UPCOMING EVENTS
Third Wednesday of every month, 7:30-9:30 a.m.
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May 15, 2013
Topic: Brewing up Social Media
Speaker: Michael Bussmann, Social Media Guru, New Belgium Brewing Company @newbelgium
Location: Wisconsin Distributors 900 Progress Way, Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Sponsors: Wisconsin Distributors, Charter Business, Food Fight Restaurant Group, Market Street Diner, smart image, Suttle-Straus, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., geekazine, pc/nametag, DiditDirect, Melissa Carlson Creative
June 19, 2013
Topic: Digital Storytelling & Social Media
Speakers: David & Michael Neelson, StoryFirst Media
Location: UW Memorial Union 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706-1419
July 17, 2013
Topic: Culvers and Social Media
Speakers: Dana Arnold, Vice President, Hiebing
Location: UW Memorial Union 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706-1419
August 21, 2013
Topic: TBD
Speakers: TBD
Location: UW Memorial Union 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706-1419
September 18, 2013
Topic: AT&T
Speakers: Blair Klein, Executive Director – Social, Digital & Emerging Media at AT&T
Location: UW Memorial Union 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706-1419
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Past Events:
2013
Chad Wittman, EdgeRank Checker
April 17, 2013
Topic: Leverage Facebook’s NewsFeed and Graph Search
Speaker: Chad Wittman, Founder, EdgeRank Checker
Location: BEST WESTERN PLUS InnTowner and the Highland Club
Sponsors: Charter Business, Food Fight Restaurant Group, Avenue Bar, smart image, Suttle-Straus, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., geekazine, pc/nametag, DiditDirect, Melissa Carlson Creative
March 20, 2013
Topic: Social Media and Healthcare, Enhancing patient satisfaction, growing your customer base and increasing your organization’s visibility.
Speakers:
Catherine Showers, Trish Skram, Sue Spaight, Jennifer Walker
Catherine Showers, Digital Marketing Coordinator, St. Mary’s Hospital
Trish Skram, Media/public relations specialist II for
Mercy Health System
Sue Spaight, Director of Strategy for Jigsaw LLC
Jennifer Walker, Social Media and Information Architect for UW Health
Location: UW Hillel 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703
Sponsors: Charter Business, HiveMind, LLC, American College of Healthcare Executives, UW-Hillel, Food Fight Restaurant Group, Bluephies Restaurant and Vodkatorium, Suttle-Straus, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., smart image, geekazine, pc/nametag, DiditDirect, Melissa Carlson Creative
February 20, 2013
Topic: Community Building 2.0: Disinterested To Devoted -Yelp Madison
Cory Dane, Yelp Madison
Speaker: Corey Dane, Yelp Madison
Location: BEST WESTERN PLUS InnTowner and the Highland Club
2424 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
Sponsors: Charter Business, Bluephies Restaurant and Vodkatorium, Market Street Diner, Monty’s Blue Plate Diner, HiveMind, LLC, pc/nametag, Suttle-Straus, DiditDirect, Melissa Carlson Creative, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
January 19, 2013
Katie Harbath, Facebook with Lance Ratze
Topic: Tips, Tricks and Politics- Facebook
Speaker: Katie Harbath, Manager of Public Policy at Facebook
Location: The Ebling Symposium Center at Room 1220 in the Microbial Sciences Building
Sponsors: Hiebing, HiveMind, LLC, Engaging Social, Food Fight, pc/nametag, DiditDirect, Melissa Carlson Creative, Suttle-Straus, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
2012
December 19, 2012
Topic: Role of Social Media in Law Enforcement
Speakers: Joel Despain, Madison Police Department, Captain Charles Foulke, Sergeant
Law Enforcement Panel
Troy Hellenbrand, Middleton Police Department,
Bill Curtis, UW Madison Police Department, Elise Schaffer, Dane County Sheriff’s Department
Location: Madison Marriott West Hotel and Conference Center
Sponsors: Charter Business, HiveMind, LLC, Marriott Madison West, Engaging Social, DiditDirect Inc., Melissa Carlson Creative, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. and pc/nametag
November 21, 2012
Topic: Broadcast Journalism and Social Media
Speakers: Carleen Wild and Leigh Mills of NBC-15
Leigh Mills & Carleen Wild, NBC 15
Location: Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC)
Sponsors: Bella Domicile, Charter Business, DiditDirect, Inc., Engaging Social, HiveMind, LLC, Marriott Madison West, Melissa Carlson Creative, pc/nametag, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
October 17, 2012
Topic: Social Media at Caterpillar, Inc.
Speaker: Brian Stokoe, Social Media Strategist, Caterpillar, Inc.
Location: Madison Marriott West Hotel and Conference Center
Brian Stokoe, Caterpillar
Sponsors: Charter Business, DiditDirect, Inc., Engaging Social, Marriott Madison West, Melissa Carlson Creative, pc/nametag, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., Suttle-Straus, Inc.
September 19, 2012
Topic: Mobile’s Brave New World for Search and Social Marketers
Speaker: Brian Klais, Pure Oxygen
Location: CUNA Mutual Auditorium
Sponsors: C. Blohm & Associates, Inc., CUNA Mutual Group, DiditDirect, Inc., Engaging Social, Melissa Carlson Creative, Mid-West Digital Marketing, pc/nametag, Suttle-Straus, Inc.
Brian Klais, Pure Oxygen
August 18, 2012
Topic: Digital Asset Management
Speakers Panel: Jake Athey, Nick Ring, Bob Wydra
Location: Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC)
Sponsors: Engaging Social, Suttle-Straus, Melissa Carlson Creative
July 18, 2012
Topic: Using Social Media in a Specialized Niche
Jake Athey, Nick Ring, Bob Wydra
Speaker: Karen Putz
Location: TDS Corporate Offices
Sponsors: Al Zobel of Mass Mutual Insurance, Engaging Social, Robert Half International, Suttle-Straus, Melissa Carlson Creative
June 20, 2012
Karen Putz
Topic: A Cooperative on a Social Media Mission
Speaker: Greg Brickl, Organic Valley
Location: Goodman Community Center
Sponsors: Engaging Social, Robert Half Technologies, Suttle-Straus
May 16, 2012
Topic: Social Media & Brand Awareness: How can social media help the B2B/B2W company, especially when you don’t own the customer relationship?
Speaker Milissa Rick, Spacesaver Corporation
Location: US Cellular Corporate Offices
Organic Valley
Sponsors: Yola’s Cafe, Robert Half Technology, Engaging Social, Suttle-Straus, Melissa Carlson Creative
April 18, 2012
Topic: Building Community in Multiple Languages
Speakers: Patrick Nunes, Adam Arents, Katharina Klopher, Rotary International
Location: UW Extension Pyle Center
Sponsors: Spacesaver Corporation, Yahara Software, Robert Half Technology, Engaging Social, Shop4UrCause, Suttle-Straus, Melissa Carlson Creative,
March 21, 2012
Topic: #UWSocial – How UW-Madison is bringing together its communications community to include social media.
Speakers – Vince Sweeney, John Lucas, Megan Costello, Wendy Hathaway
AJ Bombers Madison
Location: UW-Madison – Memorial Union
Sponsors: Engaging Social, Suttle-Straus
February 15, 2012
Topic: Social Media and Real Food – How the #Ians vs.Bombers campaign drove business and awareness
Speaker: Jaron Klopstein from AJ Bombers and Adam May, from Ian’s Pizza
Sponsors: Engaging Social, Suttle-Straus
January 18, 2012
Topic: Ford & Social Media: Opening the Highways to All Mankind
Speaker: Scott Monty, Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager for Ford Motor Company
Location: Monona Terrace
Scott Monty Speaking image from Flickr supplied by Ford
Sponsors: Shoutlet, Engaging Social, Lands’ End Business Outfitters, Suttle Straus, Google Places
2011
December 21, 2011
Topic: Health Care 2.0 Movement: Integrating Social Media | Speakers: Trish Skram, Jennifer Walker, Steve Van Dinter, Bridget Thomas | Location: Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC)
November 24, 2011
Topic: Dealing with Unexpected Crisis. | Bill Hurley, WEAC’s Senior Editor and Social Media Strategist, and Marlena Deutsch, WEAC’s Public Relations Specialist | Frontier Communications
October 19, 2011
Topic: Government 2.0: Social Media Best Practices for Local, County and State Agency Stakeholders | Speakers: Neil Stechsculte, City of Sun Prairie Economic Development, Andrew
Healthcare Panel – December 2011
Nussbam, President, Columbia County Tourism Bureau, Scott Resnick, City of Madison, Kathy Marks, TMA, Jennifer Smith, UW Extension
Location: Goodman Community Center
September 21, 2011
Topic: Social Media and Local Places: Google Places | Speakers: Alison Dodge & Rich Hankison, Google | Location: Monona Terrace
August 17, 2011
Social Media & Job Skills- The Changing Job Descriptions for Social Media | Speaker: Steve Noll, Marketing Instructor Madison College | Location: Madison Area Technical College-West Campus
July 20, 2011
Topic: Social Media & Contests- A Marketing Approach you can Bank on | Speaker: Stephanie Byrnes, Marketing Officer, State Bank of Cross Plains | Location: Suttle Straus
June 22, 2011
Topic: Social Media from Scratch | Speakers: Lynn Belken, Nick Mortensen, Tony Rodriguez, Jeanne Patti, Melissa Ernst | Location: Harbor Wellness Center
May 18, 2011
Convergence is Now: Mobile, Social and Video Combine! | Jay Wilder, Director of Product Marketing, Brainshark | Location: American Family Training Facility
April 20, 2011
Topic: Social Media Success for Retail | Speakers: Lance Ratze, Yola’s Cafe, Jacob Harlow, The Century House | Location: The Century House
March 16, 2011
Topic: Direct Marketing with Personalized URLs and Multi-Touch Consumer Campaigns | Speaker: Keith Schwarting, Suttle-Straus |Location: Suttle-Straus
February 16, 2011
Topic: Social Media for Product Management & Research | Speaker: Robb Zbierski, Kovi | Location: Radisson Hotel
January 19, 2011
Lands’ End Speaks out on Social Media Strategy | Eric Gohs, Senior Manager of Social Media, Lands’ End | Location: Radisson Hotel