-DC, there will be plenty to nibble on for snacks and drink specials. [HH specials: $3 draft, $5 wine, $7 signature cocktails]. We will be in the back room so look for the Navstar Banner. In addition, remember to bring your business cards for a chance to win tickets to a Nationals game. These seats are amazing. I love that you are right on the first base line and if you care to know, a short distance from the drink stand. Let’s hope Teddy wins at the game you go to.

As a reminder, here’s the information on the new club leaders, so you can feel free to connect with them prior to the event, as always you can follow @smcdc for all the news and happenings.

Larissa Fair – President

Twitter – @lyf108

Andrea Baker – Executive Vice President and Programming Director

@immunity

Anna Gabert and Travis Mason- Vice President & Sponsorship Directors

@annagabert @tgmason

Sarah Wurrey – Vice President & Promotions Director

@sarahwurrey

Nisha Chittal, Meg Roberts, Sara Burson – Event Managers

@nishachittal, @megmroberts, @saraburson

Maia Kotlus-Gates and Beth McNamee – Membership Managers

@maiakg, @bethmcnamee

Gabriel Key – Digital Scribe/Content Organizer

@gabrielmkey

Event Logistics:

Wednesday, July 29
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Bar Louie
701 7th Street NW #D
Washington, DC 20001
202-638-2460

Connect with SMC-DC

Washington DC has its own wiki-in-progress. Please visit: http://socialmediaclubdc.pbwiki.com/ for more details.

Washington DC Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/smcdc

Hashtag: #smcdc

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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1820071&trk=hb_side_g

Friendfeed: http://www.friendfeed.com/smcdc

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Government 2.0 Camp Venue Announced

Andrea Baker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:13:45 +0000

The Pre-Camp Field Guide video. It can be found here:

http://www.government20club.org/2009/02/government-20-camp-pre-camp-field-manual/

Event: Government 2.0 Camp

Date: Friday, March 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM – Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 6:00 PM (ET)

YES THIS IS A FULL TWO DAY EVENT

Location:
Duke Ellington School of Arts
3500 R St NW
Washington, DC 20007

For more information click here: Government 2.0 Camp

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Yes, I’m a SWirgin

Andrea Baker — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:54:09 +0000

Me being silly during a webcast last year, p.s. I’ve lost a lot of weight since then…

This year, I finally get to see the hype first hand. I will be going to SxSW Interactive starting this Friday. Last year I watched the overflow of Information spill out from the event from my office back here in Northern Virginia and said to one of my contract customers, “I have to go next year!” Too late to put together a panel or a talk (I would have done one on Community Management), I am going this year mostly to network and sink in as many talks and panels as I can. But the point is I AM GOING!

Thanking my lucky stars for much of the pre-planning information this year, as I am working out much of my trip as I can in advance with the help of some non-SWirgins. I am flying on the Big BWI Blogger Boeing on Friday morning (Flight 2262) with at least 6 other twitter/bloggers. If you are also on this flight, let us know so you can join the group. I am also looking to either carpool or take public transportation to the airport.

To get prepared, I have been doing a lot of reading of my trusted friends and experts who have done this thing before. Aaron Brazell aka @Technosailor has a nice write up about what to expect, some considerations, and even packing tips.

Andrew Mager (@mager) from ZDnet has a guide he put together with his picks for sessions to attend, as well as parties and extras.

And if you are looking for parties and other thing related to the event, you might want to check out the growing list over at http://sxsw.razorfish.com/

I have also signed up for my.sxsw.com. The official social networking site of the entire conference. It was developed by my good friends over at the social collective (follow @bucchere for more details). We used this networking software before for WIREICES last fall and they have improved it a lot since our experience and hopefully with our feedback.

Mostly I will be hanging out with other SWirgins Amy (@sengseng) and Steve (@robotchampion). We’ll be at Amy’s salon on Spying 2.0 (see below) if anyone wants to come say hello.

If there are any other tips or things I should know about please do not hesitate to let me know. I will be trying to twitter and live blog as much as I can during the event, but if my laptop becomes an anchor, there might be more twittering and less blogging until after the event.

I haven’t finished picking out my interested events and some are subject to chance, since some are at the exact same time as others I am interested in, but right now here is a brief list:

Friday, March 13th
02:00 PM	Minority Report is Real at 12AB
06:30 PM	Spying 2.0: Can America Compete With Web-Savvy Enemies? at 19B
Saturday, March 14th
11:30 AM	Blog on Company Time and Get Promoted at 5A
11:30 AM	Microformats: A Quiet Revolution at 10
02:00 PM	Opening Remarks at A
03:30 PM	Everything I Needed to Know About the Web I Learned from Feminism at 9
08:00 PM	SXSW Interactive Opening Party Hosted by frog design at Mexican American Cultural Center
10:00 PM	OK! Happy Cog’aoke at The Scoot Inn
Sunday, March 15th
11:30 AM	How to Create a Great Company Culture at Hilton E
11:30 AM	OpenID, OAuth, Data Portability and the Enterprise at Hilton C
11:30 AM	Why Is Professional Blogging Bloodsport for Women? at 5A
03:30 PM	Your Personal Blog is Dead at 5A
04:00 PM	Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business at Day Stage
04:00 PM	The SXSW Block Party at Film + Interactive Trade Show
05:00 PM	How Not To Be Evil (Even By Accident) at 5C
05:00 PM	How Social Networks Are Killing the Revolution at 8
06:00 PM	SXSW Web Awards Pre-Party at Downtown Hilton Hotel, 6th Floor Foyer
07:00 PM	Adobe 12th Annual SXSW Web Awards Ceremony – Presented by Adobe at Downtown Hilton Hotel, 6th Floor
Monday, March 16th
10:00 AM	Presenting Straight to the Brain at A
10:00 AM	Shift Happens: Moving from Words to Pictures at Hilton C
11:30 AM	Are Women Taken More Seriously On The Web? at C
02:00 PM	Monday Keynote Interview at A
03:30 PM	Whitehouse.gov 2.0: Upgrading to Open Source Government at Hilton D
04:00 PM	The Rackspace Cloud SXSW Lounge Party at Brush Square Park West Tent
05:00 PM	Back Off Man, I’m A Scientist: User Generated Discovery at B
09:30 PM	Mashable Party at Six Lounge
Tuesday, March 17th
10:00 AM	Collabotition: Can Companies Work With Their Competitors? at A
11:30 AM	Getting Things Done the Simple Way at 5A
11:30 AM	Help! My iPod Thinks I’m Emo at Hilton C
11:30 AM	UR Blog Sux and Print is Dead at 18BCD
02:00 PM	Touching Me Touching You: How We Feel Technology at 8
02:00 PM	Tuesday Keynote Interview at A
03:30 PM	Too Much Text: When I Was Your Age, We Sent Email at 5A
05:00 PM	Posse Blogging: Never Blog Alone at 7
05:00 PM	The Convergence of High-End Design, Fashion and Technology at 8
05:00 PM	Who Will Check My Email After I Die? at 5A
07:00 PM	SXSW Interactive Closing Party Hosted by Media Temple at La Zona Rosa

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Social Media Club DC – Mid-Summer Happy Hour (Tonight)

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