Great topics this week – SM 101 and Educating Up The Ladder

This Thursday, July 9th, we will be having the first session of Social Medial 101, followed by a panel discussion of Educating Up The Ladder.

Social Media 101 will start at 5:30, an hour before the normal time. Led by local podcaster and general social media sage, Evo Terra, is intended to address any of the general social media questions everyone has when they start working in this space. They tend to come up regularly, so we are looking at setting up a separate time to focus on them.

At the normal 6:30 start time, we will have a panel focused on Educating Up The Ladder – or how to convince your managment, company, or organization that Social Media is a good idea. What tools were easiest to adopt? What "angle" made them easiest to sell?  What roadblocks remain?

Our panelists represent several large companies and non-profits from the Valley, and this promises to be an incredibly valuable session for anyone looking to expand Social Media adoption in their own organization.

• Chad Swaney, Social Learning Strategist
• Chris
  Rogers, Vice
  President Communications, Valley of the
  Sun United Way
• Laurie Buczek, Social Media Program Manager, Intel
• Nina Miller, Graphic Designer Principal, Office of the President, Arizona State University
• Robin Phillips, Online Community Manager, azcentral

If you have any questions or ideas you would like the panel to consider in advance, leave them in the comments below.

This topic was picked based on attendee feedback! If you haven't added your input on which topics you would like to see at future Social Media Clubs, get into the SMC Phoenix Uservoice forum and let us know.