Social Media Club Victoria

Our June 20th meeting focuses on Creative Commons Licensing: the do’s and don’ts of content sharing and the right way to “borrow” information, quotations and images for your blog and social networking profile. On the flip side, we will also look at how to go about copyrighting and licensing content for the online world.

Our featured speaker is Scott Leslie.

Scott is a self-described educational technologist, hacker, researcher and open content/open network activist. He currently works as the Manager of Client Services in Open Education for BCcampus, a province-wide post-secondary agency in British Columbia, Canada.

Well known to the local #yyj Twitterverse, Scott is an engaging presenter, and very passionate about open content and open educational resources. Follow him on Twitter here. He blogs at EdTechPost.

Please join us!

• Monday June 20th, 2011
• University of Victoria - SSM A102 (Social Sciences and Mathmatics Building Room A102)
• 6:45 – 9:00 pm
• Cost is $5.00

 Floods, tornadoes, earthquakes – it seems that not a week goes by without news of a major natural disaster wreaking havoc somewhere in the world.

What role can social media play when it comes to responding to these emergencies?

This is the focus of our May 16th meeting, led by Hervey Simard with the Victoria Police Department. His presentation will  touch on:

• Examples where SM has helped during a major disaster – such as Haiti (to include videos) 
• SM in Disasters & Emergencies (American Red Cross Study) 
• 5 lessons for Emergency Managers
• Ushahidi 
• VicPD moving with SM: what we are planning to do and what we are already doing with SM 
• What can you do to help? (discussion)

Hervey Simard is the Information Technology Supervisor for the Victoria Police Department. He is responsible for the design and implementation of the first and cutting edge social media strategy and program for VicPD which has garnered national attention from police departments all over Canada. His experience as an early pioneer of interactive marketing and PR has made him a highly sought after speaker to discuss social media strategies and new technologies, specifically as it relates the world of policing.

Hervey was the project leader for the 2008 and 2009 on-line Annual Report for VicPD which was recognized nationally as an innovative application in law enforcement and he initiated the 2010 Olympic Torch Run mass media communications plan using Twitter and Facebook to fan-out updates and general information during the first day of the run in Victoria.

You can connect with Hervey on Twitter via @HerveySimard.

Meeting Details:

• Monday May 16th
• University of Victoria - SSM A102 (Social Sciences and Mathmatics Building Room A102)
• 6:45 – 9:00 pm
• Cost is $5.00



Our January meeting features three great examples of using social media to mobilize a community for a good cause.

• Janine Theobald was new to Twitter and blogging (but not to community activism). She recently ran a very successful #twamper drive for Christmas – sourced entirely through her blog and Twitter.

• The people from Loading, Ready, Run and their Desert Bus fundraiser – all done online. They raised almost $210,000 this year. An amazing local sketch comedy troop.

• Chris Ruffell, head creative at Aclara Promotions, a Victoria video production company. Chris and Aclara were part of the team who shot the U-Vic Lipdub viral video last fall. The video, which went live on Oct. 23, logged over 20,000 hits in its first day.

Join us January 17th:

• 6:45 – 9:00 pm
• Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St (across from A-Channel)

See you on the 17th!!

Social local technology and applications is the topic for our upcoming Social Media Club meeting Nov 15th – with guest speaker Glenn Letham.

Glenn has over 15 years experience with Geospatial technologies and GIS. He’s also well known as the founder and publisher of the first popular daily GIS news publication & “geo news-zine”: GISuser.com.

Glenn is recognized internationally as a leading media analyst for GIS, geospatial & mobile technologies and is well connected throughout the industry. He’s worked as a GIS consultant on numerous projects, and written extensively for popular GIS and related industry online and print publications.

He graduated from the University of Victoria (Geography/GIS) and moved back to Victoria this summer, from northern Colorado.

Glenn will speak to Social Media Club on different social location technologies and applications. If you’re on Brightkite, Foursquare, GoWalla, or Waze – or want to find out about these apps and others – please join us.

Event Details:

Date and Time:           Monday November 15, 2010 - 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm

Venue:                         Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street

Please RSVP on Facebook.

This will be our 20^th meeting, and the first night at our new downtown venue!!

Jose Albis

CEO, Online Marketing Engineer
Albis Consulting Group

Topic:

This presentation is dedicated to everyone who ever dreamt of becoming self-published – and how the new world of Publishing 3.0 is creating exciting opportunities.

From positioning yourself as a thought leader to becoming your own enterprise, Jose examines how social media is reframing the publishing industry and how this offers unprecedented possibilities for authors.

With clarity and strategic insight, Jose shows independent authors and small publishers, that they can develop stronger voices and relationships with their readers, learn more about the shifting new paradigm and take advantage of it. Find out what it takes to become a publishing success – and more –  now and in the future.

Event Details:

Tuesday, Oct 26th -

6:45 pm - 9:00 pm

University Canada West, 950 Kings Road

More about Jose Albis:

As a published author and Online Marketing Engineer for the last 15 years, Jose has a passion for self-publishing. Part of Trafford Publishing since 2005, Jose supported thousands of authors around the world publish and promote their work in multiple languages. During his management, Jose proved to be a pioneer in the industry by incubating revolutionary processes, services and products for Trafford. His work became industry standards and continue to be implemented by many renowned publishing companies including Authors Solutions Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Jose is the founder of Albis Consulting group, a Victoria-based online marketing company that provides customized solutions to maximize companies’ return on investment through online marketing (including PPC, PPA, affiliate, email and social media marketing). Previously, Jose co-founded a Website Development Company (Syztech, 1996) and a Medical Offline/Online CRM Solution (Sofimed de Colombia S.A., 1998).

Jose holds a Diploma in Business from University of Victoria, a Junior Filmmaker certificate, a degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, a Masters in Communications and a Media and TV Specialization. He is an awarded filmmaker and multimedia producer, for both a Colombian Video Art Prize and the 2006 Blair L. Sadler International Healing Arts Competition during the project A Living History (in partnership with VIHA).

He actively participates in several community based organizations, including Young Entrepreneurs Society of Victoria, MediaNet, Victoria Web Marketing Group, Social Media Club and the Organizing Committee for Twestival Victoria.

To connect with Jose:

Website:
albisgroup.com

Twitter:
@josealbis



Interested in finding out more about video as a medium – be it event videography, corporate videos, training and instructional videos or video blogging?

This will be the focus of our next Social Media Club meeting on August 24th.

Come meet marketing consultant Don Power , President and Creative Director Michael Barton of mbsvideoproductions,  and Owner/Strategist Cris Vleck of Strategic Insanity.

Don, Michael and Cris will share their insights into video as a medium from 7 – 8 pm. Following a short break, we’ll reconvene and take questions from the audience.

There will also be an opportunity for small break out groups if you have a specific topic/issue you’d like to discuss with others in attendance.

Meeting details:

Date: Tuesday August 24th (we meet the 4th Tuesday of each month)

Time: 6:45 – 9:00 pm

Location: University Canada West, 950 Kings Road

Cost: $5.00

Please join us!