Social Media Club Vancouver

Come Get Social with the Wines of Chile

Posted by Yuri on November 7, 2011 at 4:23 pm. No comments

The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is North America’s largest celebration of wine, and in 2012 the theme country is Chile!

You are invited to a special meetup at Moxie’s on Tuesday, November 15th from 6:30-8:00 for a sneak preview… co-presented by Social Media Club Vancouver!

Come, learn about this remarkable country and its wines while you enjoy a complimentary taste of the wines, and a enjoy samples from Moxie’s fabulous menu.
Post to your social networks as the event unfolds and help spread our excitement for the upcoming festival!
There will be a draw for tickets to the Wine Festival but you must be there to win!

This event is complimentary. Please pre-register on Eventbrite to avoid disappointment at the door.

Details

Tuesday, November 15, 6:30 – 8:00pm
Moxie’s Classic Grill
808 Bute St. Vancouver, on the corner of Robson and Bute

Get Social

On Twitter: @woC_Canada_West #Chile2012
On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WoC.CanadaWest

Tags: Chile, Events, Moxie's, social media club event, Wine

Curator's Corner

Curators Corner: Battle of the Online Titans

Posted by Yuri on November 7, 2011 at 7:36 am. No comments

Here is our weekly collection of interesting posts on all things social media:

Facebook vs. Google: The battle for the future of the Web: The rivalry between tech titans Facebook and Google is heating up. At stake? Hundreds of billions of dollars — and the chance to rule the online world. (@FortuneMagazine)

The Future of Social Media: 38 Experts Share Their Predictions For 2012: With only two months remaining until the end of the year, there is no better time than now to pause and take a look towards the future. (Business2Community)

Google+ Profiles for Business Apps are Here! After months of waiting business profiles for Google+, Google’s social network, are here. (Social Media Today)

Google Launches Major Update that Will Impact 1 Out of 3 Searches: The new algorithm will put a stronger emphasis on how recently a page was posted or updated. (SiliconFilter)

Beyond Barrel Roll: 10 Hidden Google Tricks: The search giant may not have Apple’s design chops, but it certainly knows how to code a good joke. (Mashable)

Tags: curator's corner, Facebook, Google+, search

Curator's Corner

Curator’s Corner: Twitter Tuesday

Posted by Yuri on November 1, 2011 at 7:21 am. No comments

This week’s curation of social media goodness is focused on Twitter:

BradFitzpatrick.com

5 Ways to Humanize Your Company With Social Media: If you use social media to connect with your customers (or fans, or followers, or tribe…), authenticity is a must. (Social Media Examiner)

Complaining Via Twitter? Don’t Expect Much: As more and more brands have joined Twitter, consumers’ expectation for interaction with brands has risen. (Hubspot)

Developing a Twitter Workflow: People seem to be struggling with the actual day-to-day tasks that pull together all the best practices. (Social Media Explorer)

8 Great Twitter Tools That Will Get You Tweeting Like A Pro: Here are tools you can use on a daily to make you Tweeting efforts more efficient. (Jeff Bulas)

Facts About Consumer Behaviour on Twitter [Study] People who follow brands on Twitter are more likely to both buy and recommend the products of these brands. (MindJumpers)

Be sure to follow Social Media Club Vancouver on Twitter at @SMCYVR.

Tags: curator's corner, Social media, social media 101, Twitter

Curator's Corner

Curator’s Corner: Selling the Idea of Social Media

Posted by Yuri on October 24, 2011 at 7:43 am. No comments

Our weekly wrap-up of noteworthy social media articles and advice:

The Six Attitudes Leaders Take Towards Social Media: Slowly but surely, business leaders are shifting their attitude toward social media — from seeing it as a threat to discovering its very real opportunities. (Harvard Business Review)

Should you evaluate your blog the way you evaluate your employees? If your boss evaluated your job performance the way you evaluate your company’s blog, would you be happy with that system? (Smart Brief on Social Media)

10 Things You Should Include in a Social Media Plan: Components that belong in your social media plan, regardless of organization type, size, and structure. (Social Media Today)

27 Twitter Laws to Follow: There is no right answer to successfully using Twitter as a platform to succeed. However, there are Twitter ‘laws’ that can help you get ahead. (Social Fresh)

Optimizing 3 Types of Content on YouTube, Flickr, SlideShare: Three different types of media you can optimize on other networks with strong domain authority. (Search Engine Watch)

Here’s a bonus entry for missing last week’s list:

Why Chomsky is wrong about Twitter: When the linguist claims that social media is “shallow,” he isn’t very deep or convincing (Salon)

Noam Chomsky (Credit: iStockphoto/Reuters)

Tags: blogging, curator's corner, Flickr, Slideshare, social media 101, social media metrics, social media strategy, Twitter, YouTube

Social Media Club Vancouver Events

Social Media Club Vancouver Pub Night on Oct 19th

Posted by Yuri on October 17, 2011 at 7:36 am. No comments

This week SMC-YVR is hosting our 2nd monthly pub night. EVERY MONTH, 3RD WEEK, 3RD DAY – great things happen in 3s.

This month we’ll be meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 from 6:30 pm -11 pm at the New Oxford Public House, 1144 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC

To add to the fun, this month we’re asking people to dress in your best Ivy League themed look, aka your Oxford Best!

What does OXFORD Best mean?

A vintage hat, a jacket, a tie, a sweater… it adds to your wardrobe—elegantly.

Dressing the part means selecting the accessory that brings you into the mood of fun and good conversation, be it intellectual or just sharing your week.

A costume is optional. Be confident that cameras will be at the ready to be added to SMC-YVR History.

You can RSVP on out Meetup page.

Tags: Club Event, pub night, social media club event, social media metrics

Curator's Corner

Curator’s Corner: Remembering Steve Jobs

Posted by Yuri on October 10, 2011 at 8:26 am. No comments

I’m a bit late in joining the chorus of posts remembering the life and impact of Steve Jobs. But our delays allowed us to handpick what I think are among the best of the bunch:

Steve Jobs tribute/Graphic courtesy @gapingvoid

Image created by @gapingvoid

Steve Jobs’ biggest contribution? He made us bolder: Because of his refusal to compromise, consumers are more demanding and companies are less willing to accept the status quo. (Globe and Mail)

Death, Steve Jobs and Social Media: Declamatory media gives us the outline of the facts. Steve Jobs is dead. But then something has to invest those facts with meaning. And that’s the job of participatory media. (Huffington Post)

Steve Jobs, Father of Social Media: We live and love online because Steve Jobs saw that technology could satisfy not only our brains, but also our hearts. (HBR)

How to Live Like Steve Jobs: A look at three important messages we can all take away from Steve’s legacy. (MyBeak Social Media)

What [Guy Kawasaki] Learned From Steve Jobs: Many people have explained what one can learn from Steve Jobs. But few, if any, of these people have been inside the tent and experienced first hand what it was like to work with him. (How to Change the World)

Tags: curator's corner, entrepreneurs, Guy Kawasaki, participatory media, Social media, Steve Jobs

Curator's Corner

Curator’s Corner: Online Monopolies and More!

Posted by Yuri on October 3, 2011 at 8:28 pm. No comments

Here is this week’s collection of cool content:

Facebook Won’t Like This Apple-Twitter Union: Twitter-Apple could be a significant threat to Facebook both in terms of cannibalizing some day-to-day use cases from its users, and in offering a mobile advertising platform that could offer even more precise audience targeting. (Fast Company)

Facebook, Twitter, iTunes and Google: The rise of digital monopolies: Whilst some countries have a penchant for banning social networks outright, back in June, France hit the headlines for introducing a different type of social media ban. (The Next Web)

3 Layers of Social Media Connections: The way our organizations are layered and interconnected makes a big difference in how information flows through those systems. (Brass Tack Thinking)

7 Ways to Build Community on Your Website: Long gone are the days where a static 1-page website would bring in visitors and potential customers. (Excira Media)

Five Ways To Lose Friends And Business On Social Media: When you spend everyday on social network sites there are some things that really start to get on your nerves. (Forbes)

Tags: Apple, blogging, branding, Facebook, Google+, Social media, Twitter

Social Media

Learn About Learnstreaming with SMC International

Posted by Yuri on September 27, 2011 at 7:24 am. No comments

If you were not aware, the international wing of Social Media Club has an initiative they refer to as SMCEDU. This initiative offers weekly chats and resources for Professors, Instructors and those interested in learning more and supporting the higher education space by bringing technology, case study and social media into the classroom. This arm of SMC also supports our Student Chapters, which are now on almost 20 US campuses, including Penn State, American University, Syracuse, University of Texas Austin and many more.

Every week the SMCEDU Board members and Interim Director, Terry Eberhart host a different topic specific to the higher ed space, with important conversations that involve faculty/student challenges along with the sharing of great resources. In order to involve more international chapters and members, they have started hosting two chats every Wednesday,

Chat 1 starts on Wed Sept 28th: at 9 AM PT
Chat 2 starts on Wed Sept 28th: at 6 PM PT

This week’s #SMEDU topic is hosted by guest Dr. Thomas Ho, and will be discussing how to better leverage livestream tools in the classroom and/or for student learning. You can see the topic post here.

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The announcement of Facebook’s Timeline brings “lifestreaming” into the mainstream. Have you dreamed of a “learnstream” which would create learning artifacts to enable us to assess learning more effectively?

Join the next #smedu Twitter chats on Wednesday, September 28th (New York USA time), to consider the following questions:

Does lifestreaming have any relevance to education?
What contribution could lifestreaming make to assess learning?
HOW could social media contribute to create learnstreams?
Which social media services are needed to improve our ability to do so?

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Join. Dr Thomas Ho and SMC’s Terry Eberhart (@digin4ed) on Wednesday as we discuss these issues. We hold two chats every Wednesday to accomodate schedule conflicts and time zones across the world. We use the hashtag #SMedu for our chats as well as our channel to share information and resources throughout the week.

Tags: education, Events, learnstreaming, SMC International

Curator's Corner

Curator’s Corner: Social Media News and Views

Posted by Yuri on September 26, 2011 at 8:23 am. No comments

Our weekly wrap-up of noteworthy social media posts and ‘pinions:

Comic by Mashable’s editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff

Four Lessons I Learned From Social Media Week in Vancouver: With the purpose to educate and further advance understanding of Social Media, the week was of great value to those in the Social Media Community particularly those in the business industry. (TechVibes)

Social Media 101 for Smartie Pants (Yes, That Includes You): We are over complicating the world of social media. (Social Media Today)

How To Effectively Tell Your Brand’s Story On Twitter:The goal is to create a personal brand that resonates with your audience–and to do that, it is important that your brand tells a story. (Fast Company)

4 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Facebook Overhaul: You were just starting to feel like you’d cracked the secrets of getting into followers’ “top news” feeds. Now everything is different. What will you do? Don’t panic. Breathe deeply, read these four tips and know that it’s going to be all right. (Smart Brief on Social Media)

Define Your Blog’s Target Audience: A big part of running a successful blog, especially for those who aren’t already table-names, is the strategy behind getting up to speed. (The Next Web)

Tags: blogging, curator's corner, Facebook, Social media, social media 101, Social Media Week, Twitter

Social Media Club Vancouver Events

Reminder: Social Media Club Vancouver BBQ

Posted by Yuri on September 20, 2011 at 8:40 am. No comments

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE:This event will now be held at the

ROGUE WETBAR

601 West Cordova Street -Beside Waterfront Station

http://ow.ly/6Cb5j

@rouguewetbar

We are in the Eastside Lounge

Look forward to seeing you tonight.

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Join Social Media Club Vancouver and special guests for a special BBQ on Thursday Sept. 22nd from 5pm-8pm. We will be celebrating Social Media Week at Portside Crab Park 149 E Waterfront Rd.

The event will be a great opportunity to re-connect, share and establish yourself in a welcoming tribe of social media evangelists. We meet, discuss, and educate throughout the year in honour of our motto: If you get it, Share it, eh?

Hotdogs, hamburgers and quiche (no really!) provided. Special guests from the city in attendance. Sponsored by SMC and Acme Cafe. Look out for our QR codes around Vancouver to win a 2011 VIP event pass.

View of downtown Vancouver from Crab Park

Flickr image by rickie22

Location:

Crab Park (map)
149 E Waterfront Rd, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
+1 604-257-8400

Getting There:

By car: There is limited parking available in this lot.
By transit: Take skytrain to Waterfront station. Walk through beautiful gastown along Water Street to Main then turn left to Crab Park.Directions
By bus: Take a bus to Main and Hastings then walk towards the water along main street and continue to walk to the end of main over the little over pass and the park is on your right. Directions

Details:

Start Time: 5pm

End time: 8pm

Social Media Club Vancouver will provide a limited number of Hot Dogs and Hamburgers. Please bring your own beverages and food if possible.

Prizes:

Acme Cafe gift certificate
Free registration for 2 to all SMCYVR events in 2011

Everyone is welcome. Families are welcome. Dogs are allowed in the park.

For more information visit: http://smcyvr.com

Check back next week for special QR code details!

Tags: Acme Cafe, bbq, Crab Park, social media club event, Social Media Week

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